Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-24
FAST TIME MADE IN
PORTOLA ROAD RACE
Jack Fleming, in Pope-Hart-
ford Car, Covers 21-MiIe
Course in 20 Minutes.

OAKLAND. Cal. October 23.-Eclipsing
the fastest record made in the Wander
bilt cup race and making a speed of sixty
miles throughout at times negotiating the
twentyone mile course in less than twenty
minutes. the Pope-Hartford car No. 4,
driven by Jack Fleming, won the two
hundred-and-fifty- mile Portola road race
today with more than two laps to spare,
in the fast time of hours, 50 minutes
and Is seconds Two cars were within
two laps of the winner at the finish.
These were the Apperson No. 10. driven
by Harris Hansue. and the Lozier No.
II, driven by Harry Michner. The APP
person made fine spurts toward the last
in trying to overtake the Hartford.
The Apperson car, which had negotiat-
ed little less than eleven laps at the
time the Pope-Hartford crossed the line
winner, was leading the Lozier NO. IL
by almost lap. They finished in that
order.
Besides winning second place i'm the big
event of the day. the tWo-hundred-and-
tifty-mile race, the Apperson car won the
second race, negotiating the 30 miles In
Lozier Second.
The Lozier car was given second place
in the second race.
The Pope Hartford won the first event
of seven laps. Fleming made far the
best time in the second race, but he was
not entered for that event and could not
wiz, the contest This led to some con-
fusion. and it was generally believed
that Fleming had won the whole trio OF
races.
The actual running time of the Pope
Hartford today was 64.51 miles an hour,
breaking the worlds record established
at Santa Monica of 64.44 and that of the
Vanderbilt cup race of i.42
Nearly Killed Driver.
The first serious accident occurred
when q metal tire retaining ring of the
Sunset car came off as the car rounded
a turn and, flying into the crowd.
fractured the skull of man named Nc
kittrick. 1t is believed he will die.
The Knox car, No. II. driven by Frank
Free left the course on Tanley ROAD
near San Leandro and killed 0. n. john
son, a spectator. who was standing De-
side his wife watching the racers. Free
and his mechanician, Joe Robinson, were
thrown out OF the car and badly bruised.
The Chalmers-Detroit No Z struck a
fence near San Leandro on Its seventh
lap and turned turtle. No one was IN
jured.
Seventeen automobiles started at reg
ular intervals of few minutes today
over the twenty-one-and-on -half-niie
circuit in the Oakland Portola road races.
Although the machines started almost
simultaneously, they were entered IN
three distinct contests.
First Race.
The first race over seven laps of the
course. for an approximate distance or
$50 miles, was for cars OF 23l to 800
inches piston displacement. The second
class racers covered approximately 21o
miles by making the circuit ten times.
These cars were of stock chassis. with
a piston displacement of 45l to 600 inches.
The third race constituting the grand prize
event Of the day, was for racing cars ana
machines having a piston displacement In
excess Of GOO inches. This race also was
open to cars which qualified in the fore
going events The distance was approx
mately 25S miles.
One section Of the grandstand was re-
served for Don Gaspar de Portola and
Queen Vergilia. who were escorted by
Gov. ]. NJ. Gillette. Mayor f. r. Taylor
land and number of the foreign ENJOYS
who are attending the Portola festival
A section was also reserved for the OFF,
GERS and sailors of the visiting warships.
Among the we'll known drivers in the
race were Harris Hansue, who broke
worlds record with the Apperson Jack
Rabbit at Santa Monica: Harry Ballyn-
tyne at the wheel of the LoZier, with
which he has won a number of notable
races In the east; Charles Soules. who
also has made name for himself on
road and track In the east, at the wheel
of the Stearns, and Jack Fleming, local
driver of the POpe-HartfOrd.