El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-04
Fl PASO RACE TO
PHOENIX IS ON
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siasts gathered at the starting point
Tuesday morning. The first four cars
to leave were forced to light their
lamps and 1t was after ocIock DeIore
it had become light enough to dis
pense with artificial illumination.
Timers ". T. HixsOn and sam j. Cat
lin were among the first TO arrive.
Starter Stevens appeared about $50.
Robert Rinehart, chairman of the rae
ing commission of the Ell Paso Auto
mobile club, aided by the other FL
PasO members, viii Rand, Joe Bukey,
George LeBaron and G.. A. Martin, su
pervised the preliminaries-
Nineteen cars, all told, answered the
starting pistol Two entrants, J. H
Jacks REQ from Bisbee, and H. n.
Reno's Chadwick 80" from Douglas,
dropped out of the race on account Of
mechanical troubles A broken rear
and the Chadwick lays claim to a
broken crank shaft Both machines
are in local garages and every effort
was made to have them ready in time
Big Crowds watch Start.
Despite the early hour set for start
ing, there were many persons on hand
to see the first of the racers get away.
PatrOlmen were stationed at different
points on Epson avenue the route tax
en- by the speeders, and saw to 1t that
the cars did not run fast enough to
endanger life, although they did eX-
coed the speed limit by many miles.
Not a single accident IN the elty-or
out of it, so far as IS knoWn-InarFeo
the inauguration of the big race
Interest in the Individual cars cen
tered probably on the St9tz death
days ago near Douglas. The machine
has been in a repair shop for week
and mechanics have been working on
il night and day. It was MP ana
tuck to get it in shape in time for the
race, but the finishing touches were
put on and it was taken out for
trial spin Monday afternoon
Bear Cats Hard Luck.
Slipping away in second place, 1t
took the Epson avenue hill ike PRO
Half an hour later, motorcycnsts VINO
several miles, returned to town and
reported that a tire on the Bear cat
had been punctured eight miles out
and that trouble with the OIL Ieed. syS-
TEN had been encountered. An hour
later reports came in over railway
telegraph wires that the Stutz had
No. l near Lanark, n: NJ. At Separ'
midway between Deming and Lords
burg, the Bear Cat went past AZ lulu,
Just behind Stockard and Churcns
stockard and Church's Buick as"
was the third machine to get the sig
John Hutchings was at the wheel with
Carl Marker IS mechanic
Workman Gets Off Fast
Tony Workman, drying .rjS Arthur
plauded as he left the tape, picking
up speed for the Epson avenue climb
faster, it was generally conceded, than
any other car in the race ms ma
chine was the fourth to start and gave
every indication of being dangerous
factor in the coming grind. Reports
that 1t had made the Il mics 70 Can.
utillo. Texas, in II minutes were
brought back from the upper road
soon after Workman left This time
hardly seems possible yet the ma
3 z the start would
indicate something of the sort.
The fifth car to leave nearly stalled /
on the UpsOn avenue hill. 1t was Bulck
"16," from Tucson, driven by J n I
Van Harrington. CarburetOr trouble IS /
blamed for the "miscue. The trouble |
was adjusted. however. before the ma /
chine had come to standst1H and the /
Buick picked up speed again.
Loses His Way.
Excitement, probably, caused NJ l. |
Miller. driver of car No. Z, BUICK /
10" to lose his way at the west end 1
of Epson avenue. Miller kept on the |
right course until he reached the sunset |
Heights carline tracks, where they /
cross Epson Instead of following them /
and going over the smelter viaduct, |
Miller kept On out Epson avenue, which /
runs into canyon block or two be-
yond the car tracks. Several precious |
minutes were lost before the driver
discovered his mistake and made his 1
way back to the right road
". J. Rand's Chalmers 40" was Fl
Paso's favOrite, judging from the (
"sendoff' it received when 1t left at z |
o'clock, with Billy AdOlph at the wheel /
and Benny Rogers sitting beside him. |
This machine was numbered nine and /
made one of the prettiest starts Of the !
day. Epson avenue was negotiated at !
nearly 25 miles an hour.
Depeder's Mercer
Nick Depeder's Mercer was the 10th /
boat" to weigh anchor and ii moved /
off as smoothly as gull. Eddie Stef- !
fell was driving and Terry Ward was /
his mechanic. Many favorable COM |
ments on the appearance and "geta- I
way" Of this machine were made
In strange contrast to the powerful |
lines of the big racing cars was the
appearance Of the Ford, which left at /
$40 The little car was in first class |
running order and was driven by c. D. |
Evans.
Real speed was not attempted by any |
of the racers until they had passed I
beyond the smelter settlement Deputy
sheriffs guarded the course outside the I
city limits and it is said that they had 1
instructions to shoot the tires Off any
car that went too fast through the |
settlement.
Several early morning auto parties |
were organized to run up the road /
they went by. This was virtually the /
only chance local auto enthusiasts had /
to see real speed made.
At CanutiIlo HILL
Lew Gasser and a bunch of enthu-
siasts stationed themselves at the top !
of CanutillO hill and checked the cars |
as they reached the top The elapsed !
time from Ell PasO to the top of the |
hill for the various cars was as fol- 1
lows:
Number 1, SO minutes; No ,, 40 min /
- 36 minutes; Nc. 4. 80 min