Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-01

The second day In the series OF lhe
meet arranged by the Los Angeles MO-
tor Racing association was one OF the
most perfect in the point of weather
that could possibly have been devised
A much improved audience in point
of attendance was on hand 10 Wlthess
the events, and surely there were none
that were present that could possIply
saw they did not have the fun Value
for the cost of the ticket or aulilissio4,.
True there were delays and accidents
tn the tires and engines of the cars
hut even this added to the occasion, III
the opportunity to witness the changes
in tires and work performed by drivers
and mechanicians in the most excel-
lently devised scheme OF Manages
Hemple, when the entire operation Is
performed in full view of the audience.
Not the fastest time in the world was
made. but there was some mighty pref
ty running done by the cars, END where
DELAY made 1t possible for the follow
ing car to pass its predecessor on the
track. by the strange hand or Iale
the same hard luck came to the gamer
and his car was again compelled TO eat
the dust of the first stricken machine.
Races ExceIIently Managed
II was not a crowded grandstand'
but II was well filled, and the people
who attended are now fully assured
that there is no hippodroming gong
on in anything in which Heinpie anu
Henry, the promoters of the auto race
/ track. are concerned. Everything Is
sent off in a business-like manner NO
trifing delays are permitted. Drivers
are given to understand that 2:3O does
not mean $3.50, or when they get READY.
/ The audience is not'wearried out win
some grandstand driver making few
haY 1-1EF
AS much as to say watch me-"
The scoring board is perfect and
handled with precision, so that no an
nouncing is necessary of car, time OF
mileage The board shows the cars
in the running from one to three, time
distance, what race 1t is, mileage
Travelled and which car is No. l, or 3.
The program yesterday consisted of
two events, a ten-mile handicap and
a century run of one hundred times
around the circle. The ten-mile event
had three cars in competition, the Cor
/ bin, Royal Tourist and Chadwick. inc
/ Corbin took first money IN 11:O2, the
/ Royal coming in second and the great
/ Chadwick numbered into port the third
car. She scarcely belongs In the racing
class, if her exhibitions are In the fu-
ture to be judged by what she has done
/ the past two days.
Hundred-MiIe Event
The 1OO-mile event showed the Cor
bin. Winton. Palmer-Singer and Royal
| Tourist at the toe-mark as ready TO
! take part in the round the circle one
hundred times trip. AS pretty get
away as was ever seen was the start,
too. at the firing of the gun. In min
ute the poor old Winton started out
as though the track was to be swept
bv her movements and all the world
! 1, -to 1aa Nv ar- YHarfOrfna
The wise ones just waited, and bets
were freely made that she would not
| go five miles till she was down
! Scarcely had she done her first mile
/ till Frank Lee in his little Corbin
which costs less than half what the
| big Winton costs the buyer, was poking
| the dust into the throat OF the gray
car and filling the drivers eyes with
! the dust of Ascot track. Then came
/ the expected. Down went the Winton,
/ and she lay at the three-quarter post
| for quite a while-suflicient never to
/ give her a showing for the first or the
second money. Then came as pretty
race as the people who attend these
exciting races viii ever see IN Ascot
park.
Race Between corbin ard Palmer
But for the miserable driving of the
/ Palmer-S Singer the story might have
been totally different. The P.-S. driver
seemed to love the outside fence. He
seemed to be afraid of or hated to
get the inside of the track Some
claimed that it was on account of her
/ wheel base. This could not be So for
/ AL Livingstone with his big Royal
/ Tourist made his best spurts of speed
on the turns rather than in the
stretches. Almost wheel to wheel,
! however, the Singer Rugged the little
/ pacer-the Corbin-until the SEVENTEEN
mile In the far stretch it looked lap
after lap that the Corbin was simply
making a pace for the Singer, but the
powerful Singer gamely hung on to
! him. when suddenly Free was seen to
! let go and came limping into his quar-
/ ters for change of tire. Free was not
/ the most expeditions man on earth in
that change. He can do better, and
/ but for his absolute knowledge of his
car and what she will do, he was slow
and it might have cost him the race.
! But Free generally has his competitors
sized up to dead certainty, and it is
! going to take a mighty good car to
beat him out in the end.
Palmer-singer Down Next
Naturally, while the Corbin was
! changing tires, the Singer warped into
the lead and gained all she was behind
and added miles between her and the
Corbin, which had been shunted to
! second place, the Royal Tourist now
having practically a dead cinch on
! third place the poor old Winton being
| on the dry dock out on the track for
repairs. The Corbin. with her new
| shoe on her right front foot, took the
! track again and moved down the dis
! lance between her and her leader, and
then came the sign from the driver
| and mechanician Of the Singer that
| she needed foot repairs on her right
! side, and she did, for she had two blow
outs. While these were being replaced
| Free with his machine stepped into the