Salt Lake Telegram | 1910-11-24 | Page 7 | Annual Auto Road Races Are on Today

ANNUAL AUTO ROAD RACES RACES' ARE ON TODAY Twenty three Cars Entered at Santa Monica Records Expected to Fall Fal LOS ANGELES Nov 24 The Tho Tho Santa Sat Monica annual anul road roa races raes which were run today f for cir ru r the second time this thi year were expected to t supply the te most spectacular spec automobile event in in the west te 4 wes This This' year total a of tot twenty three rae rac ra Lug ing ig machines were entered in three tee events principal in which of which rh was fn the te 1 big I for a prize of ot 2000 2000 Some of the best known kow drivers divers of ot the country Were rere engaged in the effort to t pilot cout their big machines to victory victor Last Lat year the running time for this race of miles mies was wa 64 4 miles mies an hour and ad today it was anticipated the te winning car would make more than ta 70 miles mies The Vanderbilt cup time tie was wa surpassed in 1909 and the makers makers of ot the big cars e entered tred expected to es es- es a a new American record for tor road races laces today roa Following are aro tho the entries s in the dif dif- f First rp for the cup 21 cubic cubi u inches and under miles mies Car Driver Maxwell Earl F S Oakland James Tames Fouch Chicago o. o George Bobst Bobst Cars Car for the rac race with wih piston displace ment merit from to cubic inches Car Driver Maxwell 3 Clarence Claren e Smith Mercer C. C A A. A Bigelow I Petrel Petrel Arthur Oak J. J McKeague Buick L. L.- Mitchell R. R R Greer Second r race c h heavy a astock stock car ar race race for the Dick Ferris Cup and cash prize pis 18 ton displacement Jo o cubic inches distance miles mies Car i j Driver Apperson A tt T 1 T T fla II 1 Pope pert Bert Dingley Dingi T. T Knox H. H T. T Brown Bron Franklin Frankln Bruno Brno Seibel Isotta C. C Third race fre free for al all no restrictions cash prize 2000 distance 2035 miles mie I Car l I Driver 5 S 5 5 5 4 Flat Fiat Frank S. S De Dearborn Ohio Ross IsOtta Iota C. C Soule Apper Apperson on S J. J 1 Ryall Pope Bert Her Ryal Dingley Dingey Lozier T T. T Knox j. j lat Only Car A. A Van Valin The 8 miles mies course COUN Over which th th events were erA run is isone one of the finest t pieces of road as a well el 8 as one of the most picturesque from fron a r natural standpoint stand stand- point jn the country countr Most ost of ot the cour coure e tie l Is ah an an oiled road roadway forty f fet et wide smooth as s glass and with but one dif die difficult dif dif- turn For a mile mie or more th the road runs run parallel to the shores of th the Pacific along rn the brink of the 1 1 n. n A foot palisades oyer over 1 1 n. n A looKing me tM ocean ana anu nd in the In-the ine middle of or this stretch a larg grand stand was wan erected A All 11 along the el four eight four h-four miles of ot the c course ur e mies man many thousands more spectators spec spec- p c. c were gathered A short distance from rom th the tha start stat the course cours enters the city of Santa Monica Monica and and makes a sharp rIght angle angl turn to toward toward to- to ward 1 Los An Angelas pl s. s The course roure oure then pro pro- Into the county where It countr tret he out for three tree miles mies or more lined on on art either ide b by rows of giant slant overhangIng overhang overhang- n In Ing pepper trees A At t the next turn the course passes through the grounds gounds of the National Sol ol- ol diers' diers home Heading westward a ain ln the road runs parallel to the foothills of the tho Santa Santa Monica mountain range until it reaches tb tha the sea