The sun., 1908-10-04
SIMPLEX FIRST &HoUR eiA
SINIsRRs 10 MILES, AaaAR ~
REeeRD ~ Hasen enTOSs

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lss settesTAaa asesisses - slasss
Al former rsSoFtis fos twsnty-fduF aaiiF
aut0moblls races IN this oeuussy wtfa
broken Ia che contest of tSs Motor Hasiaa
Association. which flnishs.i a. iosso e'eGqza
last night at The brighton ssaeh usessaet.
all of The thres Iesdlas sa@ ssTpasalaa
the record of i.t01 mllss. maAe - ne
Io4ler car at the same tFach tases vS4lII
ago.
First houors went 90 Palmer 4 eIu4s
re 10 horsepower SlmpisE. drives b
George Robertson and Frauk LssezaIl
with final ssore Of f.i77 miios. e. "a
average a 70 i-2l miles an hour Tbis
does not compare with the tventy-Eene
hour WORLDS record average q g miles
an hour. made by 8. =. Edes with . Napim
on the big banked cement motor ree98
course at Brodklands. England. but 8 4
far greater than had previoudiy bsal,
thought possible of .acconapiiabment CO
an unbanked. dirt surfaee, one ir',s iIskue
racing course. RcbertsOn drov !, .ds c1f
at the finish t.-y.... !, - -. y.
Second plaoe werit 70 Y, n. Lo4ieE;s ~
cylinder. 60 horse-powe- S,oslsf. wkia's
made i.iis mica TIE oar was driven By
Ralph Mulford and Harry c,bs. Who zen
the recent race with the sams car. Harry
Miohener drove the car for q while ~.
terday afternoon after Cobe was sIiehiiy
injured. but Cobe was at the wheel when
the racs finished, J 49, ssk
The six cylinder. - horse power Thomnn
entered by the Harry 8. Houpt Compeny
and driven by Montague Roberts ard
Winters, was third with Lis nilleas
The winning car was. equipped swlfh
Michslin tires, the Lasiss- .used. Co4tt-
mental tires and the Thomas wass fitted
with Diamond tirssL ,s.,..ls.,. q. s..fses,s
Fifteen thousand persons saw the. flnlet
Of the raoe, the. odd weather being The
undoubted cause sor. the drop In. atteBd4
ance as compared 10 the recent Face
Fifteen hundred automobiles were in The
grounds when tho contest ended
The final score was; Simplex. I'LL
miles; Lozier, / 1,125 miles: Thomas No.ie
i,i15 miles: Allen Kingston. o07 miles;
Cleveland, eS7 miles; Stearns. Sis mll1s
Those that withdrew from the racs, With
their scores. we're: Renault Mo- s, go
miles: Acme. 800 miles; Fiat. sos miieK
Renanlt No. n, ass miles; Thomas M y.
zoe miles. Garford. 10 miles b,
The fight between the Renaqit epd ths
Simplex had been o very hard one from
the very start OF the race on Friday 1iGhk
The Simplex led at the end Of the Hrst
hour. .baiDg ena shile Akead Of the RcnanIt
Robertson kept the lead during the adooud
hour and travelled, one more mile than
did Strang with the Rensuit 90 that ha
was two miles ahead when he began Tie
third hour. In the third hour. however
the Renault made So miles. Wills tho
Simplex did only 80 piiss. The R6nAiiit
led at the end OF three hours by 10 nSllss
on the Simplex and s miles on the Lo-
zier. which had moved UP into second
place. The SIX cylinder Thomas We 70
third place with ISL miles, the Rsnaait
having iSs miles to Ito credit
The Renault kept the lead for the next
six hours. but the Simplex wAs ahead ~
the end Of the t1nth hour. The SlupleG
still was In the lead at the end OF the
eleventh hour. but the Renault had made
the most miles when the score was taz6n
for twelve hours at the end OF the 1ret
half Of the race The lead was only eee
mile. '-'
In the first hour after tho race uns
49, xtad, oooin oStar tha irtartntunffsr1 ~