Arizona republican., 1909-11-09

One of the most remarkable records
 ever made in the history of automo-
 bile road racing was that of Joe A.
 Nikrent and Louis F. Nikrent in the
 Buick. which won the Los Angeles
 Phoenix race yesterday. It was re-
 markable in several ways. The Nix
 rent brothers clipped eleven hours and
 twenty-three minutes from the record
 of F. C. Fenner of last year In this
 great race across 4S0 miles of sand.
 rocks, washes and the vilest sort of
 roads imaginable, the Buick, a com
 paratively cheap car, won against
 foreign car costing S6000 and against a field of the best and fastest cars that
 are made in America Without any
 question yesterdays automobile race was the one race of the whole year in automobile circles. The race of
 year ago, which was started by the
 offer of a silver cup by this paper as a prize. jumped into national import ance yesterday as the one great en- durance test of the country There is no other course in this country at present which means so much to the successful entrant as the Los Angeles Phoenix desert race.
 At six minutes after one o'clock the watchers. time keepers and judges just outside the gate at the fair grounds saw a cloud of dust down the roNd and. a moment later the Buick shot out Of the dust cloud and the stop watches snapped her time. The r1n- ming time from Los Angeles, deduct ing the control at the Colorado river. was quickly figured out and found to be nineteen hours and thirteen min utes Some faint idea of the speed made by this car may be obtained when it is conSidered that the railroad time between the two cities is less than an hour shorter.
 After the arrival of the Buick there was a long wait. The next car in was the IsOtta. It did not run out on the fair grounds and circle the track. as did the Buick-which was one of the stipufations in the race regulations. The Isotta broke down completely within a mile and a quarter of the fair grounds and was lowed by a passing automobile to the finish line. While time was taken on Col. -Fenner's en- try it was not considered by the off cials. The time was 22:36:06. The next car in was the Columbia, with a running time of 23:35:20. The car winning third place was the Stude- baker, E.. NJ. F., with 24: 56:40, and fourth place goes to the Kisselkar with a record of 26:04:23 It will be ho+ nf he ffrcf cars in was way under the record of last year. Even the Kisselkar, the last one in, was four hours quicker than the Black Bess of a year ago.
 By yesterday morning seven of the cars had reached the Colorado river. At eight o'clock last night all of the seven but the Elmore and the Penn sylvania had crossed the tape. Both the ElmOre and the Pennsylvania were 1 heard from at various points on the ! route and were passed by the other | cars which reached Phoenix.
 Of the ten cars that started in the ! race not a single one escaped sofhe | damage. Perhaps the one which suf- | fered the least injury was the Buick. | The bottom of the oil tank was raked | by a high center. the screws loosened | and a few gallons of oil lost. Two | extra tires on the rear were dropped | off somewhere near Los Angeles and | that was all-truly a remarkable rec | ord.
 The crew of the Columbia in partic- | ular deserves praise for the way in l which they stuck to the race when the l odds were a hundred to one against | them. Near San Bernardino the for ward part of the frame of the car l broke. It was an accident that few ] would have attempted to repair at that {, early stage in the race. Yet Harold l Stone and Charles IllinwOrth. the driv- | sfs, set to work at once. They got a | piece of steel and fastened it with | bolts over the broken frame and came | the rest of the journey in fast enough I time to carry off second honors.
 The StudebakerA third in the race. broke a radiator and changed at San Bernardinc. The Kisselkar suffered i serious damage by the breaking of a steering knuckle at Mecca. Hanshue ! and Bigelow lost four hours by this | accident. The Elmore was seriously l