The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-07-15
Mcintyre Car Overturns
Near Racine, But Occu-
pants Escape Injury.
TOURISTS ARE At MADISON
Brush Is the Only Contestant To
Be Penalized in Run From
Chicago.

Madison, Wis. July 15.-An accident
to the Mcintyre buggy. which went into
ditch six miles north Of Racine, SER
iously endangering the lives of the
driver and observer, marred the third
days run of the 1909 Glidden tour. The
rest of the contestants arrived here yes
terday afternoon after a swift run from
Chica go. The ditching of the Mcintyre
| threw the car within three feet of a
well covered with rotten boards before
the breaking Of a front wheel stopped
its progress. The accident occurred
while the machine was running along
the tracks of the Chicago and Milwau-
kee interurban line which at that point
IS considerably elevated
The driver of the car, Frank Good
win. who had as observer A. O. Janisse,
turned at switch and was unable to
control the machine, which left the
tracks and shot into the ditch. Neither
of the occupants were seriously hurt
the observer alone suffering a few
scratches. The accident to the car re-
suited in its elimination from the race.
The contestants came through from
Chicago free from penalties with the
exception Of the Brush runabout No. 4
which arrived late. The amount Of
penalization Will be announced today.
The committee today added 1893 points
to this cars penaHzation. resulting
from the run into Chicago from Kala-
mazoo, 172 points of the total being ad-
ded for delay, Z points for labor and
31O point for materials.
The cars were parked in the shadow
of the Wisconsin state capitol build
ing after a speedy dash from Chicago,
which gave the tourists the first en-
ioyable day of travel yet encountered.
The entry into the capital city also
noted as the home of the Wisconsin
university, was made at $40 o'clock.
when Chairman Hover arrived in his
Premier pathfinder. followed in short
order by most of the competing cars.
which made the 175-mile schedule with
little trouble.
After leaving Chicago at o'clock the
tourists enjoyed the smooth going of
the north shore boulevards and did not
encounter a really bad road until Wa
tertown was reached where a short
stretch of road deep with sand temper
arily cut down the running time Mil
waukee sent out welcoming squadron
of cars, which met the tourists at Ra-
cine and escorted them into the city. A
brief halt was made while a lunch pre-
pared by the Business Mems League of
Milwaukee was served to the visitors.
which included a liberal supply OF that
city's popular beverage.
Todays run Will bring the tourists
to La Crosse. a distance of 154 miles.
the route lying through Ashton. Sank
City, Baraboo, Union Center, Kendall.
Norwalk and Sparta. The forecast is
for rain, and in case 1t materializes the
roads will be hard to navigate, and the
motorists will have their first oppor-
tunity 10 battle with western clay
roads, popularity described in rainy
weather as gumbo roads.
An amusing incident OF yesterday was
an impromptu race between one of
the Brush runabout contestants for the
Hover trophy and several more of the
little cars which went out to meet the
tourists at Racine and raced back to
Milwaukee, hitting all the high spots.
to the edification of the crowds which
lined the route.