Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-01
FAST Time MADE
AT AUTO RACES
SPEEDY CARS CONTEST FOR
H0N0RS
TIRES CAUSE THE CONTESTANTS
SOME TROUBLE
Crowds Gather at Agricultural Park
to Witness Meet and See Fine
Exhibition OF
Sport

Once more the Franklin six-cylinder
car with Ralph Hamlin at the wheel
won highest honors at the automobile
race meet.
In two hours two minutes and twen-
ty-six and three-fifths seconds the car
did one hundred miles, winning from
the ten other contestants who had en-
tered.
Shortly after the race against time
had been concluded the starter got
the bunch of cars away together.
Just as on Saturday Hamlin rushed
his car to the front to set the pace,
but 1t was only for a short distance
that he held first place, as Danny
Kuhl in the Stearns came rushing
past, taking first position, while Ham
lin had to fight 1t out with Frank
Seifert in a Stoddard-Dayton for sec
ond position.
Gradually Seifert pulled ahead and
soon was in the lead of the Stearns
as we'll.
At the end of five miles. which were
made In 5:3S, the Tourist roadster had
taken third place, but at the end or
ten miles 1t had to stop for tire re-
pairs. a nail having run IN one OF the
tires.
The Stoddard-Dayton led at the END
of ten miles, Frank Seifert having
forced the car nearly half mile ahead
of the next one.
The Stearns and the Franklin held
second and third places, running In
that relative position for some time.
In the ten miles the time of Satur-
day was cut down 40 seconds, being
made in 11:07.
Seifert maintained his lead up to
the twenty-fourth mile, when he had
tire trouble on account of the hot
pace he had been setting, and had to
leave the track for repairs.
KuhI Holds His Own
Kuhl held his own ahead of the
Franklin, and Patee, with his Cadillac.
had crept UP to third place, while the
Tourist was out again to make an
adjustment.
At the twenty-five miles the time was
2S:O6 and at the end of the twenty
fifth the Stoddarc-Dayton was In the
running again.
Thirty miles were done in 1910 with
the Stearns in the lead. the Franklin
second and the Cadillac third.
The Durocar went out in the thir-
tieth on account of tire trouble.
In the thirty-eighth the Stearns had
to stop for three new tires. which the
Continental people changed in the time
that 1t took the other car to go two
miles. The car was equipped with de-
mountable rims, as was the Cadillac,
and ready f1ated tires were placed on
the wheels in place of the punctured
ones, which were removed, rim and
all.
Car after car had to stop for tire
trouble, but it was not until the sew
entieth mile the Pullman had to
stop for a new tire.
The Pullman had used the tires the
day before and as they showed so lit
tie use they were retained. The driver
had his car equipped with Fisk tires.
as did the Franklin.
About the lame time the Franklin
had to stop at the tire station and
get new shoes on some of its wheels,
but it was back in the game again In
remarkably short time.
Has Little Trouble
The tire troubles of the other cars
We the little Cadillac the lead, but 1t
unfortunately lost a plug out of the
crank case and the oil supply ran out,
putting them out of commission, after
making one of the most consistent
showings of the afternoon.
The Stoddard-Dayton came back
again and tried to make up some of
tire trouble and had to give UP on ac-
count of the tire supply being ex-
hausted.
The cars changed position frequently
on account of one dropping out or
coming back for another try until 1t
was impossible to tell much about how
they stood without consulting the bull
letins.
In the ninety-sixth mile, just after
the Stearns had signaled for tires, Kuhl
and his machine went through the
fence on the turn after leaving the
back stretch. AS the Stearns and the
Pullman had contested for second place
this left the Pullman the honor of
second place.
Just before the big race was called
a special event was put on in which
three cars ran against time for cup
for the fastest mile.
The Tourist Roadster, the Stoddard-
Dayton and the Franklin were the
contestants, the Franklin trying first
for the time and setting the mark at
1.04 This mark lowered the track