The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-08-29
LengeI Won the Race In
a National With Grant
and Hughes Next
GAVE BUCK AND HIS
MECHAN|C|AN DEAD

Sam Jacobs. the Mechanician. Died
Instantly With Broken Neck, While
Buck Had His Back Broken, But
Lived Several Hours-Another Ac-
cidcnt in Which 30 Persons We're
Injured Was Another Distressing
Feature Of the Day, the Circus Seats
Giving Way and a Thousand Spec
tators Being Prccipitated to the
Ground-Story OF the Racing at
Elgin and Particulars Of the Trage-
dies and Other Exciting Events.
(By the Associated Press.)
Elgin, Ills, Aug. 26.-The 305-mile
road race today, won by Len Zenzel
in a National, with Harry Grant Sec
ond and Hugh Hughes third, was not
accomplished without it's toll Of death
and injuries.
Dave Buck, the veteran Chicago au-
tomobile racer, and his n~echanician,
were killed as the result Of an acct
dent to his Pope-Hartford. Buck haG
his back broker but lived several
hours. Sam Jacobs, the m~echanician,
died instantly, his neck being broken.
Buck was within eleven laps of the
finish, going ga miles, when his right
forward wheel threw a tire. The ma
chlne turned a complete somersault.
Seats Fall With 1000 Spectators.
Another accident in which thirty
persons We're injured, mostly slight
~, occurred shortly after II o'clock
while the first lap Of the race was
on, several sections Of the inse-
curely. built circus seats giving way.
A or more persons were
precipftated to the ground.
When the stringers by which the
seats were supported gave way the
boards spread out like a pack of cards
and the spectators were shunted into
a huddle at the bottom. -Four sus-
tanned broken Legs, among them a
daughter of Senator Lorimer, but the
others escaped with cuts and bruises.
From time to time during the re-
mainder Of the a warning were
shouted through megaphones to the
remaining spectators not to jump to
their feet in moments Of excitement.
Many left the grounds after the &C
c1dent.
Recital of the Racing Events.
h ten cars OF the course at the
time OF the accident were stopped
as soon as they reached the repair pit,
but a new start soon was made.
Ralph milford, whose Lozier was
the last away and who won the race
last year, set a terrific pace at once.
For f1fty-nine miles he drove at sixty
nine miles an hour, leading the field
by a good six minutes. On the next
lap, however, he went out of the race
with a burnt connecting rod bearing.
This placed Len Zengel in first po-
sition, with Harry Grant two min
utes behind him. It was in this rela-
ton that they finished, although
Grant lost two minutes when he
stopped to change tires. Zengel made
up two stops, both for gasoline and
oil.
Hugh Hughes. the Mercer driver,
who won the Kane county. cup yes
terday, ran another consistent race,
finishing third. He stopped but once
for gasoline, and was closely press
sing Grant for second place at the
finish. He lost by eleven seconds.
ZengeIs time averaged for the "a ;
four miles an hour faster tina that
set by Milford last year.
Over 66 Miles an Hour.
His average was 66.45 miles per
hour. milford secured the prize for
the fastest lap, covering the eight and
one-half miles in seven minutes, IA
seconds.
Ralph DePalma and Spencer WISH
art, Simplex drivers, went out OF the
race early as did Aitken.
The Elgin trophy carried prizes
n cash valued at $1,000 to the win
The tinlid Girl who is afraid of every
thing else on earth never is of a man.