Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-26

SAVANNAH, Ga, Nov. 25.-William
A. Hilliard of Boston, driving the
Italian entry, the Lancia, today won
the first international light car race
ever run in this country. He main
tanned an average speed of 52.56 miles
an hour for the entire distance of 1876
miles.
The time of the winner was hours,
AZ minutes and 80 seconds.
Robert Burman, driver of the Buick
No. 8, who fought billiards. Lancia
from the very beginning of the race.
was second. His time was hours, 49
minutes and As seconds.
Lorimer, driving the Chalmers, No.
10, the car that ranked an equal favor
lite in the betting with the Lancia,
finished third. Time, hours, SO min
utes and So seconds.
Hearne, driving Buick No. IL, finished
fourth. Time, hours, So minutes and
4 seconds.
The italian CAR Isotta, No. s, with
Poole driving, finished fifth. Time,
hours, II minutes and % seconds.
The Maxwell, No. 9, and the Max
well, No. II, ran fifth and sixth during
the entire last half of the race. The
five leading cars in the race maintained
their same relative positions through
out the last four laps of the contest.
Maxwell, No. 8, driven by See, was
sixth. Time, hours, IS minutes and
SO seconds.
Maxwell, No. II, driven by Kelsey
was seventh. Time, 4 hours, 20 min
utes and A seconds.
With the race three-quarters COM
pleted the Lancia car had a seemingly
safe lead of one lap over the Buick
No. s, which was running second. The
Lancia finished the fifteenth lap, while
the Buick was stopping at the station
at the end of It's fourteenth lap.
Lorimer, in the Chalmers-Detroit, No
10, ran into second place on the four
| teenth lap, and maintained that posi-
| ton through the fifteenth. Lancia, il
it's sixteenth lap, was only 100 yards
ahead, Burmans Buick, No. 8, finish
ing its fifteenth lap. BergolPs Chal
mers, No. 8, gave up the race after
finishing the eleventh lap.
The S. P. o. car dropped out on it,
thirteenth lap.
! Maxwell, No 10, driven by Costello
at $40 D. m. was running eighth, anC
| Maxwell, No. 10, driven by Munweiler
was running ninth.
The only other car in the race wa:
the S. p. o., which had completed only
four laps.
The race. in this condition, was called
off at 1888 p. m.
Fifteen tidy little racing machines
stripped of the last ounce of unneces-
sary weight, lined up for the first in
| ternational light car race every held IL
America.
! The unique contest, held under the
rules and auspices OF the Automobile
/ Club of America, served as the pre-
| liminary to the Grand Prize race OF
tomorrow, when twenty of the heaviest
and speediest road cars ever built il
this country or in Europe will be sent
400 miles over one of the most pic
| turesque automobile courses in the
world
Visitors from all sections of the coun-
| try We're among The first to find seats
in the two grandstands, which are said
! to seat 10000.
One of the heaviest fogs ever seer
here enVeloped the course during the
early hours, but before the start was
made the sun broke through.
The action of the crowd In breaking
onto the Long Island course before the
third and fourth cars had finished ir
the Vanderbilt cup race this yeal
served as a warning to the officials OF
the races here. A part of the Savannah
course lies within the city limits, ant