The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-30
Close and Exciting Finishes Char
acterize Events Of Speed
Carnival,
WEATHER CONDITIONS GOOD
Ten Mile Open Free-for- All. Won
by Wilcox, Furnishes Keen
Sensation.

JACKSONVILLE March 2s.-More
than 10000 spectators lined the Atlantic
Pablo Beach course today to witness the
second days automobile speed carnival.
Close and exciting finishes characterized
the events. ana especially in the ten mile
iree-for-ail handicap. in which the lead :
eEs crossed the wire we'll punched and
ofiN a rev seconds apart
In the hve-mile open National Beach
championship. for cars of ISL -23O cubic
inches, Tower and Evans. in Warren
petroiis. captured FIRST and second places
cars Of 23l 200 cubic inches class r.
Herb Wilson Of Jacksonville driving a
Cole, defeated Hughie Hughes in his
oo, In the ten-mile open race for cars of
scratched and Wilcox. In a National.
tional. fought it out with Wilcox for first
honors and won by four seconds.
Furnishes Keen Excitement.
The ten-mie open free-for-all cars.
class d. non-stock. furnished keen cX-
element Wilcox. in Nationals Bur
man. in Buick Bug. and Disbrow, In
although Burman had clutch trouble he
managed TO finish second To Wilcox. nine
seconds ahead Of Disbrow. who was gain
ing rapidly
In the two ten-mile free -for-all handi-
caps. class d. non stock nine cars start
ed, Hughes. in his Mercer, won the first
event. while Wilcox in National, after
lighting II cut desperately with Disbrow,
in Pope Hartford. crossed the wire a
fraction of a second ahead Of him in the
second event.
The last event was the record trials for
one kilometer. free-for-all cars, flying
start. class D. stock, no trials for
cars OF less than seyerty-five miles an
the FIRST trial. but the timing apparatus
failed TO work and his time was not re-
corded. He did not run the race over
Wilcox. in National. followed and ne
Burman, in the Bitten Benz. covered the
distance in 1926 seconds. OIdGeld holds
the worlds kilometer record. 17.oi sec
onds made March %, 1910 in the Bitten
Benz. The breaking Of the oil pipe con-
ncction prevented the car from equaline
its record. Burman said. after the race.
Results of Races,
The races today were run under splen-
did conditions as TO track and tempera-
ture. The summaries: ~
class B stock cars. National Beach cham
plonship--Tower (Warren- -DetroiD. first
Time, 4:?l12. Evans (Warren De trolt( !.
third; Tucker (Cole). fourth Robertson
Second event fve-mile open cars 23l
to 300 cubic inchesrliughes r,llihughes one Mercer,
ond. Time. 1862 Tucker (Cole). third
Time. 5:l6.12.
Third event, ten-mile open, cars 3ol 10
i50 inches. class b. stock-Merz tNatlon-
all, FIRST: Wilcox (Nationa0. second; Dis
brow (Pope Hartford), third. No time
given.
Fourth event; ten-mIe open, cars g, 28l
to 300 inches-Wilson (Cole), first, Time.
sls.3S. Hughes (Mercer). second. Time.
S:25.2S. Only two entries.
Fifth event. ten-mle open. free for
ali cars class d. n-stock-WllcoN (Na :
tionaD first. Time. ZOO. Burman
(Buickj second Time 7:I027. Disbrow
pe-HartfordD, third Time 1896.
Sixth event ten-mile free-tor-al
handicap. class D. n-stocS-HuKhes
jMcrccr) FIRST. Time, 10:l0.50. Wilson
(Cole) second Time. 10,l4l4. Dlsbrow
(Pope -Hartford). third Time. 1p:3T.TS,
Seventh event ten miles free for all
handicap. class D. nonG-stock ~ Carried
over from yesterday)-WilcoN (NationaD.
first. Time, lO:O9,63. Disbrow (Pope-
Hartford), second. Time. lc:oS 80. VIII
son (Cole). third. Time. 1923 30.
Eighth event, worlds record klometer
trials-Frst trial: Wilcox (NatlonaD,
22. 75 seconds; Burman (Benz): 1926 sec
onds,
Kiiometer trials concluded the events of
the day,