Arizona republican., 1910-08-26
NEAR DEATH AUTO RACE Mr. and Mrs. f. E. PdsCOc
 Narrowly Escape RUNNING AT HIGH SPEED
Occupants of the Car Are Thrown In Air When Machine Collides With Wagon, Killing Horse and Seriously Injuring Two

An imprOmptu race between two au-
 tomobiles, one of which belonged t,
 F. F.. Pasco, the Phoenix real estatt
 man, and the other said to be tn,
 property of a well known local politi elan, came to a disastrous ending or North Central avenue shortly before o'clock last night, when the Pascot
 machine, said to be running at speed close to fifty miles an hour dashed into q team of horses, scatter ing the occupants of the atuomobile il every direction, rendering Mrs Pasco, unconscious for a time, and severely bruising MT. Pascoe as we'll as Chauf feur Briggs, who was driving. Witt at least two ribs fractured and suf fering from brain cOncussion, Mrs
 Pascoe is lying at her home in a criti-
 cal condition Dr. Win Wylie, wh, witnessed the accident and rushed hei
 to the hospital. being unable to de termine at this time the probable out come of her injuries.
 The accident occurred at a point about two and a half miles north oi the city. on that level stretch of the
 Central avenue boulevard which Ina: ever proven a temptation to autoistS
 with speedy cars. When MT. and Mrs Pascoe. accompanied by their chauf- feur. driving the Pascoe Cadillac started out Central avenue, they were overtaken by the other ear which figured in the accident. Neither was willing to take the dust of the other, and a race was on. For the first mile or SO the race was nip and tuck, and as the road seemed clear both drivers are said to have thrown their throttles wide open, endeavorins to get the utmost speed out of each car.
 Dr. Win Wylie was returning from call north of the city and in the darkness and dust observed a wagon
 just ahead of him, thought to have been rig from the Aldrich express
 He passed the wagon safely and al most instantly observed the lights oi two machines approaching at ter rife rate of speed He had barely time to give them the best of the road before they dashed past. The first machine passed the wagon, which which was hardly more than fifty feet behind Dr Wylie, and disappeared in the dust and dark
 Unable to see clearly because oi the great clouds of dust, Chauffeur
 Briggs swerved back into the middle of the road after passing Dr. Wylie's
 machine. which had come almost to a stop, and an instant later there came crash, said by pr Wylie to resem-
 ble nothing more than the noise oi two great engines coming together
 Above the hiss of the automobile and the plunging of the living horse, came
 the scream of a woman, the cries of a
 man in pain, and then all was still pr. Wylie hastened on foot to the place where the collision had taken
 place He found Mrs. Pascoe lying in the road, clear of the machine and unconscious Blood was streaming from several cuts about the face. Mir
 Pascoe was lying some distance away from the machine with a great gasf across the forehead from which tho blood streamed, staining his face and clothing His arms, hands and body were also cut and bruised, although none of his injuries seemed necessar- fly serious. Chauffeur Briggs es- caped with the least injury of all, be ing the victim of a few minor bruises The driver of the express wagon seeing that a collision seemed inev- itable, managed to jump from tho wagon just as the crash came anC l beyond a few scratches, escaped with out injury. His wagon was badly wrecked, the nigh horse was dea6 and the other horse more or less in jured.
 Mir Pascoe having recovered sui ficiently to walk to pr. Wylie's auto the physician carried Mrs. Pascoe t, | his machine and started on a quicl run to the Sisters Hospital. Twent! | minutes after arriving there the treat | ment of Dr. Wylie sufficed to restore Msr. Pascoe to consciousness. Exam | ination revealed the fact that ther' were at least two ribs fractured, be sides many body bruises The seri
 ousness of the concussion can only b' determined by time. Dr. Wylie stated | last night that in any event Mrs. Pas COG will be confined to her bed fo | several weeks. although he is inclined to believe that she will not suffe permanent injury.
 After having given Mir. and Mrs | Pascoe the necessary attention, pr | Wylie directed that they be taken t | the Pascoe residence. Fred A. Carr | of the Ariona Motor company, il whose garage MT. Pascoe keeps hi
 machine, had hastened to the hospita