Arizona republican., 1914-09-21
YUMA STRONG FORA RACE
 ID PHOENIX
Border Town May Be Means of Swinging Classic Back Where ItBelongs in Spite of Thoroughly "Path- found" North Route

That the preliminary skirmishing around-even including the routing of northern course-is but a prelude to a bigger and consolidated Los Ange- les -to-PhoeniX race, is the belief of Weil-ln1ormed observers. With San Diego and Yuma going steadily ahead Tn preparation for a separate race outlaw, if necessary-it looks as though the difficulty over money shortage on the southern route might be overcome.
 At least, the proponents of the northern route can no longer say that the south will not come through with the necessary coin
 1 George Hageman. who visited with the good roads builders at Agua Cali ente yesterday, brings back word that una is specially warm over being | thrown down, and that the motorists of that city are figuring on raising money, joining with San Diego and pulling a race of some sort. The prediction is ventured that ulti- mately the factions will get together. settle on the Los Angeles San Diego Yuma road and have such race as never was.
 It will be recalled that for the past three years every race has been pre- ceded by a period of trading and politics, during which the race is rout- ed and re-routed, and cities and towns enter alliances and break them and groups of promoters are exalted and cast down.
 i It seems that it is only after all this fermentation has taken place and the dregs settle that the real clear wine of hard work can be found And the sooner that happy and set tied condition comes, the bigger and better is the race.
 The original sin of the motor races into Phoenix for the fair was the beginning of what may now be termed their multiplicity. There are too many lines. Two races, coming from diametrically opposite places will do the work of advertising the fair and will not bring that confus- ion and division of money and drivers that such a flock of contests entails Of course it is well to line out the various big highways with these races-it's supremely good for travel And that is why the Albuquerque Phoenix race was proposed. For the iOcean-to-Ocean highway, with it's late increase in activity, has shown it de- serves a lot of assistance.
 Perhaps the proposed San Diego-to- T l. 1,,l. tx coerce Los Angeles into abandoning { route that is undoubtedly not pop ular either here in southern Arizona tor in Southern California. There arc some prominent Los Angeles men whc
 would much prefer seeing San Diego on the race course, or even the start
 ing point itself
 To some highly suspicious nature!
 the act of Los Angeles in putting
 across the northern route savers o
 that switch which the National Olt Trails Association made from Phoeni'
 to the northern trans Arizona rout
 at it's Kansas City convention.
 Los Angeles motordOm and Lo
 Angeles newspapers are pretty clos together. and 'tis said that becaus one great newspaper has interests a
 the canyon, it is doing all in 1t
 power to force a transcontinenta
 highway through there. With the co
 operation of the Santa Fe, it sWuni
 the old Trails route north.
 The solution of all these problem
 rests with the city of San Diego
 aided and supported by Yuma. An things are fast drawing to poin
 where some startling changes may b made in what now seems well set
 tied arrangements.