Imperial Valley press., 1922-03-07
RULES MADE FOR
AUTO PRIZE AT
YOSEMITE


YOSEMITE, Calf, March 7.-Rules
TO govern the annual award of the
beautiful bronze and silver plaque orr
cred last spring by Yosemite Lodge
| to the first ear into Yosemite NalleS
over an open road were announced TO-
day.
In putting up trophy, Yosemite
| Lodge was actuatcd by desire TO 40
something that wonld really benefit
| the thousands of persons anxious TO
pay another visit to Yosemite NalIeE
| as soon as the roads are open. announcer
resort for many years had been ofief
| ing n cup to the first automoplie ih'o
| the park, which aroused Keen cohlpttl'
| tion and took care of the stunt slde
i of Yosemite motor travel, as the WIN
ming. ears performed many notapie
| feats TO achieve passage over the snow
blocked roads. Accordingly, osemlte
| Lodge undertook to provide Il trophy
which would not require any circus
| stunts to win. but would keep dealers
| and Others on their toes to see VINO
| would be the first to demonstrate that
| il was possible to get into the valley
| bv motor. thereby proving to the wait
| INC world that the greatest of all va.
| cations spots again is available to the
| antomobilists. 1t is one of the condl-
| tions of the rules governing the award
| of the trophy, which have been drawn
| up with the advice of various motor
| experts, that the road must be opened
| 10 ordinary travel that is, it must
be possible for an average driver to
| follow the first ear into the park. one
text of this will be announcement by
| the superintendent of Yosemite Ma
| tional Park that the road traversed is
| open to the public within one week
after the first car has entered.
The Yosemite Lodge trophy is one
of the most beautiful ever offered IN
competition. The bronze and silver
plaque, decorated with giant Sequoals
in bas-relief is mounted on polished
redwood 1t was won last year by the
| Howard Automobile Co. of San Fran
cisco, with Il 1921 model Buick.
Following are the rules:
| Il. Yosemite Lodge will award Il
bronze and silver plaque of emblematie
design mounted on redwood to be con
tested for annually by stock cars and
to he awarded each year to the auto
mobile starting from Il state highway
; which first opens to ordinary traNel
20 Yosemite VALLEY any one OF the reg
llarly used automobile mountain roads.
The use of block and tackle will pe
aermittcd but outside assistance i'll the
form of being towed or assistance OF
! .rews greater in number than the
ieating capacity of the automOhily be
ing used in the test or assistance OF
persons not making the entire trip in
he ear being used in the test shall not
| 5e allowed.
-. Automobiles 'conteSting for the
trophy must make the journey to Gov
ernmcnt Headquarters, the Sentinel
Hotel or Yosemite Lodge Gall of which
are in Yosemite Valley under their
own power. Descent into Yosemite
Valley must be by way of the Big Oak
Flat or Wawona grades, but the use
If amy other regularly used automobile
mountain road leading to these grades
will be permitted. Contcsting ears
must comply with park regulations gov
,rning the operation of motor vehicles.
.'3. The trophy shall be held each
wear by the winner until again won dur-
ing the following season 1t shall be
come the permanent possession of the
first firm or individual winning it three
Zines with the same make of caf
~. Competing ears must be checked
put by IN official of a newspaper or
the Western Union or Postal Telegraph
Companies ut the most adjacent points
on any highway entering Yosemite Ma
tional Park from which wire service is
available. They must be checked i'll
on arriving in Yosemite Valley by some
official Of the government headquar-
ters and the regular automobile license
which all machines entering the park
must purchase should be endorsed by
the superintendent or chief ranger to
show that the ear is the first one of
that year over an open road.