The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-31
HARBOUR IS WINNER
IN 300 mile RACE
Pennsylvania Man Gains Fame
and Fortune at Indian
apolis Meet.
Continued From Page ons.

home stretch on his last lap and Starter
Wagner gave hIm the finishing flag. tho
speedway. enclosure rang with applause.
Hsrroun. followed bv delighted mob
drove into the infield and was surround
ga sy biS horde ,9 Of saG pn99g5sphrs s Ghe
as II rose Just over the edge OF his steer
Ing wheel 4 mccls ncian. with tears
Harrouns bands and It was necessary
10 lead hirc out Of the focus OF the
cameras.
Give me something to eat" said Har-
roun. as he dragged his stiffened legs
from under the steering gear OF his
Wasp"
This is going all over the world"
yelled a freEzied admirer.
Asked TO raI.e formal statement. tho
victor In the first 500 miles even ever
run a speedway. said
"All credit is due my car for the VIC
tory. At no time WAS the throttle wide
open, and I relied solely OH consistent
high speed to win for me over occasional
bursts i'm the back stretch. The weather
was noticeably warm. although I did not
suffer in any way from the heat.
The last 100 miles by far the
was less difficult to handle on the turns
AZ first there was a tendency TO slip
which increased toward The .O0-mic
mark. but from that time | had littie
trouble In holding tho car 10 it's course.
In my estimation the limit is reached
a. $40 miles. and is entirely too long for
lDe endurance OF the driver.
The Marmon Wasp made only four
stops during the entire run, each time
TO change tires on the rear wheel. Each
time oil and gasoline tanks were filled
Of the early stops Cyrus Patsche
lieved Harroun at the wheel. but It was
retakep by Harroun later;
the hospital while Harrouu was lionized
and the other drivers were finishing
the race without tho taste OF victory.
6tYD.Sr 1tsif hon. 10. .sS1
sat smoking cigar and reading an extra
edition OF newspaper i'll which it was
reported he was fatally injured.
The rim was loose when the start
vas called he said. "and we had no
time to tighten il. We went in any
how and Dickson Is dead
c.ose study OF the complete score
card for the race shows plainly that rot
more than eight OF the forty-eght en-
tries were UP In the lead at any stage
OF the long grind. These eight entries
Ray Hartoun Marmon;
Ralph milford 1-ozer
David Bruce Brown. Fiat:
spencer Wishard Mercedes:
Ralph DePalma, Simplex;
Fred Becher, Knox;
John Altken, National
Teddy Tetzlaff. LozIer.
OF tn Sc seven. Attken and Tetzlafi
were forced 10 withdraw by accidents 10
their cars The race easily was between
AT the first hundred miles Bruce
Brown led Mulford was second and Tctz-
laff was third.
At ono hundred and fifty miles. EIar-
roun had come up from the traiers and
into second place.
AT ono hundred and ninety miles. he
mad taken the lead, which he held te the
end.
Al two hundred miles Harroun was
| first. Bruce Brown second and Muford
| third
At three hundred miles Harroun was
| first, Milford second and Bruce Brown
| third.
At four hundred miles. at four hundred
and fifty miles. and AT the finish. IL stood
| Harroun Mulford and Bruce Brown.
/ But between these last three points in
the contest Bruce Brown and Milford
see-sawed for second place. until not
even the judges were certain until the
last lap who had taken the second POSI-
ton.
Both Bruce Brown and Mulford we're
at all stnges of The race dangerous con-
tenders for the lead. and ono delay or
more than tire changing time by Harro"r
would have meant certain loss of the
contest
Toward the latter part Of the race The
three leaders we're little more than thiT-v
cars i'm mastery fashion. Mulford lost
considerable time through tire trouble
and Bruce Brown was of the track more
times than HaToun
The first ten men Ia finish the race,
with their winnings, follow:
Driver and Car. Prize.
Ray EarrouO. Marmon ,.......... S1o, nnI
Ralph Mulford Lozier .......... 5 0o0
Bruce Brown Flat ............ 5000
Spencer Wlshart. Mercedes ..... 1000
Ralph DePaima Simplex ........ l son
Charles Mcrz National ,.,. 1.n0n
w. III. Turner, AmpleX. ,......... So0
Harry Cobc. Jackson .......... 200
Fred Belchcr Knox ......... 600
Hughic Hughes Mercer ......... 500
Total ........... ........... SIS. .0nu
In addition 10 this sum in gold the