Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-11-12
Grand Prize Race Won by Bruce
Brown by 1.42
Seconds.
THE DISTANCE is 415.2 MILES
Speed Something, Terrific, at Times
Being Between Seventy and
Eighty Miles Per Hour.

savannah. Ca. NOV. i2.-DuNiu
Bruce Brown. driving II Benz car won
the Grand prize race. 1852 miles over
Hcmcry in n Benz by ono and forty
two hundreds seconds. Brucc-Brown
gets $1,000 cash md the grand Drizc
cup. Burn,an WINS third.
Savannah, Ga. Nov. 12.--Today
dawned with fine promise for the
Grand Prize race, the big event of
the automobile world, transferred re-
Gently from the Vanderbilt cup course
to the local course. The race was
test of speed and endurance for the
15 cars entered and the skill ana
courage of their drivers.
or the drivers there We're four or
five whose names had for days been
on all tongues that had talked of the
great race. They were Navarro. Was-
ner, Hemery. Bruce Brown, thurman, De
Palma, master Of their craft There
was great crowd ready to witness
the contest.
Navarro. Wagner, HcmerN ana
Bruce Brown were the favorites and
their cars Travelled freighted not only
with the hopes and prayers OF the
men at the wheels and OF the owners,
but with those who had backed their
efforts with their money,
Some betting had II that no .Ameri-
can car would win. others that time
as fast as So miles an hour would
be shown by one or more laps. Popu-
lar favor seemingly had fixed on the
Fiat or the Benz as the most likely
winner Talk before the race had 1t
that the veterans among the drivers,
those handling the big foreign cars
had determined upon safe and sane
policy. Wagner. gossip had It. had an
nounccd that 20 miles an hour sus-
ta1ned upon so winding course.
would be the limit of safety. This 1t
was said, has been made the policy
of the veterans, but not OF the bold
younger element who had determined
to init up the pace
STARTERS REDUCED
Scratchers last nigh, reduced the
starters to Ia. Those eliminated were
Washington Rpebling's Ruebling-
blanche. which had developed car
buretter trouble: Mason's Simplex,
which had gone wrong in its engine,
and Hughes Maruuette- Buick. which.
II was said was to suffer for the benc-
fit of its sister entries. giving them
It's parts to meet certain imperative
needs. The Shnrp-Arrow which
had drawn No. ! place. went
out Thursday when It left the
track. killing its mechnnician and
putting Its driver in the hospital.
Assembled ut the course were many
convict negroes in their stripes and
chains who had been WORKING: the
roads. AS a reward for the diligence
they had shown and the enthusiasm
they had displayed in preparing the
a 4. .l.-t.4 g
guards who stalked about with loaded
shotguns, they were given holiday
and the privilege OF watching the races.
The distance In the grand prize race Is
i1o2 miles. or "a times around the 49,
mile course. The prize Is n 5000 gold
cup and $4,000 in cash to the winner,
with smaller cash prizes for those fin
ishing second and third.
CARS SENT AWAY.
starter Wagner mt 3 O'Clock sent
away A. Chevrolet. driving II Mar
quette-Buck, the first car to leave the
mark. The other IA cars got off In the
following order: l,oaier, milford;
Pope Hartford, Basic: Alec, Grant,
Marmon, Dawson; Benz, Hcmery; Flat,
Nazarro; Lo2ler, Koran; Pope Hart
ford Disbrow: NIhrnon. Harroun:
Benz. Brucc-Brown; Fiat, Wagner:
Marquette Buick Burman; Benz.
Haupt. Fiat, De rama,
First to round the course was Chev-
roiet, who retained the advantage OF his
start He made the lap In IA minutes
and 10 seconds, but Hemery was next
behind him in one second less time. His
time was the fastest time for the lap
that was made, Tile slowest was Mui-
ford's, 20 minutes and 81 seconds.
Hemery's pace was figured out as u
miles an hour, which II maintained
promised a fast race AS Hemery
rounded the grand stand turn on his
first lap n shout went UP that he was
in trouble, and at slow speed did he
tako It. Whatever the cause. 1t must
have been removed Immediately. for he
gathered speed as he stretched away
for the straight run and passed, waving
a hand to show that all was we'll
on the second lap Hcmery showed
that he was out to win. making 1t In Is
minutes and 81 seconds. He was show
ing II speed average OF "A miles an
hour.
SPECTACULAR SPEED.
a spectacular burst for the delecta-
tion of the stand was shown Just in
front of 1t by milford and Dc Palma,
the Fiat passing the Lozier as the
crowd whooped its appreciation. 4
Navarro passed Grant, completing the
third lap, 30 miles, Hcmery had u lead
OF 80 seconds over Wagner who was
second. with half minute to the coed
,,,n,, tl'bayrolct Rr,1rc Brown WAS lust