Arizona republican., 1909-11-12

[ was used in the desert race. It was re-
 ported to President Bullard that the
 Pennsylvania used 36-inch wheeis in the track race and 34-inch in the road race. The protest will be forwarded to
 the officials of the A. A. A.
 Although there were four cars in this race it was not very exciting as the Buick and the Elmore had constant trouble of some sort or another The Columbia in spite of its broken frame received in the road race. did remark
 ably well At the thirty-fifth mile President Bullard announced that the fastest mile thus far for the day had just been made by the Pennsylvania. The time was 1904. A little later it was announced that the coast record for cars of ths class for thirty miles had just been reduced. The new time is 33:25 and the old 34:35. The fifty miles was made in nine and one-fifth seconds faster than the coast record
 The ten mile race for cars costing $500 and under was entered by the Buick White Streak and, after some urging. by Fremeau with pr. Rede- wills Tourist The local motorists did not seem inclined this year to enter the races against the speedy foreign cars and those who sacrificed them selves in the good cause are to be com mended for their sportmanship. Ere meau made a race of it whereas with out him there would have been nothing but an exhibition on the part of the White Streak. Even with the enor- nous difference in the speeding qual- ities of the two cars the race was rath- CT interesting.
 1t was for the copper cup offered by the Calumet and Arizona Copper com pany and fifty dollars as side purse given bv the fair association. Louis Nikrent who drove the Buick. gathered in lap on Fremeau about the fifth mile but Fremeau begged along and took a sudden spurt when he saw the rear tire of the Buick go flat This did not appear to annoy the Nikrent broth CTS in the least They stopped the car and tore off the tire. The remaining five miles of the race was made on the flat without apparent reduction of speed. on the ninth mile the Nikrents slowed up long enough to pick up the tire and bring it in with them. There was nail driven through both tubes. Nell Johnson. who entered the Buick, booked on the incident as a sort of demonstration of the serviceable qual l itics of the White Streak.
 The time for ten miles was 13: 31. ( The first five miles was made by the Buick in 6:O5 and the last five with the rimIess wheel in a little more than a minute longer than this.
 The ten mile race for cars costing $500 and over was competed for by three cars, the Isotta. Pennsylvania, . and Will Callahan's Speedwell. It was the first appearance of Frank Free on the track He drove the Isotta The Pennsylvania was driven by O'Donnell and the Speedwell by Calla ! han. The race was>fOr the copper cup offered by the Copper Queen Mining company. In the second mile the Isotta led the Pennsylvania by an eighth of a mile Callahan was farther back. but persistent The IsOtta led easily by q quarter at the five mile post and Callahan lost lap. Callahan did the five miles in :36 Toward the end of the race the Pennsylvania gained some but Free had no intention Of letting her get near enough to en- danger the result. The time for the