Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-12-01
Wins By DRIVING
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sight, flew around the grand stand
course and again out of sight.
Eddie Hearne flashed by the Judges
stand one minute and thirty seconds
afterwards. In vain the spectators
shouted and waited for Mulford, but
the winner OF the Vanderbilt cup was
out OF the race. At the critical mo-
ment with victory In the balance, and
after a determined fight, the plucky
driver was forced to retire. DePalma
jumped into third place with the elm
ination Of Mulford and the hard
ought contest for the Grand Prize
trophy was ended after the next lap
with the drivers In this position.
Largest Crowd Ever.
ii is estimated that the Grand Prize
race today was witnessed by the larg-
est numebr of spectators that has ev-
er attended a similar event In this
city. The weather was extremely cold
and a cutting north wind rendered the
air still more unpleasant. Despite the
weather conditions, enthusiasts began
to assemble some time before the
cars were to start. AS the day ad-
vanced, the set ing of the stands was
taxed to the utmost and hundreds
were forced to stand.
Not content with breaking the
worlds record today and the achieve
ment of Ralph milford, who in the
Vanderbilt race beat the Santa Mon
lea record of 74.6 miles an hour for
a 202 mile race by making the dis
tance in 74.9, Eddie Hearnes official
time for the first POSES miles for
the Grand Prize was 1862 or two min
utes faster.
Faster Than 50 Miles Per.
In the fifth lap, he made the round
in II minutes and 46 seconds or more
than SO miles an hour. Bruce
Brown made the second fastest time
for one lap by negotiating the II
miles in 12.4.
Caleb Bragg, another millionaire
driver of Fiat, was a sturdy compet-
itor in the battle for supremacy and
finished fourth, about 20 minutes be-
hind the winner He made numerous
tire changes and in the latter part II
the contest was forced to change
mechanicians.
Anybody's Race at First.
In the early part Of the race, first
one driver and then another took the
lead Patchke, in a Marmon, led the
race in the seventh and eighth laps,
but developed steering trouble which
In 10
the ninth lap, Eddie Hearne went to
the front and steadily maintained this
position for nearly 200 miles. In the
twentieth lap Bruce Brown passed the
Benz driver and took the lead and
practically held it for the remainder
of the race.
He Drove Like the Devil"
After the race was over and the
winner had been showered with praise,
Bruce Brown made the following
statement:
Il won this race by driving like
the devil toward the early part of the
race had to make two changes, had
to put new bolt in the front axle and
tackled my motor altogether. There
was no consistency in the race drove.
I did it by driving furiously in the be-
ginning and then easing down toward
the latter part. saw Hearne was GO
ing like mad, running away with
everything. so ! just dropped in be-
hind him and beat him."
His Mother is Happy.
In the throng which greeted the
victory was none happier than his
Mrs. r. A. Bruce-Brown of
New York, who was an anxious spec
tator of the wonderful race. She was
the first at his side when her boy
parked his machine after the race was
over Not waiting for him TO get out
of the machine she rushed to him and
throwing both arms around his neck
kissed him several times.
Eddie Hearne, the young Chicago
was keenly disappointed
at losing victory so nearly within
his grasp, as this was his last race.
Before Mr.. Hearne entered for the
Grand Prize there was born to him a !
son and a heir and he promised his
wife that he would retire from the |
racing game after this contest and
never again would take the risk Of
leaving his boy fatherless.
The third international road race
for the grand prize of the Automobile
Club OF America was open to all cars
of American and foreign manufacture. |
The winner of the great event not only |
captured the $1,000 gold trophy but
also won approximately $4,000 in
prize money.
The race, covering a distance of
411.36 miles. required the circling Of
the race course OF 17.14 miles twenty
four times.
The sixteen cars entered in the
event started at intervals of thirty
seconds. The entries were as fol-
lows:
No. Al: Fiat; Louis Wagner. driver:
Tony Fagnono, mechanic.
No. AZ; Pope Hartford; L. A. Dris-
brow, driver; Richard UTRECHT, me-
chanic.
No. 43; Bulck-1Oo; Charlie Basle.
driver; Joseph Mande, mechanic.
No. a.; Abbott-Detroit; L. A. Mitch