The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-22


early this morning to various danger
points along the course.
Sheriff Frederick Gildersleeve had
made equally elaborate preparations
TO prevent injury to spectators and to
keep the public from encr0aching on
sherifs and hagmen had been sta
toned along the roads over which the
racers were to speed.
la drawing for the numbers for the
starters, the so-calIed 'unluclzy 13''
was omitted.
Little finished the first round in ad-
vance, having covered the distance.
zs-tl miles IN 3 minutes and So sec
onds5 Christy was second, in 81 min
utes 5z-5 seconds Leblon third, in 8 9
minutes 81 3-5; Belden fourth. in 81
minutes seconds; Harding fifth IN
SO minutes II seconds; Tracy sixth, in
81 minutes SO seconds, and LaWeI
seventh, in so minutes It seconds.
Prayers car broke a clutch near
Rosl1n, about ID miles from the grand
stand, and had to stop for repairs.
AS Harding and Belden passed the
stand on the first round there was
only about 90 feet between them and
each going furiously. Both drivers
were heartily cheered. Harding had
started two minutes ahead OF Belden
so that the latter gained just that
much on his rival on the first round
Mongln1s car in this round dashed
into telegraph pole and was wrecked.
we're thrown but neither was seriously
injured.
Little held the lead through the sec
ond round, but in the third Lebion
rushed to the place of honor. having
1 covered the course three times in 90
minutes seconds.
On the second round several cars
passed Christy and in the third round
Chrtsty's car broke down. Tracy was
in third place at the end of the third
and was only minute behind the
leaders. His time for the third round
was 80 minutes "a seconds, the best time
thus far made during the race. Tracy,
VINO mad been going at great speed for
three rounds was in the lead at the
finish of the fourth round. He finished
this round at S:20.17 Is, making his
elapsed time 129 minutes and II Is sec
onds. Leblon, who finished the fourth
round at Ss14:55 was second with ella ps-
/ ed time of 129 minutes and SIS seconds.
/ Little was third. His elapsed time at
/ the end of the fourth round was 131
minutes and Is 3-5 seconds.
Car No. Z, driven by Roberts got as
/ far as Mfneola on the first round and
i then had to go into garage for re-
pairs. Car No. is driven by Belden
broke down at Bulls Head during the
! third round.
At the end of the fifth round both
/ Leblon and Little had got ahead of
/ Tracy and Leblon was in the lead with
/ his elapsed time 1872 minutes and 6 see
/ onds for the fifth round. Little was sec
/ ond, his elapsed time for the five rounds
! being 1873 minutes and 3 3-5 seconds.
Tracy was third with his elapsed time
! 164 minutes and Is seconds. At the end
j of the sixth round Tracy had taken the
! lead from Leb10n and finished the sixth
round in 1873 minutes 46 o-5 seconds. I4eb-
i Ion finished the sixth round in 1874 min
+ Ites IS seconds. Tracy covered the sixth
/ lap in the fastest time made tosay. It
was % minutes % 20 seconds.
In the sixth round Little lost a. tire al
Bulls Head and lost several minutes
! putting on a new one.
On the fifth round Tracy stopped at
Jericho to take on gasoline and water.
] On the fifth round Christie stopped at
! East Norwich and lost some time put
/ ting on a new tire.
Belden finished the fourth round in
211 minutes II 3-5 seconds.
Harding finished the fifth round In
1874 minutes 40 seconds, and the sixth
round in 225 minutes Z seconds.
/ CaillaOis completed the fifth round in
/ 207 minutes 1874 seconds.
/ LaWeIl finished the fifth round in 208
I minutes and % seconds, and Christie
+ finished the fifth round in 216 minutes
+ and So seconds.
| Little completed his sixth round In 24S
i minutes 8 seconds.
/ Tracy completed the seventh round in
231 minutes p seconds.
Leb1on, however, was ahead Of Tracy
at the finish Of the seventh round
! Leblon's time for the seven rounds was
229 minutes and So seconds
| Leblon was also ahead at the end Of
the eighth, completing that round IN
four hours q minutes and SO 3-5 sec
/ onds. Tracy finished the eighth round
in four hours % minutes and II S-5 sec
onds.
Tracy got by Leblon again IN the
| ninth round and completed that round
in four hours 4S minutes IS 3-5 seconds,
while LebIon completed 1t III five hours
/ minutes and % seconds. Little COM
pleted the seventh round IN five hours
II minutes g seconds.
Harding finished the seventh round
in four hours u minutes and 3 seconds
and the eighth in five hours SIS min
utes,
Christie finished his sixth round IN
four hours Is minutes and So 3-5 seconds.
LaweH finished the sixth round in four
hours 1s minutes 19 3-5 seconds.
In the meantime Roberts had got his
car out Of the garage and entered the
race again. He finished the first round
in three hours SIS minutes 49 seconds and
his third round in five hours minutes
3-5 seconds.