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The Penn's Grove record., 1909-06-04
NEW JERSEY STATE NEWS
He swims When Gun Kicks.

There is a lawyer in Manasquan
who has a gun that kicks like q Ken
lucky mule, and a canoe that upsets
at the slightest p~rovocation. He
loves to shoot and also to battle. For
his purposes the gun and the ano
form a happy combination. All he
has to do is to take the gun out in
the canoe, tie it to an outrigger, shoot
at a duck or something, and imme-
diately the gun kicks the n over
and he takes his bath. The fowl on
the Manasquan River take great in
terest in the lawyer. There are per-
sons on shore who suspect that they
fly or swim within range for the
sake of having the lawyer fire at.
them and seeing him go overheard as
his canoe upsets.
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Gets Two Burglar SUSPECTS.

Burglars broke into the Office of
the Kimble-Prince Lumber Company,
in Millville, and had drilled the safe
ready for blowing it open, when they
were frightened off. In their haste
they left enough nitro-glycerine to
smash fifty safes, fuses and a kit of
tools. Marshall Biggs arrested Chas.
Newlin, Jr., and H. Jordan, of Jersey
City, on suspicion of being leaders of
the band of robbers. When searched
at the City Hall a quantity of fuses
and caps were found in the suspects
clothing. Newlin says he was recent
iy discharged from the navy.
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National confsetioners See a Big Fight Coming For Control of the
Trsde--Arransing or Faetores--And Afterward, President Bedford
Says. May Sell Their Product Through Its Own Establishments.

New York City.-The Corn Prod
acts Refining Company, of which E.
+. Bedford, of the Standard Oil Com
pany, is president, and in which
James A. Moffett, F. @. Barstowe and
Charles M. Pratt are directors, and
William Rockefeller and the late H
II. Rogers were generally understood
10 be largely interested, is likely to
go into the retail candy business.
AS has been generally known, the
directors at their last meeting took
the preliminary steps toward starting
! project for utilizing the glucose
manufactured in the company's
plants by establishing candy fac
tories. This step, it was said recent
iy, is likely to be followed by the
retailing of the product of the fac
tories, through a company yet to be
organized, in it's own stores. The
sandy business has recently seen in a
smaller way signs of approaching
organization on the modern lines of
combination, but this step will be far
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Sunday Funerals Barred.

Pastors of the various Protestant
churches in Paterson agreed that
they will not oficiate at funeral ser
vices on Sundays, unless in the case
of a death from contagious disease,
where a speedy interment be neces-
sary. This announcement will be
good news to the drivers of the city,
who have been fighting for the aboli-
ton of Sunday funerals for a year
or more.
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Something For Father.

sand do you think there should be
a fathers day, too?"
"Sure. But wait"
"Well?n
Better make it night. "-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
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women in the Days News.

Miss Sarah g. Murray, of Newton,
Mass. carried on high honors this
year at Munich. She obtained the
Phi. D. degree.
J.. Gutson Borglum, sculptor and
painter, married Miss Mary Williams
Montgomery, who has gained fame
as an Assyriologist.
Mrs. Mary Blair Brokaw has
brought an action for libel against
the Western Union telegraph Com
pany on the ground that messages
sent BY her husband, w. Gould Bro
kaw, were untrue and refiected on
her 0baractex,
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omeer. For Mission Workers.

The Woman's Foreign Missionary
Society of the Bridgeton district, New
Jersey M. E. Conference, in session
at Millville, elected these officers:
President, Mrs. Emma Hugg, of Mill
vile; vic~e-president, Mrs. R. P. Pat
terson, of Woodstown; secretary,
Mrs. Charles Hcintz, of Clayton:
treasurer, Mrs. D. j. Watkins, OF
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KILLS WIFE FOR BURGLAR.

Woman Strikes Match in Darkened
Room and Husband Fires.
Indianapolis, Misunderstanding her
for a burglar, George w. Thompson
shot and killed his wife at his home
in East Tenth street.
Thompson went to bed early, leav.
ing his wife downstairs sewing,
Later she entered the room carrying
a lighted match. Thompson said he
awoke, thought the light was from
a burglars lantern, took a revolver
from under his pillow and fired twice
at the form which followed the light
Thompson was held at the. police
station for fear he might harm him
self.
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Seek $4,000 Berth For Needy Senator
A movement was begun In the Sen
ate, at Washington, D. c., to provide
for the future of ex-senator Berry, oil
Arkansas. Sixty-six Senators signed
a petition to the President asking
him to appoint Mr.. Berry a member
of the Mississippi River Commission
The salary is $4,000 a year
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CAPTURED AFTER SO YEARS.
Holcombe, Now Wealthy, May Have
Corro N1.o Vs..

