New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-26
EXPECT so CARS
FOR BAY RACES
Starter Wagner Says That
There IS No Scarcity OF
Cars for SpeedwayS.
By JEROME T SHAW.

ceived an entry from Ralph Milford,
who. with Ralph he Palma, uphOld5 the
fame Of Brooklyn 300 the motor racing
world milford told Mr. Wagner that
he would drive % Pcugeot car 90 the
METROPOLITAN Trophy, the Queens Cup
and the COucy Island Cup races al the
seasons inaugural race meet IN tne
East. but Mulf0rl's activity al the hua-
son plant n Detroit and on the SANDS
81 Ormord Beach in testing out Hudson
cars has created the impression that ne
may spring "a surprise when he draws
UP 10 the starting line a. 0heepsheai'
Director Wagner tabIos she idea ihat
there will lc "a tcartu of racing cars
for the many contests 90 be held tins
season. and SAYS that, on the oincr
hand. indications point TO the largest
fields of starters In several years
While tho list of entries for the May
race % this date is confined 10 the one
made by milford. 70 is expected that
there win be need for elimination trans
10 bring the field down 20 the limit OF
thirty-two as required by the rules oil
the American Automobile Association.
The indianapolis Motor Speedway, which
has a team Of seven speedy cars repre-
senting that course, has notified the
Sheepshead Bay management that every
effort will be made 20 have lts machines
i'm racing trim for the opening meet
here
Practice TO Start Soon.
II Is expected that just as soon as
the weather permits the two-mlle
board course az Sheepshead viii again
yesound with the humming of the mo-
tors over the boards 4 number OF the
drivers who did not go 10 the Pacihc
Coast TO compete in the Ascot Park
and Corona races are putting the
finishing touches 20 the winters WORK
Of preparing their mounts for the
strenuous campaign ahead Of them
They have been awaiting the breaking
Of the winter TO try out their cars on
the speedways, and with New 1orh
being the first on the racing calendar,
The advance guard Of speeders Will
probably commence activities mere
within the next two weeks.
Carl Limberg, who is to manage the
team of Delages recently imported ~
Harry Hardness, is impauently await.
ing an opportunity TO see just how fast
these machines are. The Delages are
the cars that were driven by Duray,
Bablot and Guyot in the French Oranu
Pri1 at Lyons In 1914. This was tne
only race the cars participated 'n, Dut
I'm practice trials in France they nave
shown great speed. -,
According 20 Mr.. Wagner, Western
favor will be injected into INC May 10
races through the appearance or a
number Of drivers who heretofore have
confined their racing 10 contests on the
Pacific Coast, but who, with the assur-
ence Of long seasons campaign
around the speedway circuit, Will PROB
ably come East
There are more than ten fast cars
on the Pacific Coast, which may be eX-
pccted 20 be used in the Speedway races
This season" said Mr.. Wagner. ne
lure Of the big prize money and long
string Of races will prove too mucn Tor
the drivers Of these cars 20 resist. Call
fornia Is the home OF the speed mer-
chants. and If the Westerners do take
part in the Eastern racing circuit, YOU
can rest assured that they viii give d
GOOD account of themselves.
Fifty Entries, Says "Wag'
81 have every reason 70 believe that
the nominations for the metropolitan
Tropbv win surpass the starting limit
Of thirtv-two cars, and / would not ne
surprised If the entry list approached
the Hftv-Car mark. Indianapolis has
already informed us that 10 will prob
ably be represented with az least part
Of the IOosier team. That there VIII
fe no scarcity of racing material IS
evident when YOU consider the number
cf cars that arc known 20 be ready. or
in course Of preparation for the
opening Of the season. The New York
track viii have It's three Delages, and
perhaps four. and the Baby feugeot for
inc events limited 90 800 cubic lucnes
or under and then we have the Bitten
l,enz. which has been completely over
aNrL
ever was. The Bitten VIII be used I'm
time trials and match races. The
Indianapolis Speedway has seven cars.
three MaNwClls two Premlcrs and two
leugcots.
VIII the Stutz Race
while Mr. Stutz has not announced
any change ir the policy he adopted
last fall regarding racing, his team OF
three cars can be considered as pos
sibiities. The Mercer company viii
campaign three cars, 20 be driven by
Eddie Pulleu. Glover Ruckste.l and Joe
Thomas The three Chevrolet broth
ers will handle team of Frontenac
cars. BilIv Chandler VIII head tho
of Crawford drivers. Bob Burman,
Ralph De Palma and Barney Oldheld,
Of course. will be among those present,
"a will DariO kesta and his Peugcot.
There viii be four or I'VE Duesen-
bergs 90 be con sidcrc3. as well as the
possibility Of three OCreus and team
OF Hudson cars From tins list alone
there would be sufficient material 90
obtain representative fields for all Of
the races Of The season, but in addl-
ton 20 the cars mentioned, / believe
that there are from twenty 20 twenty
I'VE special machines being built by
race drivers
Although no official announcement
has been made, 10 IS understood that
plans are progressing for the running
OF a Neutrality-suspicious. race for stock
chasscs a. the Shccpshcad Bay track IN
June, probably on the 10th and ltth.
Fntry blanks nave already been PRINT
ed. The race win be run by interests
not connected with the Sheepshead
Epeedwav CORPORATION, the leading
epirit behind the event being man
who has had considerable experience 10
conducting similar events a. The Oh
Brighton Beach track
That movement has started for the
revival OF the "tWice-arOund-th the
clock" contests which four or i've
years ago drew thousands u Brighton
= sch was disclosed at the March
meeting OF the Contest Board Of the
American Automobile Association. At
this meeting specific rules FOR stock
twenty-fOur-hOur races were drafted.
The new stock chassis rules permit
Of certain options on the chassis. A
stock chassis is defined as "a motor
car chassis, which. for n. options
and requirement listed below, can, by
adding the necessary parts, be as
tembled into "a complete stock car"
The options or change 10 coustruc-
ton az the chassis permitted are
merely those made necessary by safe