Bisbee daily review., 1911-10-10
TIE ssBEE ARIZONA MORNING
OF DISBEE
 lIN THE DESERT RACE
The Only Representative oi Arizona in That GHlling
 Contest

Bisbee win have the honor of en- tering the only car from this territory in the coming Los Angeles-Phoenix Tece. and Bisbee man will be the only Arizonian to pilot a machine in the grilling desert struggle. A Buick 70" is the local car to be en- tered. Ferguson. Raub and Co. are the owners, and w. F. (Billy) Ferguson will be the man at the wheel Of the big machine when it pulls away from iu front of the HOllenbeck hotel, Los Angeles, on the night of November for the heart breaking struggle with the desert sands of Arizona.
 The sturdy machine which the To- cal man vii pilot in this contest is now at the garage of Ferguson, Raub and company in this city. where it is being stripped. oyerhauled and tuned for the great desert race. The Los Angeles Phoenix contest, while not old in years. has already become a classic in the automobile world, and is pronounced by experts 10 be the greatest contest in the history Of au- to racing
 The course this year, as outlined by President Bullard. of the Maricopa Automobile club. hes by the way of San Diego, Imperial, Yuma, Agua Cal iente and Phoenix The length of the course has been increased nearly 900 miles and takes in a great deal more desert country than did the old course by way of Ehrenberg.
 In past Los Angeles Phoenix races there has been but one entry from Arizona. that Of the POpe-Hartford last year by Bin Tremaine of Phoe- nix. Tremaine did not put up the race expected by his friends, and dn a measure was a sore disappointment to his many admirers and the friends of the big racing machine he drove. There was considerable excuse, how ever, for Tremaine, as he was, pre- vious to last years race, an amateur driver. and in the desert contest was pitted against Hamlin. Hanshue, Her rick and other will known western professional drivers. in addition to Henwood and one or two other crack eastern pilots.
 In the ease of Ferugson of Bisbee, matters will be entirely different. Ferguson, by TO stretch of the imag- ination could be classed as an ana teur driver. He was one of the pilots of the celebrated old Black Bess. 2 Col Fenner's White Steamer. whi>l won the first Los Angeles-Phoenix race. Together with Calt Harmon Ryus Of Los Angeles, Ferguson pilot. ed the old steamer over the desert course, and it was greatly due to his splendid driving ability that the car finished in Phoenix far in advance oi any of the other contestants
 Ferguson will leave for Phoenix in a day or two and will be joined there by Carey King, of Los Angeles, one of the best known mechanics in the west whereupon he will proceed to Los Angeles over the desert road.
 Mr. Raub will not take any actige part in the race, although he Is am. ply capable of taking a car success fully over the desert course. The rigors and hardships of the sand bat tie do not appeal to him. and he pre- fers to leave the hardships Of the actual contest to his partner, who is a younger man. Mir. Raub bears the distiction of being the owner of the first automobile in Bisbee, and as an evidence of his mechanical ability il is only necessary to. say that the ma chine is running today and is still in excellent condition