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Show jflffflS ffSSILfE , Event Expected to .jfew Era for Light Weight Car. .i;,oUS, Iml.. lVf. Tlio j,r t lit? si'vonlii iiiiiTii;)-' iiiiiTii;)-' .., on the lndiannp-..i-,iw:iv, Mnml:iy. M:iy ..'-,1 -i!h the mailing of .! , ,.trv M:iUs to possible ciuilo-tanls anioni; :iiilon,l,,!o ii:imil'aHiM-ors :uu luivitc ''"Hm.MaKl.s in u. ruitol S;:il.' . vniis rminiri,,, , .:ur.u, I'jo.ouuM.l ;,ins tl..n Kn.nn-. l'--b,,a, " l--il.v. nil whom nro ox- l'ivti',1 In t,.;,ns ,.,,,,.H,U, ho l:i.:o r;,,,. will l,o ,1,0 fivst I,. bo u'1,1 uiulor tl- now Sj,oohv.iv rulos I'mumi; oompolilion to ,:,rj 'of IMS I onluo niohos piston disphuvmon! ,iil I a.vonlm-lv l,.ko,l forward will, u- I usual unor.'st boil, in ,l,o l'i,od Suites! al aln-oad. S:m-e preliminary oondilious- for the race woro announced somo limo u"o, modit ioniums havo been ,ado lowor-' lowor-' woij;ht limit for i-lifiMo ears- 1 0,) 1;"'' pounds, and m:ikin l'lyht hand drio optional insVn.l of compulsory, L it l,:1,hl st 0orinK jiow bo-iu: bo-iu: permuted also. The weiitlit reduction was put into oltect in ovdor to mako tho Indianapolis Indianap-olis r:n-iti.: rulos conform with those lor tho tirand 1'rix do l'lnneo, sch.nl-nlod sch.nl-nlod lor l.o Mans next fall, v.liih, tho loit-hand drive was admitted out of doloronoo to American manufacturers who tavorod it for thoir oars. Vri.c 11:01. y will ho as in former' years, wnh a total of ..-.u,.Vo divided among the first ton to finish, of which t lie lion 's )iaro, or $20,000, rocs to tho winner. In nddilion there nro a number of tiro and nooessory manufac.tnrers who are expected to add substantial bonuses to. tho speedway prh-.e money, pity1 mont being conditional upon tho winner's win-ner's using the ninnufnc.t urer 's equipment, equip-ment, so that, tho successful bidder for iirst honors may bo reasonably certain of raking in not less than $ii.'),UU0 or perhaps ifl'.O.OIK) in all. The Indianapolis race has stood at the pinnaelo of tho speed pport since its inception in .1911, when Kay Uar- roun demonstrated tho superiority of I his Arab wit aud cunning by outgeneraling outgen-eraling a field of forty-four starcrs, and the event has progressed since then until today it. is a fixture in the world's sport calendar, with followers in every country on tho faco of tho globo. Automotive progress has been blncd on Mio Tndianayolis raco course. The experiment of today, by virtuo of its success at Indianapolis, has become tho engineering law of tomorrow. The civilized world owes a debt to the Indianapolis In-dianapolis institution for the rapid advancement ad-vancement of automobilo and airplane construction that it fostered, a development develop-ment in which the 1920 race, by virtuo of the new set of conditions that it imposes, is expected to open a new-era new-era looking to tho perfection of the new and yet undiscovered lightweight car of the future. |