Albuquerque morning journal., 1910-11-13
AN ER|CAN
WINS RACE:
BY SECOND
BRUCE BROWN CAPTURES
PRIZE AT SAVANNAH
PIucky New Yorker Finishes
Just Ahead of Frenchmani
Many Accidents Lend Inter
est TO Contest,

Morning journal SUcpIai Leased W ire
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H"'"'''''''' N'"''
York boy who four years aso ran
AWAY from home to become a driver
raoi,,a a,,tonohito todav eavad
the reputation "i american "'lNeis III
the Grand Prize race, the blue ribbon
event Of automobile contests David
,t4,,, ,.a
~ i'i Nv II "''' ~ '
than Q second At the end OF flo'z
heart breaking miles. lie flashed
,.,., tha ,loct,ic ,tr,ing v,;ro 10
- 49,.
seconds ahead OF victor llemery' 'ne
Frenchman. His time was five hours,
53 minutes, 5.35 seconds. setting a
now American road record of 70.55
miles an hour
Roth men drove REM cars. so that
tho foreien machines ttiurnphad over
tha American uade racers rho con
solafion in having an American at the
wheel of the winner was Increased by
the raat of nWfld Fob" Rurman in
an Arneriean car mo Naronette-
Buick when finished third. getting
third money and an additional thou
sand dollars For The first American
driver Ia finish in m American car.
pefora the race Il was said the
American team, planned to set a pace
IN tbo carly stores which would burn
the tires III tbe hig foreign machines
ana securing a, advantage Anpar-
entlv tbe Americans tried his uiek
ana # nearlv sneceeded for most or
the forefsners were either stalled or
Wrecked before the finish. but the
foreigners were too numerous.
Wagner. in his big red Fiat. was
eost him his life and that of his
meebanirian Fellow. on the bacI,
stretch while coming down small
hin at top speed. Wagner lost control
of his car for the traction Of a sec
one. one of his front wheels striking
q Stone culvort crushing the wheel
ana throwing the car on its side fol
a slide of fifty feet into The trees.
Ferrn,v was shot into the ton
branches of twenty-foot willow
which caught him and broke his fall
lie ran ~ Tho car beside which War-
nor WIS hinc with machine Oh pour
inc ahout him from q broken tank
'rho driver eot nm with the aid of hfs
mochanician and walked To the Ger
man ciub nearby. Later he was taken
to a hosnital where il was reported
he was not seriously hurt
Willie Haunt one of the Benz
drivers skidded Off the road at the
end ~ long straightawav. side
srinine "a aiant live oak and then
plnged with his car into some
bushes He and II. Feyble. his
mechanism emerged with reassurne
expedition. though somewhat bruised
and scratched
Fifteen cars started the race IN
side of rwentv-five miles the three
Flats driven nv wagner. De Palma
and Na1arro and the three Benz
steered bv Hemery Br,lce- Brown |
and Haunt bad tert the Americans
vrnt, hobfna Ifo,,,a,.,. tool, Tho lead M !
about fhi,t,. raiIoe ana held IL until /
the fortieth milo when a change OF I
IL. W ,.Veu ny oti,a,. foy.
eipners 10 rnsh INST him
Mennwbi1e Nay7a,n holder of The /
world,e record Of ahout seventv-fjve |
miles u.oe adm, tbc FAST laps Of the I
dnr h sn a.fnrt 4, cotrb .uemerv.
Nazarro.s hoet ti,,e for q single lap /
vns "a % ,,.bfeb v.os 7e1 miles an /
bonr ~. -. a hrndred miles he |
lafd out tba 80, ,,.bcn vyaouer tool; /
tho le.a e., .hopt fortv miles hpt /
loet n ia r,i,,,,, 49,. IN acd Gasoline 1
ton,,s W., - soo Ill ,narl, was /
,veu In ~ ,o., ma fha racc more 4
thar h,Ir a,.o,, +brna l,io cars were
sim h,,n,i,eS a,S dei,o some of the 4
msot tbr,llf,., d.i,.f,. 4, tbe annals
of o,,to,,,at,iis ,alins scont three /
,ninntoe ~, &c., es,,,r.tad tbo first I
fouf 80 So, e.l,eri1s o,l,. marked
the d5ero.e,..- =; ,.,ss,l. ~ non. i.,ns
"a v,,,,,' nc ,, IN soi''. ~ ei,st to %
crdehtn, ,i,,' ifasp' f We W 'ne ,,,.sn -, sixIv
,niIss Is .i"''i ". -, tis car
rolline 49, ~, W N,tr, .rten Naz-
a,.l 'r.il''s INTO the oitch. mn NJ, -
AFRO. reunited fn he the world IS most
oaref,,i g,.i,.e, - r,s rsar avid ir-
,.o,...u Ivy urlNer' peht ms rsai HNie ~
new ee,,',,' r,'u s,,'a vac ,'ies "Ie there was
t.sl, 'eAt seventy miies tllete VIZ