The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-09-29
AUTOMOBILE RACES
WERE SUCCESSFUL
EXCITING CONTESTS AT THE
STARK COUNTY FAIR
GROUNDS.
Thousands Of Spectators Witnessed
the Wheels Co Around-DetsiIs
Of the Events.

A grandstand we'll filled with eager
spectators viewed the events that
composed the automobile races at the
Stark county fair grounds Wednes'
day afternoon. The excellent condi.
ton of the track accompanied by
favorable weather are in large meas
ure responsible for the success of the
races.
About rs machines were present
at the meet and gave a parade around
the track before the races commenc'
ed. The parade included machines
from Alliance, MAssillon and Louis.
vile and in style there was anything
from a two-passenger eight-horse pow
er runabout to 30-horse power
eight.passenger touring car.
At 2 o'clock the entries we're closed
for the first event, a three-mile tour.
ing car race. Three machines were
entered, q Winton, driven by w. e.
Homer, Cadillac by G.. B. Craben.
of Detroit, and Franklin by Frank
Osborn. A standing start was made
in this race, as was the case in all
the other races. After making one
lap, Osborn, driving the Franklin, was
in the lead. He held the lead until
during the third lap when w. f.
Homer stole march on him. Upon
finishing the fifth lap the Franklin
and Winton crossed the line about
even. During the sixth lap the Win.
ton kept gaining gradually and as a
result finished first, the Franklin sec.
ond and the Cadillac third. The
Franklin which held the lead during
the first mile made 1t in 2:04. The
Winton which held the lead during
the other two miles made the second
in 1:47 and the third in LAT.
The second event was a five-mile
match race between Franklin driy.
en- by Frank Osborn and two Cadil-
lacs, one being driven by Tony Viii.
son and the other by Robert Hurford.
At the end of the first lap the Frank
lin was in the lead, but during the
second lap was headed by Hurford
driving the Cadillac. At the begin
ming of the third lap Osborn regained
his position, AT the beginning Of the
sixth lap Hurford had a 10 foot lead,
but this was taken during the seventh
lap by Osborn, who gained a consider
able lead. Wilson, who had hereto
fore been in the rear, was pushing
his machine hard during the eighth
lap passed Osborn at the quarter mile
port. Wilson, who was driving the
same class machine as Hurford, held
his place In the lead until he passed
the wire for the tenth lap, when os-
born gradually slid in on him, going
around him, winning first place by a
few feet; Wilson second, and Hurford
but few yards behind, taking third.
The race as whole was excep-
tionally interesting, the three contest.
ants finishing not more than yards
apart The fastest mile was the Sec
ond made by Osborn in 1889.
The novelty race of the day was a
start and stop race which was run on
the following conditions A line was
Drawn 80 feet behind the WIRE the con.
testants were to place their machines
between the wire and the line and
were to take standing start, At the
word of the starter the drivers were
to start their engines, jump into their
car and be OF, and after making each
lap were to stop the machines and
take on one passenger, start the en-.
gines, get into the car and start for
the remaining laps, and at the end of
each lap they were to repeat the same
process. ANY contestant crossing the
wire before stopping his machine was