Arizona republican., 1912-03-10
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Ralph Mulford Going After $5O,OO0 Memorial Day Purse at Indianapolis Speedway-Twelve Cars Are Now In.

INDIANAPOLIS, March Smiling
 Ralph" Mulford. whose name is known wherever motor car racing is thought of. has settled the question of his fu-
 ture career. by purchasing d siX-cylin- der Knox racing car 10 compete in the
 second annual 500-mile International Sweepstakes race at the Indianapolis
 motor speedway next Memorial day,
 May 20. This action on the part of
 Mulford in cutting loose from the
 LoZier company for which he had been
 racing ever since the beginning of his
 career, verifies the statement that the
 Lozier has abandoned motor car con-
 tests.
 Mulford has known one of the most successful careers of any driver en- gagged in the hazardous sport and his
 income has been greater than that of even the greatest athletes in other lines of sport. In 1910 he annexed the Elgin national stock chassis road race as his chief performance of the sea son In 1911 he finished second in the 500-mile race at the speedway, won the Vanderbilt cup race at Savannah and might have known what it is to be d two time winner in one race meeting had it not been that an unfortunate accident put him out of the Grand Prize race when he was right in the lead at the last lap.
 The smiling pilot has made enough money so that he has been able to go in after the s50.000 purse at the speed way in a car owned by himself and his choice of Knox seems to be partially the result of the performance of that car in the last speedway fiVe-century grind In that race Fred Belcher drove the Knox entry and finished ninth. after nursing his car along at moder- ate speed for more than half the race. The dashing finish which this car made was one of the notable features of the long event and records show that the Knox made the fastest lap in the race Mulford believes that he can put the famous siX-cylinder motor through without trouble and outdrive his record of last year when he was but a minute and d half behind the winning Marmon.
 The entry of the Knox makes the field up to date twelve cars, nearly all of which have been prominent in past motor car events. The other entries to the race are two Nationals. driven by Herr and MerZ; two Stutz cars driven bv Anderson. Zengle and kDip- per; two Case cars driven by Disbrow and Jagersberger a Fiat with Teddy Tetzlaff named to drive; Lexington with Harry Knight nominated and Simplex to be driven by Bert DlngleN.
 This is by far the largest field that ever has been entered for any event more than three months ahead. The list of tentative entries brings the number of starters up to thirty. which is the limit placed by the speedway The foreign cars en- tered are all owned by individuals rather than by the manufacturers. This seems to indicate that motor car racing is becoming more and more of q sporting proposition pure and simple and the commercial phase is being overshadowed.
 Reservations of seats for the race and of rooms in the Indianapolis ho- tels have been made in vast numbers, and indications at present are that q greater crowd than the 90.O00 persons which witnessed the last race will be on hand this year. The speedway haS room bureau and IS booking a large number of rooms m private residences so that all visitors may be accommodated even if the ho- tels are filled