El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-08
.BORDERLAND RACE To SAN DIEGO;
FROM FL Pb5O BY PHOENIX FAIR
Only Feasible and Logical Route; Counter Proposition
to That From Los Angeles to Use Northern Route"
Before the Fair; at Fair Time Northern Route
Would Not Be Open BOrderland Would

for a race Of this character a purse ap-
proximating $4,000 could be hung up,
a sum sufficient to attract the best
drivers and cars in the business and
probably IS entries would appear at the
starting line to battle for fame and a
big chunk Of the prize money in the
longest road race ever run ing this
country.
Time to Get Busy.
The time is now to start something.
The dissatisfaction in certain sections
along the BOrderland route resulting
from the routing Of last years Los
Angeles-PhOeniX race by way OF
Needles has inspired San Diego. I'M
perial Valley and Yuma people to lay
plans already for a race from san
Diego to Phoenix this fail, simultan-
eously with the FL Paso-Phoenix race.
There is no good reason why these two
events could not be combined and every
of two comparatively small purses for
two distinct races, a much larger sum
could be raised by merging them and
amounts worth while would reward the
first eight or ten cars to finish.
Must Run, to Fair.
In the past, the races have been run
on dates, coinciding with the opening
of the Arizona state fair at Phoenix
with the finish in the fair grounds.
Phoenix has always contributed hber-
ally to the race fund, as It advertised
the fasir and attracted crowds to the
and the Phoenix contribution will be
absolutely essential to the success OF
the Borderland race and it will not be
available unless the dates correspond.
with thise of the state fair, which
this year will be the last part Of No
vember. II seems that the race horses
will all be at San Francisco until along
in November some time and cannot get
to Phoenix until later than usual
Course Stands Alone
The distohce from FL Paso to San
Diego is SIS miles and where else can
a similar distance be found that per-
mits of auto racing without discom-
fort around the first OF December? And
this brings out the real reason nurses
are easily provided for these cross
mated by people who are interested in
travel coming over those roads; those
that realize that publishing through
out the country the fact that racing
and fast time are possible on a certain
route will be followed by an increased
motor travel being attracted to that
route which viii more than offset the
financial outlay, by those that receive
the first direct and constant oene1lt
from such travel being stimulated and
by the red blooded enthusiasts who
desire to encourage q clean and health
ful snort and delight in standing on
their toes and watching high power
cars pour fire and smoke from motors
as they tear holes in the atmosphere
1t fearful speed
Time to ffTune mp
In all Of the races to Phoenix from
10Th east and west. there has never
,een a car and crew that finished in
hape to continue on for another 400 1
u 500 miles and make il without a GER
ain amount of ovsrhauling and rest /
or the pilots Hence.ft would be prae- {
zeal to arrange for this contingency Z
n this manner: Start from FL Paso ,
S in the past, early Monday morn 4
ne, the day OF the opening Of the Ari- /
ona fair. Make Douglas or. Bisbee the |
irst night control and finish the first |
eg Of the race at Phoenix Tuesday.
Iere all control regulations and re- I
itrictions regarding work on cars and I
esving them in roped arenas under l
-uard should be waived and the ma I
hines placed in the shops and tuned 4
10 for a day OF track racing on Thurs 4
ay at the fair ground. Thursday has 1
lways been turned over TO the auto I