El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-10-24
Entries In Ell Paso-Phoenix Road Race

- NTRIES for the second running Of
the annual FL Paso-Phoenix road
IL race will close at midnight Sunday
and present indications are that from p
10 80 racing cars will face the starting
pofnt on the morning Of November S,
when Charlie stevens will send them
away TO the crack Of revolver
I-p until noon Saturday II entries
had been received by Robert H Rine-
hart. representative OF the American
Automobile association under whose
sanction the event viii be staged But
Mr. Rinehart states that 10 ms own
knowledge there are 81 cars stripped
for the derby event and InaL IN nus
opinion approximately 30 cars VIII
With between $1,000 and sseOO in
prize money hung up for the winners
of the race and some Of the greatest
professional drivers Of the west com
Detfng. a new record is expected 10 De
hung up by the winning car Al OF
the entrance money will be poued IN
the prize money TO be distributed
among the first four cars that cross :
the winning line. There IS S4zVO N
prize money which has been donated
bv the cities Of the Borderland route
between FL Paso and Phoenix
The money Except that from BlSbee)
will be divided as follows: Fifty per
tziven TO the car making the best time
between FL Paso and Phoenix . per
cent TO the car making the second best
time. Is percent TO the third car and
IG percent to the car making the Iourlh
Following is the amount OF prize
money donated TO the purse by the
various cities Phoenix, $lUuU- Il Faso'
$1,000, Bisbee. $1,000; Tucson, $500,
Chandler. $500 Tempe, 5000; Mesa, S20U,
Entries Close Sunday.
The entries do not close until mid
night Sunday and Mr. RlneharL eA-
pects TO remain in his office IN the
Mills building until TINS time 70 re
ceive any belated entry Entries re-
ceived at the Ell Paso postoffice at mid
night Sunday or by wire VIII be &C
copied
owners or drivers Of the cars en-
tered in the derby viii draw for posi-
lion at Hotel Sheldon on the evening
Of October %, at s O'Clock. It is not
necessary that the drivers or owners
appear. as the numbers will be lifted
from a hat or by some dtsinterested
person. The cars viii leave the start
ing point five minutes apart in the
order in which they are drawn out Of
the hat at this time
The starting point viii be on the line
outside OF the city limits because Of
the fact that the race starts on Sun
day morning. The first machine will
leave the chalked starting point at 6
o'clock and the others will leave five
minutes apart until the last car is
given the signal
Checking the Cars
The cars upon entering the night
control at Bisbee will be checked by
n representative Of the FL Paso Auto
mobile club and will be checked out
Of the same control the next morning
by a representative Of the FL PasO
club. The time Of checking in and out
of the night control will be deducted
from the actual running time Of the
cars
Checkers will be stationed at Dem
ing. LordsburE. Douglas, Tucson, Flor
ence. Chandler, Mesa and Tempe TO
check the time each car passes these
points Five minutes viii be deducted
from the running time OF each car at
the above mentioned checking stations
The official route Of the race is as
follows From the starting point out
side OF the city limits Of Fl PasO to
Phoenix over the Borderland route by
way Of MOntoya, Lanark, Deming'
Iordsburg ROdeo. Douglas, BiSbee,
Tombstone. Tucson. Florence, then by
way of state highway through Chand-
Ter, Mesa and Tempe TO Phoenix The
finish OF the race viii be at the gate
Of the Arizona state fair.
Must Finish In A Hours.
The cars consuming the least time
between FL Paso and the checkers sta
ton AT Bisbce. and finishing in Phoe-
nix. within 45 hours elapsed time from
the time the cars leave the starting
point here. shall be returned the win
uers Of the Bisbee purse OF $1,000. This
purse will be divided so to the winner.
% 70 the second car, Is 10 the third car
and 10 percent to the fourth car All
other money is divided between the
four cars making the best time be-
tween FL PasO and Phoenix
All the entries in the event have
promised. according TO the application
blank, TO enter their machines in ore
or more Of the automobile races to be
staged at the Phoenix fair. providing.
Of course, they finish the race with
their cars in good condition
Noted Drivers Entered.
There are some noted drivers who
will be AT the wheel OF the racing cars
Charles F. Keene who viii drive the
Beaver Bullet. a special 120 horse
2OWer car, finished eighth IN the 500