Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1911-11-05 | Page 14 | Desert Race is on with 16 Starters

DESERT RACE IS ON ON- WITH 6 STARTERS T Los os Angeles Cal N Q v. v 4 d. Sixteen pistol shots ringing out oui the crowded city streets at l 1045 Hj tonight started as mall man automobiles up upon n the annual desert cross-desert race from Los Angeles Angeles Angeles An An- geles to Phoenix Ariz a distance o of miles mlle Long before th the time of or departure of oC the racers the starting point at Second See Sec ec- ec ond and Spring was crowded with automobile enthusiasts Promptly at 10 1045 45 a a sharp crack of or orthe the starters starter's pistol startled the night air and the Maxwell laxwell driven Iriven b by Clarence Clarence Clarence Clar Clar- ence Smith dashed aWa away in the night upon its long rough lough journey i For fifteen minutes the pistol sounded sound sound- ed at intervals of or sixty seconds and at each crack another automobile bounded hounded forward on Its lon long chase from Crom here to San Diego and thence to Phoenix along the new course devised especially especial for this racing event Keeping their pledges to the lie police department the held their machines machines machines ma ma- chines to six miles an hour while in the city limits of ot Los An Angeles but the confines confines con con- fines of ot the Angel city passed the they In Increased Increased increased In- In creased their speed to twelve telve miles an tn hour until be beyond ond Whittier A Again aln speed was increased this time to twenty t ty miles an hour a rate maintained un until until un- un til lii they had passed I d through Santa Ana From that point to San Dle Diego o there was no legal limit to the speed of or the racers and only the tIle drivers and their knew at what terrific rates the they traveled With an absolute right of or wa way the automobiles chased along toward San an anDle Dle Diego o. o where th the tha first t car to arrive elapsed time to count was to receive recel a bonus of or 1000 At t each of or the other four Cour re registering stations between that city and Phoenix the first arrival elapsed time to count will s receive and the fin first t car to reach Phoenix under under un un- un- un der the same condition will wili receive making It possible for or one car carto carto carto to win The list of of- starters and antI drivers In Inthe Inthe inthe the order the they left lert follows follows- Maxwell lI Tope V. W. I n. n Stud Stud- dard 1 H. H r Stearns Co Cadillac nc V V W. f 1 K 51 31 I. I I. I 1 l W W. Ia la Cn CM Cn o l rr fouled Cole John Jenkins Cao CO W W. 15 n. Dron Bron National Harvey Horrid Buick L L. Tint liat Toil Tl Midland I Lexington C 0 Buick Bulck W W. V. V l J K on