New-York tribune., 1913-12-24
HUGE TOTAL FOR
AUTO DRIVERS TO
WIN NEXT YEAR
Aggregate in Speedway and
Track May Be in Excess
of S200.000.
JERSEY BOULEVARD GROWING
Barnegat Bridge Soon To Be
Completed-Van Patton Takes
SaIesrOOm for Saxon.

Prizes for automobile racing Niil total
well over 100000 in the United States
next year, it is conservativeiy estimated.
/ Of this amount the Indianapolis Speedway
alone will contribute nearly onc-fourth
or s50Ooa.
Ranged ir ID, order of ,neir financial
strength, purses ncw in sight are as fol
lows Indianapolis. s5ooo0 Seattle, 500
ooo: Sioux City. $4,000; Los Angeles
+ Sl6.ooo. Sacramento. $4,000; Corona.
/ 900 Tacoma sIo.5oo; Santa Monica.
Slo.oO5. Elrin sloooO. Los Angeles
/ DpnwniN}. $4,000. El raso PhpniN),
/ $4,000. and Galveston $1,000. total, Sl97,-
/ 700
With Various minor events such as the
/ san Diego road race and dirt track meets
, all over the country, the expected total is
| easily attained. Europe. with its multi
! rlicity Of contests. docs not Offer one
/ fourth as much. The sport Of motor car
racing may be said to be moro strongly
| intrenched in the United states than any
/ where else Ia the world.
Considered from the angle Of prestige.
/ the East is held still To outrank the Wcs'
/ by lar. with the possible exception OF
Santa Monica. purely by virtue Of sue
( ceSSful performance. The Indianapolis
/ Speedway is IN a class by itself. while tn"
Elcin. through its four seasons Of success
ful racing. is also entitled to the first di-
isru The Vanderbilt cup and Grand
! Prize have been bumped about from pillar
10 uoSt too long To occupy their former
position. Santa Monica is generally con
sidcrcd IN, Vests zone best bet"
ON completion Of bridge that has been
under construction for several months
/ across BarucGat BAY, from Seaside Park
/ to Island Heights an additional stretch
| of the Ncw jersey ocean Boulevard vii.
4 be opened up 10 through travel. Ry this
means also the distance and running time
from New York aud North Jersey coast
points to Atlantic Citv and cape May will
he considerably lesseucd
Instead of being obliged to turn direct
west for ten miles from Point Pleasant O.
. Lakewood am thence south through Toms
River. the tourist will continue along the
ocean boulevard through Ray Head and
Nantololim- 20 Seaside Park, crossing th"
new br.dc, 20 Island Heights and Tom,
River. withou, the necessity of going into
Lakewood
VI present 10 Us necessary f'r the tour
st DESTROYS Of visiting these famous blue
fishing points along Barnlgat BAY 10 <
down from and return to Point Pleas
ant and Dr. soutrhouud make tho dc
tour through Lakewood II was ~ nrst
expected that the new bridge would h.
open hy the hrst Of tho year. but some
della; has occurred. Lat" reports % th"
s. g. s. Touring Bureau state that the
rout. will surely be ready frr tho early
summer travel Of 1915
f f.. y Van Patton who will haudl, the
widely talked of small car. the saxon. ~
Now York Is LOSING no time in proparing
for the reception Of hi, initial deliveries.
' lie has ALREADY severed his active con
uection with r. =. Houpt. Inc. and has
leased Il showroom adjoining tho Stcarns
saiesroom, in 18th street Tho work Of
fitting It up viii begin NJ once
+ There has Iocu 30 much talk 81 cycle
cars ir the last few months that Mr. Van
Patton emphasizes the fact that the Saxon
is not of this type. but Is real automo-
bile ~ standard tread. 10 sell al q price
close to what the cycle ear projectors eX-
pect to place on their products when they
reach the market The cl"'" car is essen
TALLY narrow tread machine
Although the saxon has not set reached
here Nj Van Patton has booked orders