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

! control at Bisbee. All attention to cars
viii have to be given on the time of
the drivers
Purses for the Race.
The total purse in the race from FL
Paso to Phoenix is $500. For the race
between FL PasO and Phoenix, the total
sum is S41O0. This is to be divided be-
tween the first four cars reaching the
Arizona fair so. %, 10 and 10 per cent
The other $4,000 will be divided between
the first four cars reaching the places
making the donations, provided these
cars finish at Phoenix. These cars do
not have to win the Phoenix race; they
must finish, however. These moneys
are as follows;
Bisbee. $1,000; Douglas. $500; Tucson.
$500 Florence. 5000 Tempe. 500. The
car reaching Phoenix first, to win first
money in the other towns also, will
have to be first into these respective
places A car may reach the Bisbee
control first and win fifty percent OF
the Bisbee money, yet not finish within
any Of the money at Phoenix, provided
it gets to Phoenix within the prescribed
time Of the race, As hours elapsed time
All the FL PaSO cars as well as the
Los Angeles cars, have right to enter
the track races at Phoenix on Thurs
day and compete for the prizes offered
To Guard the Roads.
The Ell Paso cars will leave FL Paso
over the BOrderland route course, go
ing west over Epson avenue from the
starting place at the Y. NJ c. A, to
Sunset heights, then out over the Smell
ter viaduct. Deputy sheriffs will guard
the road to CanutiilO to warn traffic
of the coming Of the autos. a troop OF
cavalry will patrol the section about
the Smelter to keep the crowds back.
FL Pasoans who wish to see the
racers finish, will leave Ell PasO in spe-
cial Pullmans attached to the west
bound Golden State limited train
Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock and will
reach Phoenix Wednesday morning at
$50. The first car is not expected at
the fair grounds before , o'clock in the
afternoon The FL Pasoans will remain
IN Phoenix until probably Friday night,
Witnessing the track races on Thursday
and attending the BOrderland route
convention at the chamber of commerce
IN Phoenix on Thursday morning. They
expect TO get back to FL Paso Saturday
night.
May Change Route.
There IS yet a question Of whether
the race between Florence and Mesa,
Arizona, will be over the new. state
highway or the old mesa road. The
official rules say that the race must
be over the state highway, but a de-
the racers all agree This matter will
be taken up Monday night The old
road is much better and faster than
the new road, as the new road has but
recently been opened and it is yet full
OF holes and rough spots.
The racers expect to find the worst
road between Tombstone and Tucson.
as the people Of Tucson have been slow
about making repairs to that portion
OF the stretch COchise county has
I done much work on the road between
Bisbee and Huachuca, through Tomb
stone; it was rough right after the
rains, but it is now pronounced in good
shape The best road will be found
between Deming and LOrdsburg in New
Mexico. with the exception of the 10
miles Of paved road from FL PasO to
( CanutiiO. Supervisors AinsWorth and
Estill. of Pima county. have been doing
some work on the road between Tomb
stone and Tucson this week. on the
urgent request of Hiram Corbett. pres
ident of the Pima County Automobile
club, who took them over the course
and urged them to have it fixed. Mr..
COrbett has also arranged to have War
rem GrOsetta to 90 ahead Of the racers
from Tucson to Florence. on next We'd
nesday. in a stripped Studehaker, to see
that there are no distractions in the
course He viii leave Tucson about
two hours ahead of the racers.
Two More Cars Here.
Two more racing cars arrived Satur-
day afternoon from Tucson for the
race One is a Mitchell racer which
Charles Miller will drive in the big
road race. The other was a Buda-
Elmore, which viii be driven by r.
II. Clarke. Miller brought L r.
Aguirre as his mechanician and Clarke
will have G. ". Warrar with him in