The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-30
GO LIKE BULLETS.
Fast Time Made in Grand Prize
Auto Race.
Caleb Bragg Drives First Lap at
79 Miles an Hour.
BIG PRIZE AT STAKE.
Winner Gets Trophy and TWen-
ty Thousand Cash.
Buick Car Breaks Steering Gear
and Goes Out.
ZIG PRIZE AT STAKE.

Nov. S0.-Thousands Of persons left
comfortable beds at an early hour to-
day to see the start of the Grand Prize
race. The surface of the ground be-
came frozen over night. rendering the
course much faster and safer than had
been anticipated. Although the day
was bitter cold, the sun shone brightly.
The third international road race,
Grand Prize Of the Automobile Club OF
America, run here today, was open TO
all cars of American and foreign man
ufacture, the winner of the event not
only captured the $1,000 gold trophy.
but also won approximately $4,000 in
prize money.
The race, covering a distance OF 41L36
miles, required the circing of the Grand
Prize race course Of 17.14 miles "A times.
The 16 cars entered in the event start
ed at intervals of 30 seconds. The en-
tries were as follows:
Cars and drivers:
Fiat-Louis Wagner.
Pope Hummer-L. A Disbrow.
Buick hundred-Charlie Basic.
Abbott-Detroit-L A. Mitchell.
Lozier-Ralph Milford
Marmon-Bob Burman.
Benz-Eddie Hearne
Fiat-David Bruce-Brown.
Buick hundred-Harry Cobe.
Abbott -Detroit-Carl Llmberg.
Marmon-Cyrus PatschlSe-
Benz-L. A. Bergdoll.
Fiat-Caleb Brag.
ercedes-Speuc~r Wishart.
Mercedes-Ralph DE Palma.
Benz-Nictor Hemmery.
Starter Fred Wagner sent the race on
promptly. The crowd gave each driver a
rOusinE cheer as they got under way at
&c. second intervals, beginning at 9 o'clock.
Ralph Mulford. winner of the Vanderbilt
cup. received an ovation.
Bragg Makes Fast Time.
Some fast time was made on the first
lap. Bragg made It in 1901, l3 seconds
faster than the fastest lap in the Wander
bilt. Bruce Brown made it in 1907 and
Wagner in 1893, all in Fiat cars. Ralph
DePalma made the round in 1913 and
Hemmery in 1914
Bragg's time was almost 7s miles an
hour.
the second lap which Bruce-Brown made
in 12:47. Wagner in .5s and Bragg IN ~ so.
Hemmmery made it in 1905
Bragg was leading the race three sec
onds ahead of Bruce Brown.
Bragg led the race at the end OF the
Brown. The formers time was S.5l and
the Iatter's 38:52.
DePaima was third with 39:49.
Cobe driving a Buick Hundred was
forced out OF the race by broken stear-
ing gear No one was hurt
Herne Takes the Lead
Eddie Herne took the lead in the
fifth lap with 66:54, Caleb Bragg was
second with 67:23. Milford third with
6S :O6, and Patsche fourth with 6S:10.
Wishart is back in the race after re-
pairing his engine. Hemmery and Bob
Burman, both reported delay by engine
trouble.
Hearne still Leads.
IIearne led in the sixth lap with
8O:15; Patschke second with S1:32:
Wagner thitd with S1:40; Mulford
fourth with 81:54. Burman and Hem
merry abandoned the race on account
of engine troubles
Hearne Holds the Lead.
Eddie Hearne took his Benz to tho
front in the ninth lap which he finish
ed in 122:O3; Wagner second with
122:25; Mulford third with 123:03.
Bragg fourth with 1855. Patschke
had not been reported.
Hearne finished the tenth in the
lead with 1853; wagner second,
1866; Bragg third. 1871; Bruce
Brown fourth. 1878.
Hearne was leading Wagner by "a
seconds a. the end of the fourteenth
lap. Hearne's time was 1879. Wag-
ner's 1926.
194:19. Mulford was fourth with
1880. Bruce Brown stopped for
gasoline and new tire. His time was
The other Buick entry. driven by
Charles Basle. blew out a cylinder
head on the eleventh lap and retired
from the race.
PatschISe's Car Jumps Track.
Patschke was out of the race when
his car jumped the track at Montgomery
cross roads on the ninth lap. No one
was hurt.
Hearne passed Wagner on the elev-
enth lap when the latter was forced
to stop at the pits for OIL 1t was the
first time Wagner had been passed.
Hearne still led in the eleventh lap
with 1874: Wagner was second with
152:14 Bruce Brown third with 1920;
DePalma fourth with 1884.
Hearne Breaks a Record.
Hearne diving a Benz. broke the
worlds record for 205 miles. half the
distance of the Grand Prize race. av-
eraging 76.2 miles an hour against the
749 miles average for 202 miles in the
IrandnrIllt rIln rane-