Holcombe, Now Wealthy, May Have
to Serve Nine Years.
Atlanta, Ga. - Walter H. Hol-
combe, seventy-six years old, and a
native of Rabun County, who escaped
from the penitentiary thirty-six years
ago, after having served one year oil
a sentence of ten, Is now incarcerated
in the Fulton County tower, awaiting
the decision of the Prison Commits.
sioners, who are to say whether or
not he shall be made to serve out the
remaining nine years.
Holcombe, who during the years
he was a fugitive from Justice. has
lived in South Dakota, where he has
amassed a fortune, was arrested upon
his return to his native country.
Holcombe was convicted of simple
larceny in 1873.
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Judges Grant Saloon Liceases.

Denver, Col.-Ministers and laymen
should not S tobacco, but it is not
contrary to the principles of the
church for Judges who are Presby.
terians to grant saloon licenses. THE
was decided by the General Assembly
of the Presbyterian Church In ap.
proving the report Of the Temperance
Committee after a long discussion.
The report commended President
Taft, the Kaiser and ex-President
Eliot, of Harvard, for being teetotal.
ers, and urged the ministers of the
church to petition Congress to stop
interstate shipments of liquor, to dis.
continue tho issuance of internal rev.
enue receipts in prohibition territory,
and to prohibit the use of the mails
for the distribution of advertisements
of liquor.
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The world Of Sport.

Freshman track athletics at Yale
last year paid s129.65.
1t is a pretty good rowing coach
whose men never get overturned.
Lou Dillon made her first appear
ance on a trotting track in Europe.
Zoe" Jeanette defeated Sam"
Mcvey in fifty rounds at Paris,
France.
Wisconsin's crew at Poughkeepsie
viii have an exceptionally long time
Of. training there.
With rapid strides the Montreal
Jockey Club has become the leading
turf organization In Canada.
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With the Funny
The Wise Old Owl.

A wise old owl lived in an oak,
The more he saw the less he spoke,
The less he spoke, the more he heard;
Why can't we all be like that bird!
Boston Transcript.
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Code Assures Pure Milk.

Where threatened enforcement Of
new milk laws caused a split between
the milk producers organization and
the Burlington Board of Health, ex-
PLANTATION of the advantages of the
new code to the producers, as well as
consumers, has resulted not only in
farmers conforming to the laws, but
in actual rivalry as to who shall score
the highest for sanitary surroundings
and pure supply. Every dairy farmer
supplying milk to local customers
has now complied with the new law,
according to health officials.
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Moral Constitution.

Let a man build up his moral con-
stitution by thinking noble thoughts.
derived from the habitual practice of
reading good books, performing no
BILE deeds, association with pure wom-
en- and honorable men. Let a man
walk In the spirit and he will not full
fill the lusts of the 1esh.-Rev. Will
lam C. Stinsman.
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Accommodating

Tommy, how often do you want
ms to speak to you about your mis-
BEHAVIOR"
"Oh, I amt particular, ma; suit
Yourself Trenton True American.
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Mrs. Donald MCLEAN Honored.

Mrs. Donald Mclean, retiring Pres
ident-General of the D. A. R., left
Trenton after attending a brilliant
patriotic reception. The New Jersey
Society of the Colonial Danes of
America, and Trent Chapter, Daugh-
tiers of the American Revolution,
were entertained by Mrs. Alexander
F. Jamison and Mrs. Henry Pratt
Perrin at the home of the latter on
Greenwood venue The guests of
honor were Mrs. Mclean and her two
daughters.
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sbuns Husbands Home.

Judge Starr, of the Gloucester
County Court, stated after hearing
the case of Mrs. Emaline Tallman
against her husband, Clarence, at
Woodbury., for desertion, that her
only remedy is divorce proceedings.
Her husband has a home awaiting
her, but she refused to live with him.
The case of Mrs. George Pratt was to
have been heard, but Prosecutor Rog-
ers stated that it was so similar to the
former that he asked for a noH
presse, which was granted.
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We should not found our praises of
God on things that are far apart in
their occurrence. We should look for
His wonderful works" in those that
are most constant. The rejoicing that
is in the Eternal Father should be no
more suspended than are His boun-
ties.-N. L. rockingham.
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Berefcent Power.

