El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-02

Either the 81 BaSO or Los Angeles
race would be the greatest annual road
race in the country. The two at the
same time, covering a territory over
500 miles in opposite directions, make
the combined event the biggest of the
kind ever held More cars have been
entered and much faster time has been
recorded in track events in various
parts of the world, but for cross cOun-
try racing, over country roads the
races to the Phoenix fair stand without
a peer The Los Angeles race alone has
been noted as the one unique annual
event IN the motor world IN the past,
but FL PasO this year enters the field
and VIII split the hOnors with the Cal
ifornia racers. Although il is the fifth
annual event from Los Angeles and
the first from FL Paso, only 26 cars are
entered in the California event against
p from FL PasO in its maiden year.
Trains OF Auto Bugs.
Accompanying the racers viii be del
egations of automobile bugs from Cal
ifornia and FL PasO. The CalifOr-
mans viii travel in a special train
the FL Pasoans will travel in special
Pulimans attached to the regular train
leaving z. Paso a few hours after the
start of the FL PaSO race There Will
be much rivalry between the FL PasO-
ans and the AngelenOs, especially in the
track races at the fair, but both Los
Angeles and FL PasO have the same
principal objects IN backing the two
eTents-the creation of interest in good
roads and to attract attention to the
BOrderland route for travel
The FL PasO race viii show that the
course is open from FL Paso to Phoenix
and the Los Angeles race viii prove
that the road is in good condition from
Phoenix to the capital Of southern Cal
ilornia-" Automobiles know that they
can reach FL PasO in safety, that the
reads east of here and north of here
are passable. In the east. however.
there is always skepticism regarding
"a ma rfrarr arsFf in
ltiated traveller is wont to style all the
country west of FL PasO- To discredit
such beliefs, the races have been
planned. There is much enthusiasm
over the race and they will attract hun
oreds Of people TO the Arizona state
Ready for the Race.
FL PasO end for the starting Of the
race. The drivers viii assemble Mon
day evening with the FL Paso AutOmO-
bile clubs committee for final instruc-
tons and on Tuesday morning the first
car viii be off at $40. when Chas- B.
Stevens. president of the FL Paso Auto
mobile club, fires the pistol that says
go" Other cars viii leave at ten min
ute intervals until all have departed by
o'clock If any cars fail to start and
il is now possible that only the Chad
wick, last in the list, viii not make the
race, the other cars VIII get away
sooner All cars entered are now here
and tuning Up for the two day grind
Considerable money has been Wagered
in automobile circles on the outcome
OF the race and 1T is difficult to fore
cast a winner, as each car is rather
heavily backed Tony Workman in A.
r SChuster's Chalmers go" and Eddie
Steffes in Mic Depeder's Mercer are be-
ing backed strong locally Billy AdOlph
in ". J. Rand's Chalmers 40" is also
looked upon as a possible winner. The
Globe people are betting on Naquin's
Nelie. Douglas is backing Pirtle's
Cadillac rather strongly. The Chadwick
entered by H y. Reno from Douglas.
was backed rather heavily, but a trOu-
blesome crankshaft has put the car out
of the running, in all probability.
Where They Run.
The FL Paso cars viii make the first
days run to Bisbee, AriZ-, where they
will remain in control over night The
second days run will be to the Phoenix
fair. where the race viii end next We'd
nesday afternoon. Checking stations
are located at Deming. Lordsburg,
Douglas, Tombstone. Tucson, Florence,
Mesa and Tempe, Ariz. At checking
stations the drivers will have to stop
five minutes and sign a card opposite
their time, which viii be marked in by
the checkers None of them will be
allowed to take water, gasoline or oil
n the five minutes they are at the
checking stations: neither will they be
permitted to give any attention to their
cars The same applies to the night