New-York tribune., 1911-03-03
AUTO NEWS Of THE DAY
Famous Drivers Are Gathering
at Jacksonville Beach.
ORANGE GROVE FOR PRIZE
Bill" Endicott Forsakes the
Track for the Delights
of Farming.

When Fred Wagner, Official starter Of
the American Automobile Association, lines
I'D the contestants in the opening race on
the afternoon Of March y on the famous
Atantic-Pablo Beach, near Jacksonville,
the first important automobile racing meet
for 1911 will start From present indications
the four days meet. which is being pro-
NOTED by the Jacksonville Motor Club and
E. A Moross, will be a success. and II Is
expected that many previous records VIII
bs broken The meet will be international
in character. and will bring the cream OF
the motoring talent Of America and Eu-
rope together.
For the first time in the history Of beach
racing, national stock chassis championship
straightaways will be held on a beach.
These events will bring out the fastest
cars and the most skilled drivers.
The contract has been let for an I'M
mense grandstand, which will have seat
ing capacity Of ten thousand, and is to be
erected near the entrance TO tho beach from
the country road. The governors Of the
motor club have decided TO call mass
meeting OF business men. when committees
on transportation. accommodations enter
tainment and others will be appointed.
Eleven machines will arrive from New
Orleans by express on Friday with the
drivers mechanics, etc. and soon the beach
will be the mecca for the local motorists
who will go down to see the fast cars in
action. Many enthusiasts are watching the
monoplane flights Of Ray IIarroun. who ar
rived in Jacksonville carly this week. He
will establish training school for the in
struction of amateur flyers, and is now
making preliminary practice flights for his
races against automobiles during the meet
Rumor is current that the Stanley COM
pany. OF Newton, Mass. builder OF the
Stanley steam cars, will be back with an
other of the steam speed torpedoes which
were at one time famous over the Florida
sands. and which could be heard for miles
when under full steam.
Walter Christie is also anxious TO lower
the mile mark. and has added several cyl
nders TO the rear and front or his freak"
racer
The first entry for the national amateur
championships was received from Armour
Ferguson. of New York, who nominated
his Lancia. The list OF valuable trophies
and large cash prizes for drivers has been
augmented by a Florida orange grove TO
be awarded to the winner of one of the long
distance events Among the drivers and
cars entered are Mulford U4ozer). Burman
QBuiclO, De Palma (Simplex). Wilcox (Na-
tionaD, Dsbrow Pope HARTFORD. Witt
E-M-FO. Strang. Larsonneur and Jagers-
burger Case, Harroun Marmon). Matson
(FiaU, Aitken (NatonaD. Ferguson Oan-
ca). Edmunds (Cole) and a HerreshoR
with no driver named
Entries close on March -, and may be
made with X. Howard Gamble. racing sec
retary, Jacksonville Motor Club: T.. \.
Moross. director of contests. Jacksonville
Motor Club. or the Motor Contest Associa-
iion. No. l1I7 Broadway, New York City.
one OF the Indianapolis racing drivers
who won national fame during the 1910 sea-
son has withdrawn from the strenuous
duties of the racecourse TO enter the more
simple life OF the farm. \ former Cole
racing driver. William Endicott, or BIZ
Endicott as he is generally known, has
purchased a farm near Charlottesville aud
has ayowed his intention of entering the
corn growers enormous free for all
AS the father Of four coming speed en-.
thusiasts. Bill" thinks that the farm is
his proper sphere. If the youngsters want
TO do any special speeding" "Bin" intends
that they shall DO it in nothing less than a
forty-acre field, and even then behind a
tVo-horsepower plough.
BY his successful driving OF the Cole, In.
dicott accumulated a mighty satisfying
nest egg during the last year other than
his salary. he received almost $4,000 In
cash prizes, the largest being $20OO for win
ming the Massapequa trophy Of the 1910
Vanderbilt Cup race. Beginning last April
at Los Angeles. Endicott established sew
eral worlds records with the Cole So and
during the season annexed such notewor-
thy events as the Chicago Motor Club fuel
economy test.
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