No matter how Insignificant you
may be, you can exert ome beneficent
power over the tide and flow of hui
man passions, and difuse a calm and
blessed light on those that fall within
your ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS James
Gibbons.
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The faith of the heart is a stronger
assurance than all the visions of the
outward sense. When fortune smiles
around me, I may think that l am
happy; when sanctity and love
breathe within me, l know it.
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DR.. Faunce Would abolish Saloon

At Providence, r. l., President w.
H. P. Faunce, of Brown University, in
an address to the students urged them
to enlist in the fight against both
liquor selling and tuberculosis, and
prophesied that within twenty years
intellectual effort would bring both
crusades to a successful issue.
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Suicide Day in Washington.

At Washington, D. G., three sui
cides were recorded on the police
blotters in one day. The victims were
Jacob Sherley, aged thirty, Of Clar.
endon, Va. Elizabeth Allen, aged
forty-ive. and Louis Rosenthal, aged
nfty-thpoe. both q Washington. D. c.
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Two Indiana Counties WET.

Indianapolis, Ind.-Laporte and
Floyd Counties voted wet and Har-
rison County voted dry in local option
elections. The majority for the wets
in Laporte County was about 1000.
Floyd County voted wet by a major.
ity of about 1000. The dry majority
in Harrison County Is 169.
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A Straight Tin.

Johnny Ito new visitor)-"So you
are my grandma, are your
Grandmother-"Yes. Johnny! I'm
your grandma on your fathers side.n
Johnny-"Well, you're on the
wrong side; you'll soon find that
out!"-Life.
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Recalls Old Charcoal DAYS.

DR.. Gilbert E. Wallace, of Forked
River, has opened the eyes of the old
timers and recalled to them the days
Of their youth by burning and ship
ping several carloads of charcoal. For
a century, up till war times, the chief
commerce from Forked River was
charcoal, but it has been years since
any had been burned there.
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In All Parts of the State.

Miss Grace Leeds Darnell gave an
organ recital in the First Baptist
Church, Pennington.
The Board of Education has elect
ed Professor Evan D. Custer, of New
port, principal of the Leesburg High
School.
A runaway horse endangered the
lives of children who were playing in
the road at Trenton, and was stopped
by Miss Beulah Reed at the risk OF
her life.
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Putting 1t Delicately.

Author-"Have you read my new
book?"
Friend-"Yes."
What do you think of it,"
well, to be candid with you, I
think the cover are too far apart"
Pick-Me-Up.
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Inspiration Of Self.

According to what a man is, is the
quality and amount of the virtue that
goes out of him, and he cannot
to impart this peculiar life unless he
sinks into the lethargy of death
Sears.
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odd coincidence of injury.

Victor Litchfeld, of Clayton, who
had just recovered from a kick of a
horse which laid him up for sixteen
weeks, fell out of his wagon and cut
the other leg in identically the same
place and the same kind of a cut.
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Diagnosis by Elimination.

@Your baby cries a great deal.n
Eyes," answered Mr.. Bliggins. at
isn't WE'LL"
Whats the ailment?n
Il don't know. The only thing I'm
sure of is that it isn't the sleeping
dckness. Washington Star.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-06-04
Mrs. Yerkes Protected.

By court order Receiver Putnam's
detectives must cease annoying Mrs.
Yerkes and confine themselves to the
art gallery in New York City.
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His Sure Cure.

YES he said thoughtfully, when
l get too bumptious and naughty and
pulled up with the consciousness that
{ am 2 citizen of the most progressive
nation that ever existed, 1 have an
admirable way of bringing myself
back to earth again.
what do you do?D
II go to New York and look at tha
aorse carr. Cleveland Plain Dealar
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Repairer Robbed Home.

Henry Weidenbach, known nation
ally as a repairer of old paintings.
pleaded guilty to the larceny of $3.50
worth of goods from the home of
Harry Levy, at Cincinnati. Ohio.
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Original Honest Man Lives
the Great State of Iowa.

