The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-23
FASTEST RACING CARS
IN SWEEPSTAKE RACE
Elimination Trials for Great Contest on Indian
apolis Speedway Will Take Place Saturday
Machines Must Show Speed Of rs
Miles an Hour.

Entries for 5oo-mile @nternationa
sweepstakes race, Indianapolis Motor
Speedway. Memorial Day, May 80
Following is name of car ana driver:
Case. Lewis strans; Simplex. Ralph
DePalma; Interstate. c. B. Baldwin.
National, Johnny Aiken; Pope-Hart.
ford. luis Disbrow; Pope-Hartford
Frank F. Fox; Westcott. Harry knight,
case. Jagersberger; Case. VIII Jones,
Stutz. Gilbert Anderson; Mercedes
Spencer Wishart; Amplex, ". II. Tur-
ner; +. A. L.. j. F. Gelnaw: F. A. L.
W. II. Pearce. Knox. Fred Belcher
Buick, Arthur Chevrolet; Buick
Charles Basic; Benz, Eddie Hearne;
Alec, Harry Grant: National. Charley
Merz; National, Howard Wilcox; Nc.
Farlan, Fred Clemens: McFarIan, Bert
Adams: jackson, Fred Ellis: Jackson.
Harry CODE; Jackson, Jack Tower;
Cutting. Ernest Delaney: Fiat. David
Bruce-Brown: Fozier. Harold Van
Gorder; Observation-Disclosures, Lee Fray
er; Marmon, Joe Dawson; Marmon,
Ray Harroun; LoZicr. Ralph Milford ;
Lozier. Teddy Tetzlah; Apperson,
Herb Lyle: Mercer, Hughie Hughes:
Mercer. Charles Bigelow; Simplex,
Ralph Beardsley: Flat. Caleb Bragg;
Nelic. Arthur Gibbons. Velie, Howard
SOiS. pll I-liQSOll, COle, tommy
Jenkins; Amplex. Walter Jones; Benz.
Bob Burman; Benz. --
indianapolis. nd. May 22.-Highly
tuned" and mechanically as perfect
as the Skill Of the lnodern motor car
maker can produce. forty-six of tn
fastest racing automobiles ever as
sembled are at the indianapolis Motor
Speedway awaiting the elimination
trials next Saturday, which will de-
termine whether they are eligible to
start in the 5oo-mile international
sweepstake race on Memorial Day,
May 80. Every car must show speed
of seventy-ive miles an hour to quail
the history of the motor contest sport.
When the entries to this event were
closed May 1 there We're forty-siX cars
entered. manned by a list of drivers
which includes every we'll known pilot
in America. as we'll as several who
made their regulations in Europe be-
fore coming to the United States.
1t has been nine months since the
initial announcement of this contest
was made by the promoters. and each
month has witnessed an increase OF
interest on the part of the public as
well as the manufacturer. Almost six
months ago the first entry waa made.
when a Case car, with Lewis Strang as
the driver, was entered. From tina
time or the entries were sent in
steadily. until the largest field ever
drawn together for Que event was an
| ~nounccd, when the entries were closed.
The greatest number of entries in any
one contest previous to this time was
twenty-siX.
Big Prlzea offered.
The long race has assumed even
greater proportions than the promoters
had anticipated when the purse OF
s25.0 900 IN gold was offered for tho
winners of the first ten places. a
capital prize of $4,000 headed a list
Of nine others. as follows: Second
$1,000; third. $4,000; fourth. $1,000.
fifth. $1,000: sixth $1,000: seventh.
$500; eighth. 5000; ninth, $500; tenth
$500. In addition to his small for
tune, there have boon added side prizes
by various accessory makers. wnIcn
bring tho total to be won up to 5000
Supple,nenting the cash prizes are
ten bronze plaques. which Will be given
to the entrants of tho ten winning
cars. 1t Ions has been the rule In
motor car racing that the drivers shall