Show os s Angeles to Salt Lake Arrowhead Trail Road load Race ace I Is s Sanctioned Will BE R RUN N I If f FOR R lAR LARGE 8 BONUSES N April 18 Is the Date For Sensational Event Famous Famous Fa Fa- Fa Drivers Are to Compete for Honors SANCTION C has just been given O by the American Automobile association for one of the longest est estand and most sensational automobile road races ever held The race will be from Los Angeles to Salt Lake over the Arrowhead trail The date has been set for April IS 18 1917 The J race ce will be for stock Block cars only but it il will bring into play sonic some nf ot the famous drivers of 01 the world as 33 ther there will be bo largo purses together with wiil a great many in ii bonuses bonus s H. H d 1 bd- bd of ut prestige f for r tho the winner No 10 race has ever been attempted over oer overa oera a a. road such as 8 is projected over tb the Arrowhead highway The chief object ct of tho race is to instill Insun a a. greater interest in the good roads movement It is proposed to have three control controls allowing the racers about three and a half days to reach Salt Lake The run ning time however would be considerably considerably considerably consid consid- less than this Some Fast Time The rare race is being handled from the Los ros Angeles J end but the Utah tah en enthusiasts enthusiasts en- en will hold up this end and will give to the tho intermountain mountain country a It taste of or fast tast and rough driving over oer roads that in April will be by no means In the best blIt of ot condition It is hinted tinted that the tho reason no great t amount o of publicity has been given iven to the projected race in Los Angeles is because of the fact that the highway highway highway high high- way commission has ruled against races over the state highway This ac action action Re- Re tion was taken when a number of fatalities fa fatalities ta- ta occurred in III Los San Angeles-San Francisco record breaking run runs Then th the recent death of Lewis Jackon Jack- Jack eon on on the Vanderbilt race course at Santa Monica has made the toe situation even more serious Will Boost Tr Trail il If It the state tate highway commission will not a start from Los Angeles over the Foothill boulevard to San Pan Bernardino bernardino ber- ber nardino the tho start will be made at al San Bernardino The allowance for this possible alteration in the plans has been made The race will have the effect feet of oC advertising ad advertising ad- ad the Arrowhead tram tran anti and will open a great grE-at deal of ot the country to tou The good roads organizations of oC and have E become deeply a interested in the tho teat and kindred kindred kindred kin kin- dred organizations in m Utah arc are expected ex- ex ex expected x- x to co- co co I |