Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-16
M|SHAPS SAVE RECORD
Accidents Change Leaders in
24-H0ur Auto Race.
CHEVROLET BREAKS DOWN
Then Seymour, Who Next Set Pace,
bitches Machine.
PATCHEKE IN FIRST PLACE
Bowers and Mechanician Mause
Knocked senseless When Their
Buick Turns Turtle.
CHEVROLET BREAKS DOWN
PATCHEKE IN FIRST PLACE

NEW YORK, October 16;-Everything
| in the record line for one-mile circular
track was eclipsed last night and early
today in the twenty -four hour automobile
race which is being run off at the
Brighton Beach motordrome.
With the race half over, the twelve
hour record, made by Lewis Strang in q
Itenault, a year ago, was beaten by
seven miles. Strang made 618 miles in
twelve hours.
Louis Chevrolet and A. Chevrolet, re-
lieving each other frequently, covered
624 miles In the same time up to am.
today. They were In the lead.
At Z am. Charles Bowers, driving one
of the Bucks. and his mechanician, j.
Mause, narrowly escaped serious injury
at the turn just past the grandstand. A
tire few from one Of the rear wheels
Of Bowers machine and the car swerved,
plunging through the infield fence.
The car turned turtle twice. Both
driver and mechanician were hurled to
the ground.
They were unconscious when the emer-
gency ambulance arrived. but quickly re-
vived. They were taken to the tent hos
pital. where it was found that they had
only some scalp wounds and a few
bruises.
Chevrolet Loses Lead.
During the thirteenth hour Louis
Chevrolet. the leader. was Temporarily
thrown out Of the race by a slight ac-
cident. Coming from the backstretch
around the far turn one Of his wheels
snapped off. Chevrolet succeeded in
stopping the car before any further
harm was done.
With this mishap to the Buick, the
probability Of a new record for twenty
four hours was greatly diminished. The
trouble cost Chevrolet sixty-nine min
utes
During this interval Harry CODE,
with the Lozier car, No. 4, kept plug
ging along and managed to keep ahead
of the record, covering 664 miles at the
returned to the track at $3.50 and found
himself forty-seven miles behind CODE.
differentiation Score.
The score at the end Of the thirteenth
hour, at o'clock. was as follows:
No. 4. Lozier. Cobe and Seymour, &C.,.
No. 3, Lozier, Patchke and milford, 652
No. 6. Buick. L. and A Chevrolet, 847.
No. 8, Rainier. Disbrow and Lund, 623.
No. 5, Buick, Burman and Hughes 624.
No. Z, Buick. Bowers and Mause, GAG.
NO. B, MatneSOn, Basic duU Nell, fSS
No. 10, Marion, Strang and James. 46O
No. 2. Palmer-Singer, Lescault and Grim
non, $50.
Previous record was 65S miles, made by
Robertson in a Simplex. The Palmer
Singer car was declared out of the race
Fifteenth-Hour Score.
The score at the end Of the fifteenth
hour, II am, was as follows:
No 4, Lozier, Seymour. 763 miles.
No. 3, Lozier. Patcheke. 752 miles.
No. 5. Buick, Hughes, 731 miles.
No. 6, Buick. Chevrolet, 719 miles
No 9, Rainier, Disbrow, 716 miles.
No. II, Matheson. Basic. 572 miles.
No. 10, Marion, Strang. ga miles.
The previous record is 761 miles, made
by Robertson with Simplex car on this
track last year.
A few minutes before noon the Buick
car, driven by Arthur Chevrolet, jumped
the track and landed in the field on the
outside of the paddock turn. The car was
badly wrecked. Neither driver nor me-
chanician was injured. The car could
not continue in the race.
The Lozier, which car led at IL o'clock
and was but two miles behind the record,