New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-03-12
ENTRIES FOR BIG RACE:
Nany Of Worlds Famous Drivers
Named for Indianapolis.
WINNER TO GET $4,000
Pace Will Be Started at 10
O'clock. and Will Probably
Occupy Seven Hours.

u.. ,relimirarv entry list for the five
- mile automobile race 20 nc decided
~. en- AZ the indianapolis Speedway
-s,,p closed on March J. includes the nom
tons ~ the best known American driT-
.,d several Of the European pilots who
.. hocomc famous The race Will be
.-.s about $4,000 10 the winner and IFS
&c has attracted an unusual list Of start
after March I the entry fee wa'
.,..d from $500 20 $3.50. So that nearly al
-. ,~obahlc starters have been named. The
- ,alue II the fixture IS likely TO reach
$4,000.
An of the great winners Of 1910 VINO are
...r actively engaged in automobile "ac:nc
-. entered. including David Bruce Br'NH
- oon the il5-mle international .oad
80 FOR the Automobile club of America s
s-,rl r-izc gold Gun AZ Savannah on No
',,,bo- 10: Harry Grant. twice winner 4
30 vanderbilt Cup race over the Long Isl
.,5 course. Joe Dawson. winner Il tho
MINORS trophy in the Vanderbilt. the Cobr
,-orrv. tho Remv trophy. city II Atlanta
,-o,ry and TIE savannah challenge trouhv
r,lorv Aiken. the winner Of the 30' q
.sa Vanderbilt cup race winner Of the
soo.nle free-for-all az Indianapolis. 2o1-
,0s Atlanta trophy race. and many shor;
s,sslvav events Eddie Hearne. winner Of
-. effv-rilo free-for-aI at Indianapolis
twice winner Of tho Indianapolis speedway
hslr,e. and the Fox River cup A. ElSin
louis Disb-ov who finished fourth in The
vanderbilt Cup race and winner Of many
short speedway events. Lewis StranE. who
reformed tho wonderful feat Of winning
three great road races i'm one season. Rhcn.
,r 1905 he won the 342-mne Savanna 4
-sce the c5a-mHe Briarclif race and the
ss6.nile Lowell race. and from that time
m he's been ono If the greatest drivers n
the racing game. Joe JaEersburger. who
drove The giant Mercedes 10 a place in tie
.Fairnount Park race. and many others.
There are only four great American
1r.yers who are not included in this list.
ard each Of these has assured the speed
vsv MANAGEMENT that he Nil drive a car
In the long race. These are wild Bob"
Bu-msn Herb Lytle. dean Of all American
drivers Who started his career back in
l;s. when he drove on the Brooklands Eng
lsh track Ralph De Palma. mile track
Champion ~ 1910. who robbed Barney Old
fed Of many Of his records. and Ralph
Milford who won the national stock chas-
SIS championship AZ ElCin. While these
uen have not been nominated. the cars
which they viii drive either have been en-
tered or viii 10. and the driver will be de-
dared ato-
This formidable list of American wheels
men contains every driver or note except
Louis and Arthur Chevrolet who. it is ru-
mored Will re seen ~ the wheels Of the
iVo Buick jog cars. Louis Chevrolet an
rounced ms retirement. but it is stated on
good authority that 10 has decided 10 drive
To- bis former manager in the long race.
Ptted against this array of American
'reed merchants will be the cream Of the
driving talent Of Europe Present indica-
lions. sc-o~ding 10 advices received from
'he European representative Of the speed
way. are that the foreign drivers who will
appear are Hemerv. who finished second in
Irs American Grand Prize race last season:
LsHHs. Who won the Vanderbilt cup IN
lt7, Nszsrro. who won the French Grand
Prize In l"1 and who holds the worlds
road race record OF - $40 miles an hour.
which he made IN the Florio Cup race in
Italy in l%S. Wagner. winner OF the Ameri-
can Grand Prize In 1908 and Of the VAN
oertIt Cup rsce IN 1NS. BOilot. VINO won
he \ofIrette CUP race In Sicily in 1910.
I...are.Ii. winner or tho BouloCne CUP.
France. 1870 and the Ostend cup. in BEL
GUM. last September Goux. winner Of the
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