Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-22
APPERSON JACK
RABBIT WINS THE
$50 MILE RACE
PLUCKY LITTLE CADILLAC IS
SECOND IN EVENT
corbin Third After Long Delay with
Gas Feed Trouble-The Franklin
Goes Through Fence-DriVer
and Rider Safe
BY d. w. sEMPLE

The second meet at Ascot park tooK
place yesterday afternon and was fun
of interest and excitement from the
giving of the signal to so. Lined up
for the start it was noticed that the
Isotta, the big Italian stock car, was
missing from the line and in that car
there has been an uncommon Interest
because of the fame the car has had
on foreign track and the anxiety to
see what she could do at her best
against the crack American built ma
chimes which were there to do busi-
ness.
Fred c. Fenner and his driver, Frank
Free, were at the track, but owing
to the fact that there could not be OBJ
tanned another steering ;tauclle in this
city, the Isotta was compelled to be
withdrawn from the entries. The bro
ken part will be repaired, however, in
season for the Mile High Hill climb
at Dedlands by Thursday morning
next, another part having been wired
for.
When the hour for starting the races
yesterday had arrived there were lined
up the Cadillac, Sunset, Palmer-Sin
er and the Apperson Jack Rabbit and
a fine start was made, the Palmer
Singer at once taking the lead and
the pole. The speed was fast from
the line for all of the contestants the
Palmer-Singer being chased by Han
shue with the Jack Rabbit, but big
Hanshue was evidently playing his
racing tactics Of nursing his car for
later in the game as the time made
was slower than Hanshue developed
later in the game when he was after
the Franklin and Sunset when a tire
blowout held Hanshue to the pits for
fully three minutes. Gradually these
two cars pulled away from the remain
ing three cars which became punched
in a tournament by themselves and
certainly the splendid audience in the
grandstand had their nerves at high
tension for many of the miles the cars
were making in two divisions
The race between the Palmer and the
Rabbit continued for forty-five miles
and was a nip and tuck affair until at
that distance in the race on the last
quarter the Palmer-Singer was seen TO
slow down and pull off to the side Of
the track, the big car having broken
cam shaft, which disabled her for the
balance of the race. and once more
demonstrated the hard luck that seems
to hang to Frank Siefert. His car was
running perfectly up to the time of the
mishap, not a shot being missed by her
engines, and Siefert was driving rs
pretty a race as was ever seen on any
track, with Hanshue giving him a hard
pace TO keep in the lead.
In the meantime the Sunset Franklin
and Corbin were having the tussle of
the race. The Corbin was seen not to
be making her time hard as Living
stone, her driver, was urging the little
wonder. Something was wrong with
her. Apparently willing enough, vet
she could not beat down the time she
was making around the circle of about
1:10, sometimes 1908, and with the
Greyhound crossing the line within two
seconds at her heels. The surprise
again Of the day, however, was the
little midget of the track-the Sunset
hanging on like a bull terrier to the
the cars being but a half length apart
for mile after mile Finally the Corbu
was seen TO take to the side of the
path and she was in trouble, for thirty
miles loss charged up against her
by che scorers, and then came the
event OF the day. the Sunset digging
in and seemingly drawing from some
unknown source reserve speed that
shot her well into the wake Of the
Franklin and finally into the lead.
Again and again Guy Irwin tried his
level best to elbow the peter Pan
out from the pole. but willy McLaTty
hung to il like death, and so light was
his car that it was seldom that he was
ever out in the ruts which gave him
an additional advantage. It was a
beautiful race for miles. Sometimes
wheel and wheel abreast, sometimes
the front wheel of the Franklin just
would the little red machine nose out
her competitor and hug the pole, soud-
ing Irwin and his fleet machine to the
center of the track. And the big Grey