The San Francisco call., 1907-03-03

ness W lIlidnl A. WIZ sat AZ tue Dox just
behind. and he looked twice as impor-
ta4t
Well finally the race was nearly over.
and Wagner leading in the Darracq ma
chine thundered over the tape and was
of on his last time around. Lancia. the
Italian. crossed Just two minutes behind.
The excitement was intense; and ears
were strained to listen for every VOID
from The magaphone man at the tele-
phone. who was reporting every detail of
the race as phoned in TO him from sta
tons dotting the whole thirty miles OF
the course.
In full sight OF the grand stand was
also erected huge map of the circuit on
which an operator moved little dummies
to show the exact position OF all ths
contesting cars.
Their number was now not as large as
q. the start. DR.. weilschott, driving a
+. I. A. T., had gone Into the bank with
a broken steering gear. Sheppard. with
a HotchiSiss. had retired with a broken
crank shaft. The Frayer-Miller was dis
n
an air-cooied machine. and others.
though stA1 running. were. so far as the
race was concerned. out OF the game.
Word now came from one OF those
'also-rAns." and the news was beloved
forth by the megaphone man: Haynes
car strikes a telephone pole, but is right
ed and goes on The crowd shouts with
enthusiasm. which quickly subsidies as
the man raises his megaphone again.
wagner has pulled in at Bulls Head
with tire trouble The crowd holds It's
breath. With only two minutes lead it
seemed that he had lost the race The
crowd waited.
1t seemed an endless time. though II
was in reality only few minutes. before
the buglc was heard from away down at
the beginning OF the line OF fence. and
the cry Car Comingr' was passed along
the crowd. while the signal men waved
their fiags and shouted through the meg
aphones
.The onlciais gathered on the track
moved to one side. but the excitement OF
the crowd was too great to be controhea.
with one rush. they tore down the fene-
ing and poured out onto the track. NOV
ing a little to one side only as the car
was actually in sight and the noise OF
the explosions distinctly heard. though the
officials franticaIIy endeavored to force
them back beyond the fence.
"A black and white checked fas was
unrolled and waved and Lancia, with MS
r. I. A. T. roared past tho finish line
with barely room TO pass between the
two lines of people crowded on either
eide I. was a miracle that no one was
hit.
.Iancia was barely In when the bugle
blew again. and the crowd edged back
little. expecting Duray, who had Deeh
third. They were wrong. for in the iines'
spurt of the day. Wagner swept past IN
a rear of fame and kissing air. winner.
Lancia had started Eve minutes aheao
OF Wagner. and Wagner came n oniy
three minutes behind him. \ beat or
three minutes for three hundred miles.
He lad changed all his tires. they SAID
at Bulls Head. in seven minutes. ano
then on the last zap, mao kdiiiSu SAS
minutes on Lancia. the crack driver o.
Italy. and France had won again.
Americans? Yes, there were some
and Tracy made the fastest lap OF any
body. but, altogether. We didn't stano
much saow ON account of tires Tracy
changed his eight times.
Drive one? Yes. but say. I've got
scheme for you boys. so you can make
a hne little model that viii so faster
than the cup racers-that is. in proper
ton TO its size. Here are some drawings
OF how it's made:
How to Make the Toy Auto Racer.
..Fir. 1 here shows the car all done ana
speeding up. The driver Is tin or paste
board man: the wheels are common
round rubber erasers. which make capi-
tai wheels with rubber tires; the Frame
as In Fig. 2. Is only two sticks cut to
shape and connected in front by a piece
OF thin board, K. and the driving ma
chinery--but, we'll come to that later