New-York tribune., 1910-11-13

opponents when he got them right, salts
flying himself as to the power under his
bonnet IN comparison with theirs and fig
uring on careful driving 10 win the big
gold cup. For eight laps he held to third
place except once when he dropped back to
sixth. and through almost superhunan
| driving regained hts former place on the
very next lap.
wagner dropped to fourth after couple
OF laps. Then came his accident. the only
serious one CT the day. which narred an
otherwise perfect score Before he stopped
the referee had given orders 20 stop him
at the stand, as it was evident that a bolt
il one of bis springs was loose and hang
ing The starter. Fred Wagner, went up
TO the turn into the stretch to wave the
/ white flag at him, meaning that ne was 10
stop for consultation.
Wagner. the driver, had rot been present
however, at the meeting of drivers, and
apparently did not understand the signal
At any rate, he did not stop, and he never
showed IN front OF the grandstand again
The car turned over on the backstretch
and Wagner and his mechanic. Ferro, were
thrown forty feet Both were badly hurt
! and were taken first 10 the German Club,
whose members rushed to their assistance,
and from there removed 10 the hospital.
! At the thirteenth lap Nazzaro. OF the
! Fiat team, -leaped into the lead and kent
the place for four laps. At this time II
/ looked as if he had a good chance te win
the cup. Bruce Brown stlll cIung 10 his
/ strategic third, and between them was
Ralph De Palma, also Of the Fiat team,
J pushed into second place by his own mar
/ yellous driving and the occasional deten-
ZION Of the others at the pit
/ Femery az this time was az fourth and
/ driving an excellent race. The big burly
/ German has oBa dominating idea when he
drives in q race. That is to Jam his foot
down on -he accelerator, open up the
throttle wide and sail around the course
/ Nazzaro and De Palma surpass him in
! seneraIship, and they both showed it in
I the next few laps
At the seventeenth lap De Palma took
J the leading place. bringing out E big veil
. from the crowd. with whom he seemed TO
1 lie 2 strong favorfte. Bruce Brown moved
/ UP from third TO second and HemeTy moved
/ Up also. Nazzaro had been forced 10 stop
and fell to fourth. At the eighteenth he
. bent his rear axle and was oct Of the race
While this had been going on among
/ the leaders the TWO Loziers, driven by
! 1Iulford and Horan, were performing most
/ consistently, moving along evenly and CIV
ing a rare exhibition Of team work.
The two Pope -Hartfords. driven by Basic
and Disbrow. were within possibility Of
/ victory also iii thay had unusually hard
/ luck and were obliged To drop out Basle
. IN the eighteenth and Disbrow, with the
sinister 13 for number, IN the ninth.
Dawson had taken the remaining 9Tarmon
from Harroun. and drove it TO the emo.
VINO were waging a struggle the like Of
which had never before been seen in auto
mobile contests. De Palma led right up to
the twenty-second lap. The Fiat camp
was wild with Joy. as it looked as II the
big cup would continue 10 adorn the Fiat
shop or Broadway, near the Circle. But
. the long distance automobile IS thing Of
. uncertainty. He went away on his twenty
third lap. going apparently perfectly. He
did not show Gt the stand again. He broke
down with no one hurt and nothing par
-icuIaTly serious the matter. but he lost his
chance 70 keep the cup.
Bruce Brown then moved in second and
Hemery was third. Burnan. still a lap be-
hind. but a good strong fourth, was still
stabbfng tires occasionally with his sharp
knife al the pits. ripping them of and re-
placing them with wonderful speed. He
! became a strong favorite, and was loudly
( cheered as he came to the pits and got
away. his mechanic vauIting into the seat
! over the back OF the car.
+ De Palrna's failure to complete his twen-
ry-thiTd lap gave Bruce Brown the first
place, and he kept It to the end. pulling
Henlery into second place and Burnan
third.
Now. this IS a remarkable feature OF this
race. that VIII probably never be equaIied
again IN a similar contest. The time be-
tween Bruce Brown and the second man.
Hemerv. was only one second and forty
TWO 0ne-hundredths Of another second; SO
that when the official timers tried TO figure
out the average an hour for these two men
/ for the entire race they could not different
! ate between them without producing frac-
/ ZION so small as to mean nothing.
! Burman won most comnendabIe third.
only IS minutes behind the leader: and con-
sidering his more than fifteen minutes in the
pits and some time out or the backstretch.
il can be seen that his driving was of the
. kind that gave him the name by which he
IS known, wild Bob Rurrnan. The
Loziers got fourth and fifth, Mulford and
Koran taking these places. respectively, and
Joe Dawson tooled his big Marrnon into
sixth.
With the exception OF Chevrciet's changes
LheTe was 2 remarkable absence of tire
trouble and, as has been noted. his trouble
was not 70 be laid 70 the Nichelins. with
which the entire field was equipped. Mu!-
fcrI, for instance did net stop once for :
TIRE cnange, using the same set from star,
to finish.
Bruce Browns fastest lap was done in !.
minutes second. Eemery's fastest was l;
minutes 80 seconds. Burman's fastest lar
/ was Il minutes 26 seconds MuIford's fast
est Lap was Is minutes Il seconds.
After the finish Bruce Brown was lifted
from his car by his camp mates and show
cred with flowers. His mother was the
first 70 greet him, and Governor Brown
also embraced him. He stood up in the cal
and The great mass OF people jammed ontC
the stands cheered him for five solid min.
utes.
Hemery. his Benz team mate gave him {
hearty hug IN Continental fashion. and ther
explained volubly to ali and sundry why
ne did not win the race himself.
BUrman gets the q 0t9 prize offered fol
the first American car TO finish
At 2 meeting Of the Savannah Autono