The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-03

rendered Hughes. who certainly drove
Il magnificent race.
Wlsnaft Finishes Third.
Srene--r Niafsts driving Il afFT-
cedes. finished third, and GIL .Ander-
son, in a Stutz war f5Lrtb. Teddy
Tetziaf. in a Fiat, aud Ralph Mul-
ford in a Knox Special. both came
10 grief. and had 10 retire from the
race, Harry Nelson. in a Loz}er. ard
George Clark, in Mercedes. were
distanced. though thes hung on until
the finish.
from I4saI =. 4ts-4 tae4tt 4-si4zt~
ing finish. and Hughes steady bril-
liant race. the furious speed made ut
the start Ivy Tetzlaf, and milford.
were the features of the DAY.
DePalma's average time for the
whole course. including the Hairpin
bend was 8 miles per hour. Hughes
averaged SIS. but Terrible Teddy
Tetzlaff fer more than tWo hundred
miles averaged more tnHp mites
per hour and part Of the time was
negotiating the course az IA miles
per hour.
Though the Face lasted for more
than four hours. there was not sin.
gle moment lacking excitement. From
the time the eight cpnteuders lined
up for the start until the flag flashed
tfter the last 10 finish, the whole at
Was feverish.
DePalma First Away
pePaIma was first away. at II
- clock In the morning. Thirty sec
4ads =etser=fses fl esfset= Down tttr track
hughes was sent away Next came
Smiling Ralph milford. and then,
in their O der. Nelson. Wishart. An
lerson. Clark and Tetzldn
the finish n fha first Ian il
seen that milford was setting A ter
rife pace Though he started thirty
seconds behind Hughes, when they
flashed before the Judges stand at
the end OF their first lap. milford was
scarcely five seconds behind and
going like the wind
DePalma held the lead, but at the
end of the second lap Milford was
in second place. having Tapped
hughes on the far stretch
Meanwhile Tetzlan, who had flash
ed N red streak past Clark on the
first lap. and overhauled Anderson
on the second. displayed the speed
that for more than two hours set the
spectators wild with excitement, and
Incidentally, milford came To grief,
DePalma whirled down the stretch
finishing his third lap. Every spec
;ator rose and craned his or her neck
to see milford. who was confidently
expected To come second. Instead,
with an angry sounding roar and
snort Terrible Teddy Tetxlaff
plunged Down the stretch
speed of TetxIau.
In three laps-~ah0 twenty. gotirl
miles he had oyerhauled and passed
six contestants. who had started
ahead of him, and was laundering
around the course AZ nearly seventy
FIVE miles an hour.
Hughes, Vishart. Nelson. Clark and
Anderson in turn raced past the
stand, and then came a cry If fear
from the grandstand
Where's milford? What's the
matter With Ralph Where's "a - a
positive babel OF voices roared ques-
ton after question at the Judges
stand and a sigh of relief withai of
sympathy, arose when it was an.
nounced "Mulford is all right. His
magnetic went up. He's out Of the
race, but all right,
Just when the Gashing young
American. in an Ali-American car,
was promising "A remarkable race, he
came to grief This left three Aineri-
tan cars. and four of foreign make
in the race. Tic Stutz. I.ozier and
Mercer remained to light il cut with
a Fiat and three Mercedes cars.
Nelson was the first man To get in
trouble after that At the finish of
his fourth hap he halted because of.
engine trouble. and never recovered.
Three Left in Race.
Then one after another of the
racers was forced TO stop until An
derson. Tetzlaff and Hughes only were
maintaining their course. Tstziaft
MAS Numbering ale#s at terrific
speed. Hughes Mercer made less
noise than any OF the other cars,
and always announced its approach
by a softly purring sound N the dis
lance
Anderson. in his Stutz. was not
going as fast as the others, but was
on the track all the while
Sun DePalma held his lead. but
Tetzian was slowly. but. surely Greet
ing mp As they finished lii. eighth
lap. they were almost neck and meek
driving desperately. Unless some
thing broke It was apparent that
these two would fight To a finish. The
next lap settled 1t. As DePalma
approached the stand his mechani-
sian threw up both hands to signal he
hind and whirled alongside of his pit
One OF h's tires hRd been torn 10
ribbons and Tetxlaff fiished past IN the
lead. After retzlam simply flew
wsiss Tie pal@a@ fighting hard to res
~st,l. he lo@A t<.-t.t Hv the ttrn,yvTetz-
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