Bisbee daily review., 1914-11-12
PASO-SAN DIEGO
 AUTO RAGE WILL BE
 GREATEST ON RECORD
1000 Mile Dash Across Country Wlll End at Opening of Great Exposition; Boost for Border
 land-Bisbee for Night Control.

With both the El paso-phoenix and the Los Angeles-Phoenix races now a matter of history, the eyes of the aut omobile racing world. at least that part of it which is in the Southwest are turned toward the proposed El Paso-San Diego race Owing to their proximity and to the fact that they were established races, during the past two months the two just run have absorbed most of the public in- terest But it is different now.
 The El Paso-San Diego race bids fair to be the greatest automobile races ever pulled off in this country. lt win be approximately 1000 miles in length and will be the longest race ever run in the country over an es- tablished course. The winning cars would not finish until the fourth day after the start, and doubtless many of the cars would not finish at all
 Leaving El Paso the first night con- trol would be at Bisbee. the second at Phoenix. the third at Yuma with the final dash into San Diego the next day This race would attract the greatest drivers in the racing gah9e and would bring the finest cars into the keenest competition! It would advertise the borderland route as nothing else has ever done and would prove a great impetus to the entire southwestern country.
 san Diego is taking the lead in the effort to pull off the race. They want it to start about December 20 or 30 and finish in San Diego at the Expo sition grounds on New Years day, or the following The first of the year the big exposition opens in the southern California city and the race would be a great start for the big fair
 Another reason why San Diego is not only anxious Co have the race but is really determined to pull it off, even at great expense, is that she was cut off the route of the coast to Phoenix race this year Now she is going to stage a race that will make the Los Angeles-PhoeniX race seem like kids pushmobile contest.
 The Southern California Automo- bile club of Los Angeles, has consis- tently boosted the old Trails or north ern transcontinental route which goes through northern Arizona. and which benefits che southern section of the state not a whit. By running the coast to Phoenix race over that route this year they cut both San Diego and Yuma of, though they were on last year.
 San Diego is strong for the Bor- derland or southern route and the eX- position company recently issued the best log of that route that has ever been compiled, merely to induce more automobile travel this way during the exposition year and to get motorists in the habit of coming this way. Nat urauy, Douglas, Bisbee. Tucson, Yuma and au other towns along the route benefit greatly by travel over the Borderland, and all of them are en- thusiastic over the proposed El Paso san Diego race. or any other event that will help Che Borderland
 As to the comparative worth of the two routes for the eastern motorist who is crossing the continent there can be no doubt They are hardly in the same class. The principal talking point for the northern route is that it goes by the Grand Canyon. How ever, this trip can be taken as side excursion from the southern route without much trouble and with little time As to the roads they are not to be mentioned in the same breath, as a comparison of the time made in two races just finished will prove. The time over the Borderland route averaged about 37 miles per hour, while over the northern it was close to 30. Rain mud and cold weather
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