Evening star., 1909-06-19

team mate The two Knox cars came
next. tied for second place in point of
elapsed time. each having made the dis
tance i'm 1877. Strangs two stops placed
him more than twelve minutes behind the
leader. Burman.
Elapsed time. second lap: Buick. Bur-
man. 1917; Buick Chevrolet 1872: Knox.
Bourque 1927: Knox. Denison. 1927; i;
LocOmohile, Robertson. J0.O3; Apperson,
1.ytle. 51.15: Stoddard-D Dayton Englebeck.
5l.4o: Fiat Hearne. l4.56; Stoddard-Day-
ton. Miller, 711 Buick. strang, 1ol 49,
Apperson. Seymour, 1.O3.2S: Locomobile,
Florida. still delayed on first lap.
Denison Takes the Lead.
Denison made the third lap in the
remarkable time of 2..34 and took the
lead. Chevrolet captured second place
by making the third round i'll 24.1l.
Burman. who led previously, dropped
to third position, LOG. behind the new
leader. Chevrolets driving was beau
tifully consistent. as there was no more
than nine seconds difference in his pace
during the three circuits. The leading
cars 50 far had made close to mile u
minute. strang had more trouble out
on the course. Lytle stopped during
the third lap to replace tires. 1t cost
him seven or eight minutes.
ELAPSED time, third round: Knox,
Lea. Buick. Burman, 1.1s.o7; Knox.
Bouraue 1.14.3e: Locomobile Robert
son. l.13.24; Stoddard-Dayton. Engle-
beck. 1.1S.c5; STANDARDIZATION. Miller,
1.21.:a: Fiat. Hearne, 1.22.0s: Apperson,
f.as.f5: Rrfck, Strang, 1.35.36.
Florida and Seymour Out.
: Florida. driving Locomobile,. was put
out of the race in the first lap. His
machine sustained a broken jack shaft,
oring to repair the injury. the with
drstwal of the ear was. announced.
Chevrolet captured the lead i'm the
fourth round. leading Denison by twelve
seconds. His pace was still unvary ,ng.
Seymour. from whom much had been
hoped, was compelled to withdraw his
Apperson at the start of the fourth lap.
owing 10 engine trouble irreparable out
side of a garage. He had made the three
rounds I'm 1878, being in tenth place.
about fourteen m nutes behind the leader.
Elapsed time. fourth Iap--Buick. rhev.
Toiet. 1.37: Knox, Denison. ] 81 IL; Buick.
Burman l.3753: Knox. Bouraue, 1.4O.fH,;
Lecomobiie. Robertson, 1.1.13: Stoddard-
Englebeck. l.43.57; Fat. Hearne. l.5O.26;
Apperson, Lytle- 1J7.43; Buick. Strang,
delayed, A,person. Seymour. Withdrawn.
Denison Regains the Lead.
Denison regained the lead In the fifth
round, leading Chevrolet past the judges
stand by 1.1a. Chevrclet's steady grind
continued UNMARRIED. Denison was COM
PEELED to make the lap in 23.0S. at the
rate of z mile a minute, to gain the place.
Stfang re-entered the race q full lap be-
hind the others.
Elapsed time. fifth lap: Knox Deniso").
2.O02O, Buick (Ch svroleb. 2.O1.39; Buick
Burman,. 2.O2.51; Knox tBourque)
2O545; Locomobile CRobertson), 2.0628:
Stoddard- Dayton tMiller), 212.33; Stod-
dard-Dayton tEnglebeck). 2lb.es; Fiat
HearneI 21s.2s; Apperson Gyt.e).
2.24.24; Buick (Strang), delayed.
Great Work Taking on Oil
An intensely dramatic, moment marked
the finish of the sixth lap. Denison, the
leader. stopped'for lubricant, and the men
in the pit worked urgently to get the car
away with Little loss of time as possi-
BILE. Chevrolet, who was /. 10 behind, like
wise stopped at the Buick pit. Here he
was literally given the lead. not by the
speed of the machine. but by the machin-
lists speed, when he was supplied with
lubricant.
The Frenchman had prepared an TN
mense funnel. into which gallons of the
thick lubricant could be poured at once
Half a dozen men passed the cans from
hand to hand. Much of the stuff was
was In favor Of the Buick man. Cheyro-
let was I 10 behind when Denison stopped
but he went out Immediately behind the
Knox pilot. the record Of the elapsed time
showing his lead 10 be 2.13 The oiling
process gained for him over three min
utes,
Elapsed time, sixth iap-Buick (Chevro-
lett. 2.T.28. Knox {Oenison). ~. -:
ertsonl. 23l. 10. Stoddard- Dayton (Siiller).
1881; Stoddard- Dayton (Englebeck).
3.44.24; Apperson u.ytlel. ,2.5239; Fiat
tHearne1. 2.52l9: Buick 1tRurman). delay
cd; Buick .Strangl. DELAYED.
Denisen Forced to Quit.
Denison. who seemed certain con-
tender for the cup. broke his connecting
rod and was compelled to leave the race.
Chevrolet again took the lead.
Strang. on his fifth lap. and an hour or
more behind the others. limped into the
Buick repair put and deliberately set
about repairing some part of his engine
which had Eeen in trouble He could
scarcely hope to catch up despite the
length of the race, but made an effort to
finish his task.
Burman who had been running in third
place In the fifth lap. and his first en-
CINE mishap IN the next lap and lost his
place 10 obertson, whose Locomobile
moved up next TO Bourque.
chaara,s, Elapssd time na o5 seventh ,appBnick.
son. $3.50: Knox. Bourque, 2.5S.4s:
standardization. Englebeck. aJQl5;
Stoddard- Dayton. Miller. 1885, Apper-
son. Ly le, 3.19.49: Fiat. Hearne, $4,000:
Buick, Strang. delayed; Buick. Burman.
delayed: Knox, Deison. withdrawn
Elapsed time. eighth lap: Buick (Chev-
rolep, 3.1S.oa; Locomobile tRober. SOM
3.2525. Knox Bourquel 327.lO; Stod-
dard- Dayton CMiller). 10: Stoddard-
Dayton tEnglebeck), 3.A.51; Fiat
fHearnei. 40l.OO; Apperson dytie)
4.O4.I5; Buick (StrangD. delayed; Buick
(Burman), delayed
Elapsed time. ninth lap Buick tChev-
roletl. $500; Locomobile tRobertson)
3.51I,: Knox tBourque), 4.O4.3O: Stod-
dard-Dayton (Miller), 411.59: Stoddard-
Dayton (Englebeck), 4.l6.05: Fiat
tHearnep. 42l.3s: Buick tBurman). with
drawn: Buick tStrang), delayed; Apper-
son uytle), delayed
Robertson Jumps to the Front.
Robertson jumped into the lead in the
tenth lap. On the ninth Chevrolet led
him by 4.54. but in the next Chevrolet
was compelled to stop and the big east
srn driver forged ahead He attained a
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