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Show 350-MILE EVENT AT SHEEPSHEAD Entry Blanks Are Out; Auto Race Will Be Held on October 2. Entry blanks have been issued for the opening race on the Nheepdiead Iiay speedway, to be held October 2, and they reveal that the distance of 350 miles ten tat i vely announced several months ago has been decided upon. This will enable the race to be started at 11 o'clock and completed in Il-hh than four hours. Tho America Cup and prizes totaling $50,000 are offered for the contest. The purse is split hh f ollow s : J- i rs t, $li0,-000; $li0,-000; second $lO,0O0; third, ."00O; fourth, 1000; fifth, .;;ooo; bixth, $200; seventh Uo0; eighth, $1200; ninth, $1 100; tenth, 10UO; eleventh, $M)0f twelfth, o00, Elimination trials will start September Septem-ber 24. and are expected to be over by the following Monday. Kaeh car must show a. bped of eighty -five miles an hour on ono lap, and make one trial each dav, Thr starting list will be made up of the thirty-two cars mailing the higncst speeds aad in case any of these have to withdraw, any that came within the eighty-five miles but did not get into the original lit will be moved up to fill the vacant places. A II who made eighty-f ive-mile sped in the trials will bo listed in t h race programme. The entry fee of $200 will be refunded to all & tart era an ft to th rise who qualify, but are not included in, the starters, owing to the limitation of the field of thirty-two cars. |