Arizona republican., 1912-08-05
|. \. PHOENIX
 CLASSIC RACE
New Route for 1912 Event. Purse Is $6500 With Ten or More Probable En- tries. San Diego Out of 1t.

Thus far 5000 has been raised for the 1912 Los Angeles to Phoenix road race and with the ontry fees about $500 more will be added making a purse of $6500. It is likely there will be more entry fees whether the purse is increased or not. This money will be divided 65 per cent, 25 per cent and 10 per cent, among the three leading cars
 That is the report of G. P. Bullard who returned to the city yesterday from a stay of several weeks on the coast having gone as far north as San Francisco, though most of his time was spent in the south, working on this road race.
 Attention is called to the fact that in addition there will be the various trophy cups including The Republi- cans cup which was the original trophy offered for the first race and one of the incentives for the develop ment of this annual contest which has now become d classic in the motoring world
 The route has been changed again this year, the regular Ocean to Ocean highway having been chosen. That is the route south from Los Angeles through Pomona and San Gorgonio pass to Brawley and Mecca and thence south along the western shore of the Salton sea and back to the Southern Pacific railroad then through Glamis to Yuma.
 Because of this change in the route San Diego refused to come in on the prize money. Had San Diego merely demanded that the race go through that city, and contributed literally it is likely the same route would have been chosen as that used last year though it was a less desirable one, but in addition San Diego de- manded a daylight control which could not be arranged for, so the race managers had to do the next best thing. They got a better route and they were able to get contributions from other places between Yuma and Los Angeles. The contributions to the purse as it now stands are Phoe- nix $2000 Yuma $500 and the towns between Yuma and Los Angeles $2500.
 Mir. Bullard says that Teddy Tetz- laff. the famous, and Bert Dingley, who pulled down much of the race money at the fair last year will both he in the running this year. Thus far there is assurance of ten en- tries and there may be many more. Those reasonably sure are two Case cars, two Bucks, one Franklin, one Cadillac, one Oldsmobile, one Path finder, one Page Detroit, and one Ap- person. In addition there are quite a number of wealthy private owners of cars who have good sporting blood in their veins and who it is hoped may be persuaded to enter more for the sport than for the money, though they will try to get the money
 Harvey Herrick who won the race last year and the year before, says he will not enter this year but Bull lard is inclined to believe he will be- fore the books close. Concerning DingIey and Herrick and the old Ma tional car he once drove, the Los Angeles Tribune of yesterday has the following to say:
 As the route for the Phoenix race has been changed it will never be known whether the record made by the National, by way of San Diego and Fl Centro, could be broken. The new route is much shorter and the time should be cut down consider able.
 There is possibility that the Ma tional which won the 1911 race will compete this season, but there is more likelihood that Bert Dingley will get one of the 1913 models from q, |, Of forts to making d cleanup in the track races at Phoenix
 The old car. after d couple of months in the San Joaquin valley, has been brought back to the city and has attracted considerable attention on the streets.
 This National is d real veteran. Be- fore it was stripped and equipped with racing seats for the Phoenix race it had done duty for ten months as d demonstrater. Already it had been run 15,000 miles and before en- tering the Phoenix race it was raced in the Redlands hill climb. Harvey Herrick who drove it last year, made several trial trips over the course be- fore the big race and then it was ~aced on the track.
 Dingley has been doing some speeding with the historic machine and says it still has lots of speed He believes it would be a big factor if entered this year
 Since the race last year the win 1ing car has been used for making ong trips through the territory con- rolled by Earle Y. Boothe It has made any number of fast trips to Bakersfield and Fresno.