Omaha daily bee., 1916-10-15

races VIII be held during lSl/. ne
annual Omaha gasoline derby will be
the third one to be held. Sanctions for
the eight championship events have
been awarded by the American Auto
mobile association as follows:
May 80 ...........,..,.... indianapolis
June '.....,.'..........'' chicago
july = '.''''...'...''..'''. omaha
July Il ....,...............Des Moines
July 20 Observation-Disclosures, Tacoma
September 3 ..............,.Cin Cincinnati
September 10 .ProVidence
September 20 ..............,.N New York
This schedule was made at meet
ing OF the American Automobile as
ISOLATION in New York when the Aston
cup race was held. Felix ]. McShane,
director of contests, represented the
local speedway.
New Ruling Made.
Some new rulings governing auto
mobile racing were made. Each speed
way will be allowed to hold only one
championship event. This year New
York, Indianapolis and Chicago we're
granted the privilege to hold two
championship races. Next year a
speedway will be permitted to hold
more than one race If it wants to,
but only one of them shall count as
championship event.
The eight championship events are
to be at minimum OF 100 miles,
but may be at $50, 800, $50 or 500
miles, according to the desires of the
different speedways. There will also
be a minimum cash prize at the rate
of 500 per mile of race. This would
make the prize for 500-mile race
$4,000; for 250-mile race, $4,000:
for 300-mile race $4,000. This
means that Omaha will have to in
crease its prize money next year. This
year the purse was but $500, less
than $50 per mile of race.
Sunday racing was also placed on
the taboo list, all Of the speedways
voting in favor of the ban.
Advantages for Omaha.
The arrangement for 1917 contains
several advantages for the Omaha
speedway. In the first place no sane
tons Of any kind have been granted
to Minneapolis and Sioux City, thus
removing competition from these
points. Again Kansas City was de-
MED a championship event. Kansas
City was awarded two sanctions, but
neither one is for championship.
Again Omaha holds its race ten days
ahead of Des Moines. This year Des
Moines was first. And as the date of
the local derby is July 4, the best holi-
day date of the year, the local Off
cials are sanguine of a successful race
in 1917. ..i
Sanctions for races in addition to
the championship races were granted
as follows:
May b. '''.New YORK
June z5.. .'............... cincinnati
August 4................. Kansas City
october .. ................Ka Kansas City
october ....................Ch Chicago
October 27..... New York
1t will be noted the race just ahead
of the Omaha one is at Cincinnati on
June q. This will give the drivers
ample time to get their machines to
Omaha several days before the race.
Hardness Has Scheme.
Harry Hardness, the millionaire
sportsman, who will be remembered
by Omaha speed enthusiasts as the
chap who came all the way from
New York to Omaha in special train
for The local classic here July Is, and
as the owner of the Pusun car, the
wreck of which resulted in the death
of Dan Columbo, is going to try out
a new system of prize distribution on
the Sheepshead Bay speedway Octo-
Der %, when the second annual Hark-
ness trophy race will be run.
In addition to the $4,000 in prizes
for the first six cars to finish the
l00-mile contest, he has set aside
$2,650 to be distributed in lap prizes,
70 per cent of which will go to the
driver and 80 per cent to the mocha
nician.
This ought to make the race
great conflict as all of the cars will
be fighting for first position all the
time in order to get cut of this ex-
ira change. Many drivers 60 into
a race content to lay back and make
an easy pace for half the distance
before putting on speed. But with
this extra coin up on every single lap,
they'll make fight for first from the
start. The system calls for a prize
of $50 to the driver leading at each
lap except at 10, 20, 80, 40, so, 20. 80
and 90 miles, when the prize will be
500, and at 50 miles. when the prize
will be $3.50. 1t is believed the Hark-
ness scheme will prove highly sue
cessful and may be adopted by sew
eral other speedways next year.