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guard along the fence at the grandstand. and
with the approaching light each Of these turned
into a miniature stand wherein men and women
craned and stretched for sight Of the cars.
Piunging headlong. regardless alike of turns
and other cars. the Rainier tore around the
track piIng up a lead that seemed surely a
forerunner Of victory. But the light had not
been on the track half an hour when the big car
was forced 10 slow down and finally drop out
temporarily. Then the small Renault forged 10
the front Mile after mile II went ahead. and
finally. when the big Rainier came on the track
again the French machine was fifty miles in
the van.
But Patschke In the Acme. was driving race
that viii long be remembered. Car after car he
passed. cutting down what seemed insurmount-
able leads I'm incredibly short periods Of time.
and not far behind in the daredevil riding was
the white coated and helmeted man in the Lozer
No. >. The Acme had been overhauling the
Lozier. when suddenly Heina put on a reserve
speed that seemed phenomenal Then the pur-
suer became the pursued. and mile after mile
the two cars tore So II went from dawn
through the early hours of the morning with
stops only once in while for fuel and the re-
Punishment Of tires.
But the mad could not go on forever
Both cars We're miles and miles In the rear. but
the rivalry between the drivers keen as
if they had been fighting II out for first place
II was just at S:3C O'Clock when the I.ozier made
a flying attempt to fash past the big Acme on
the turn into the backstretch This spot was
probably the toughest ON the entire course and
the white Lozier machine rocked like a ship in a
storm at Then there was a loud report
much louder than the suffering of the engines
as one Of the tires the Lozier exploded
The car was seen 10 dash off the track al
tangent. and then before any Of the terror
stricken spectators In the stand could even
whimper the big machine threw itself into the
air an dturned complete somersault landing on
it's wheels in the ditch the side Of the track
Hena and his assistant leaped at the first token
Of danger. and when the big fell for the last
time the two men were standing pale and nerve
wracked. not three feet from the twisted wreck
age.
The hood was wrenched of. the wheels were
dished and broken. the steering wheel was gone
and the stock bent fast into the seat where
Hena had sat Had the men stayed in their
places they would surely have been crushed to
death
The two Acme cars Nos. g and A. which were
leading at the end OF the first hour with a tie
score. fell behind soon afterward through mis-
haps. The No. car TO grief through
being hit by the Stearns car in which Leonard
Cole, the mechancian. killed and Laurent
the Acme No was put out Of the running for
a time when Van Tyne drove il through the
canvas fence the lower turn after wheel
had come OF, and in doing prevented an
other bad accident. some OF the other cars
were close behind him. These mishaps gave the
lead 10 Disbrow. in the Rainier car
The Rainier led the way until the ninth hour.
when il met with cylinder trouble, and before Il
appeared on the track again had lost thirty
miles, thereby giving the lead 10 Basic I'm the
Renaut car which. with Raffalovichas, an al
ternate driver, held it throughout the day. Then
followed a series of cylinder mishaps for the
Rainier car which kept il off the course for
good part Of the morning The damage TO the
Fiat car in it's collision with the Allen Kingston
In the first hour was serious that the
chine had 10 be withdrawn. The Allen Kingston
of the track some hours after the mis-
hap. Hugh Hughes. its driver, who was pain
fully burned when the gasolene tank caught
fire. came in for applause when he again APP
peared at the wheel
Between the hours Of and in the morning
Hughes struck one Of the metal lampposts at the
gate leading 20 the grandstand. Patrick Corri-
gan. special policeman stationed there could
not get out of the way I'm time and as Hughes
smashed the post IL few through the air and
hit Corrigan with great force. He was taken to