Evening bulletin., 1911-02-25

Low was declared the winner by a
good margin, the time being as fol-
lows
Miss Low-First lap, 1:O2; second
lap, 1:5&; third lap. 2:45; fourth lap,
$40; fifth lap, 4:2S 12.
Mrs. DR.. Collins-First lap. 1:51-2:
second lap, 2;G1 third lap. 2:54 l-2;
fourth lap, 3:4S; fifth lap, 4:42.
Extra Event.
Unfortunately, after the ladies' race
had been run. a charge was made that
the Dr. Collins ear had been tamper-
ed with in such Il way as to facilitate
the winning Of the victory hy Miss
Low Al Ruddle Immediately under
took 10 prove the fallacy of such a
contention, ana he did it by driving
the Collins car to victory against the
Bowman machine, driven Ey Bowman.
Rudde showed that the Buick was
in excellent shape by defeating the
PoWman car, which was the one with
which Miss Low had defeated Mrs
Collins, in better time than that of
Miss Low in the former race. The
time made by Ruddle in the race with
RoWman was as follows: First lap,
O:59; second lap, 1:49; third lap
2:3S l-2 fourth lap. 3:28; fifth lap
4:1G.
Ninth Event.
Finals Of Race ?. Five laps. Prize,
Specdometer.
The contestants were Bowman and
Nichols, these being the winners of
the two heats Of Race g Nichols had
the pole, but Bowman got the better
start, which he developed into a nice
lead Nichols. however, crept up on
him. and at the end Of the second lap
his fender was hanging on the flank
of the powman car. Here Nichols
fell behind a bit, but again he made
up distance and at the end of the
third lap he swung his car out try
ing to pass Bowman For moment
il looked as if he might be successful,
but Bowman got his second wind and
at the end of the fourth lap he pass
ed the stand couple of lengths to
the good, and finished a good length
ahead The time of the winner was
as follows: First lap, 1:14; second
lap, 2:1S; third lap, 1924 12; fourth
lap. 4:32; fifth lap, 5:&7 IL.
owing to the lack of time, the tenth
event a novelty race wherein the con
tcstants were to run their cars around
barrels had to be abandoned
Eleventh Event.
Handicap race Ten laps. Prize, $50
or cup.
This race was open to the winners
of the previous events, the handicap
being made according to the time
made in these. The handicaps We're
accordingly thus arranged: Bowman,
u, NJ f., scratch; Lord, Stearns, 80
seconds; Ruddlc, DE-. Collins Buick, 23
seconds, and Flynn, Ford stripped, 80
seconds
Bowman held on the lead which his
handicap gave him, and the rest
maintained the order of the start until
the third lap, when Lords car, Rud-
dies and Flynns passed the stand
each about a half length ahead of its
successor making an exceedingly
pretty and exciting situation out of
the melee Flynn shot to the lead and
his ear continued to gain on BoWmans
until in the seventh lap it overlook
him right outside the grandstand A
bit later Ruddle also passed him, and
| ordS car went ont of commission
Bowman did not finish Flynn won
the race. The time was as follows:
First lap, 100; second lap, 1851 Ia;
third lap, 2:42 Is; fourth lap, 3:33;
firth lap, 4:24 IL; sixth lap, 5:151-2;
seventh lap, G:0S@i; eighth lap,
G:5S; ninth lap 7;45; tenth lap,
The meet was such a success that
Ruddle, who promoted it, is figuring
on giving similar event on the
Fourth OF July though he expects to
make it far more elaborate in order
to attract some OF the car owners
from the other islands, as well as
some of the general public outside of
EIilO.