Arizona republican., 1910-11-11

{ in the Los Angeles-Phoenix race with a
piston displacement of SO1 to 900
{ inches. The Franklin was drawn on
/ account of cylinder trouble and two
: others were scratched, leaving but three
cars in the race, the Apperson, Han
shue at the wheel; the Rambler, with
a cracked wheel and Will Sheriff. driv-
( ing, and the Kissel Kar with Herrick at
the helm. The Apperson shot ahead at
the crack of the gun, the Kissel Kar be-
ing a trifle slow. The Apperson fin
ished the first mile ahead, Rambler
second, Kissel Kar third, and every
succeeding mile was covered in exactly
the same order. The AppersOn fin
ished the nineteenth mile while the
others were on their eighteenth mile.
The record was kept in five laps of five
miles each, the time for the laps being
as follows:
Ap....5:S6 1O:471k 1912 2f:s1 1855
Ram. .5:39 11:13 16:47 22:1S 27:46
Kis $40 11:25 1906 27:4S 1925
The Smaller Cars.
Event No. 2 was arranged for ten
miles to be contested for by the small
er cars in the road race. piston dis
pldCtLlItnl VI zuI u OUU llCueS. 1ue
entries were the Ohio. which dropped
out after the fourth mile, the Pope
Hartford. driven by A. E. Gage, the
Durocar, driven by Cliff McKeague;
the Parry. driven by L. NJ. Dull. and
the Mercer, driven by c. H. Bigelow.
The Pope Hartford got away SLOW In
the finishing of the miles there was
some changing of positions up to the
third mile, after which the DurOcar
led the procession under the touch of
Cliff McKeague and the others keeping
the regular order as given in the fol-
lowing summary of the two five-mile
laps:
Durocar . .5:24 1O:37
Mercer ........ .......5:311z 1850
Pope Hartford -. ... .5:46 11:06A
Parry go. ..5:5 11:52
II was a pretty race and was close
enough to be interesting all the time.
The DurOcar in this race made the first
speed exhibition of the day squirting a
mile in one minute flat.
Free For All.
Next came the free for all race
open to any car in the Los Angeles
race without restriction, for a fifteen
fast enough to skin the Pope Hartford
and the little Ford. the only other
try. never had a look in. But Stearns
is game. He said he was only geared
for a mile dash but he would stay
anyway. and he showed extraordinary
skill as driver in keeping from be-
ing run over. The AppersOn won ev-
cry mile. the fastest being the ninth
in 1:O1 As, and the Pope was al
ways in second place. The summary
for the five mile laps was:
Apperson SAB, 1888, 1914.
Pope Hartford. SAG. 11:O7, 1921
Ford, 1882. 1927, 21:15.
A Strenuous Issue.
The fifteen mile race for the three
cars to arrive in the Los Angeles
race proved to be one of the sensa-
tional events of the day even though
the time was not remarkable. The
Pope Hartford who finished third in
the long race. defeated the other con-
testants in the short event so easily
that Phoenix and Doc Redewill, who
owns the car, swelled up even more
than usual with permissible pride.
and Tremaine who has charge of the
Pope was tickled but worried for fear
the tires would burst and kill some
body. But the Pope was doing so
splendidly that the audience lost in
terest in the machine and turned it's
attention to the other contestants who
We're arguing a real race. Herrick
in the Kissel and Guy Irwin in the
Franklin. from the fourth mile to the
end of the race were close together
all the time. first one and then the
other leading As a contest it was
the feature of the day. The laps
were as follows:
Pope Hartford. 5:31, 1O:47k,
16:151S.
Franklin. 5:3S, 11;O5 S-5. 1890 As.
Kissel Kar. 5:37. 11:O51k. 16:31k.
Ten Mile Handicap.
The handicap with mixed cars is
the exciting thing in auto races and