Show IVER E REDMAN REDMAN Has Has I-Has Has received F. F A. A M. M sanction to run motorcycle road race from New York to San Francisco Francis o in 1915 r 4 A fr 4 w I 4 4 V 3 k st 4 t t cx I t t k 2 fr Salt Lake Man Win Will Run Motorcycle Race Ivor E. E Redman who vho has been l iden-l I tilled with the promotion of clean sport I in this city for a number of years received re re- re- re a sanction fro from James L. L Donovan Donovan Dono Dono- van chairman of the competition committee com corn of tho Perforation Federation on of or American al Motorcyclists this morning to run the tho biggest motorcycle race ever put put on i in inthe inthe the world during the Pan American exposition ex ex- position in San Francisco in 1915 has been working working- on tho proposition for the past two and a a. half years and has bas things in such shape at atthe tho the present time timo that i it looks leeks like a 3 huge hugo success His id idea a is to start the tho raco race in New York City some Bome time timo in May of 1915 1015 I and r race rao o to to San Francisco The Tho ri riders ers will bo be strictly amateurs and th tho field will consist o of one ri rider er from each cach and every orr state in the union These riders will bo be select selected cd b by the dealers of tho the different states a and d will have hae to be sanctioned by the governor of the state which the they will represent The race will t be run In stages of ot probably rob rob- ably from fifty to miles a da day the lie total Imo of ot each rider to count The TIe Theone Theone one covering co the tho di distance In thc shortest l space of time will be declared the winner Of OC course the details of or the tho race have havo I not been completed but It Is proposed to toa a n. certain allowance for breakdowns so that a a. rider will t not be put hopelessly out of the race through an accident By running running- the race i 1 stages the riders will be practically together all an through the rac race the they vIll 1111 start to together together to- to gether every day According to the present plan It will take from thirty to fort forty flays days a s 's to run race while the record across ucross country Is about thirteen days clays A A. T. T McCarty pf Qt New York City Is as associated as- as with Redman In the venture and will finance the He Is la In Dallas Tex at the present time and iRs has taken the proposition up with the directors of ot tho the Pan-American Pan exposition While the route has not been selected Redman nedman proposes that whatever t a way ivay It goes It must pass through Salt Lake City Frank L. L Gardiner of ot this city has al already already al- al rea ready been selected to referee the race and ancl will make th the trip with the riders although ho he will tra cl In an auto Since Redman nedman first began working on tho the proposition he lias accepted a 10 Ie position with t the Contin Continental Oil company compan of this elt city and will probably probably abl ably find It Impossible to handle tho the race In person Therefore as ar soon as Ill he gets sets tho the proposition fairly under wa way he ho will turn the tho actual management o over or r to some somo C man In iii this elt city to carry carn carryout carryout out his Ideas i Redman ha has had Considerable correspondence corre corre- son enc with foreign countries In 1 re regard regard re- re gard ard to lo foreign entries un and may a decide to all allow 0 foreigners as well The race lace If carried out along the thc line mentioned should prove pro to bo he the tl tl nr cal ci-cal- at at- est cst of ot Its kind ever evet- run In the world and tho the fact that u a Salt Lake Jlko man Is handling the affair will give I c this city some sam great greata a Ad I s I n |