Bisbee daily review., 1913-11-02
ARRIVAL OF RACERS IN
 CITY--THEIR HANDLING
 AND STARTING--DETA|LS

Certainly nineteen and probably
 twenty cars will face the starters at
 Fl Paso next Tuesday morning and
 at intervals of ten minutes, tue first
 car leaving at $40 a. m.. and the
 last at $50 CT g o'clock, will begin
 their dashes through New Mexico
 and Arizona to this city and to Phoe-
 nix The withdrawal of the Reno
 Chadwick entry will reduce the nun
 Der of starters to 20 and is occa-
 stoned by the impossibility of obtain
 ing some new parts that were requir-
 ed from the factory in time for the
 race, and it is said to be likely thai
 the Stutz Bear Cat that overturned at
 Forest may not be in shape to start
 It is expected that the first car to
 reach this city will be sighted be-
 fore ? o'clock.
 The promoters of the Fl Paso to
 Phoenix road race are taking much
 satisfaction over the wonderful sue
 cess that has thus far attended it
 Never until this year have there been entered in the Los Angeles to PhOe- nix race as many as 20 cars. This year there are 24 but there are the two large cities of Los Angeles and San D.ego combining to make that race a success and swelling the list of entrants. And the Fl Paso % Phoenix Borderland race has 21 en- tries. It has leaped into a popular ity at the very outset that vies with the now classic Los Angeles event The two combined will give the Bor- derland Route the greatest advertis ing that any route has ever obtained and will make it the most travelled Of any transcontinental highway.
 Fast time is expected to be made by the Fl Paso racers. Opinions differ as to the probable time that | will be made, the pessimistic yentur- 1 ing guesses at over 20 hours while | the optimistic ones say less than IS | hours and some even yenturing as sertions that 16 and even 15 hours | will be beaten. It seems assured | however that better time will he made from Fl Paso to Phoenix than l from Los Angeles A. L. Westgard | the man of many miles. while in Bis bee. said that if the road to Fl Paso from here was as good as that from Phoenix the racers would beat the los Angeles time from 3 to hours. He expects the run from here to Phoenix to be made in : 1-2 hours and if such a pace is set it will mean l6 or less hours for the winners time
 If any such record of 16 or r hours shall be made, it will have been made possible by the active work that has been done in securing road repair. the benefit of which will long be felt. From Fl Paso to Phoenix this has been in evidence. In this county, it will have been completed Monday from Douglas to the state line, 4S miles. Bisbee to Tombstone. I'll 27 miles, Tombstone to Huachuca siding, I9 miles and the siding to the county line, miles. That is, the worst spots in 101 miles Of road have been bettered. Tn Pima county fin, al work is now being done but there is not nearly so much work there nor has it been given attention as in this county New Mexico has brushed up and so has Pinal county. In sli it IS safe to estimate that the worst spots have been cared for in more than 300 miles of road. and probably nearer 400. The further re- suit will be an added impetus to bet ter road movements and a conse- quent attraction to this section of many tourists
 From p. m., til . D. m., Tuesday, Bisbee will be the center of interest in the automobile world and reports 1f the arrival of the racers viii be sagerIy awaited. Next morning the reports of departures will again be received all over the country. Here he guards will be busy keeping the -oad clear. and the checkers active in and parking the cars while