New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-31

'he grandstand when Burman,s RAM s,
tire into the air and over Tho ro..t,t.,.-
( wall '''0 ie''''''nS
AS the race proceeded. howevsr a,c,
oents almost ceased and the spectators ho-
| came hardened to the exc,terar,
harroun kept in front. earning shouts 90
encouragement. When he sven, INTO ,ha
nomestretch on his last Ian and starter
gave MIN the checkered finishing
| nag the speedway Enclosure rang with an
pause mat drowned the loud barking ~
'ne seemingly ceaseless motor explosions
As harroun drove up to the Marmon pIt
ne was surrounded by wildly erthus,as-
VIC crowd cheering him and trying 20 grasp
| MS hands. He ran his car into the inAald
o"u stopped Tor the benefit Of the photog-
raphers
Gee I'm hungry" he said. as he crawled
OUT from under the steering wheel
Asked to make formal statement. he
/ said:
All credit is due nv car for the brilliant
victory. Al no time was the throttle wide
| open and relied solely upon consistent
high speed 70 win for me owe. occasional
bursts In the backstretch The weather
was uoticeebly warm. although did not
suffer in any way from the heat.
The last hundred miles was by far the
easiest Of the entire run and the car was
/ less difficult 20 handle on the turns At
first there was tendency TO slip. which
| Increased toward the 2O0-mile mark. but
from that time 7 had little trouble in hold
/ ins the car 10 its course
/ In my estimation the limit is reached Ct
/ $40 miles and the distance is entirely too
! long for the endurance of the driver. / was
! relieved from the 10th to the 25oth mile
/ and the rest Of the dash was extremely re-
freshing"
! While this was going on Arthur Greiner
sat in the hosTital with 2 handage5 am.
| smoking cigar and reading a newspaper
/ IN which it was reported that he was
probably fatally injured.
The rim was loose when the start was
called he said. and We had no tine 70
tighten it. We went in. anyhow. and
I Dickson is dead
/ = study Of the complete score card ro-
: tho race shows that not more than eight
\ u the forty cars We're IN the lead al any
/ stage Of the long grind
| These We're Raw Harroun. Marmon:
/ Ralph Milford. Lozier, David Bruce
/ Brown. Fiat. Spencer Wishart. Mercedes.
RalpA De Palma, Simplex; Fred Belcher,
Knox. John Aitkn. National. and Teddy
Tetzlaf. Lozier. OF these, Aitkin ard
Tetzlaff were forced 70 withdraw by ac-
cidents
At the end ~ the first 100 miles Bruce
Brown led. Milford was second and Tetz-
laff was third. At 80 miles. Harroun had
come I'D from the traile-s 10 second place
At 100 miles. Harroun took the lead, which
ne held 70 the end
At 20 miles. Bruce Brown was second
and milford third
At 500 miles. Milford was second and
Bruce-Brown third
At 400 miles. at $50 miles and at the
finish It stood Harroun. Milford and
| Bruce Brown.
But in between these last three points
Bruce Brown and Milford seesawed for
second place until not even the judges
were certain until the last lap who would
take II
Bruce Brown and Milford were at all
stages of the race contenders for the lead
and a delay OF more than the time for
tire changing by Harroun would have
meant certain loss Of the contest
Toward the end OF the race. the three
leaders were little more than thirty sec
onds apart. All three handled their cars
is mastery fashion. Milford lost con-
siderable time through tire trouble and
/ Bruce-Brovu was of the track more
times than Harroun.
The first ten men 10 finish the race. with
o. cir winnings. follow: