Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-22
NOTES OF THE RACES

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The audience assembled in the grand
stand was one of the best and most
/ gratifying of the events thus far held
at Ascot park. Most of the number
! present remained throughout the en-
tire time of the Apperson making the
circuit, when the race was called.
! William II. Carlson, the game and
! manly young driver of the Cadillac on
! Saturday and who was thrown from
/ the car when he overturned, was at
! the park with his parents, none the
worse for his experience than discol-
ored eye, which amounts to nothing
under any circumstances.
Frank Free was at the track dressed
like a lord, and looking as though he
had never been on the big car when
she broke her steering knuckle.
The hard luck' demon still pursues
Frank Siefert, one of the best drivers
on the Pacific coast, but the hoodoo
on him seems never to let go. one
OF these days he will have 1t shaken
off. and then look out for some record
breaking time.
The most perfect system prevails at
the events at Ascot park. The track
is we'll policed: none but officials are
permitted on the track or in front OF
the pits; the races are promptly called;
the time-boards are promptly handled,
and the public is being more and more
pleased with each event.
1t will be many a day before as
pretty a race is seen on Ascot park
or any other track than that between
the Corbin, the little Sunset and Ralph
Hamlin's Greyhound. Mile after mile
was reeled off, with the cars hanging
on to each other AZ the rear wheel. 1t
was a beautiful evidence of expert driv-
inc upon the part of each man at the
wheels of the speeders.
What do YOU think Of the Little sun
set taking the lead in 1j0-mile race,
and holding it down for miles, only
to be shaken out at the seventy-sev-
euth-mile post by a broken steerins
5nuckle? When she stopped at the
fence her motor was working nicer,
smoother, better and faster than az
any time in the race, her tires as cool
and perfect as when she started Nc
Larty has covered himself with glory
for his show of fast driving
Hanshue made one change of tires in
one and half minutes.
The beautiful blue flame emitted by
| the Apperson Jackrabbit was com
mented on by almost every one famil-
lar with car-driving She was using
Monogram oil-the "oil of quality"
! 1t was again demonstrated that The
/ Herald is right one hundred and fifty
miles is too long a race for track drlN-
I ing. Hard ON cars, hard on drivers
bard on tires and hard on the audience,
although yesterday every one surely
got their fun value for the money for
entrance tickets. There was some
thing doing every minute OF the race.
JR. Rogau, formerly with the How
ard Motor Car company, has resigned
his position ms truck demonstratOr to
accept a position with the Peerless
people.
Ascot park is sure the lucky track
for drivers. Thrown from cars, run
through fences-any old thing-they
come up smiling and ready again as
though nothing had happened
Hempel keeps things moving when
the races arc on, The audience is
told of every happening clearly through
the n,egaphone: the band is kept play
ing. and there is life to all the proceed
ngs of the meets at Ascot.
The $3.50 bluff of the Winton people
TO race a car against Frank Free in
any car on any track" having been
rromptIy called and no appearance
having been made to cover the
money deposited promptly by Free in
the hands Of The Herald, has been re
turned to that driver uncovered, un-
sought and with no possible chance of
us ever being made good.