Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-10-05
Daring Driver and Mechani-
clan, It is Feared, Sacrificed
Lives in Vain Effort to Win
100000 Race.
CATASTROPHE COMES
AT CLOSE OF CONTEST
Caleb Bragg Winner Of Four
Hundred and Nine Mile
Event at Average Speed of
6812 Miles Per Hour.

6815 Miles Per Hour,
ny Leased Wire 60 EvSainG Herald !
WHuWnutosi. Wis, oct G.--Cplrh !
Bragg of Cincinnati, Won the fourth |
international grand prN automobile /
road race today WIih a Fiat car |
Brngg's time for iO9 milrs, 4,6i6 feet. |
WAS tive hours. ao minutes, 20
seconds
Bragg's average speed Tor the race |
was GS ~ miles un hour.
nulph he Palma went into tho !
ditch nnd ho and his mcchaniclun Tom
Alley, were reported to hc fatally IN
lurcd
The lurgcst crowd at the week
gathered here today tu witness tho
$4,000 grand priH automobile rond
race. l'ndcT ideal weather and track
conditions drivers expected to break
All records Tor the new course.
The race started at 1908 o'clock.
| Bob BurmHn was the first OF tho
| twelve contestants to get away, The
| other drivers then were started at
thirty second intervals. barney Old
| field was the last,
Caleb Bragg, who ON Tuesday. had
Iunuo,Inccd thnt no would not drive
nIa ,,t,, ,,Ia, a., ,ho r,co Lcrous, ar tho
death Of his close fricnd David
| Bruce Brown rccOnsidcrnd this de-
| rIsIon IIn yus ut his wheel Ms tho
| n,.,t,t,,,,, ,,rn Iiund nm hv sInrtor
| Fred Wagner.
"'he complete Iius qr ptarlcrs were;
| BurmHn, RUnZ.
Irnn,ninr Inlicr.
,r,iyl,,rC Llut
tr,,ho, NIr,,,r
| H., puI,rn Nrrcr,lca.
| Ntshnr. Mercedes
| t,lnrL Mercedes.
| unr,J,,u nom,
| nr,gg ,,I,t
! Iinrn, Itrr,
| A,,Ior.,,r g,ut,
| nIdrIc,d Eiot.
TctyIorr druyr the fastest first tan,
.ond,ng Mic r,r ,rnunJ tho 7Sg- milo
f,,,,rsc iu q u,iuutrs. 20 acconds from
=, s,ondIu,, ,tnr, ar M u sueed of 7AL
4 ,,,,,,,, ',o, h,,,r ,nIrh mo nushcd mn
,u m miles an nuuIr Ia tho second tan.
nnp,I,,n I,rrpd,II and ,r,iz,r,tT
,ycr, nhnui c,,n l,ynrItcn I'm tho hit.
u,,, ,Ithn,,ph rousldcrnblc nto
,nn,,c,, ,,,,s ,,',,,r,d on Rrpgg Ia Tho
"n,r,c
unh thurman o.,g forccd To with
,,,.,,, ,,,,,', Ma ,.,,, n, ihc cnd of tIr
,a,,, ,,t,,, ha,.,,,.,. ar a., hrokcn nis,nn
T., Sta uan, o,,,
A, ,bn o,,d ,t tho first thirty miles
,r,,,,,,rr ,,,,,,, Il, ,l,o Ic,d arIvIpp e.
lila. 49,, nn,r r.,rsh Rrngg yvu, zoe.
'nu 30 .or,,,,d. ,,hind To,zlnTf h,,.
|
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Liar, u'n, ,hirL l,ut hroI,c "A shnr, IN
,,i. ,.', q, ,t,c ,.,ur,h ian aud bnd IA
'"Jt ,hn ra"c p,rrdoiI tbcn tooI,
H., n" ,',.,,a
"a" A, ,ho onJ ,r rTtv.mIIos rcitzIoft
.,,,,,,. ,.,,.t,,, H.. Itrngg cnriInuo,
io', rar,,l.,rI ,yns thivd and pr
r. n,,,,a ,,,,,r,h ,r,,c Ieadcra mad I'm.
,ro,,,od ,ho ,r,,I IN aovcnty-.c, ou
& ,,I,,,. 80, ,,,,r
,rn,,i,,r ,,nd, ,ts frs, s,no I n,
: n,s aI ,nr ,,,d or bIs ciphty. .slytl
t,o ,,,d ,,, r,r, nioce tn urppg
% h,', r,,,,, ,.rr,,i, drIvo tn Inrr,,",
nI, ,,,d A. r,,,,t,In
I ~ A. Uhn and ~ roo ,,IIes nrogV Io,
T. To,g,oCr hy nnr minnie ono ao~ond
Il no pnt,,n ,,.,. ~ third pIncc JInrar
n ,',. 49," ramr,,, ", ,nd hrdc,son r,rb Urng,
r. m.d " ,""d,' ,'"d,' ,m .,,rrnoc sncad nC 7I2,,
e. Mia, % "n nn",
q Inuiy r",n,niuc pitomp,cd IA scp,
- ,us rar orn,,,,L ~ ton higb snocd nm,
,r ran into ,hn lruro. NoiIhcr IronlnIn,
nnr h,, ,n,cnnnlcInn were soriouyI,
II hnr, h and ,h.y resumed the race
d change % Of T his rIght rear tire at eighty