Des Moines. Iowa.-William Will
son, a laboring man of this city.
found $40 in greenbacks under a tin
can several weeks ago.
Did William Wilson spend that
t129? No, he did not. He turned it
over to Justice of the Peace Roe,
made an affidavit as to how he found
the money, and that's why he is
called Iowa's Original Honest Man.
Wilson was picking mushrooms
near Beaver Greek when he made
the find.
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Lars Porssna Easy.

Horatius was holding the bridge.
Suppose I had to hold the tariff
against the protected interests" he
cried.
Whereupon he vas grateful for his
soft snap.-New York Sun.
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Fsath That Is able.

Faith is the being able to eleave to
a power of goodness, appealing to our
higher and real self and not to our
lower and apparent self.-MattheW
Arnold.
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Record Day For Onions.

Joseph Eastlack, with nine men, at
.Thorofare, skinned and punched 360o
punches of onions in one day.
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No Golden Rule For Him.

Long-Faced Individual "You
should do as you want to be done by.s
Snappy Chap-"I don't want to be
done by anybody Boston Tran.
script.
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Old Friends.

did you ever visit the Hebrides?n
he inquired of the lady on his right
at dinner.
"Oh, yes, indeed" replied his
neighbor airily. II have taken
luncheon with them many tines
Illustrated Bits.
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Sorry He Spoke.

S~uffragette What is a party
without women"
Mere Man tfippantly)-sA stag
party"
Enthusiastically. And what.
sir. would this nation be without
women but stagnation?" - Boston.
Transcript.
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Out Of the Mouths of Babes,

ohcious Ohspring--APa, may /
ask just one more question:"
Patient Pater-"Yes, my son. Just
one more"
Oficious Ofspring-@Well, then.
pa, how is it that the night falls, but
it's the day that breaks?"-Modern
Society.
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Real "I,ife."

Hurry up, Jimmy, an shoot, OF
the durn thing will crawl into youi
gun an get away"
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suit Against Sugar Trust.

The Pennsylvania Sugar Refining
Company has again brought to trial
its suit against the American Sugar
Refining Company for $30,000.000.
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New commandment at League Islal

New Commandment at League Island
Rear-Admiral Uriah R. Harris has
assumed the duties of commandant
Of the Philadelphia navy yard, sue
ceeding Rear-Admiral e. G. Pendle.
ton, who retires under age limit reg.
ulations.
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Also to Pay For Ticket.

Also to Pay For Ticket.
Traveler-@Can't I go through to
Chicago without changer"
Ticket Agent-"Not comfortably,
madam. You should have a little to
tip the porter. Boston Transcript.
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Sea Cuts Away Great Stretches
of Cane Cod Coast.

OF OHpt CUu OOaSts
Woods Hole, Mass.-The north
east gale that for over a week blew
steadily along the shores of Vine
yard Sound and on Nantucket shoals
cut up the beaches all along the
shores of Cape Cod, and hotels and
summer homes along the coast will
have to be moved back.
The l~ife-savers say that they never
before witnessed such great changes
in the coast line of Cape Cod, and
where they formerly patrolled the
beach the tides now run riot.
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GUILTY OF MANsLAUGHTER.
Auto He Drove Killed Trimble Boy
PLAYING in Street.

New York City.-After deliberat-
ing a little less than two hours the
jury returned a verdict of man
slaughter in the first degree against
William B.. Darragh, the chauffeur
who, after running over and killing
Ingvaard .Trimble, thirteen years old,
of Kentucky, with a sixty horse pow
er automobile last March, went on
without stopping his car, and after
ward fed to Texas.
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Her Bargain.

He-@Will you share my LOTT"
She-"Yes, when you have a house
on it that is paid for. boston Tran.
script.
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Tough Steak Wanted.

Il want half a pound of tough
steak, please"
"What-tough?"
yes, If it's tender father'll eat it
all."-Boston Transcript.
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Heard in a Restaurant.

