Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-30
5000 WITNESS
MOTOR CAR RACES
Enthusiasm Shown at San Diego.
Keen Competition Between Owners
of omobIes-EImore
Wins First Event
Special to The Herald.

Special TO Inc Herald.
SAN DIEGO, June 29.-Over 5000
spectators witnessed the automobile
races at the Lakeside inn track this
afternoon.
The following entries were made in
the thirty-mile race: Haynes, Superior
Automobile company; Peerless, j. w.
McAllister; Elmore, A. j. Smith; Tour
list, w. NJ Varney.
Two cars were scratched. AT the
first the Peerless took the lead, making
the circuits in 1:12, with the Haynes
second and the Elmore third.
The Peerless blew out it's cock on
the eighth lap of the two-mile track,
when it was leading the Haynes by
forty-six seconds, and was compelled
to pull out of the race.
The Elmore gained ground on the
Haynes, doing fast, steady work and
making the circuits in very regular
times.
The Haynes led to the twenty-sixth
mile, when the Gilmore passed it in
the stretch, winning by twenty-three
seconds, the time being 39:47. The two
cylinder Tourist had completed the
twenty-fourth mile when the winner
passed the tape. The Elmore's gait for
the thirty miles was 1:19.
In the siX-mile race the Ford cars
driver stalled his motor after the word
was given to start losing so much time
that whatever chance he had of win
ming was ruined in the beginning. The
Tourist jumped to the lead and dis
tanced both competitors, winning in
7:44 with gait of LII 2-3, the BUICK
second and the Ford third.
r. M. Bauer entered the Tourist,
the STANDARD Motor Car company the
Ford and the Kessler Automobile COM
pany, San Diego, the Buick.
Following were the entries for the
cup race of eight miles: Lozier, Ralph
Hamlin; Peerless, McAllister. The
Peerless won in 1882, with 1:261s
gait, and its victory was well earned,
as the driver helped in each lady at
dead stop and jumped out and opened
the door to do so,
The time for the cup race was ex-
ceptionally good, considering stops and
the start standing. The Peerless did
the last lap In 1:1SR.
In a special race between a Simplex
and an American, both runabouts, for
four miles, the Sixplex won in 5:22 2-5'
driven by Dan Kuhl.
Following were the entries for the
four-mile race for cars costing from
$1,000 to $4,000: Ford, six-cylinder, Kess-
Ter, San Diego; Moline, four-cylinder,
Merwin; Tourist two-cylinder, r. M.
Bauer. The Ford won in 4:47 fiat,
making the last lap in the fastest time
for any race during the day, in 2:17;
!, In the two-mile novelty race, the
cars were at a standstill. 100 yards
back of the start, and the drivers ran
100 yards to the machines, cranked en-
gines, drove a lap of two miles, stopped
the engines at the starting place and
finished the 100-yard run on foot to the
tape.
Following were the entries: American
C. H. Trautman; Peerless, McAllister;
Elmore, A. j. Smith.s The Peerless won
in 9:49. Smiths car did not start on
the spark. so he gave it up and rode
instead of running to the wire on foot
according to the rules.
Judge Temple refused to give out any
information regarding the winners In
the endurance run from Los Angeles to
Lakeside inn, but it is generally con-
ceded that William Ruess in Pope
Hartford did best on prorated gaso-
line consumption, according to weight
carried,