The Sentinel=record., 1911-12-01
hoarse, urging on the remaining drv-

hoarse. urging on the remaining driv- CTS
 Twenty seconds after Musford had disappeared In the distance Bruce Brown and his mechanician sprans in to their big Fiat and started in pur- suit. The Benz team was off again ten seconds behind the Fiat. With reports from the unmuffied exhaust popping like a GatIing gun, the ma chine sprung forward and soon wa lost to sight in the wake of the leaders.
 While other passing cars were eheereds the interest of the spectators in the leaders was SO intense tsat the few minutes necessary to com- plete the 23rd lap dragged like hours. Bruce Brown was the first to ap- pear. His ean whilaea inta siqhi flew around the grand stand curve and again out of sight
 Eddie Hearne flashed by the judpt stand one minute and 90 seconds att erwards In vain the spectators shouted and waited for Mulford, but the winner of the Vanderbilt cup was out of the race At the crucial mo- ment, with victory in the balance Mulford's Lozier went out Of commits sion with steering gear trouble and after determined fight. the pucky driver was forced to retire. De Pal ma jumped into third place With the elimination of Milford and the hard fought contest for the Grand Prize trophy was ended after the next lar with the drivers in this position
 It is estimated tha. the Grand Prize race today wes witnessed by the largest number of spectators that has ever attended similar event in this city The weather was extremely eold and cutting north wind ren dered the air still more unpleasant Despite the weather conditions rae ing enthusiasts began to assemble some time before the cars were te s.art. As the day advanced the seating capacity of the stands was taxed to the utmos tand hundreds were forced to stand
 Not content with breaking the worlds record today anu the achieve ment of Ralph Mulford. who in the Vanderbilt race beat the santa Mon lea record of Tic averase miles ali Tour for POP mile rec by making the d.s,suce in fl g. Eddie Barnes of fcial time for the first 2o5 .eS miles of the Grand Prize race was 7e2 or almost two minutes faster.
 The swiftest lap of the r mile course was negotiated by Victor Be- mery- driving Benz. In the fifll lap he made the round in F mln- utes and 46 seconds, or more than S2 miles an hour. Bruce Brown made the second fastest time for one lap by negotiating the l7 miles in i2:47
 Caleb Bragg. another millionaire driver of a Fiat was a sturdy com petitor in the battle for supremacy and finished fourth, about 20 minutes behind the winner. He made numer
  ous tire changes and in the latter part Of the contest was forced to change mechanicians.
 In the early part of the race frs one driver and then another took the lead. PHchke. in Marmon, led tAe race in fhe seventh and eighth laps, but developed steering gear trouble, which latter resulted in his retire ment. In the ninth lap Eddie Hearne went to the front and steadily main tained this position for nearly 2Oc niles. In the twentieth lap Bruce Brown passed the Benz driver ann took the lead and practically hsid il for the remainder of the race
 After tho race was orer anf ts=s winner had been showered vita praise Bruce Brown made the followne statement:
 T won todays race by driying like the devil toward the early part O.. the race I had to make nine cDaLges and had to put new bolt in the front axle and stalled my motor aitogeth CT. There was no consistency in the race drove I dld it by driving furio,lsly in the beginning and then easing down toward the latter part. ID saw Hearne was going like mad running away with everything so l just dropped ia te follow him ana beat him.
 In the throng which sreeted the ! victor there was no one happier than bis mother, Mrs K A Bruce-Brown af Nftx X0rtt xpho wac a,. anxintre