Arizona republican., 1910-11-08

on the desert, the Ford lost four spokes of one wheel and the jig ap
 peared to be up. But not far away Stearns spied another Ford, occupied by a travelling or observation party
 He made signs and they were under stood. He swapped his broken wheel for a good one. took the part and the broken wheeled car in tow and landed it back in Dos Palms, turned around again and struck out boldly for the river. This little delay in changing wheels and the extra forty eight miles he had to travel is regarded generally as something of a handicap and per haps had something to do with making his time a little slow But he got in at a very interesting time, being the fourth of a quartet to arrive close together.
 The Duro car, which finished in 20:21. led this quartet and is entitled to some special mention. The Duro car is owned and driven by Charles Fuller Gates, advertising manager for the car and editor of Pacific Motor ting. He took his own car, the Path finder. a two-cylinder machine, and had it built into four-cylinder ma chine. which he had never driven be- fore and which was just finished the day before the start, not even painted. He hopped in with Bryan, his mech anician, and made a pretty decent run to the river; in fact, remarkable one when his experience Is recited. N. L. Claberg, a director of the Duro factory. was with him twelve miles this side of Mecca to help him through the sand, and he needed it. The shovel was in action. Claberg was between the wheels when the little car gave a bound, knocked him over and the edge of the shovel hit his forehead and just lifted his scalp back over the crown. He bled pro- fusely, but was a game patient His foretop was readjusted, he was placed in the car and wheeled back to Mecca where he could take the train for home. MT. Gates continued his trip to Phoenix. and was not the last to arrive by any means. Besides that in- cident. Gates got off the road two or three times, never having been over it further than Mecca, and later on the home stretch he encountered a herd of cattle that held him up. The Mercer and Rambler rambled in all right, neither of them having any notable incidents to recite, or if they did they were not told in the hear ing of the reporter. The cars seemed in good condition, but for some req son they were not the swiftest, all though the Mercer beat the winning time of last year by a few minutes.
 The Velie arrived at 1:32h, having having consumed only few minutes more than last years record time of 1913, and was followed ten minutes later by the Ford.
 The Ohio arrived, at 2:56%, after a stormy time. It had tire troubles in chronic form. The driver had buried three tires under almost every cat claw bush along the road, 1t is said, and he needed a lot of them in his business. He used eleven up on the trip. The Ohio also had an ex- citing time on the start or near it. At Puente it is said the car got on the wrong road. or at the end of a road three different times and turned around, almost without stopping it's pace. giving a fine acrobatic perform ance
 The Apperson was the last car that has reported, getting in at 4:21, it is said which would be 5:21 Phoenix time. after the crowd had practically left the grounds. The Apperson was hung up in the Vicksburg country good part of the day. It is understood seven castings were worn out There was universal regret at the Apper- sons luck. for there is no more popu- lar, persistent and game a sportsman in the automobile business than Leon T. Shettler. it's owner, who sat in machine all day long. awaiting what ever might turn up and the least nervous man in the whole crowd One would not think to see him that he had other than a passing interest in the race. And yet he is the man who bet $500 to s2,5OO that the winner