The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-18

Marion. .s......-A. Monson
 'Locomobile. ..-.....-J: W. Florida | Buick. =. .CheVrolt
 Fa1-Car. H. Pierce
 10 Locomobi1e. ..Geo. Robertson | Il Moon. Phil Wells | IA Buick. Strang 1 16 Stoddard-Dayton~- Fred Wiseman | IF Chalmers-Detroit. Al Poole | IS Stoddard-Dayton. Carl Wright 19 Chalmers-Detroit.. J. Watson Referee. Asa Paine of Minneapolis | Starter. Fred J. Wagner of New York 1 Watson wins-Matson's elapsed time
 4:31:21. Robertson second; Monson third. Robertson's time, 4:39:O3; Monson's
 4:42:O3.
 Distance of auto race 2s2 miles, the circuit being 23.6 miles in length. Grown Point. Ind. June 1s.-The ex-
 hausts cracking like a Gatling gun. the
 little Corbin car. Maisonville driving,
 bounded away from the starting line
 at 8 o'clock this morning and the first race in the great Western Vanderbilt automobile carnival was on. A minute later Burman in a Buick car started
 and in sixteen minutes more the last
 of the sixteen automobiles had started
 in their 232H miles dash for the Indiana
 Trophy.
 To-day's race is the first event in
 what is designed as a. regular annual
 affair over the same course. To-mor- row the ''big race'' will be held when
 twelve big cars will be sent IF times
 around the course, a distance Of 395
 miles in the race for the Cobe cup.
 One thousand Illinois militiamen took up their stations at various point about
 the course, thus placing about twenty
 five square miles of Indiana under martial law with Illinois troops in
 charge. At least 100000 pairs of eyes
 watched the racers in their flight.
 The '.S'' turn just before the
 straightaway that leads onto Lowell Deaths Corner in Lowell and the
 "Graveyard Turn" outside of. Lowell are the most difficult to make. The entries for to-day's race were limited to cars of g horse power and unoer and those in the Cobe Cup event to- morrow to 53 horse power:
 By the overturning of their automo. mile Adolph Magnus. grandson of Adolph Busch. the brewer. Miss Flor. ence Packard and Miss Harriet Barnes. all of Chicago. were severely injured. They were on their way to the auto- ditch The occupants were brought to the military hospital, at the grand stand Magnus and Miss Packard were seriously hurt but Miss Barnes was able to leave the hospital
 The last car got away at exactly 9;l6 and Il minutes later the first cry or "Car. Coming was heard Almost mn mediately Burman in the Buick NO 2 flashed by. having covered the first round in 23:41 (OficiaD. Burman pass ed Maisonville in the Corbin car No: 1. on the straightaway outside or vile swept by All the leaders were hitting up a terrific clip
 Strang in the Buick No. 14 ana Pierce in the Fal-Car <hit the stretch to the grapdstand neck and md neck ana
 No. ? Buick blew out a plug on the second lap but got back at once and led the secor.d lap. When Burman passed the second time Wright m the the FaI-Car No 16, had not been heard from. se
 Burman travelled II miles an hour on the Lowell straightaway and pass ed Wells in the Moon No. II.
 Strang in the Buick No. IA, qOit fnf race on the second lap when he split the rear axle of his car on the LoweN turn Neither he nor his mechan1clan was hurt.
 In the stretch at the finish of the second Iap Knipper in the Chalmers Detroit, followed by Chevrolt in Buick No. 8: came up with rnsn ana oo.h who had been leading up to that time. Burman dropped into third place. These three cars began the third lap within 100 yards of each other. each Qr1V6r -k1CklnS lhO 1CNCA OoI IO H.A~ limit as they shot away from the | grand stand Stutz in the Marion No B. swept by a minute later, closely Ioi- lowed by Robertson. in IocomoplIe No. 10: Wells in the Moon No. Il; Florida in Locomobi1e No. '; Chalmers-Detro1t. | No r; Stoddard-Dayton, No. Is. ana No. 19 in the order named. averaging 70 miles an hour and are taking the .S." Graveyard" and Lowell turns at the limit of speed pos sible on these dangerous spots.
 Maisonville in the Corbin No. l, pass ed the grandstand on his first time around but has not since re-appeared Neither has the Fal-Car No. 15. Stod- No. IS finished it's first an as the leaders cleaned up their third Robertson began to loom up as l factor in the race during the fourth ap when he passed both Burman ana -hevrolt and took third place. Chalm- srs-Detroit No. IT, went from 7th to ;ourth place.. Wells moved up from sixth to fifth place and Chalmers-De- roit 19 from tenth to sixth Floridas -ocomobile was seventh and Stutz Marion 3, eighth. Burman and Chev- .olt got into trouble on the Lowell traightaway and did not finish the lap with the others.
 All the cars reduced their speed dur ng the fourth lap. Knippen's speed for he round being the fastest.
 The fifth lap brought another general Tn the TeldllNe pOSilioHS ol he racers when Maisonville. drivi'S1~ 19. shot into the lead ( 1t the finish. The finish of this lap vas the half way point. 116A miles. Marion was a close second, Robertson 1 vas third and Poole in Chalmers-De- roit fourth.
 During the running of the sixth Ian he judges announced that Burman, ] irving Buick No. ?, had been dis ( uaIified and ordered from the course. . 3urman and Chevrolt ran into con- iderable trouble during the fourth and fifth laps and during the sixth Burman valve from another driver nd continued. As soon as the judges eard of it they disqualified Burman.
 Robertson. Strang. Chevrolt and Bur- E nan. had been picked as favorites. There was an exciting brush at the nish of the 9th lap. between Moon, md Robertson who whirled into the econds apart At this stage the Cor 4 in car. which got into trouble on the