Show SIXTEEN S AUTOS IN CUP RACE ON THEIR f fa a I fi W A Y t V Veterans Oldfield and arid De DePalma paI pa I Palma and Earl Cooper Coop I Favorites in Ann Annual V Van Vai Vanderbilt Cup j SANTA MONICA Oat Cal Feb Fob 28 With Witha a a. course record of ot B 72 mlle miles i ier p per er hour to boat sixteen big c cars pi piloted i l loUd by some soma of ot the best known motor moth d drivers rivers in the country started today in i n tho the first Vanderbilt cup cup n race e runn run o on n the Pacific coast The boat best time tm heretofore made in a Vanderbilt eV event n was miles lUCS per hour bout The sixteen cars wore ero sent away avay at at i intervals beginning at 10 0 clock The distance is 29 miles or 3 35 Ja laps Japs a o of t the he milo course courso W which Ich ought to be covered b by the winn winners rs in n le less s than four hours hours it is said The veterans Oldfield and DePalma and Earl Cooper who you won la lat t y jear ar Santa Monica roa road race were wore th tho fa La- I The courso course was pronounced t tIt this his is morning to be in perfect condition despite tho storm of last ast week which washed d out nearl nearly o er every oth other r speed speedway d way J in the country With perfect weather prevailing ailing and thousands of motor enthusiasts lining tho the course sixteen racin racing drivers made mad the start The Tho 84 mile mUo course courso over which tb the therace therace race was was was' run was closed at at 9 o'clock this morning and aud pronounced cod in p per pcr r feet condition Car No i Isotta hotta driven by Harry larry Giant ant was sent awa away on the tho grind promptly at 10 o'clock and too the other contestants ts at ten second intervals in the order order- mentioned No 1 Isotta Harry Gra Grant Graut t N No Nd 2 12 2 Mercer Spencer Wishart No 3 3 Stutz Gil Anderson No 4 Mercer Edwin Pullen Fallen No 5 Stutz Harry Hamm No 6 Mason rason Pave Dave Lewis No i 7 Mercer Barney Barner Oldfield No 8 8 Stutz Earl Cooper CooperS No o o. o 9 Fiat Frank V No 1 10 itS M Mason on Fiat William Villiam Carlson No 11 App Apperson Frank JFrank Goode No 12 12 Mercedes Ralph de Palma No 14 11 Sunbeam J. J Marquis Marqui No l 15 Marmon Guy Ball BaU No 1 16 George No li II Alco Aleo Tony J |