The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-26

gathered to witness the sport of the day looked upon the fraIi little ma cnines. appearing like toys to those accustomed to the sight of the huge racing cars, ordinarily seen upon the road. there were many predictions of mishaps and trouble before the last of the lse miles had been put behind the attendants
 The small course measures just s.sI miles. twenty laps being necessary to make up the total distance. The prise to the winner, s2,5oo trophy. be- comes the, permanent property of the winner. For the drivers there were many auxiliary prizes of money and trophies offered by different interests.
 Three foreign and twelve American cars were in the line up for the start or the race. number one being the French S. P. O. car which was so bad ly wrecked last Saturday when Me- chanician Marius DeRosa was hurled to his death and Driver Jubasz seri- ously injured. The little ear was prac- tcally entirely rebuilt in three days and was set to running late last night. Its appearance on the track today with Herbert Connors at the wheel, called out enthusiastic cheering.
 There were two absentees from the seventeen starters originally carded-- the French Gregoire and the American Aristocrat, Nos. and respectively. Their places and the time of start ai- Sotted to them were left vacant.
 The cars were sent away promptly, the order of start being:
 car-Driver. Start. No. I. S. P. O. (Connors) ....ii:00 NO. 2, Lancia (Hilliard) ..... .11:00:30 No. 3. Chalmers-Detroit (Rerg-
 .. aoly .... .... ...........ll:Ol No. { twithdrawn.)
 No. 5, Cameron (Cameron) ....11:0e NO. z. Isotta (Poole) ......1l:02:30 No. q. (withdrawnl
 No. 8, Buick (Burman) .....1I:os:s0 No. 2, Maxwell (See) .........fl:o4 No. 10. Chalmers-D Detroit (Lor-
 imerl ..... ... ......... .1l:04:30 No. II, Buick (Hearne) ..,...1l:05 No. 12, Maxwell (Costello) ....11:e5:30 No. 13, Chalmers-Detroit k6urnsl .... .... ........11:o6 No. fl. Buick (Easter) .......il:os:so No. le. Buick (Jeffers) .......li:o7:SO No. IT, Maxwell (Kelsey) .....ll:O8 k All of the cars are American ex- cept the S. P. O., French, and the Lan- cia du Isotta. Italian.
 Cars numbers 1 and were lined up together at the start at 10:45 a. nn The other cars were ranged in regular intervals on either side of the course, prepared to go to the starting line In pairs.
 The crowd was rapidly assembling at this time and the old stand seating nearly 1000 people was well filled. Ali the public and oficial stands were olaborately decorated with flags that huttered In brilliant colors under the warm sunshine which succeeded the depressing fog.
 The engines of the two first cars were started with a rush at 1O:67 and just three minutes later the little s. P. O. went tearing away from the line to pilot the way around the first turn and down the long stretch of white blum road. The crowd jumped to its feet and sst"up q gre1t cheer. Fifteen sec 3onds after the French car had gotten under way, the Italian Lancia, No. 2. went flying after the leader. All the engines of the contesting cars were now going at high speed as they threaded their way to the point of start It was just ii:0s when the last of the fifteen starters had been set Into motion.
 The Crowd Cheers.
 When the last little member of the Maxwell mosquito ieet"ths rear guard of the hftesn racers-had been sent away without of the aemblance of q hitch anywhere. the crowd cheerea again. The little racers, after making the ATst turn, could be seen speeding through the trees down the white blum road, Then came a walt of nearly four minutes for the return of The first car around the course. It proved to be the Lancia, No. 3. which had passed the 6. P. O. four and one-half miles from the start.
 The second car to complete the first Buick No. 8. which evidently had made up more ground than any of the other contestants. The Isotta and the Gamer on were next to show, followed in turn by Chalmers No. 10, Buick No. il and Maxwell No. Q.
 The cars kept coming past the stand at frequent intervals and the crowded grandstand was in a constant fiutter of excitement, When the times of the first lap were announced 1t was found that Buick. No. .1S. driven by Easter. was in the lead having made the lap in 11:0s at a rate averaging about nfty-hve miles an hour
 The Laneia No. was second in elaps- ed time and Buick No. Il was third. The Lancia led the cars by the stand in completion of the first lap. followed Clu8ely Vy butCh &NOs oB uA0 v lead of about thirty seconds over the Italian car in elapsed time.
 All the cars finished the first lap safe Iy except the unlueky Chalmers No. IS. which had Burns as Q driver when 1t came to grief.
 Three of ths little cars came dancing down the stretch together during the second lap and the crowd was set in an uproar. The Laneia and Buick No. 6 were still leading the procession of ears aa they completed the third lap. The Lancia, driven by Hilliard. seemed to be running well within its limit of speed and although it was led by Bur mans Buick there were many who hailed the Italian as a winner. The elapsed time of the two leaders at the end of the third lap was: Buick No. g. 32:43; Lancia, 34:1e.
 Wrecks on the Course.
 The first wreck of the race occurred an the very first lap when Burns drove Chalmers No. 13 into a tree on the Montgomery cross road leading out of the White Bluff stretch. No one was hurt.
 The second car to drop out of the race was Buick No. 1e. driven by Jefers It
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