Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-03-01
GREATEST AUTO
MEET PROPOSED
Amarillo Given Opportun
ity to Witness Notable
Racing Event
ROUS|NG MEETING HELD
SPECIAL TRADES EXCURSION
AND ENDURANCE CONTEST
CONSIDERED A. AID
VANCE FEATURES.

"
amarillo nov has opportunity "a
witness the grqttest auto racins event
v seen in the United States. This
is the famous .ag~eregation Of high.
speed cars for which J.. Alex Sloan is
manager. and includes the big Ia'
Eye-see known as the 290-h1rsepoW-
er Fiat. the Simplex CYCLONE, which
holds the worlds record, made by DE
Palma last year. and the Case White
Streak. driven by Strange when he
was killed in Wisconsin In addition
to those famous producers OF hieh
speed the aggregation has a nur'hor
OF lesser lishts.
Al n meeting last might Of autom1.
bile and other business and profcs
siOnal men In the Amarillo National
Bank. temporary organization was
effected looking to preparation for
the big racing event Walter Cross
at was chosen as chairman and J. l.
Pope as secretary Following which
the object Of the meeting and the or.
rani1ation was stated: IL Is pro-
posed 10 operate a trades excursion
and an endurance contest or tou. 10
the Panhandle. This tour Is 10 De
ST. arranged that II will make all OF
the leading towns Of the Panhandle
II Is proposed to take one or more
merchants in each OF the twenty TO
twenty-five ears in the partY, giving
the business men the right 20 supply
from the automobile. adler'iGemcnts
for his business at the towns visited.
The endurance race is 10 be made
under the rules OF the Three As.
with the same classificat,ous, penal
tbs and other conditions as would
characteriye a similar even. in any
other section of the country.
The event is to- be- widely adyer
tised. SO that the citizenship OF each
OF the towns visited will have oppor.
tunity to meet the automobile aud
get acquainted with the business men
frlm this city. and those from such
Other cities and towns as may want
to Join In the demonstration
Walter Crossett with the Cadillac
and w. T. G%roerdyke with the Ford
will act as pathfinder and assistant
10 the pathfinde-. for this excursion.
and Il is expected mat these ge1tic-
ment. with representatives of the
press will start on this patlfindiug
expedition q later than Aarch g..
weather pcrmittine This trip will
take from three to five days. and will
be- entirely accurate, with description
OF the roads trayersed and other de-
tails of the journey. for the informa-
tioa # the participants in the con.
test.
II is The purpose of the comrittec
TO have q pilot car. which shall MT
be a contestant This will b" follow
et hy the contestants. Tnore will
be a press aud Photographic car to-
win all OF the othcr equip
ment hat usually goes with this kind
OF an expedition. The Sloan races
will also be exploited during this tuor
with suitable advertising. Those sug-
costing this enterprise. consider IL
one of the best ever offered 10 the
people OF Amarillo ana dre llains
oolntry The merchants. the auto
men, the publicity men will all have
an opportunity to come before the
people of the surrounding commune
ties.
In turtherance OF the scheme a
committee. composed of Walter Cros-
set. sam lsaacs. FIR d \. Reach. i. y
Boasley, Charles Ware and Mike Lee
Master, was named to present this
proposition to the people of Amarillo
So that they may have a nor, lib
eral concept of the matter. This will
BE- done today.
There was marked enthusiasm in
meeting yesterday evening aud
every auto dealer in the session sign
eel agreement to enter one a at least
To- The contest, and one OF the firms
put two ears in II was the cypress
ed opinion of those present thai ap-
proXimately forty ears will be entered
Tor this excursion \ committee com
posed OF Messrs Fierabend, Green
dyke and Vaughn. was appointed 20
entrants for this cvelt This
committee will make an active aud
thorough campaign among the auto
mobile owners, as well as dealers, Of
the city. with a view OF putting into