Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-06-17
MOTOR RACE IS
WON BY GRAVES
DAMP TRACK AT FIESTA PARK
PREVENTS FAST TIME
ACCIDENTS AND FAULTY MOTORS
DETRAcT FROM INTEREST
Berryessa and Bill Furman Win in
Amateur and Professional Con-
test-Exciting Card Ar
ranged for Tonight

A small crowd was on hand last
night at Fiesta park to witness Man
ager chickering's second nights Offering
of bicycle and motorcycle races. The
evening was ideal from the spectators
point of view, but the track was too
damp for the riders to make any
phenomenal time.
The dampness of the track was par
ticularly annoying to the motorcycl1sts
as their wheels skidded on the sharp
turns when any high speeding was at
tempted. Another accident happened
last night similar to the one of the
night before. and in almost precisely
the same spot. Bake riding Thor,
in the tWo-mile amateur event, was
thrown from his machine on the Sec
ond lap of the race. He was not go
ing at a very great speed, riding about
forty-five miles an hour, and fell so
that he struck the track hands first
and sustained but a few bruises.
Mitchell. who was in the accident
the previous night, was out again and
rode an exhibition mile, but not at
tempting speed on account of the con-
dition of the track. He covered the
distance in 1 minute and seconds.
The feature race of the evening and
the last event on the program was
between Graves, Seymour and Lodge
q
the race Lodge was forced to drop out
on account of trouble with his engine,
and this left Graves and Seymour to
fight it out. Graves took the pole
at the start and maintained a lead of
about yard throughout the entire dis
tance although the boy on the Read
ing forced him to his limit several
times,
1t was the only real motor race that
has, been seen on the track since it's
opening, and Graves won through SUI
perior handling of his Indian. Graves
is a rider, even though classed as an
amateur, and might make the best of
the professionals hustle if entered in
that class. His time in the five-mile
event was not as fast as on his initial
appearance.
In the bicycle events the greatest eX-
element of the evening came in the
professional three-mile handicap, and
Long Bill" Furman again showed his
class against a field of ten entries by
overcoming a 100yard lead on Ray
Duer and beating him out by a full
length. Emil Agraz, who looked good
to win this race, with fifty-yard lead,
was forced to take third money, al
though he showed a clean pair of heels
to the bunch during the greater part
of the race.
Berryessa had things all his own
way in the two amateur races, winning
each race by a sprint. Hoffman won
the mile, professional, by beating Ray
Duer in the final squirt.
For the second time the motor-paced
races were put off and the crowd
which had waited patiently for this in
teresting event was forced to leave dis
appointed. The sport will be continued
tonight and Manager Pickering will
have some new faces to present to the
followers of the sport. He is trying to
get several local professional motorists
to enter and if successful will attract
a much larger crowd.
Last Nights Results
One mile novice race, won by W. c. Way;
time 2;47.
One mile open amateur, wonby Berryessa;
Monnier second. Smith third; time 2:29;3
Three-mlle handicap. professional, won by W.
G. Gurman, Ray DueF second, Emil Agraz
Amateur Smile handicap. won by Berryessa;
VIM. Long second, Monnler third; time 1924
third; S. A Gerber fourth time $3.50.
Amateur Smile handicap won by Berryesa;
VIM. Long second, Minnier third time 724.
Professional mile, won by Hoffman; Duer
second, Furman third; time 2;161.
Professional mile (2;3O class limit, won by
Barnett Gerber second, Gum third; time
2:23:4
Five mile amateur motorcycle race, won by
Graves, Seymour second, Lodge third time
54s
Graves time by miles in the last race was:
First mile, 1:17; second, 2:29:s; third, 1881;
fourth, 441;4; fifth. 5:4S.