Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-04-20
RECORD MAKING
RACERS COMING
Big Cars Which Have
Smashed Time to Enter
Meet Here

Auto Trades Excursion that viii leave
MONDAY Nav y Quite number OF
Inquiries have been received. snd u
IL stated that these are being an
swered as rapidly a. possible. II H.
probable that the chief point Of in.
terest Is the racing feature. In The
minds OF number OF Amarillo and
Panhandle autoists In view o. this
fact the following matter descrip-
tive OF 'he great racing car that IL
70 star the event Nav % = clip.
ped iion recent issue OF the San
Jose Daily Mercury
The greatest racing automobile In
the world is here II Is the la
Eye see" 2so-horse power Fiat and
belongs 10 Louis DisbroV. next 10
BaTnev Oldield. probably the world 3
greatest driver The car will start in
Sundays races AT the San Jose Driy-
inr park and Is one OF four which are
expected 10 establish new worlds rec.
ords for every event from one 70 80
miles a. we'll as the smashing Of the
hour record.
The Jay Eve See arrived the
sole occupant OF biz freipht car.
yesterday and was towed TO the Osen
Mcfarland garage at the corner of
First and 81 James streets where Il
was the magnet for a crowd that
swarmed ABOUT the front Of the build
ing all day u will be at The same
place all week and the public r. In.
yited TO see II and form an opinion
~ It's travelling ability.
This car was built in the Flat Fac
tory 90 Turin. Italy II was the fra;
shipped 10 this country ard was oril-
iually built 10 take part m the great
est Of Flrcpear hin climbs in Ger
many
With au onsiue Of The Murine typf
rated 90 -'0-horsc power II Is doc'd
oilt r., largest machine ever built
Tor racing purposes with success and
has almost unbelievable propcYnc
rowcf 4 whole ordinary engine can
almost Do, pat in any one OF the cylin
ders and when IN action It explode
with q rcyerherati,n that almost
/ tales the ~oof off the s,aunchc y
buildings Dishrow opened n - no.
mentarlly Yesterday In the garage and
the explosions were heard all over
| the northern husinegs section OF the
civ. bringing the crowds hurry ing
20 see the cause Of the commotior
Since heinr brought 10 America
the machine has been rebuilt by tho
Dishrow brothers with a view 10 max
inc il better fitted for work on Am.
ericnn tracks II II painted a prett,
gray and the great eNhausls on IN,
I left side ~ tho hood seem more like
the mnzzles ot great guns prnlectinr
from the side ~ n battleship than
like necessary parts 81 great rae
ing automobile.
Dlsbrow has never had the car ful
" extended. ai,hourh he ran It mil.
| In rs seconds NJ the Lakes Idle tracl
az San Diego few weeks arc Il
will probably never he oper ed Wild
On q circular track hut may be giyer
chance 10 show IFS greatest sree,
on some PERFECTED sbcach stretcf
where II will be made possible To TAX,
chance with the life Of the drive'
nv giving q lie head
"ray Eve Soc" cost its owner SIS.
/ 0e0 Most OF that cost went into th'
oririnal building hut . larqs proper
ton was spent building II especial
" FOR rack work II is run 10 an cdg.
IN the front and the radiator arno
he seen The snokcs Of the wheA
are covered with circular metal disks
so as 10 prevent them catching ~.
wind and in every other point me
builders have taken every care =
avoid any flat surface which nigh
| increase the resistance Of the air
There are two seats In the loGv b."
Disbrcw was driving alone a. Lake
/ side and he declares that nearly th'
whole of the las quarter OF the roc
ord mile there was made win IN
/ break shut tieht and the engine 90
I ing Coming into the last turn Dis
brow was unable 10 work an the ley
I ers and In setting the break rot q
Iralent. With death staring him 70
the face he was forced 10 use hot
hands on the wheel and 60 ran 10 N,
wife with the paint burning off th'
brakes from the heat ~ the friction
The car Is named after one Of tn
most famous race horses harness
racing has ever had ]. ! Case
owner Of the horse and founder n
the great Case factory. got the frs
pneumatic racing srlky at that tim.
In existence from Disbrows father
for the race In which the great hors,
covered a mile Under 2,1c for th'
first time In recording ratinr his
tory In honor OF Mr. Case Disbrov
has named his machine with Cas-
/ initials.
Other cars for Sundays race meet
ara being unloaded here and there Z:
every PROSPECT that more world.
records than were ever broken on
isincle track in sincle day bcfor,
VII 90 q rlimmering Sunday after
noon Weather permitting Saw Jos,
is destined 20 see the greatest racin.