Weekly journal-miner., 1914-09-30
GREATEST ENDURANCE
 RACE IN THE WORLD
 WILL GO THROUCHH HERE

1IlOOOGI tEI1AE mental highways, the Chamber of Commerce of that city has promised to have the roads of the county worked over for the race and the practice runs of the drivers.
 Hard Stretch.
 From Prescott to Phoenix through Hill Side, Congress Junction, Wick enburg, Hot Springs Junction and Glendale is one of the most difficult stretches of the entire three-day run. The roads arc rough, sandy, narrow and dusty. With some of the cars much the worse off for the wear, the last stretch will be the most difficult, and the finish at the State Fair Grounds will be welcomed by all the game desert racers.
 With a course 710 miles in length, covering every condition of roadway to be encountered by the motoriSt of any country, the 1914 Los Angeles to-Phoenix race takes a place in the world of motor sport never before occupied by any automobile contest The Indianapolis Speedway race, the Grand Prix and Vanderbilt Cup clas- sic all arc like side shows when compared to the great desert race of the west.
 Not a Race.
 In many ways the Phoenix road race is not a race at all. It is a fierce fight for place in wild scramble across the desert. The man who has the strength, courage, judg- ment and good fortune to win the 1914 Los Angeles-to-Phoenix road race should be crowned the king of all drivers.
 A Medal Up.
 It has been suggested that this year a medal be given to the winner of the Los Angeles-to-Ph Phoenix race, carrying the title master driver of the world. The plan is to make the decoration the Howdy Special tro- phy, given by the passengers of the boosters special train, which annual ly accompanies the racers across the desert to the Arizona capital.
 When one stops to consider what a driver and his mechanic undergo in one Phoenix road race to try to win a few hundred dollars, the con tests drop as a gamblers proposi tions and come out in full bloom as western sportsmans proposition. Last year Don Lee spent thousands of dollars on his Cadillac team and both were wrecked on the course Had the Cadillac won, only half the money spent on entering one car would have been won; but two cars were entered and the same man has entered three machines this year.
 Small Purse.
 A purse Of $25,OO0 for the winner of the annual Los Angeles-to- Phoc- nix race would be none too large; but it will never be offered and the game desert drivers of the West will continue to enter their cars and drive across the desert for a few hundred dollars, which only helps to pay expenses when won.
 There is not even the glory to the Phoenix race that there is to the speedway contest.
 There are no grand stands filled with admirers. The desert racers battle across the sands between the desert towns unnoticcd, except for a few coyotes, Hazards and an occa- sional Indian.
 At the checking stations the cars are often so smcared with mud and dust that the numbers canot be seen and even the drivers friends cannot recognize them.
 The Effects.
 At night when the sleep control is entered, the drivers arc bruised and sore from the jolting. Faces are burned and lips are cracked and blistcrcd by the wind and heat At the finish those who are lucky enough to get through at all, have swollen hands and sore muscles all over their bodies. Yet it's the great est race in the world and a race for the sturdy westerner only.
 Never has there been an eastern driver make a showing in the annual desert classic. Even Earl Cooper. the famous Stutz pilot, said after going 4la ,Cnrsn npra tIat ho