Tombstone epitaph., 1919-10-19
RULES GOVERNING eL pAso
 PHOENIX ROAD RACE. NOV.


 between El Paso and Phoenix. con ducted by the Automobile Trades anl Highway Department of the Chamber of Commerce of El Paso are nov ready for distribution and may he oo tsined from Robert H. Rinehart. care of the Ei Paso Chamber of Commerce or from William Ferguson. of the firm of Ferguson Keeler Co. Phoenix. Ar. zona
 The race will be he'd under the rules and with the sanction of the contest board of American Automo- bile Association. The entry fee will be slo0 Dr N C. Bledsoe of Bisbee has been selected as the official Ar zona representative in handling the race The first car will start al 6: 90 a m November and thereafter al from two and one half to five minutes apart. depending upon the number of entries The time intervening be referee on the night of the drawing for position. which will take place at SD m. on October g at the Fl Paso Chamber Of Commerce building
 The ofiicia! route has been selected aS foiioss rom a polnt at CT near the cement plant. Fl Paso. Texas. 10 be selected by IL, .e.eres or h.s aa- thoT.zed ageAs; nee to rlsenk over ,he Bordelland Route Va tae following places
 BorderlanI Ina. Dem!ng N NJ. Ro- deo. x NJ Douglas, Ariz.. Bis5ee, Ariz Tombstone Aria. Tucson, Flor euce Mess Tempe. 70 Phoenix The finish of me race Is to be al the ga of the Arizona Fair grounds al line 10 be fixed 5y pr N C Bledsoe or his authorized assistant
 H- NhA. -A-1 may Nct any A.a their power 10 negotiate the course except that of being transported by railroad trains. Each car must start and finish the race under its own power. it being understood that any car violating this rule shall De disquai flied from receiving any purse or prizes in the race.
 The only protest that will be con sidered is one based on evidence tha; the car did nos pass through every place mentioned above, or a failure to live up to the other conditions. Entries for this race will close al I2 o'clock III on October 20. 1919. al the office of the referee.
 A control has been established at Bisbee at which all cars will be checked in and out by official repre-, sentatiyes Of the Fl Paso Chamber oi Commerce. Arrangements will also be made for checking each car at Deming N Nj. Douglas, Tombstone, Florence. Mesa and Tempe, and sucl other points as may be decided by the referee. The time of checking in and ou. of the Bisbee control will be de ducted from the actual running time of each car. and one minute will be deducted a: each of the above named checking places
 Another rule of the contest provides that as soon as the car enters the Bis bee control it shall be placed in charge of a representative of the Automobile and Highway Department Of the Fl Paso Chamber 0f Commerce and that no work of any kind shall be done oa said car at said control and no Iubri- eating oil. water or gasoline shall be taken or said car until the car has been checked out by the authorized representative of the Automobile Trades and Highway Department of the Chamber of Commerce. This rule also applies to other checking points All cars are to be parked in the Bis bee control until 6:3o o'clock a. m-. November 3 and are to be checked out al five minute intervals in the same order in which the entered the control
 I: is expected that many of the par ticipsnts in the Fl Paso to Phoenix race will enter the racing events which will take place on the last day of the fair. November 8. Entries for these events close Nov. 1. The events called for are as follows: