Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-07

AL Livingstone made good again at
Ascot park yesterday when he won the
50-mile race, the event of the after
noon, from the far-famed worlds
champion" Harroun, and broke the
record for stock cars for the distance.
In the previous race, the ten-mile
event, Livingstone was nearly tossed
through the fence because OF broken
steering knuckle, but after a short de-
lay he was back on the track to secure
Harroun's scalp.
The eastern crack, with his higher
powered Marmon car, was fortunate in
the two opening numbers on the pro-
gram, the five and ten-mile races. Har-
roun had no trouble in annexing these,
out when it came to the race for the
Brock & Feagan's trophy which was
the real event of the two days meet,
he fell down badly. The other drivers
did nothing of consequence.
small crowd was in attendance, and
ii seemed as though every man, woman
and child in it was for Livingstone.
The local boy. by his nervy and cool
headed work of the past two days, has
made himself a host of admirers, and
The Heralds claim that he is one of
the best race drivers in the world is in
a fair way to be fulfilled.
The 50-mile event was the last on
the program, and was delayed a short
time while the steering knuckle on
Livingstone's car was being repaired
This was done by stripping a locally
owned Corbin, the property of w. II.
Preston, and putting the needed parts
on LiVingstoneS racer.
Once the cars were on the track Har-
rouns S title of champion" went a-glim-
mering. AS usual Harroun got away
to a good start, and soon opened up
what appeared to be a commanding
lead over the field. Little by little
Livingstone crawled up on his op-
ponent, and as in the previous days
racing made him eat the dust Of Ascot
track.
Just before being caught by Living
stone, Harroun had Tapped the little
Marmon and the Cole, and was kicking
up great dust. The local boy got into
the game at this stage, and soon had
Harroun where he wanted him. The
champion" doesn't care for dust and
Livingstone eats it. He reves in it.
With one bum eye and no goggles he
peers through the good lamp and plows
on, regardless of cars ahead. dust,
curves gravel and cobblestones, al
ways pegging away at the leader.
Al Forges Ahead
There AL had the champion. for he
Wedged ahead of the yellow machine
with fifteen horsepower more than his
own, and soon was adding to the
heartburning dirt throwing. Soon
Harroun discovered that he was in
bad company for a man without the
nerve, and dropping his tail feathers
he skunk well behind the rushing WIN
ner until almost nalf a mile was the
gap between them. That was the end
of the worlds champion" His COL
ors were struck right there and then.
When the crowd (such as it was)
saw Livingstone in the lead loud roars
Of approval rang all along the line
and the pit side of the track was a
scene of eXultant joy among his
hosts of friends who handle the throt-
tie of automobiles in this country.
Gradually Livingstone pulled away
from the big machine with 80 per cent
more horsepower than he had. and
when he had almost "a mile between
i'm and the Marmon the local young
ster, with rare good judgment, kept
the entire distance to the finish in that
relative position, which gave him a
clear track. without dirt. or dust
One of the phenomenal stunts which
Livingstone performed was driving his
car for over twenty miles at the av-
erage speed of a mile a minute, and
all through the fifty miles he drove
one of the most consistent and beauti-
ful races ever seen on any track in
the world.
Livingstone had lots of trouble in
the two previous races, his magnetic
refusing to perform. In the ten-mile
race, when on the last stretch called
the ascot park boneyard' for the rea-
son that at that point nearly all the
accidents to cars and their parts have
occurred the Corbin broke a steer
ing knuckle and was out of the race.
Another remarkable thing connected
with the victory Of the COrbn is the
fact that she made the entire runs Of
the day on the SeeleY Ignition System
alone. the magnetic refusing to work.
Never did the little car miss a shot
on stretches nor turns, Livingstone
showing mis- mastery Of the dancing
track i'm the splendid manner in which
he handles his car Destitute Of the
slightest fear, Livingstone whirled his
car into the turns wide Open-in fact,
he shoots the gas to the machine even
faster there than on the stretches. Not
a yellow streak is In his makeup, and
his generalship in all that has been
claimed for him. 1t is believed that
this is but the beginning of his
S
a. real worlds champiOn-the kind that
stands up to the guns without shirk-
ing and lays down only after he has
been sduarely beaten. It is believed
further that there is no eastern driver
on anv track in the United states with
equal car power who can make Ascot
park turns in anywhere near the time
that Livingstone can do it. There lies
his success. for sharp turns make sec
onds and seconds win races lesson
which Harroun, "wOrlds champion"
had to come to Los Angeles to learn.
Lesson Good One
The lesson is a good one, and if
there are any more 'worlds cham
MONS" who may be in the line of i'm
pOrtation to this coast. let the man
agement bring them along and have
them trimmed quite as neatly as Har-
roun has been in the past two days
bv a driver who has not been so for
tunate as to have a car with so per
cent more power in her than was the
machine which Harroun drove. There
would appear to be no nicer pickings
in fhe automobile orchard than more
eastern worlds champions, and the
local gentlemen of the wheel are ready
TO pluck and deVour them at any time.
Bring more of them along.
1t is evident that Ray Harroun is