Il guess I'll have some hamburgo,
in tights"
Hamburger in tights, sir?"
"Frankfurters. - Boston Tran.
script.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-20
BUICK IS WINNER
nE CDEkT C0RF
VI UNLHa NOOG
CHEVROLET MAKES A GRAND
DRIVE IN CLASSIC
LocoMosILE LOSES THROUGH
DEFECTIVE MAGNETIC
strana Again Goes Into Ditch and is
outolassed at Every Point by
His Consistent Team
mate
nv Associated PrsssD

CROWN POINT, Ind, June ia.
Buick 40-horse power car. driven by
Louis Chevrolet, won the Cobe cup.
the major event of the western Van
derbilt" race over the S95.65 miles of
the Crown Point-Lowell course today
by the hair-raising marking of l minute
and 5 seconds.
Bourque in a Knox, who was sec
ond, made so vigorous a bid for victory
that not until the running machine
flashed over the tape was the result
certain.
AS Chevrolet was the tenth entrant
in a field of twelve and as Bourque
crowded so perilously close to him IN
the final lap, the Knox car, No on
the list, was the first to pass the tape
S:O4:44. At this time Chevrolet was
somewhere near the beginning of the
long south stretch with eight miles
in which TO secure the prize. As he
flashed by the stations along this part
of the course the news of his location,
transmitted by wire to the judges of
the stand and through the watchers
wrought them to a climax of enthusl-
asm.
The intense anxiety regarding his
movements to the last foot was large
" due to a lively sense Of the possl-
bility of a disaster.
chevroIet's Performance
The following table shows Chevro-
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-20
TOURIST TOUR TO BE
AN ENDURANCE RUN
RULES FOR SECOND TRIP ARE
MADE PUBLIC
Cars viii Start from Los Angeles July
3 for Old Mexico and the Re-
turn Trip Will Begin
July 7

Rules and regulations for the second
annual tour of the Tourist from Los
Angeles to Mexico and return, starting
July 8 and returning July Z, have been
issued by the Auto Vehicle company,
which conducts these popular tours and
which protects all entrants against all
breakdowns or tire troubles, The fol-
lowing is the list of rules:
l. Only Tourist cars built by the
Auto Vehicle company of Los Angeles,
are eligible.
2. The entry blanks must give the
model of the car. its type and the sea-
son of its construction. Entry blanks
should also contain names of all par
ties who expect to ride in the ear and
the hotel accommodations required. If
for any reason entrant is unable to
start ii is requested that he advise the
company not later than July l in order
that hotel accommodation may be can
celed.
3. In order to add interest the tour
viii be an endurance run of competi-
tive nature. Basis of scoring will be
upon the arrival of cars at the controls
within the time limits and upon the
general reliability and performance of
the car. Condition of the cars at the
finish of the tour will be taken into
consideration. The number of passen-
gers per car is not restricted, yet tour
ing cars are supposed to carry at least
four passengers and roadsters two pas
Sengers. In computing the score con-
sideration will be given the number Of
passengers carried in the various type
cars.
A. The judges will be three expert
enced motorists in no wise connected
with the Auto Vehicle company. Per-
feet score certificates will be awarded
all entrants who complete the tour with
a perfect score.
3. Every car will start on the MORN
ing of July g. with 1000 points to its
credit. Points will be deducted under
penalty rs per the following rules A
minimum and maximum running time
between controls will be given, and 10
receive perfect score n car must
reach the control within this time. The
maximum time is made easy and will
not be difficult running for any car.
barring an accident. The minimum
time is given to prevent racing; on the
start no car will be penalized for run
ming into a control ahead of the min
imum time, but the company reserves
the right to enforce this rule by giving
notice should any entrants commence
racing. The penalty for finishing be-
hind time at any control will be one
point for every minute late. and the
same penalty of finishing ahead of
minimum time may be imposed by the
company should it be found necessary
to observe the minimum time,
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-20
Record of First Five

The following table shows the record
of the first five cars and order of
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-20
MOTORCYCLES WILL HUM
AT COLISEUM TRACK TODAY

Motorcycles will hum over the boards
at the Coliseum, SiXty-third and Main
streets, at 2;30 this afternoon, when the
fastest bunch of professionals ever as
ride in the hfty-mile point race, which
is the feature. of the day. According to
their tryouts in practice it is difficult
to pick a winner as there is little diff
ference in the speed of any of the
machines. Owing to Derkum's bulldog
tenacity and grit which he has shown
at previous races, particularly in a re-
cent ten-mle race when he was forced
to the outside of three other riders rid
ing abreast for over four miles, many
times rubbing his elbow against the
outside fence. going at the rate Of
forty-eight seconds to the mile ne
never slowed up for an instant finally
at the end OF four miles forging ahead,
he is a favorite in today's race and is
expected to do some fierce riding. Lin