Evening star., 1909-06-20

were lost while new magnetic was IN
stalled and tuned up. he started again
bat had scarcely crossed the tape Wheh
the sparkling instrument failed once more:
and Robertson was compelled TO stop and
back TO his repairing pit for further over
hauling. This cost him the race. how
ever there was balm to him in the fact
that he finished third
Trouble Characterizes the Race.
Trouble resulting in the withdrawal of
car after car characterized the race from
the start. half of them dropping out be-
forethe finish. Florida, in a Locomooiie.
met his bad luck during the first lap,
breaking a Jack shaft, resulting in his
immediate retirement. Seymour, driving
an Apperson, was not much better OF, en-
CINE trouble compelling him 10 quit on the
fourth round.
Strang. the victim OF picturesque Sc
res of mishaps. on the contrary STUCK 10
his task with grim singleness of purpose
in spite of hopeless prospect. Delays
due to minor annoyances left him full
lap behind the leaders at the beglnning
of the fourth circuit. in the f1fth he was
compelled to make repairs on the south
leg near Lowell and in the seventh and
eighth laps he had the peculiar expert
ence of breaking down In the same spot
near the head Of the course. undaunted.
he continued only to come in on the next
circuit with an incapacitated mechani-
clan, Fred kunze. who worn out by the
heat and blinded by flying oil, was unable
TO GO further. Amid great cheering
Strang led him to the repair pit. took on
another helper and was again on his way:
Others Quit Frenzied Rush.
me third car to quit the frenZied rush
was a Buick, with Burman at the steer
ing gear He ended his career. so far as
the race was concerned, in a ditch on the
sixth lap, with a ruined gasoline tank.
He was quickly followed by Denison in
Knox. who was forced out by engine
trouble.
Denison's untoward fate was particu-
larly pathetic. owing to the terrific and
almost even duel which he Taged with
Chevrolet up to the very moment of his
defeat This contest was easily the fea-
ture of the early hours. From the third
lap. with Denison leading by seconds. the
leadership alternated between the two
and kept the interest of the crowd from
Tagging before the decisive rounds.
MiIler's thirteenth lap was fatal to his
chances After mounting from seventh
place at the outset to fourth in the
twelfth both wheels of his machine came
off on the rough east leg in this unlucky
round.
Lytle Forced to Retire.
In the twelfth round Lytle. guiding an
Apperson, also gave up. He had broken
the rear springs of the car and had made
four rounds with the body resting on the
axle
The spectators In the grandstand saw
no serious accidents, but shortly after
the noon hour they were treated to
bit of excitement when Englebeck. whirl-
ing by at the close of his ninth round.
made a frightful swerve into the soft dirt
at the same place in which Strang mar
rowly escaped disaster in the Indiana
trophy contest. Recovering control. how
ever the STANDARDIZATION swept Oh amid
cheers.
Probably the most serious affair of the
day occurred about o'clock. when Rob-
ertson's car skidded at the head of the
east stretch, struck Theodore Mueller, the
f1agman at that point. before he could
leap aside and broke his arm.
Altogether during the entire day and
throughout the course there were forty
one cases. mostly OF fainting and heat
prostrations, treated at the emergency
hospital. None of these promised serious
consequences.