Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-13
ALL RECORDS BROKEN CONV|CTS HEAR BRYAN
American Car Wins the Auto mo Citizens Told Why and
mobile Race. How They Should Vote
ICOVERS OVER 1,1OO MILES SPEECHES AT CUMBERLAND
Enthusiasm Shown by the SverTongued Sayings and
Spectators Remarks o I. c. N
TERRIFIC PACE MAINTAINED SCAT, GOES FAMILY
COVERS OVER LOO MILES
Great Enthusiasm Shown by the
Spectators.
TERRIFIC PACE MAINTAINED
Fully $4,000 Persons Witness the
Finish of the Twenty-Four-
Hour Contest.

BRIGHTON BEACH RACE TRACK.
New York. September 12.-In the pres
ence of a crowd of motoring enthusi-
asts numbering 5000. many of whom
had been at the track side since $50
o'clock Friday night the American entry.
driven by Milford and Cobe. won the
twenty-four-hou race of the Motor Rae
ing Association covering 1,101 miles and
shattering all records.
Following milford was another car.
that driven by Michener and Lynch,
which finished second. with 1,p92 miles.
also surprising the best previous per-
formance in twenty-four-h hour race.
The Italian car. driven by Copra and
Parker and Hawley. was third with 1.o74
miles Save for the accident to the French
entry driven by Sartori. in the second
hour of the race. in the course of which
both driver and mechanician We're in
jured, the race was without serious mis-
hap.
The greatest enthusiasm marked the
running of the race. Although having
the victory in hand by a lead of fifteen
miles. Ralph milford maintained a ter
rifle pace up to the last minute. The sight
of the nine survivors in the nerve-racking ng
contest again and again brought the
spectators to their feet. The drivers in
the second division, though hopelessly
distanced, fought to the last mile. In
the last hours Robertson and Lescaut
repeatedly electrified the crowd by their
| hair-raising chase after the leaders. BY
| furious driving they advanced from sew
enth to fifth place. but a mshap to their
car earlier In the race made their fight
a hopeless one So terrific was the strain
on the drivers that two of the teams had
TO call in third man as relay.
N;ro
At II o'clock, when the finish siren
| marking the completion of the twenty
| four hours was sounded, the nine sur
vivors were running in this order:
| milford and Cobe, America, 1,1O7.
Michener and Lynch, America. 1892
| Copra. Parker and Hawley, Italian
| 1,074.
Laurent and Marquis, American, 1850
Robertson and Iescault. America. 1629
Crane, De Palma and Rippingillo
| America, 1927.
Strang and Roberts. America. 976
| Roberts and Martin, America, 955.
| KjoldSen and Juhasz, France, 6-,J
The previous worlds record was LOIS
| miles.
Enthusiasm of Spectators.
The closing hours of the race saw one
of the greatest crowds that has ever wit
fully $4,000 spectators in the grand stand
and on the plaza stretching to the rail,
including a number of persons who had
not left the inclosure from the time the
race began at $50 o'clock last night.
| These enthusiasts showed no signs OF
fatigue. for they were kept up by the
ceaseless excitement Of seeing the drivrs
pilot thir racing cars round and round
the dangerous track.
second the
stirring contest arrived and there were
| still ten of the eleven entrants in the
race, great cheer went up.
| At that hour the team OF milford and
| Cobe, with Cobe driving had made 1.0it
miles, II miles ahead of the record and II
miles ahead of Michener and Lynch. who
! are No l in the race. Third in the race
at this hour was team No. 3, composed OF
Capra and Parker. Their car had made
Es3 miles. only two miles slower than the
best previous record.
There was brief let-up to the race ir
the afternoon when it was found neces
sary to repair the track. Deep ruts ha6
| been cut in the earth by the wheels of the
automobiles, and the machines Went
humping over them at great peril to the
! drivers. The race was stopped at ~
| O'Clock | was resumed at o'clock. The
short was welcomed by the drivers
who had been under a severe strain
| While the race was halted they had theil
| cars groomed up.
Roberts Sets Fast Pace.
| Roberts, driving car No s. and one OF
| the team of Roberts and Martin, shot his
machine into the lead just after the
start. He set a wonderfully fast pace for
several laps, and gained continually on
the leaders, but at this stage he and his
teammate were so far out of it that
nothing short of an accident to the lead
ers would give them IA chance. Still. Rob
erts' pluck appealed to the crowd, and he
was cheered every time his car flashed
| by the grandstand.
Mulford gave chase to Roberts. and
while he was trailing him Fred Hall. his
mechanic. met with an accident. cloud
| of gravel and dust was thrown into his
eyes, temporarily binding him. Muford
had to stop his car, and Hall was assist
ed from the track. The physicians who
attended him said he would not lose his
sight permanently.
| At the end of the eighteenth hour, an
| hour after the race had been resumed.
| the Mulford-Cobe team had circled the
| mile track $40 times. The previous rec
! ord was S26 miles.
At the end of the twenty-first hour the
| scores of the leading cars were as follows:
| No = 972 miles; No l, $50 miles; No. ).
| $50 miles.
| The previous record was 95l miles.