The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-02
DERBY DAY PROVES
a MARKED SUCCESS
Splendid the Show Ring the Opening
MISUNDERSTANDING Race Feature-Hand
somey Gowned Touch Of Briance

second-Little Wonder. W.. G. CARING, St.
Third-Mary Louise Miss Mary L. Ashbrook.
Kansas City, Mo.
Jumping Glass
second Rupert, George Pepper, Toronto. Can.
Tandem Glass
First. Creighton and mate, George Pepper. To-
Second Sen Sen and The Crisis, 4. 9. Ash
brook, Kansas City, Mo.
apolis.
First-Miss pickwck, w. g. CARING, st. Paul.
Second Richard Yea. Mrs. a. E. Ashbrook,
Third -aiaskheart Thomas Irvine & Son, st.
Park Wagon Class
First-Se ms ton and Sen Sen, A. =. Ash
STANDARDIZATION and mate, George Pepper,
'Third-Bion Del aud Dan Dolo John s. Pills
bury, Minneapolis.
Pair to Park Wagon
First Romeo and Juliet, j. D. McArdle, Min
second..Dixie and Gray Cloud, Clarence
Third-Nip and Tuck, G. R. Lamb Minneap-
oils.
Peerless Wins Automobile Derby.
Six machines were entered in the auto
mobile derby which was a tive-m mile dash.
e. H. Moulton entered two Peerless ma
chimes, driven respectively by himself and
H. D. Savage, while George w. Peavey
and John Gilhllan. Jr., entered Wintons.
the formers machine being driven by A.
G. Bennett. Although N. F. Brown
entered Cadillac and Charles Joy a
Jeffrey, the race was conceded to be be-
tween the more powerful Peerless and
Winton autos.
All the machines were in the condition
known to the expert as stripped" that
is to say, the upper deck and all needless
furniture. were removed. The rigs re-
ya1>I 1>SS.Sly tHAy 49, IL.
cracker boxes and collections Of junk on
| top, but they made excellent time never
| the1ess.s
| The machines were sent away In two
| heats and the prizes were awarded ac-
cording to the best three individual times
In the first heat the Peerless driven by
| Savage competed with Gilfllan's Wlnton
and joys jeffrey. The Peerless got Z
| good lead during the first half mile ano
led all the way to the end Of. the fiftt
mile. Gilfllan made good race, but wa.
| never able to catch Savage, altho the
Winton kept close behind all the way, anc
was only a fraction Of second behind a.
the finish. The Jeffrey was distanced il
the first lap and pulled out before the enc
Of the third mile. The time was fast
S:34 for the five miles, and the Peerles!
| made the last quarter Of the second mil,
| in 26 seconds.
The second heat brought together tn,
Peerless driven by E. H. Moulton, Jr.
Peavey's Winton, driven by Bennett. ant
Browns Cadillac. AS before the contes
was between the Peerless and Winton
and the Peerless had all the best of tn
contest for the first mile and a half. Tn
first mile was covered in 1:37A, the fast
est of the day, and the machine undoubt
eddy would have taken first prize, but il
the second mile an accident to his moto
compelled Moulton to withdraw from tn
race. This robbed the heat of any excit
ing features, for Bennett had alread.
gained a lead of about quarter Of
mile on the Cadillac, and he covered tn
last three miles without a competitor
The Cadillac withdrew In the third mile
Benefits time was is:39A, about five sec
onds slower than ssavage's mark in tn
first heat. and neatly as much over Gil
fllan's. The Peerless driven by Savag
accordingly took first. prize, with Gil
f1lan's Winton second and Peavey's thire
The times for the two heats follow:
FIRST HEAT.