The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-19
LOCO DRIVEN BY FLORIDA HAD
 TO QUIT
WHILE ROUNDING ssS' TURN AT
 SHAFT BROKE
BOTH MEN ESCAPED
Florida and His Mechanician Had C1ose Can-Robertson in world Winning Auto Is Factor In Today's
 Race.

Number and Car, 1-Stoddard-Day- ton: Horse Power, A; Driver, Bert Miller.
 2+Knox, 40; w. Bourque 3-Apperson, 53; M. J. Seymour. 4-Buick, B; l.. Strang- 1Stoddard-Dayton, A; c. A. Engle- beck
 6-Locomobile. 40; J. W. Florida. Knox, AS; A. Denison. S-Apperson, 53; R. Lytle. -9-Locomobile, 40, George Robertson. 10-Buick, 32; L. Chevrolet. 11-Fiat-32: E. A. Hearne.
 ,12-Buick, 32; R. Burman.
 Distance IF times around course, 395.65 miles. Limited to stock cars with piston displacement of 525 cubic inches, which represents about 53 horse power.
 Donor of the cup-Ira Cobe, presi- dent Chicago Automobile Club.
 Crown Point, Ind, June 19-Thriled by the exciting brushes which mark ed the running of the Indiana Trophy race a tremendous throng lined the 23 mile course this morning when the race for the Cobe cup, the big event of the auto carnival, began. Yesterday s limited to cars with a horsepower Of 32 or under. In today's race all the cars have at least 32 horsepower be- ing limited only to 5 horsepower.
 The race brought out 12 cars driven by men of National reputation and six of them of International reputation Robertson, Iyt1e and Strang are the favorites. The tremendous distance to be covered by the cars today, nearly 396 miles, means that every one of the drivers are facing the prospect of taking the deadly "S'' twist, the "Cemetery Curve," and tBrickwalf' turn, at Lowell, IT times before the race is finished. Veterans who drove in yesterdays race declare the course is the most difficult and 'tunracy'' in the country. The course was in ex- cellent condition when Starter Wag- ner's pistol shot away Bert Miller in the Stoddard-Dayton No. 1, and the race was on.
 During the running of the third lap the first accident of the race was E. corded. Florida, driving Locomob11e No. who failed to reappear after he shot away from the starting line, broke a shaft on the ''S'' turn in the first lap and had to withdraw. He was running at terrific speed, but neither he. nor his mechanician was injured, though thrown from the car. Strang in Buick No. 4, was still having trou- ble and was far behind. When all the other cars were finishing the third lap he was just passing Lowell. Apper- son No. had engine trouble though it was running the second lap. Seymour, the driver, endeavored to make re- pairs but failed and withdrew. In the fourth lap, Chevrolet took the lead, Denison in Knox No. ', followed a mo- ment later with Burman almost at his rear wheels. CheVrOletS time TOT the four laps was 1:37:69.
 Denison brought the crowd in the grandstand to it's feet when he snatch ed the lead from Chevrolet in the stretch on the fifth lap. Denison's team-mate Bourque and Chevrolet and Burman passed in five minutes.
 Denison's elapsed time for five laps was 2:OO.2O. an average speed for tls45 entire distance of about 5S miles an hour.
 Robertson in the Loco was fifth, Mil Ter sixth, Englebeck seventh. Hearne eighth, Lytle ninth ard Strang tenth There was not six minutes difference in the elapsed time of these cars. Denison and Chevrolet seemed bent on furnishing thrills for the crowds in the stands a1d at the end of their sixth lap they arrived at the stand at ai- most exactly the same time. Chev- rolet's time for the sixth lap was 2:27:26.
 Denison was second and Bourque third During the sixth lap, Robertson began to come from behind and. finish ed the lap in fourth place. only eight second behind Bourque and going strong
 Starting his seventh lap the Wander
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