El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-10-14
R0ADSFINEFOR
PHOENIX RACE
ALI Communities Appreciate
the Value of the Race as
an Advertisement.

s1The road is far better this year than
last and much better time IS going 70
be made in the FL Paso TO Phoenix
race next month. This viii show the
automobile world what a fast, perfect
course the BOrderland road Is and II
should result in bringing a much
heavier traffic through Ell PasO to and
from California Last year, race aC-
vertised the route so that the travel
this year has been 20 times heavier
than 1t ever was before. On our way
70 Phoenix we passed four cars from
Oklahoma, one from Arkansas and one
from Missouri. We met seven or eight
cars. eastbound, from California All
OF them that we talked TO said they
first heard Of the oBrderland route
through the race to Phoenix last wear.
The people all along the route are en-
thusiast1c over tbs coming race; they
realize its great value as an adver-
This summarizes the report of R.
H Rinehart, president Of the Il Faso
Automobile club, on his return from
tour over the Borderland to Phoenix
Roads Arc Fine.
Nj RinehRrt made the trip in the
interest OF the coming race and says
the road is in especially fine shape
throughout the entire course between
FL PasO and Phoenix. The worst
stretch Of road, ne says, IS right in
the Rio Grande valley, west OF Mon
toya- The road that was so bad last
year between Tombstone and the En-
pire ranch. is now in good shape with
the exception OF one hill, where the
road is washed, but this is to be re
paired he says. There is little
stretch OF dust for four miles this side
of Chandler also. but on the whole
the road is pronounced very flne-un-
less it should be raining when the cars
reach the Animas valley south OF
Lordsburg-''then God help the racers,
Nr. Rinehart says However, Noyem-
Der is usually a dry month and there
is little prospect Of rain during the
race
People Realize Races Value.
Everywhere along the route. the
people are enthusiastic over the ad-
Borderland course declared MI Rlne-
hart, who with Lew Gasser, returned
Tuesday afternoon from the Phoenix
trip In the smaller towns every body
knows when a touring car passes
through They all understand the
value Of the advertising given the
route by the race. for prior to the race
last year, the travel was very light.
Now they tell me II is very heavy A
garage that we visited last year in
Florence. a little place big enough for
three or four cars. is row q place big
enough TO accommodate %. and the
owner tells me he does a fine business
with tourists. The hotel people are
all enthusiastic, also. Ell PasO appre-
cIates the value of this race less than
any other city or town along the
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that the people here do not know how
many transcOntinental cars pass
through here Every town along the
line has increased its subscription Of
last year"
Many Entries for Race.
Mr.. Rinehart drove back a Nelie car
for NJ /. Naquin. from Phoenix To-
day Mr. Naquin entered the car for the
FL PasO-PhOenix race His is the first
actual entry. but Mr. Rinehart believes
there viii be at least 80. He has let
ters today from z. J. TilsOn. WinslOws
Ariz-- J. c. Jones' Tucumcari. y. NJ,
and Chas- F. Keene. of Fort Worth,
relative TO the race. Jones writes that
he VIII be here BY the nth with his
car, ready to enter the race; keene.
who is the owner Of the famous -'Bea-
yer Bullet" writes that he will be
here from Fort Worth by the goth
ready 20 enter his car. He suggests
that entry blanks be sent to Walter
White at Corpus Christi, Tex, and 10
p ". ROmbauer, Of St Louis. and
says he thinks there will be some en-
tries from Fort Worth and Dallas
Eight or ten entries are expected from
FL PasO. including the Naquin Velie:
three from Bisbee, two from Douglas;
q Stutz from Ray, five or six from
Tucson and as many from Phoenix.
Mr.. Naquin has just moved his head
quarters to FL PasO from Globe and
Phoenix He will act as Velie dis
tributOr for New Mexico and Arizona
from there.