Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-11-01
SPEED BUGS IN
 PHOENIX MEET

PHOENIX. - Cliff Durant ana Mickey O'Hearn, two of the most fam ous speed demons, have entered the 10O-mile free-for all which will feat ure the track programme on automo- bile day, November g., the last day of the coming State Fair session. Both pilots will drive Chevrolets.
 Durant and O'Hearn have starred in many spectacular performance on the famous Indianapolis circle, and are we'll known in racing circles on the Pacific Coast, where they have captured many rich purses hung up in the road and track races.
 Durant is quite we'll known to Arizona auto race fans. He appear ed here at one time with car listed as a Durant special, but supposed to have been made by the General Mo tors Company, manufacturers of the Chevolet, of which company his fa- ther is the president.
 louis Chevrolet, designer of the Chevrolet car, last night wired George Purdy Bullard, superintendent of the auto racing programme, for four entry blanks; E. Waldo Stein has filed awire entry from Toledo, O., stating that he will drive an Oldfield special. Several other cars of this make are expected to be listed before the entries close November 1, as few days ago a wire was received from Barney Old field asking for complete details and stating that he had a number of pros pective entries for the Phoenix event.
 The little Overland eight which has been in the money for the last several events at the fair grounds, was the first car to be entered in the free for-all and to date is the only local entry, though several drivers are known to be getting their machines in shape to enter the big try-out for supremacy.
 SATISFIED
 Supt. Bullard expressed himself last night as satisfied with the in- terest that has been shown thus far in the track races. The entries do not close until November 1, he stated and this will give ample opportunity for the filing of entry forms which have been we'll circulated.
 From the number of direct inqui- ries which have been received, and from the general interest which has been raised, there is every prospect for a good programme, with the possibil- ity of twenty or twenty-five cars in the free-for-all.
 Two other events will round out the days programme. One of these is fifty-mile event for Arizona, New Mexico and Texas cars for a purse of 5000.
 Considerable amusement is prom ised in the novelty race, which will finish the card. At the end of every lap the driver is compelled to stop his car and go through some strange out landish caper, such as skipping the rope a given number of times, or eat ing an apple, before proceeding on the next lap. The winner of this event will be given apurse of $500.
 Interest in the road race from Ell Paso to Phoenix, which is being staged under the automobile and highway department of the 'El Paso Chamber of Commerce continues unabated. Many local drivers are tuning their machines for this event. Twenty entries may be expected from Fl Paso, alone, and there is a reason to believe that the contest will be success in every particular. It is planned espe- cially as an advertisement of the Bor- derland route and special prizes are being offered counties through which the fastest time is made. Special timers will be placed along the entire route. A night control will be estab- lished at Bisbee.