The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-05
DAWSON TAKES
FEATURE RACE
Wins TwO-Hundred-Mile Event
From MulfOrd by Less
s. Than Four Seconds.
GETS ATLANTA TROPHY
AND THOUSAND DOLLARS
Dawson Waits Until Last TWen-
ty Miles to Shove His
Il Car Ahead.

ATLANTA, Ga. Nov. 4.-Joe Dawson's
Mar1non was Just is seconds ahead oi
Ralph Mnford's big white I.ozer at the
finish of the o00-milc race here today.
The duel between these TWO began inn
nediately after the hundredth mile. Daw-
son was then far behind on account OF
Il stop 10 change tires. but changing
tires is merely the expression for what
happened 10 him. There was no excite
ment about it, for he stopped at the pits
with his right rear wheel entirely devoid
OF the semblance of a tire and the iron
rim showering sparks US it ground the
track
The Lo2cr stopped soon afterward 10
make real change OF tires. putting the
sons tires fiattened at the 1a0th mile,
and in the same lap one OF the Lozers
tires was reduced TO ribbons.
Luck Out of Game.
Thereafter luck kept out of the game
and a new element. Mulford's daring, re-
placed Il. The Marnon was running the
faster, but on the bad turn of the track,
where two drivers have been killed Mui-
ford with full speed on. would shoot
ahead OF Dawson who always played the
there was less than twenty miles to go.
and then showed his car alongside the
Iozer Mulford played the turns des-
peratey for the next few turns of the
course and they went into the last two
mile lap with but a few inches separating
the noses. Of the cars.
As they struck the dangerous turn fpr
the last time. II was Dawson who took
IL at highest speed. shooting into d lead
which he held to the finish. Time,
a:5l:12.73
Takes Atlanta Trophy.
The winner took the Atlanta trophy
and $1,000 In cash; Mulford received $500,
Joe Horan. who finished third In Lozer.
received 5000: Galnaw. whose Falcar yes
taking 500 cash prize. and Hughes. in
another FaIcar. was fifth. with $50
There were eleven starters.
The seven events i'm addition to the
long race were ali at ten TO twenty miles.
Two new track records were set by the
+. NJ. f.. AT ten miles and the Marquette
Buick at twenty miles.
The meeting will end tomorrow with a
a50-Inile race as the feature, for purse
OF $4,000, $4,000 and a trophy going TO the
winner
The Summaries.
Ten miles. stock chassis class B. 1s1 TO
go inches-Won by F. A, Whit Of. NJ.
second. X: T, McEinsley (Firestone CO.
Ten miles. free c-for-ail, class D1Won
dard -Dayton) third Time: 7:2S5d
Twelve miles. stock chassis class L.
231 TO 200 inches-Won by Joe Dawson
tMarmon). Heinemann CMarmon) second,
II. Hughes (Falcar) third. Time. 10:15.4S.
Ten miles. free-for-all handicap-Won
hy. Clemons (McFarlan), 2:G6: Burt
Adams (McTarlan). 200 second; Hugh
Harding fStoddard- Dayton). scratch,
third. Handicap time. 7:2245.
Burman Wins
Twenty miles. free -for-all, class D.
Won by Burman (Marquette- Bulck).
Bragg (Fiat 90) second. Harding (Stod-
dard-Dayton) third. Time. 15:1S.25.
Fourteen miles. stock chassis class 2,
30l to 450 inches-Won by Dawson MAR
monJ. Ray Harroun (Marmon) second.
Charles Basic fPope- -Hartford) third.
third. Time. iI:30,S6.
Two fHIndrcd miles. stock chassis class
p 451 to 500 cubic inches, for City OF
Atlanta trophy and $1,000 cash 10 the win:
ncr-Won by Dawson (Marmon). Mulford
T.oxcr) second Horan (Lozcr) third
Time. 2:5l 1870.
Free-for- all. amatcurs-Won by w. j.
Stoddard (Fiai 90). Bob HeitnIeyer (Sim-
plcx) second. Jack Rutherford (Stearnsl
third. Time. 1860. Distance, ten
miles.