Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-11-28
.MU[fORD IS THE
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!. CUP WINNER
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Seventh Annual Motor
Event Held Today at Sa-
vannah; Hughes and Witt
Win the Other Races.


ford won the seventh annual Wander
bilt cup race here today In fast time.
Mulford's average for 206 miles, the
last portion OF the race for which the
4 time was computed, was Is miles an
hour. De Palma and Grant were sec
ond and third respectively. but near
the last the race developed into not
contest between Mulford and De Palma
the former winning. The time has not
been announced at this hour.
O,Hugie Hughes an Englishman won
4 the Savannah challenge cup race in a
4 Mercer car at an average speed OF
6s.35 lowering therecord OF 62.92 miles
4 an hour made last year by Joe Dawson
in q Marmon.
Frank Witt in an r. F. M. go" won
the Tideman trophy race at. an average
speed Of 5s.a4 miles. s
The Past Winners Of Cup.
Victory for the Vanderbilt race Is
worth about $4,000 to the winner.
This included the cup valued at 5000
donated by William X. Vanderbilt, Jr.,
in January, 1904, as well as $4,000 In
cash and manufacturers prizes.
The driver running second wins
$4,000, and the third contestant $1,000,
in addition to special manufacturers
prizes. 5A
The first vanderbilt cup race was
won on the Nassau race course by
George Heath an American amateur
representing the French team at an
average speed Of So miles an hour.
In 1905 Hemmery, in French car,
took the race at an average speed of
6254 miles an hour.
In 1906 Wagner of France captured
the trophy In q Dairy. There was
{ no race in 1907. but in 1908 the cbn-
test between Geo. Robertson and
Lytie attracted interest when The
trophy was won BY the American.
Harry r. Grant, IN an Alco, won the
U nth Vanderbilt race In the record
time OF 62.S miles an hour. He also
took the sixth in an Alec in 1910.
The seventh race run today under
The jurisdiction of the American Auto.
mobile association was opened to cars
In class 'C'' with piston displace-
ment Of 301 to 45O cubic inches, and
451 to 600 inches In displacement.
The course was 17.14 miles around,
was required to be circled seventeen
times for distance Of 291.38 miles.
Interest in the Savannah challenge
trophy and the Tiedman alone was
exceeded by that in the Vanderbilt
cup race. Six drivers OF we'll known
racing machines entered in the Sa-
vannah challenge trophy race, In this
223 mile event the winner took the
cup and cash prize Of $1,000. 5,gS
The driver running second got $3.50,
and the third prize was SIPS.
Seven cars were entered in the
Tiedeman trophy. The distance was
III miles. Besides the cup and prize
Of $1,000 to the winner, there was
second and third place money. The
distance of 171.4O miles requires the
circling of the course ten times. Manu-
facturers' prizes also were offered in
these two races.
Witt Wins Tisdeman Trophy.
Frank Witt, driving an e. M. F.
80" won the Tiedeman trophy race
OF 171.40 miles.
Ri. Wits time was 176:19; Robert
Evans IN an E. M. f. finished second,
and Jack Tower also In an E. M. F.
finished third.
Evans time was 1902, and Tow
ers' 1873. The winners average
was 1884 miles an hour.
Billy Knipper won his race last
year in a Lanier car with an average
time OF 58.47 miles an hour. y.
Hughes Savannah Winner.
Hughie Hughes, in q four cyclinder
Mercer, won the Savannah challenge
trophy race of 222.S2 miles. His
time was 1857, an average OF $685.
miles an hour.
Joe Dawson won the race last year
in a Marmon, averaging 62.92 miles
an hour.
Heineman, in a Marmon, finished
second, his time was 201 Al. I