Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-08-12
HANDICAP EVENT FOR RACING
SQUAD DRIVERS FASTEST OF
TWO DAYS MEET.
BAScoM MILLER LOWERS
TRACK MOTORCYCLE RECORD
Saturdays Program Very Much the
cyclists Refuse to Ride. and Except
For Exhibition Mile, Events Omitted.

! The two Gays of automobile races
! terncon at the fair grounds With pro-
! gram Of two speed events for profess
slonal drivers, two novelty races and
SLOW race for amateur drivers. one
speed event for touring cars, and an
! exhibition mile on motorcycle. The
speed event for amateur drivers was
not finished, as one of the cars entered
had to withdraw to have its mechanism
adjusted.
The fastest mile was the handicap
race driven by the three professionals.
which Arnold. steering his Buick Mar
quette. won in lis, the announced
time Bascom Miller, announced as the
champion farmer motorcyclist Of
/ Iowa" did an exhibition mile in
1855. lowering the track record
made by Arthur Mitchell, Of Chicago,
last fall by one fifth of second
Attendance Not So Large.
The attendance Saturday afternoon
was not as large as 1t was Friday The
their program. as the motorcycle rid
as We're offeed Friday.
Four attempts We're made to run the
slow high speed race before it was run
off The crowd got impatient at the
delay and hooted and yelled and de-
manded the cars be taken off the track.
Professionals Run Fast.
The handicap mile race for the pro-
fessionals was the best and fastest
the binding dust that the cars kicked
up on the curves there were plenty of
chances for accidents Eone happened
however. in this race or any of the
others altho the crowd was given
thrill when Arnold. in his race with
Burt swerved far toward the outside
fence as he rounded into the home
stretch. He Immediately regained con-
troll OF his car.
Arnold won the three mile three heat
race from Burt, Arnold taking the
first and third heats. The time OF the
heats was not as fast as the same race
of Friday, which Burt Arnold's part
ner won.
Results o. Events.
! The following were the events and
| the results:
| Three-miie three-heat race-Arnold,
! first Time 1903, 1856, 400
! One mile handicap for professionals
Burt. Cfno King Dodo." scratch:
f, Arnold, Buick Marquette. As second
/ handicap: Gamer, "De DIETRICH, 1h
| seconds handicap. Arnold, first: Can
ner. second: Burt. third. Time lis.
In the half mile slow high speed
race. open to touring cars. there We're
seven entries. Four Of the drivers
stalled their engines by trying to go
too slowly. J. H. Cramer, Of Eldora- in
a Cadillac. won in 7:55. Cramer and
| E. G. Hodges, the latter Of whom won
the slow race Friday, were matched.
| Cramer won, but later It was an
nounced that Cramer had been driving
with his brake on, so Hodges was
given the race.
| Then to satisfy the drivers the race
was run over again and j. o. WINNER.
Of this city, driving Cutting. was ad-
mi:ted After much delay and several
starts WINNER won in 1856.
In the two-mile novelty race the
| drivers drove one-half mile carrying
a passenger They stopped under the
wire at the end of the half mile, let out
their passenger. cranked their car.
drove half a mile, stopped their en-
CINE, picked up the passenger. drove
half mile, let out the passenger,
cranked their car and drove the last
half mile alone. Mcintyre, driving an
American, won. G. w. Gamer, in a
HAYNES, was second. Time minutes.
A two-mile novelty race. similar to
the other novelty race, was Won by
Morgan, driving an Everett Time
4:53.
Arnold, the professional, drove an
exhibition mile in 1:17 LIS, and Burt
drove the SAINT distance " 1915. Can
ner, in the De Dietrich, did the
distance in an exhibition mile in 1:24.