The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-12
SPEED F|ENls RACE
At KILLING PACE
DARE DEVIL DRIVERS WHIZ
AROUND TRACK AT Z. MILE
AN HOUR CLIP.
SAVANNAH, GA. New. f:.--uruce-
Brown in fsenH ear wins Grand Prise.

RACK TRACK, SAVANNAH, GA.
November l2.--At the end OF the third
hour the grand prize autoInooile race
was presenting the closest contest on
reNor0. Inc race was then n2it fin
igned.
iemery in Benz, Wagner in
l. lat, DE Parma In ) lat. .Ss1arro in
a 4 lat ana Truce Brown III Ii iten2
were fghtins X out mp and tuck tor
inc ,eau.
Up To this time these i've dare
uotils had Averaged 9cs enty-tyo mics
an hour. The. condition VI the con-
test was shown by the announcement
by the timers that Navarro was Jus.
five SECONDS ahead OF Wagner.
Haupt was leading with his Benz
eaf hy nearly tour minutes wnen he
was loTeed to drop out of the race,
iesasinS fourteen competitors.
joe dawson was the only other man
out at this time. Victory seemed TO
lie certainly between the five readers
fiaupts car mt a tree at Montgom
cry cross roaGs, anG turned o. T. both
iaaapt ana mas meciiAiaUiau, III. W.
Gym. were taken 10 ine hospital.
It WAS declared. however, that neither
Mas sefiousfy hurt.
III the slAieegtn lap. Navarro was
leading by two minutes. making
-.b.s miles In three hours, az MIN
ute8 anu ~ sScailas.
beth idaupt and his Tnechanician
VINO &ere supposed 10 be SERIOUSLY IN
jared. were found to onis he bruised
a4teT an examination oy physicians
After their WOUNDS mad been dressed
/ 1hey appeared III the srandstand.
tiaupts ACCIDENT was due to the skid
olns OF his car, which ran into a
ditch.
"A shaft broke on Joe Dawson
Marmon car at II O'Clock, ana ne
dropped oat OF the race.
Chevrolet Bulk went out with n
broken crank shaft Harry Grant.
In his Alec. twice winner OF the van
aerbiit race. broke AS steering gear
and dropped out. and Disbrow In his
. Pope Hartford gave up because OF
axle trouble.
Ine leaders separated oniy ny Sec
oncs, and lighting grimly, Numbered
OH at the terrific pace Of ~ miles
an hour, while the 10000 people in
| the ErandstaHd eheered themselves
hoarse.
In the twentieth lap of the grand
prize, less than Two minutes separated
the three leaders. De Palma In his
Fiat led. Bruce Brown in a Benz was
second Hemery in a Benz third.
DE Painaa's time for 1854 miles was
hours. 52 minutes. 50 seconds.
Wagner's Fiat turned over on sk,d.
way road and both driver and me-
| chanician were injured
wagner and Louis r'errok. his me-
ehanician, we're founu to be in sarIo,,s
condition and both were hurried n
the hospital in an ambulance. Mrs.
] wagner was in the grandstand ana
as soon as she heard of the acciden,
went to the hospital to be with her
husband.
AT the end of the ewenty-first Lar
he Palma in Fiat Italiana. was
leading by two minutes, and seemed
70 have the trophy in his grasp. Bruce
broWn with a Benz Germany. was
second and Hemery, also in a Benz
| was third. At that time the foreign
cars seemed to have taken the rane
away from the American cars. Bur-
man. In Marquette Buick (Amer.-
cam, was fourth. but was far behind
Hemery Bruce Brown, the American
driver In the German ear. was the
hope of the crowd.
After an examination. was rnaaa q,
the hospital. it was announced tbst
Whgner's condition was very ser,oua
tie sustained severe bruises and In
fernal injuries of the most ser,ome
nature.