The Detroit times., 1910-08-29
'LQz|ER MAKING
] 50 MILES AN HOUR
Hundred Mile Mark Is Passed With
Leading Car Far Ahead of
All Records.

ELGIN. ILL.,. Aug. 27-Traveling at
better than 90 miles an hour, r. Null
ford, driving Lozier car. was leading
4 In the Elgin National trophy race here
To-day when the hundred-mile mark
vas reached at noon. Livingstone, in
Il = National. was second, one minute
and As seconds behind milford, whose
time Tor l01 miles was 97:lO. j. Daw-
son, Marmon No. 10, was third, four
minutes behind Livingstone. Greiner.
3 Ia National No. i, was fourth, and
Robertson firth.
The Marmon. No 4; Alec, No. g.
} kjssel Kar, No. 8, and Matheson, No.
Il Ill had withdrawn on account OF trou-
bIes. The other cars were trailing
h badly.
Robertson led In the early part OF
The race, but developed tire troubles
5 md lost valuable time. On lap IA
jackson car, No. IA, hit telegraph
Il pole at Udina. No one was seriously
injured. The car withdrew from the
k race. A
With the race half over, Milford.
leading with the Lozier. was reeling
on every mile In less than minute.
On laps is. l7. Is and rs his lap time
h S:O1. 1901. 800 and Sol.
8 On the twentieth lap Livingstone
3 had to stop for water, oil and new
tires. Dawson then drove his Mar
4 mon into second place. Greiner and
Livingstone were running within sec
X ends Of each other for third. Mulford
F oet new speed record for the day.
f eovering the twenty-second lap In
H7;54. He has not vet stopped. Daw-
son went lS6 miles before making
\ stop.
Z, EI1GIN, Ill. Aug. 27.--Long before
B the time Of starting the S05-mile race
Is for the $4,000 Elgin trophy on this,
The big day OF the Chicago Motor
clubs race meet. the roads for miles
Y Were lined with automobiles headed
toward the course. The grandstand
y WaS filed at 9 O'clock, and at 10
y O'Clock. when Starter Wagner slapped
q (sreiner, OF the. National team, on the
back and the National No.. sprang
Away. starting the big race. 10000
persons were present.
Al. Livingstone. who drove such a
wonderful race I'm the Illinois trophy
& yesterday. is hot favorite. He drove
\ the same car today. but there is
some doubt as TO whether his car will
stand the severe test OF repeating to-
day.
Livingstone went the 235 miles yes
terday without stop.
Harroun, driving Marmon. was
also well liked and Mulford, In a
4 Iozier, was picked as the winner by
many.
The starters: No. 1, National, A. w.
& Greiner: No. 2, Black Crow, G. Stin-
SON; No. 8, Lozier, r. milford: No.
4, Marmon. Harroun: No. 5. Simplex.
Robertson: No. 6. Alec, III. Grant; No.
s7, National. A. Livingstone: No. 8, Sim
pick, III. Saynor; No. 8, Kissel Kar. H.
Endicott; No. 10, Marmon, j. Daw.
4 son; No. IL. Matheson. Basle; No. IL
Knox, Oldheld: No. IA. Jackson.
6chiefier.
Besides the trophy. the race means
& ~ 900 cash to the winner, $500 10
second and 5000 to third.
Livingstone covered the fourth lap
t In 7:5S. Grant. the winner of last
years Vanderbilt, twisted his Alec
= machines clutch on the "Hairpin"
curve and was forced to withdraw.
Harroun, driving the Marmon No. 4.
broke piston and was forced TO
Withdraw.
At sixty miles, Robertson. in the
. simplex, was leading. Milford In
Lozier, was only twelve seconds be.
hind. Livingstone in the National No
4 was third, two minutes behind Null
ford. J. Dawson. in Marmon No. TO-
was fourth. a minute behind Living
"A stone. The leaders were travelling at
( better than mile minute.
Robertson's time for SO miles was
b6:5l. Livingstone held to the single
lap bonors, by travelling lap in 1853
On the tenth lap. Robertson came
4 down the stretch on the rim or HIS
h LET wheel. He threw a tire three
miles from the stand, but held his
4 pace. He lost the lead putting on
new tire a. the pit. Almost every car
had been compelled to stop at the
pits at this stage for gasoline Barney
y Oldfield was is minutes behind the
leader at ninety niles