The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-22
CONTEST BOARD
ACCEPTS PLANS
Associations Agree to Rules
Made for Benning Auto
Meet.
PRIZES TO BE AWARDED
Motorcycle Events for Novices and
Professionals Are Arranged
by Committee.

The final programme for the July 4
race meet to be held at Benning race
track now is complete and has been &C
cepted both by the committee of the club
and the contest boards of the American
Automobile Association and the Fedora
ton OF American Motorcycles.
The races will commence promptly at 2
p. m, and will be run of in the following
order:
novices, will run for three miles and will
have as first prize a gold medal
Event No. will be professional race
for the championship of the South, and
Will run for five miles, the machines used
being stripped stock machines. Riders
are expected to enter this race from near
iy all of the Southern cities. The first
prize will be a handsome trophy cup do
rated by the National Capital Motorcycle
Club, and the second a gold medal
Event No. 3. professional. distance five
miles, first prize, Sos in cash; second prize,
SIS in cash.
Event No. l. professional. distance
seven miles, prizes, SIS and SIS in cash.
Automobile races-Event No. !, for cars
having a piston displacement of less than
81 cubic inches. Prizes will be: First
that amount. at the option of the winner;
second prize, trophy valued at SIS.
Smaller Cars to Enter.
In these races will be entered the
smaller cars, such as the Ford, Hupmo-
bile, Maxwell, and Studebaker.
Event No. is for cars having a piston
displacement of less tam $50 cubic inches
In this event will be entered the Stutz,
Cole. Norwalk, Kline-Kar. Studebaker,
Buick. Mercer. and several special racing
cars which have been secured by local
owners. The prizes will be S35 in cash, or
a trophy valued at the same amount:
second prize. a trophy valued at $50.
Event No. will be a free-for-aIL In
this event will be entered some of the
entrants in the former races and a num-
her of larger cars whose size makes them
Ineligible to compete in the first two
races. Among these latter will be in
cluded the Marmon, Simplex. Pierce
Arrow. Brighton Six. and several others
whose entries have not yet been re-.
Ceived.
The prizes in this race will be $50 in
cash or a trophy of equal value as first
prize and a $50 trophy as the second
prize. The distance in the various auto
mobile races will be as follows: Events
Nos. l and will be for five miles, while
Event No. will run for ten miles. The
and it is exps cted that the motorcycle
races will be concluded by p. m After
a short interval the automobile races
will be commenced, concluding about
$50 p. m. An interval OF half an hour
will be allowed for supper, which will
be served on the grounds by a competent
caterer. At p. m. dancing will be COM
menced, and will continue until mid
night.
Music will be furnished during the
races by a band of twenty-five pieces
and the orchestra which Will furnish the
music for the dancing will be under the
same leadership. The grounds have been
wired for a splendid illumination of the
scene, and during the evening several
novel lighting effects will be introduced
II is expected that a large proportion
of the attendance at the races will re-
main for the dancing, and particular
attention has been directed by the COM
mittee of the club toward the assuring
of order and decorum during the entire
evening.
twenty-page souvenir programme Is
being drawn up by a committee of the
club, and will be distributed free of
charge on the grounds at the meet.
Sufficient number will be on hand for
the entire assembly, 1000 copies having
been ordered. The souvenir programme
will contain, besides. the programme of
the races, a number OF scenes of tours
recently undertaken by the club, and
also a large group photograph of the
club members assembled in the front of
the Capitol.
Admission Price Charged.
There will be no change in the price
of admission to the races, which will
be 50 cents including grand stand seats.
Mil h. 4
to park their cars inside the track.
where a careful watch will be kept over
them to avoid against theft and to in
sure against vandalism
The officials in charge OF the races
will be as follows:
Automobile events-Charles H Cross,
referee: Horace Chandlee, representa-
tive of the American Automobile Asso-
citation contest board: Howard Fisk
starter; Harry Ward, William UlIman,
and H. E. Duckstein, judges, and S. s.
Grogsn and H. r. King, timers
The officials in charge of the motor
cycle races will be T. O. wansleben, ref
cree: W. F. Throop, clerk of the course.
and A, o. Hutterly and S. S. Grogan,
timers.
T. B. Shoemaker. of the American Au-
tonnobile Association contest board, of
New York City, expects to be present
at the races and give the officials the
benefit of his experience in this line. Mr.
Shoemaker is a former Washingtonian
and is interested in any event run of
here. He was present last year as an
Official and expressed entire satisfaction
with the conduct of the races. Mr..
Shoemaker will come down by road in
his studebaker from New York City,
leaving there Thursday. July 8, and re-
naming in Washington for the week
end.
First automobile entry. entered by
Frank Stewart, who will drive a REQ.
wheels within Wheels.