Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-12
MORE RECORDS FALL
IN ATLANTA RACES
National Automobile Covers
Twenty Miles in Less Than
Seventeen Minutes. ,

ATLANTA, Ga. November 1.-THE
feature of yesterdays card at the Atlanta
speedway was a race at twenty miles
for stock GLASSES. :,0l to 40 cubic inches.
in which competition was as keen as I'm
any race yet run on the track. and in
which Aitken. in a National. established
a new American record for that distance
Of Is minutes 1915 seconds.
The weather was magnificent and the
crowd one of the largest of the meet.
Some OF the preceding events had been
rather wcarisome. but this walked them
up. and there was tumultuous cheering
from start to finish. On the first four
laps five Of the entrants were closely
punched. but on the last circuit two had
fallen somewhat behind The remaining
three kept together, crossing the tape
only n few seconds apart.
The race at 10 miles. with the Auto
mobile Association trophy and $500 I'm
gold as first prize. should really have
been the event OF the day. but owing To
the small number of competitors. only
four cars starting. the crowd lost inter-
est. and the running became somewhat
tiresome. Chevrolet, I'm Buick. led at
the start. and remained I'm front nearly
Atty miles. but owing TO engine trouble
he lost ground and finished last
CQeVrOleCS nara LUCK
Chevrolet stopped four times because
his engine was on fire. once TO put on a
new tire and once to replace a broken
valve. The race was then easily carried
off by Harroun, in a Marmon. with Mat
son. in a Chalmers-Detroit. second, and
Base in a Renault, third.
When Lewis Strang came out I'm his
115-horsepower Fiat to run an exhibition
Iny~ i'm nf 10
gasoline cars built In America came
upon the track and motioned to Strang
to come on for race. The ancient
Haynes only ran down in front of the
grandstand, however. and then back to
cover. while Strang went around the two
mile track In 1 minute 21.51 seconds. the
record time on this track.
George Robertson appeared on the track
In his Flat ''6O' for the first time. hav-
ing had trouble with his engine hereto
fore. and when il was proposed to start
him from scratch. he asked first TO go
around the track to see whether or not
his machine would work. He made the
test all right and then walked away with
two races, one at ten miles. which he
made in Z minutes 41.4l seconds, and an
other ten-mile free for all. which he did
In 3 minutes 29.S seconds. There were
frequent calls in the crowd for Oldfield.
who went away last night to Austin.
Tex, where he has race meet engage
ment.
The Summaries.
Ane hundred and twenty miles. stock chassis.
231 to 800 cubic inches: first prize. Atlanta Au-
tomobile Association trophy and 5000 I'm gold:
second prize, $500 in gold: third price, $50 in
gold-First, Mamon (Iarroun,. 1.49.2696; ser
ond. Chalmers Detroit Matson), 1.57. 2.a2;
third Renault CBasle). 2.09.15.
Twenty miles. free for all: handicap; first
prize, $3.50: second price. $50-First. Rainier
tDisbrowD. 19.51.15: second, Marmon CIarrounl,
20. 0.Es; third. Marmon (StillmanD, 20.23.41.
Twenty miles. stock chassis: 80 to $50 cubic
inches-First. National (Aitken). Is ~. 90; sec
ond. Marmon (Stillman). I6.4s.S6 third, Chai-
mers-Detroit QIorimerl, 1G.4oGS.
Ten-mle motorcycle race for amateur trade
riders: three prize medals-First. Reading Stand
ard tklibesl. S-53.6S: second. Merkel Creubnerl.
third. Reading Standard lSeymourD.
Ten miles, stock chassis; open TO amateur
drivers only: for southern championship; hrst
ford, 8. AZ 50; second. Buick tOldknow). 90t.11.
Six miles, motorcycles, for professionals; three
prizes. $25. SIS and $40 gold-First, Indian
,Stubbs), SSH; second Excelsior CWalthour),
5.44.44; third. Indian lGafD. 5.5O.7.
Two-mile exhibition-Strang. in Fiat. Time.
l.2l.51
Twenty miles; stock chassis; coo cubic inches
or under: first prize. 500: second prize. $50
First, Fiat (Robertsonl. 7.471: second, National
lAitken), S.22.s7: third, Apperson Uiarding',
S.23.17.
Four miles. stock chassis: 1sl ito 23s cubic
mers- Detroit (MatsonI. 4.O5.52; second. Chsl-
mer-Detroft tknipperD. 4.OS.42.
Ten miles. free for all: handicap: first prize.
$3.50: second price. $5O-Flrst, Flat (Robertson,.
S29OS: second, National iAitkenl, $50 Is; third,
Marmon (Stilmanl. S.5O.53.