Bisbee daily review., 1914-09-15
TIME FUR Fl PASO
 ROAD RAGE
El Paso to Phoenix Speed Event To the Arizona Fair Will Be Five Miles Faster This Year
 Says a Phoenix Sport Writer
Has Just Completed Trip Over Bordarland Route-Says Road Is Good Except for Several Muddy Holes and Rough Spots
(RY LYLE AssoTT3

(Mr Abbott is Sporting Editor for the Arizona Republican. He arrived in BisDee late last evening in a Velie machine, en route to Phoenix. after making a special trip over the route of the race this fall His report on the conditions of the Borderland route gives a fair idea Of what may be ex. pected for the race this fall)
 El Paso's auto race to the Phoenix fair this fall is worth exactly 35 miles an hour for the 517 miles. Knockers chorus comes back. N'it"
 Eliminate about 5o les of mud good old Sun will do and there is no question about tb way those wagons will reel off the nules. Lords burg to Rodeo is the ink stretch and no bunch of mud ever deserved a harder name. But few of the weary miles between Douglas and Phoenix nave changed since the first big race Tine few that have changed. have im- proved. Out of Bisbee there is peril of five or 10 miles-peril only because it is so almighty fast that nothing short of a lapsed accident policy will prevent the drivers from making a million miles a minute Thanks to the state highway people for this
 The Fl Paso to Deming stretch is going to be an unknown quantity right up to within a few hours before the race. No more rains will keep 1t good, but pity the race if J. Pluvius gets busy within a day of the start Not knowing his habits in this country, I am unable to predict what the old boy will do. But we're all hoping he will be charitable.
 Tuscon. Douglas. and possibly Bis bee will be grabbing the fxie things off some fast wagons for this race Phoenix is sure to come across with a flock of entries You remember Jack Smith, who waltzed away with all of the Juarez prize money in the recent 30 miller? Well, Jack and his "own brand" car will be here-he's from Phoenix Mel Naquin driver of the in- cinerated September Morn" in last years race-leader to Bisbee second to Mesa and third into the finish-will start "Mora's" kid sister, who has been christened Eve" another of those fast and habitually victorious Velies. w
 Then. there will be a couple of oth- CT Phoenix cars and a Thomas Thompson's Thomas. And while we are on the subject, let's not overlook Earl Cooper's Stutz. Now it's rather funny about Cooper's Stutz. Earl ac- auired a notion that the racing game was paying Harry, of Indianapohs, too blame big a percentage of the cars winnings. So he says to agent Brown over in Los Angeles: Brownie how much will you take for Old Num- Der Eight?" Brown named the price. Cooper haggled and then paid it, and today we have the honor to be record. inc Mir Cooper's courteous inquiry about the El Paso to Phoenix automo- bile race.
 Half dozen sources Of information given us this dope;
 Thirtv-flve to 40 entries. Bigger prize money than for the classic Los Angeles to Phoenix race. Faster time by at least three miles per hour More interest along the road. Bigger adver. tising value among the folk of the east and north. Better results all around.