The Sentinel=record., 1914-02-15
BIG SPEEDWAY EVENT TO BE HELD IN HOT SPRINGS DUR
 IN THE LATE SEASON.
NOTED DRIVERS TAKE PART
In a Big Open Race for a Purse of $1ooo, and Other Big Purses Will Be Offered for Other Events-Oak- lawn Track in Fine Shape.

Hot Springs residents and visitor, are to be given an opportunity to sec several of the worlds greatest auto mobile pilots in action early in Marcl fl the present plans of the good roads enthusiasts do net go amiss.
 No sooner had the plan for a large good roads bond issue been fayorab.y considered than movement was started to force Hot Springs to the front in the automobile racing world and to attract thousands of autoists to the city by promising them one of the most attractive worlds cham pionship dirt track meets ever arcang ed in America.
 And while the popularity of dirt track racing. the most dangerous of all the various kinds of speed manis is admitted, the plan of the Hot Springs enthusiasts goes consider ably further. The coming races are tc serve as a stepping stone to a great annual meet, which will take ranN with the Vanderbilt cup race and the American grand prie.
 With good roads promised the au- toist, Hot Springs will soon attract the attention of hundreds of thou sands of motorists all over America and with a great annual race to en- certain them the city will take ranA with the other great speed centers of the world
 To assure the proposed meet a prominent place in the calendar of auto sport, an official canction vii De secured for it from the American Au- tomobne Association and ony driyers of national reputation will take part.
 Probably the first official entry wil come from Louis Disbrow. world track champion, as his manager IS now in Hot Springs and has promised To bring the famous little New Yorker to the health resort to prepare Tor the coming racing season if large enough cash purse is offered to war rant him to ship his fast racing ere ation from the eastern metropolis
 Disbrow holds eight out of ten worlds records on circular dirt tracks and will try for the two remaining ones during the coming Hot springs meet. which are still lacking 10 mak- ing his standing supreme in the dl't track world. He also holds the worlds beach championship, having won it the past two years at Calves ton, Tex, against the best men in the country. He also holds all the word s long distance speed records in beach competition.
 Wires have been sent to half do%- en other crack speed pilots inVltihs them to come to Hot Springs to take part in the great meet which is be- ing planned for the Oaklawn race track.
 No city in the word can boast CT better course than Hot springs. The track is in fine shape and VIII be specially prepared for fast tune by Manager Shrader of the OaKla"il track. And with large cash prle@ amounting to $l,000, as well as caSu bonuses to drivers who will come to Hot Springs for the championship con tests. the auto enthusiasts VIII oe treated to one of the greatest speed battles ever held anywhere.
 Speciat attention of all the uIlN, CTS invited to take part in the iio' Springs meet has been called to the training possibilities here. And "l'" the faces falling jsut ahead of the great international sweepstakes at Tn dianapolis, it is believed many ol th' star pilots will come here to pre- rare for the $5000O classic. At leas enough of them will enter to assure a national flavor to the meet
 great deal of good will be gaihe' by Hot Springs in a publicity Wal through the auto races in addition I' the high-class entertainment oiiereu In the first place the meet Will p' schedules as an official event and eV cry automobile publication In th country will carry the announcement of it each week until it takes place Then special mention will be glVe' the drivers in practically every dail sport page in the country and the re suits of the races will be carried es erywhere.