Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-06-20

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The following shows the record OF
each car and order of finish.
Buick, Chevrolet. S;01;39.
Knox, Bourquc. S;02:44
Locomobile, Robinston, S:14.30.
Fiat. Heaine. S.22:04.
Dayton, E%nglebeck. S.26:
05.
" Buick Strang. 10 laps, S:l4st5.
Stoddard- Dayton, Miller. II laps. 3.
1854.
Apperson, Lytle. IL laps, 6:37t36.
Knox, Denison, 6 laps. 2:29;4S.
Buick. Burman. 8 laps. 2.02.b1.
Apperson, seymour. 3 laps, /. 26s13,
Locomobile, Florida, Il in first lap.
60 Strang was still on course when
race finished.
In the eleventh lap. Chevrolet
broke a valve in a cylinder in such a
manner that IL could not be repaired
and he was forced to run the rest of
the day with three cylinders, which
made his performance all the more re-
markable. To offset this misfortune.
in a measure. the superior skin with
which he and his mechanic handled
the oil cans in Il stop at the repairing
pits gained him time of immense value
later in the day.
The race which showed an average
of 1926 miles an hour, was unusually
SLOW for cars of the 6O-horsepower
lass. The load of trouble which as
sailed the cars and drivers from the
beginning together with the fact that
the roadway at the turns was literally
cut to ribbons by the almost continu-
Gus performance. slowed down the
heavy motors to a most unexpected
degree and upset all calculations.
The most conspicuous feature of To-
days race from "A technical point of
view. was the wonderfully consistent
performance of Chevrolet. From the
start his average scarcely varied is
seconds. Denison being put ont of the
running, Robertson at the wheel of a
Locomobilc took up the task of beat
ing the leading Buick and after rum
ming a close second for three laps,
jumped into the lead in the tenth and
held II twice around, while Chevrolet
fell back For the next three rounds
Chevrolet wrestled with a load Of wor-
ny. Seeing him worn down and all
but vanquished by the terrific pace
he had set himself, his assistant at the
pit repeatedly signalled him to
give up but he declined and summon
all his strength. sprang into the
lead in the fourteenth lap and was
never thereafter headed.
Bourque was at no time worse than
fourth and in the thirteenth Ian took
the lead for a BRIEF interval. droppine
back, however, to second. which he
held with dogged determination to the
md.
Robertson ran consistently appar-
trying to save his car more than
to equal some of the spurts made by
rivers whose cars failed to finish the
contest. He was never worse than
in point of elapsed time. AT one
inc re had a lead of "A minutes and
[ was generally conceded that barring
.ust did happen, he could not be
But at Lowell, half way
round the course. his magnetic failed
lim' A new magnetic was Installed
nd adjusted. He started again but
lad scarcely crossed the tape when the
parking instrument failed once more.
MS cost him the race. Trouble aris-
ng on the withdrawal ., the car after
he car characterized the race from
he start, hair Of the racers droppinp =.
MT before the finish. |
Burman i'm a Buick ended his career
o far as the race was concerned in
ditch in the sixth lap with a ruined
HSOItnH tank He n4g .,f.IrT.-" 81
owed by Denison in a Knox who was
orced out by engine trouble. Deni-
ms rate seemed particularly hard. =
up to the m Of his de- |
Fat he had been the feature of the
arly hours.
The spectators saw no serious acci-
ents, but shortly after noon there was
Httie excitement when Englebeck
hiring by at the close Of his 9Th
1und, swerved into the soft dirt AT
Ne same place where Strang narrow Il
escaped destruction in the Indiana
ophy contest. +,
Recovering control, however. the fl
STANDARDIZATION, swept on amid great n
leers. i
Probably the most serious affair of n,
Ie day occurred when Robertson's II
lr skidded at the head OF he east k
retch' struck Theodore Mueller. flag
AT the point. before he could leap W
ide. and broke his arm. la
Altogether i'm the entire az, and k,
.roughout the course there sr, a 70
.ses, mostly Of fainting and heat liz
'%ostration, treated at the emergS,ey j,
None of these promises ser
US consequence. in