The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-25
LANC|A AHEAD IN
BABY CARS RACE
FOR WORLD TROPHY

fog, soon developed into a due between
Robert Burman, in the Buick car No,
S and billiard driving the italian
Lancia, No. 2. Burman jumped into
the lead right after the start and kept
gaining until the tenth lap, when, with
the race half over, Burman met with
a slight mishap. The Lancia quickly
shot into the lead, and from being five
minutes behind in the ninth lap,
jumped to an advantage of more than
three minutes in the tenth. The Chal-
mers, No. 10, driven by Lorimer, was a
close third when the race was half
over.
Visitors from all sections of the coun-
try, including an especially large con-
tingent which came by boa and special
trains from New York, were among the
first to find places in the two grand
stands which are said to seat between
Il, 1000 and Is, 900 people.
A part of the Savannah course lies
within the city limits, and this was
patrolled today by 100 policemen. The
remainder of the course was under
actual martial law, with 600 State
troops thrown around the roads. y
The $2.5 500 trophy becomes the per-
manent property of the entrant of the
successful car. For the drivers there
are many auxiliary prizes of money
n trophies offered by different inter-
ests.
French Car First Starter.
Three foreign and two OF the Amer
lean cars were in the lineup for the
start, No. l being the French S. p. o.
pIie a. tho oor which wa 60 ha611-
wrecked last Saturday when Mechani-
clan Marius de Rosa was hurled to his
death and Driver Juhasz seriously in
jured. n
The cars kept coming past"the stand
at frequent intervals. When the times
of the first lap were announced 1t was
found that Buick, No. IA. was in the
lead, having made the lap in HOG, at a
rate averaging about 55 miles an hour.
The Lancia, No. ., was second in
elapsed time. and Buick, No. IL, was
third. The Lancia led the cars by the
stand in completion of the first lap. fol-
lowed closely by Buick, No. 8, which
had a lead of about thirty seconds over
the Italian car in elapsed time.
Three of the little cars came dancing
down the stretch together in the sec
ond lap, and the row was set in ar
uproar.
The Lancia and Buick No. s were
still leading the procession of cars as
they completed the third lap.
The elapsed time. of the two leaders
at the end of the third lap was: Buick
No. 8, 32:4S; Lancia, 34:16.
At the end of the fourth lap the
fight for the lead was close between
Burman, in Buick No. s, with ar
elapsed time of 43:31. and Hifliard, ir
the Lancia, 1882. .
Two Cars Out. 8
The first wreck of the race occurred
on the very first lap, when Burns drove
Chalmers No. 10 into a tree o the
Montgomery cross road leading out Of
the white bluff stretch. mo one was
hurt. The second car to drop out of the
race was Buick No. 16, driven by JEFF
fers. 1t left the track about two mile:
from the stand. Again, happily, no one
was hurt.
AT the end Of the fifth lap, with one
fourth of the ace completed, Burman's
Buick was leading, with the Lanc,f
second. The time of the leaders in thu
fifth lap: Buick No. s, 1890; Lanc'a
Sc: 90.
Burman's Buick passed the Lancit
in front of the stand at the end of thu
sixth lap and held the lead on elapsed
time.