Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-31
GREAT CROWD SEES THRILLING
MOTORCYCLE RACES AT COLISEUM
Spectators Witness Exciting Contests, One
Being Declared Dead Heat-Moline
Car WhizzeS Around Track
BA ID. W. sEMPIE

showed the effect of that spill in his
walk while his right arm also panied
him. His mother. through friend or
relative in the grand stand, endeaNored
to have Paul leave the track while IN
the race. but the neryy lad refused,
and continued To the finish. He had
his old i'll luck of machine trouble on
the Thor the very machine upon which
he received his last injury, and the
machine showed that he was still as
signed to one that has not a ghost of
show with others in its class. Time
and again he was tapped, in fact every
five laps the leading riders could pass
up the plucky rider ON losinS car
The riding of Whittier and Mitchell
was exciting and the two men hung
to each other, passed and repassed,
until the crowds were frantic In their
cheers for each. 1t was neck and
neck race from start to finish for
these two men, with Samuelson hold
ing down third position, too slow how
ever to be in the game with the two
ahead Whittier, however, carried off
the honors and again demonstrated
that he is one of the greatest motor
cycle riders in the world. The dis
5anee made by Whittier in the thirty
minutes was 50 miles and / IA laps.
Following these motorcycle events
the crowd began to sit up and edge
into positioa for the spectacular run
of the Moline automobile, driven by
Harold Stone for five miles or seven
teen and a half laps of the saucer
track. Mounting the drivers seat alone
the plucky Stone set his car in mo-
ton and took to the track opposite
the north grand stand. After two or
three laps to warm the machinery OF
the bright little red car the gun was
fired and away shot the automobile on
that fence-lille track, the first automo-
bile to make a run on so frall a track
as that of the saucer designed only for
motorcycles People stood up in the
grand stands and shuddered as the
car Whirled from the turns into the
short stretches, and again shooting
into those turns when it would look
as though the car could never hold
on 10 the steep track.
Clear Head Needed
Few can realize the clear head that
must be used and the hard hand that
must clutch the steering gear with
car making such a track, but young
Stone fearlessly gave the machine the
throttle and sailed out the track like
a fly walking on the wall. But as soon
as he had made headWay, behind the
car We're seen to rise large pieces of
the track and the car tear strips of
the poor quality boards with which the
track is constructed. until at the con-
cIusion of the third mile, the police in
terfered on the ground that it was too
dangerous, and stopped the car from
further running, but the crowd was
satisfied when the cause had been an
nounced. for they had seen an automo-
bile racing on saucer track.
Livingstone on Hand
Al Livingstone was on hand with the
little racer Corbin to give demon
stration of the car under power of the
Seeley high frequency system. Liv-
ingstone being under the rules of the
A. A association and never having
had mark up against him ON any
track, decided that ii would be better
not to go against the time Of other
records. But as his car had been ad-
vertised so extensively and so many
We're anxious to witness what this
wonderful car can now do, and rather
than disappoint that public he took
his car to the track and stated to the
management that he would not at
tempt to break any record, but would
give the audience an exhibition of a
pretty fast mile TO demonstrate what
the Seeley system was. The tagging
of Stone, however, prevented the Cor
bin from giving this exhibition.
captain of police had gone under
the track, and evidently scared by the
rustling of the swift Moline, consid-
cred that it was too dangerous, and
stopped further racing.
There is to be another meet next
Sunday at the Coliseum. for which
Manager Kramer is arranging an ex-
celent program.