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Show PLAN SALT LAKE-LOS LAKE-LOS ffl.ES RAGE Course Over Arrowhead Trail From California to Utah. SALT BED SPEED TRIALS Entries, for Long Grind Promised; Tentative Date October 10-12. A road race from Los Angeles to Salt Lake, at the end of which there will be speed trials on the salt beds, is the announcement in the last issue of the Mo'tor Age. While this is interesting news to Salt Lakers, yet it is to be hoped it will be carried out as planned. The story appearing in Motor Age follows: fol-lows: There is to be a great desert road , race staged in the southwest this fall; but this desert classic will not be a revival of the Cactus derby, the famous Los Angeles-to-Phoenix contest. It is to be a race over the Arrowhead trail from Los Angeles to Salt Lake City. There are already three entries promised for this race from Los Angeles An-geles and Motor Age is making the hrst announcement of the contest. As soon as it is known that such a race is to be held, undoubtedly j there will be many entries come in. The race is to be promoted by the Arrowhead Trail association under the rules and with the sanction of the contest board of the A. A. A. It is planned to 'have two night controls. con-trols. The first at Las Vegas, Nev., and the second at St. George, Utah. From St. George to Salt Lake, it is intended to limit the drivers to a safe pace on account of the great number of, children along the Utah state highway. After the race finishes, there are to be speed trials and short races on the salt beds out of Salt Lake. These will also be under A. A. A. sanction and the events will be officially of-ficially timed. October 10 is the date upon which the promoters intend to stage the race and Al G. Waddell represent-, ative of tho contest board in southern south-ern California, has been- asked to reserve October 10, 11 and 12 for the road race and October 13 for the speed trials and races on the salt beds. It is intended to offer $5000 first money in tho three-day road race. There is to be a "howdy special,'7 which has always been a feature of the Phoenix road race, run over the Salt Lake Route and the railroad almost al-most follows the course of the desert racers over the scenic desert high-wav. high-wav. "n August, there is to be an A. A. A. tour over the Arrowhead trail officially to dedicate this routo which has been reclaimed. A part of tho Arrowhead trail is the Old Mormon trnil, used many years ago by the early Mormon pioneers in freighting down to the National Old trails route or to southern California. |