Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-28
EARP'S BRILLIANT WIN
CAPTURES Hundred-MiIe Race at
OrmOnd.
HE MAKES A NEW RECORD
Covers the Distance in l Hour, Is
Minutes, 40 rs Seconds.
PERFORMS A DARING FEAT
Drives Last SO Miles Without a Tire
on One of His Wheels-Two-
Mile Race Postponed.
HE MAKES A NEW RECORD
PERFORMS A DARING FEAT


hour and half Of eXasperating delay, dur
ing which an unsuccessful attempt was
made to run off the two-mile-a- minute
trials, the 1O1-miIe championship race was
yum off here late this afternoon. it re-
suited In a brilliant victory for CLIFFORD
carp and the l00-horse power Napier. He
covered the distance in one hour fifteen
minutes and forty ana two-Gfths seconds,
lowering the old record of one hour eigh-
teen minutes and tweuty-Gour seconds, es-
tablished last yearly Fletcher in q Dietrich.
Clifford Earp.s performance is especially
creditable because he threw a rear tire
early in the race and covered the last
siXty-two miles on the rim. This was very
daring feat. and its successful accomplish
ment shows marvellous skill in handling
disabled car at high speed. E. Cedrtno,
driving a llO-horse-power Fiat, led from
fifteen to seventy miles and then stopped
. to replace a tire. lie finished only ffty-nine
seconds behind Clifford carp.
Two-Mile Race Postponed.
For the first time since the automobile
tournament started the sun shone brightly
and the weather was beautiful. Great in
terest has been aroused in the trials al two
miles. i'm which the attempt is to be made
10 cover the distance in one minute or bet
ter. therefore several thousand people had
gathered at the club house and gTandstands
at DaytOUd. where the starting line was
located. 10y ! 30 O clock, at which hour the
racing was scheduled to start. The failure
r me S'fetrea mn a; 2Pp dI a TO W ,6
The unpreparedness of the contestants TO
start caused further half hour of eXas-
Tvtagus uaH{' I''S,S tne 1919 so Ltel
as Inerba ME 70 Henerv during the nast
year at the wheel was started He flew
over the course, but the timing apparatus
failed to record its time.
Fifteen minutes later Fred Marriott
SIdI,eu WIN ,ut 9I7n.Sl S'edll ' g Jul hao
$500 V'1il "a ~" liGt u US VIII oi'e
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mace Ut HGI"sS.'te- LOT amy one car 70 CoLh-
rei' I'M L"-. vents WITHOUT having 10
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The lOO-MiIe Race
'.' 1''' =" 'l'' 80 49,
theFTntri, I'D" horsepower 'hflSte' NII-
ford carp. 100 horsepower Napier; Ced-
rfro no r,ree-r,y-a,. Fiat. Tapcia 10
-. -. f,f. - II fr7., = -.
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power EHsllsh Daimler ana hlIIlaId, 90
horsepower Napier.
They started twenty seconds apart in
this order. The beach afforded a straight
away stretch of fifteen miles and the race
was run with seven turns. The turns were
me- 'l 5 a SAKE axe anu neeesSl,'ea an
each time
Clifford carp led at the twenty-eight
lIitS1, WIN u L..,l'l3 minute ana SECONDS
FeTirT f tiiII, = az - "a - @
ouds behind him. Ton miles further on
Clifford carp had the misfortune to throw
a Tire of the rear right wheel of his car
y, |,-T,y ,+ ~ ne uhe,i H
nassed Ibe land travelling on the rim at a
speed Of seventy miles an hour, the crowd
cheered his pluckiness. Automobilists
sn3oH thSr leLuS alG teu Ina ne Wa
t, D. T,,t -, e,, m cidert
~ $50 ,,,j,os, LAIN bal tsis.,, tho
~ ~ 'T' 81, $3.50 800 ~
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it1 - ,,fr,,ta "a ~ secnrSs in tbe rear
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ai,fT ,,jias SaSri,,o ~, we'll in The Lad
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ID TnbiDd MIN and HjlIiord : minutes
"a 10 s,Ior,ds IN The Taar
-, - tLis ,oir, Csdrino had a,arap ed
cb Nil IN 60 seconds He led Earn AT
,a,-l,,tIt ,,iIss G, : minutes ana m seconds
- IIy,Ii.,rd ~ II r,,fr5,tss ana 2 seconds
A. sa,."nitIaye miles Cedrinn lost a tire
ia 5r,r,adiataI,, 'stnnned To re1Iace CYiF-
go Earn was 2 minutes and - seconds
bo,J ~ Cc1rino al thc eisLty.-ei,,bt m nile
49, o15 : minutes and r. stcords absad
Iii"t n 'lt.,- . tIit,;,1 80 TWINS '
u HIS 'e'i'' ''''''0
carp the Winner.