The Washington times., 1912-06-29
GURMAN REGA|NS
THE. REMY TROPHY
IN LAUREL RACES
Speed King Defeats Meme
ghetti and Barber In Fast
Three-Mile Race.
BY HARRY WARD.

wild Bob" Burman, the speed king is
again the holder fthe Remy brassard
and trophy, possession of which earns
for him s75 a week so long as he sue
cessfelly defends It. Driving his Bitten
Benz, Burman yesterday defeated Luis
Meneghetti, the Italian driver, who held
the brassard for one week, and Irving
c. Barber, a Washington amateur driv-
er. With a standing start Burman COW
cred the three miles in 8 minutes 20
seconds. He got of In the lead. and
was a handy winner. He also won two
other events. and established new
Maryland State record Of 5S% seconds
for a mile on a dirt track
High class racing was the order Of
the day yesterday at Laurel, but only a
the racers perform The officials were
competent, and the eight automobile
races and two motorcycle races were
run on without delay. The program will
be repeated today.
For Motorine Trophy.
The twenty-five-mile race for the
Motorine trophy brought out a field Of
eight cars, the lineup being Burman
in Cutting, Ohio, Raimey; Warren
Detroit, Barber; Lozier, Howard French;
Kline Kar, J. w. Minker; Kline Kar.
c. c. Fairman; Mercer. Frank Blair.
and National. Cleveland Campbell. Bar
Der got away in the lead. but on the
first turn Minker overhauled him and
maintained the advantage until the sew
enth mile, when Burman shot in the
front and with his car running fne.
Treeled OFF mile after mile in fast time.
infsS nG eSyersd ss the t%enty1ve miles in q
second and the Lozier third.
The freG-for-all handicap at five
miles. was won by L. McDorald. driv-
Ing Renz. who made the best time of
gradually overhaIied the field, and
when the judges announced the time,
minutes, IN seconds. there was n
cheer for the clever driver. Fiarman's,
Kline was secon1, with the Lozier in
A five-mile race between the Warren
Detroit and REQ was won by the for
mcrr, the time being 6 minutes, Is sec
onis.
The five-mile race Cor non-stock cars
OF 25l to 900 cubic inches piston displace-
mcnt. was won by Rainy's Ohio, with
Iairman's Kline second and the Mer-
Ger third. The time was minutes. 81
seconds. Burn.ln had difficulty in win
ming the tive"nile event for cars Of
to- inches piston disbursement. He drove
the cutting and covered the distance in
WAS second. and the Lozier third. The
two motorcycls events were captured
by Fred Ticmeycr and Alvin Day, both
Of whom rode Indian machines.
Accompanied by Benjamin Woodruff,
president of the Washington Stock Ex-
change, and Louis Weaver. Joseph NJ.
Stoddard left Thursday in Cadillac
touring car for his summer home in
made a brief stop in New York before
proceeding through New England.
F. w. Powers. manager of the Good
year tire branch, returned today from
trip to Norfolk and Richmond.
Paul Peck. the aviator, has broken
into the automobile business. In COM
pany with D. B. Gish he has purchased
the Carpenter garage and will make ex-
tensive improvements. Peck will con-
tinue to follow his profession Of avia-
tor. Mr. Gish is we'll known in athletic
circles.
Tayloe Pollock, the Oldsmobile agent.
has been advised that William ]. Mead
has resigned as vice president and gen.
eral manager of the Olds Motor Works.
Hutchinson. at present manager Of the
Marquette company.
The Hupp-Yeats electric agency has
been secured by the Storm Motor Com
pany. agents for the National. Hudson.
and Regal. The Hupp-Yeats Is one OF
the most popular electrics on the mar
ket and Mr.. Storm is confident 1t will
prove a good seller.
What becomes of all the old auto
mobiles? This Is a problem that own
ers and dealers alike have been called
upon to explain many times, and there
have been a great variety of answers.
The Maxwell-Briscoe Motor Company
has obtained sworn testimony on the
subject and declares that the old cars
are still running-or able to do so. In
offering gold medals to all Maxwell
owners who have driven $1,000 miles.
the" company received thousands OF sp-
pltcations covering almost every Max
we'll that has been built Many appli-
cants failed to comply with the rules,
but their affidavits showed that cars
which were thought to be out of serv-
Ice are still running the same as ever.