Bisbee daily review., 1915-05-09
FL PASO-SAN DIEGO
 RAGE IS TOPIC OF
 TALK ALONG ROUTES
Many Living Along the Border land Desire to See a Race Be- tween Pass City and Southern California City.

Those people interested in automo- bile racing in this part of the South west and their number is only limited by th epopulation living along and within 25 miles of the route selected for these interesting events, have dreamed for the past year of speed duel between El Paso, Texas and San Diego Cal. The race fans realized that for a race of this character purse approximating $25,0OO cuold be hung up, a sum sufficient to attract the best drivers and cars in the busi- ness and probably 75 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 in this country.
 The time is NOW to start some thing. The dissatisfaction in certain sections along The Borderland Route resulting from the routing of last years Los Angeles-Phoenix race has inspired San Diego, Imperial Valley and Yuma people to lay plans already for a race from San Diego to Phoenix this fall, simultaneously with the Fl Paso-Pboenix race. There is no good reason why these two events could not be combined and every argument why they should be- Instead of two com paratively small purses for two dis tinct 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.
 In the past the races have been run on dates coinicding with the opening O fthe Arizona State Fair at Phoenix with the finish in the Fair Ground, Phoenix has always contributed liber- ally to the race fund as 1t advertised the Fair and attracted crowds to the city to view the finish Of the desert grinds And Phoenix contribution will be absolutely essential to the sue cess Of the Borderland race and it will not be available unless the dates cor respond with those of the State Fair which this year will be the last part of November 1t seems that the race 1 horses will all be at San Francisco until along in November sometime and cannot get to Phoenix until later 1 than usual.
 The distance from Fl Paso to San Diego is SIS miles and where else can a similar distance be foun dthat per mits of auto racing withoutdiscomfort mits of auto racing without discom fort around the first of December And this brigns out the real reason purses are easily provided for cross ! country eyetns. They are mainly do 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 efollowed by an increas ed omtor travel being attracted tC that route which will more than onse the financial outlay; by those that re ceive the first direct and constant benefit from such travel being stimu lated, and by the red blooded enthu siastes who desire to encourage clean and healthful sport and deligh in standing on their toes and watching high power cars pour fire and smok' from ported motors as they tear hole in the atmosphere at fearful speed
 In su of the raoes to PhoentT fron both east and west there has nsys