The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-12-01
SPEEDY SAY -s-,a.i i...-H.
milford Drives L0zier Car to Victory
in Great Vanderbilt Event at
Savannah.

Grand Prize Race Course, Savan-
nah, Ca, Nov. 27.-Wnen white
streak flashed by the judges stand late
today at the finish of the seventh
Vanderbilt cup race, the American
automobile world hailed Ralph K,
Mulford, driver of a Lozier car, as a
new champion.
Not only had Mu':ord lowered all
previous Vanderbilt records, but he
also had surpassed the San Monica
performance of Hac@oy I1errick in
covering 2O2 miles at a rate of 1853
miles per hour. At thar he was push
ed to win the 20o Ei;e contest by
Ralph De Palma, the brilliant driver
of 2 French Mercedes. De Palma
finished just little more than two
minutes behind the winner and eight
minutes in advance of the other Mer-
Fcedes entrant, Spencer Nishart.
Only six of the Il cars to start We're
in at the finish and much to the Sur
prise of every one such stars as Bob
Burman, the speed king" and David
Bruce-Brown, winner of last years
grand prize race, were among those
forced to drop out through the detec-
ktion of their racing machines.
No Casualties.
The race was run and won without
1.-THE exaction of the usual toll of hu-
man life. Among the numerous accl-
Fdents which befell luckless contestants
to the detriment of their chances to
possess the coveted trophy, only one
imperiled life and limb. A rear wheel
on Bruce-Brown's Fiat car flew off at
1.-The head of the long Ferguson avenue
stretch after turn had been taken
at slow speed. Bruce-Brown and MS
Fmechinician escaped unhurt to live
and race another day.
,MulfOrd Barely Ahead.
At the beginning of the 18th and
last lap, Milford was but scant two
minutes ahead and the spectators
arose and cheered him as he dashed
by for the finish. Like an angry wolf
on his trial, De Palma's beautiful
blue-gray Mercedes swerVed around
the curve at 75-mile clip and lit
orally few upon the straight-Way IN
vain pursuit.
Number 3 (Mulford) is in the
stretch" cried the announcer through
his megaphone, and the crowd rose as
one and strained eager eyes toward
the spot half mile away where Null
ford would come into sight. Though
defeated, De Palma was game to the
end, and be also was wildly cheered
rs he finished two minutes and II
seconds behind the winner.
y The elapsed time Of the six cars
which finished the race was as fol-
lows:
Lozier (Ralph Mulford), 23e:oO.67;
Mercedes (Ralph De Palma),
23s:11.s5; Mercedes (spencer Wis
hart), 246:2o.37; Lozier (Harry
Grant,, 250:s737; Fiat IF. H. Par
kerr, 254:25.SS; Pope-Hummer (Louis
Disbrow), 269:O2.6S.
The average speed of the winner
was 74.07 miles an hour. Herrick's S
record was 74.63. The record for a
former Vanderbilt race was 65.OS
miles an hour, held by Harry Grant,
winner of the 1909 and 1910 races, who
finished fourth today. No new worlds
records was hung up today, except
that for 202 miles, as Nazarro averag-
ed 74.15 miles for 52S meters in the
race for the Florio cup in France in
1908.
Interest now turns to the Grand
Prize race to be run on Thanksgiving
day. The famous German Benz team,
led BY Hemery, is entered in this con-
test which will be longer by seven
laps than today's contest.
~RARGAINED, FOR PRESIDENCY?