New-York tribune., 1915-02-21
Circuit Is Inside of the
Exposition Grounds in
San Francisco.
THIRTY-THREE CARS
FOR GREAT CONTEST
Grand Prize, with Thirty-four
Entrants, To Be Decided
Next Saturday.

race over the exposition course IN san
Francisco, and next Saturday the Grand
Prize will be renewed over the same
circuit As the former has drawn
thirty-three entries and the Gold Cup
one more than that number, the 1919
renewals constitute new records.
Both trophies have been at stake on
some curious courses--the Vanderbilt
Cup on the twisting roads Of Long
Island. including the dangerous Motor
Parkway, ard the Grand Prize as well
on the broad highways of Chatham
County, near Savannah; the rough cir
cult at Milwaukee and the speedy
course furnished by the Caifornlans a
year ago.
This years course is the most fan
tastic of all, for it is inside of the ex-
position inclosure and the cars VIII
roar through streets lined by the most
magnificent buildings ever designed for
such a purpose. The circuit is in al
most the exact shape Of a butchers
cleaver, the handle being the oval run
ming track circlng the athletic and
drill field. The grandstand is on the
lower part Of the handle
1t is the shortest course ever used
for n classic road race. The exposition
speedway measures only so miles,
Which means that the contestant; :"
the Vanderbilt will make seventy-sx
laps in covering the 294 miles, while In
the Grand Prize l03 laps will be reeled
off to complete the 402 miles.
The circuit is asphalted throughout,
with the exception of the three-quar-
ter-mile stretch, which is covered with
a board track. lnasmuch as frequent
sensational punching of the cars Will
be occasioned on this short course, the
races should be replete with thrills.
The Vanderbilt Cup is Class + non
stock affair open TO cars with motors
of 600 cubic inches piston displacement
or less and q minimum weight OF l,COO
pounds. The Grand Pcize Is free-for-
all. there being no restriction as to
piston displacement. lr addition to
striving for the trophies in each event,
the competitors will fight for sbout
S25.OO0 in cash. Gold to the amount II
IS 900 is TO be divided among the win
ners of the Vanderbilt, and the same
amount in gold will h divided in the
Grand Prize, while accessory manufact-
urers and others are offering large
bonuses to drivers using certain equip
ment.
Governor Johnson of California IS to
be honorary referee Of the races. /. D.
p.
starting. and the timing, which is to be
electrical. will be in charge OF I. IL.
Warner. William l.. Hughson - chair
man of the racing committee, and Hol-
lis f. Cooley, chief of special events,
has direct supervision of the races.
OF the American cars entered some
are products of Detroit, some are from
INDIANAPOLIS and some from the East,
while the foreigners include pair or
French Peugeots, French Delage, an
Italian Lugatti and De Palma's German
Mercedes, while the Erwin Special is
propelled by German motor.
OF the Eastern entries the Simplex
car is a brand new racing machine, and
not the famous Zip, as was first an
nounced. 1t will be handled by Louis
Disbrow, the present mile-trach cham
pion, and it is the lightest racing car
every turned out by the Simplex lac
tory. 1t develops l45 horsepower.
From Trenton the Mercer trio, head
ed by Eddie Pullen, winner Of the last
Grand Prix and holder OF the worlds
road race record of 87A miles an hour,
eXpects to create a sensation in the
exposition races. The two Chevrolet
cars. built right in New York City, will
be driven by Jack lie Cain and Il. Cliff
ford Durant, son of President W. I.
Durant of the Chevrolet Motor Com
pany.
The Maxwell trio, headed by Barney
Oldfeld, and the King entry, which Ar
thur Klein will drive, represent Detroit,
while the three Stutz racers, with
Cooper, Anderson and Wilcox up, and
DAlene's Marmon hail from lndianap-
oils. The Cases, to be driven by Bur
man and T. A. Hearne, will uphold the
honor of Racine, Wis; the Duesenbergs
will have the backing of Sioux City,
TIL. other domestic entries are from
cities which are not essentially auto
mobile centres. Caleb Bragg, winner Of
the 1912 Grand Prize, doubtless will be
given a wild ovation by Coast enthu-
siasts. for he is to drive a Californian,
the entry from the Far West. which is
looked upon as a dark horse.
The complete list Of entries follows,
all of the cars being entered in both
races, with the exception of the Alec,
which is too large to be eligible in the
Vanderbilt Cup: