El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-02

IAN DIEGO, Cal, Jan. There are
many interesting sidelights in the
- setting of the stage for the Expo
sition race of January 9. which prom
Uses to add Especial chapter Of thrlus
to the history Of motor racing. one OF
the most interesting Of these and mel
dentaly of great Importance IS lhe
organization of the hospital corps uh-
der the direction of DR.. p. NJ Caring
ton. of the United States marine hos
pitaI service, formerly commandant at
Fort Stanton.
Recognizing that the race is one
which may be fraught with danger 10
drivers, the Al Bahr race committee N.
sists that thorough preparedness Do
made for caring for any emergency
As head Of the hospital corps Dr. Car
rington will be assisted by eight sur >
geons and physicians and a corps OF
nurses.
In all five field hospitals will be es-
tablished, one to be near the grand
stand and the other four at various
parts of the course. At each turn VIII
he hospitaI corps attendants and nurses
with first aid equipment and nLters.
The hospitals will be established on
the inside of the course. There are
several roads on the inside of the
course and IT will be possible Tor am
balances to reach any part OF Ihe
course without driving across 1t or
on it.
several Ambulances.
Four or five ambulances viii be
used and each will carry one physician
one nurse and two attendants. Each
field hospital will be connected by tel
ephone with every dangerous turn on
while these arrangements may ap-
pear rather gruesome they go 10 snow
the thoroughness in preparations Ior
the big race which is now being en-
tered by drivers of international I'M
portance With this hospital service
injured drivers and mechanlclans VIII
be attended without delay. IneSe prep
arations do not indicate that the COURSE COURSE
is a dangerous one, for it is no more
hazardous than any road race course
vet the committee insists that prepar-
ations shall be made to take care OF
any emergency
Girls to Check.
For the first time in the history OF
motor car racing, girls VIII be USED as
checkers in this race. for which a purse
of s125OO is offered. From list OF
more than 100 applicants the race
committee has chosen six san Dlegc
girls to act as checkers. That girls
yvould be employed for this intricate
and exacting work was determined
through $50 experience Of other race
meets, W men employed IN check-
ing the time and laps of cars, made
many mistakes.
So in this race these six young won
on. each expert with figures, VIII &c
the work which formerly has beer
done by man for man has failed and ne
must give way. in this case at least
Selected After Contest.
The girls chosen for this work are
the Misses Dorothy Canterbury, Bessie
Sawdav. Genivieve Liston, Glad1us II
Hawkins. Pearl n. Moss and SaraI
I7ftzpatrick. Scores Of girls and youne
women. well known for their beaut,
and attractiveness, entered the contes
when il was announced that appilca'
lions would be received, but the com
rnittee's determination that the check
ers should be chosen for the efficiency
thew display for the work was strictly
adhered to, although the committee de-
clares this was one Of the most Trying
tasks Of the pre-race preparations
However expert a girl may be Wltl
figures. the particular task for which
these are chosen is so entirely differ
emit from their every day work that tn
committee has insisted that they b
schooled in the work For this reason
the six fair checkers are being IN
structed an hour each day and whel
practice trials are inaugurated Januar.
they will be on the course eacl
morning. timing cars, recording thel