The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-08-01
TAI ACCIDENT NARROWLY
kvERTEo AT AUTO RACES
YESTERDAY.
sp Graphically Described BY
Occupant Of Wrecked Car. Who
Escaped UnlnJured.
(syj ERIE e.

10 ekid. Careen on TWO WEeele.
knock down a fence and urn turtle
In a racing auto taking a curve at
close TO so miles an hour is absolutely
the premier thrill. The experience is
worth 100000. but I wouldn't take II
again for a million.
Macdonald IA driving recklessly.
although not ~carelessly. Mac appar-
entity could not judge the curve per-
fecty in the binding dust from Bur-
mans and Kyle's machines. On the
start the engine was not hitting right.
but half way up the back stretch II
was working fine. and Mac showed on
the foot accelerator.
The car gained In speed. and he
took the curve without slackening a
great deal. On the home stretch the
car hurtled forward and. making a
wide detour. Mac piloted the machine
around he quarter curve safely.
The big white demon leaped for
ward and must have reached a speed
OF at least 20 miles an hour The
power was shut down and on the
three quarter / believe Mac
realized something was going to hap
pen. His hind wheel skidded in the
sprtnkled dust and when they struck
the grass the @ a n few around
and almost met the front end.
Car Struck Fence.
The a caromed on two wheels
and we thought It was going TO top
pie to h right. which would have
buried Mac completely and possibly
crushed out his life. The car struck
the fence and tore of a few panel
lings and Mac turned the car sharply
TO the left trying TO straighten II.
He had hardly made the turn when
It suddenly Topped. My arm was
around Macs back and we stuck to-
gether the first time IL turned over.
h sensation was not terrorizing. |
don't believe Mac thought OF all the
worst things he ever committed
against society. as they say people
do in hazardous positions, and I
know I didn't
When the machine hurdled the sec
ond time II threw me and / don't
know what became OF Mac. I was
hurled and spun along and wondered
at the time when I would stop.
IL must have been a terrible rate
az speed hat l vent hurting along
he ground. for I kept ahead of the
car and when y turned the third time
II rent compeetely over my body
and wondered IL l would get killed
or merely injured.
The engine lever stopped running
n when the car was upright again
II started across the track. Bob and
Kyle were coming up the back
stretch but the cloud OF dust hid
the runaway car from their sight
The people who were standing near.
ran a few feet and waving and yelling
frantically tried 10 warn them. but
In the ~throbbing. suffering racers
IL was apparently impossible for them
10 ascertain what words were cried
out
Then II was that the people who
had arrived on the scene saw the
most daring and the greatest driving
or two OF the most perfect race dri-
vers in the world.
Bob turned his car quickly 10 the
right There was Just a short space
the car on the track and
some people standing on the track.
Bob threw on the brakes. but would
have had a serious accident had he
not have been a perfect driver. The
Bitten snorted and tugged 10 gel
away. but Bob. by z~ig-zagging. put Il
through safely.
Kyle Risks LIE.
Little Kyle. al the wheel OF ms big
White, could not hear the cries and
when he cav MacDonald's machine
shooting for the fence. risked his W
life TO save hitting some OF the peo-
Die on the track. or crashing into Bur.
man. Kyle put on more power. and
by d perfect turn from the middle Of
the track 70 the pole. he managed 20
get through between the car
and the fence before II struck. In
the handicap and other race Kyle
Old some wonderful steering. when n
tire on his car exploded With a
Jess experienced driver a serious accl
dem might have resulted
Possibly the most impressive evi
dence NJ Burman's wonderful skill was
shown however. when n tire ON his
Bitten blew out on the same curve
whore Macs car turned turtle The
car swung around and y~.gzaRRed back
and form several times hut Bob. hy