The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1913-08-29
FAMOUS DRIVERS AT
MINNESOTA Fair
MORE CARS ENTERED AT THE
BIG FAIR THAN EVER BEFORE
--MuLFoRD. DIsBRoW AND
HEARNE AMONG THE DRIVERS
. TO RACE.

The Minnesota State fair racetrack,
which has been the battle-ground of
several of the worlds most famous
DIRT track races Is to be again the
scene of a gasoline battle that gives
promise of adding a new red letter
chapter to the history of speed.
twice this summer the Mason and
case racing teams have clashed. 9th
er teams have. clashed with them, in
ciualng the Peugeot and Mercer at
Galveston and the Lozier, Buick. .ChaI-
mers, Ohio. Stutz and many other
makes of machines at the opening of
the. Sioux City speedway, but the ver-
dlct In nearly every race has been a
finish battle between the Case team
and the Mason team. .,--
At the present time the honors are
about even. The Case team won the
worlds beech honors at Galveston.
Tex. and the Mason team won the
speedway honors at Sioux City.
The decisive battle will be fought
out at Minnesota State fair and new
thrills Will be furnished those who
witness the contest between. Louis
D1sbrow, Ralph Mulford, Wild Bill
Endicott, Eddie Hearne, Ed Ricken-
baeher. Johnny Rafmey and the other
stars that make UP the teams. ~..I,22
More Cara.
More cars will be entered in all the
events this year than ever before and
Wnlle mason and Case have carried
off the honors at the previous meets
in which they have clashed along with
the other racing creations, the condi-
tlons at Minnesota will be different.
In the first place, the mile dirt track
always has required more skill than
the beech courses and the speedways
ana the Hamilne course will be UNI
usually fast this year, as J. C.. ,Simp
son, secretary OF the state fair, has
Deen experiment1ng. all summer win
calcium chloride solutions to lay the
dust. f..-...l : -
Ihen in dirt track racing the con-
struct1on of the racing car becomes
even greater factor than in road
racing and beech competition. =, At
least eleven of the cars that are enter
ed In the Minnesota State fair races
are better adapted to dirt track work
than to either beech contests ar
speedway bottling, although they have
never been thoroughly tried out at
any previous meet.
World Champions.
Ralph Mulford and Louis Disbrow.
between them have practically a mo-
nopoly on dirt track records, All the
worlds marks on dirt ovals except the
one and tWo-mile marks are held by
these two great drivers. Mulford has
never been seen in Minnesota. although
ne has been one of the foremost racing
pilots in the speed world for the past
hve years. Twice he finished first in
the vanderbilt cup race and on two
dliIerent occasions he has been in front
among the biggest money winners on
the great speedways Of the country.
His most recent sensation was the
winning of the 200 mile dirt track race
at Columbus, o., after one of the great :
est drives in the history Of automobile
racing. He lowered the worlds rs,
100, $50. zoo mile records
Louis Disbrow is already well known
IN minnesota thorugh his sensational
drlving last year when he won two
straight heats in the 600 and under
race. defeating Barney Oldfield and
several other well known drivers.
DlsbroW Will be on hand this year
with the Simplex Zip, rebuilt and in
the finest running condition it has ever
been and he says he will see that he
does not lose his title Of dirt-track
speed king.
One Of the new cars to be entered
this year will be a 500 and under cr:aa
ton built by Wild Bill Endicott and
known as his Case special. Bill feels
confident that he will be able to win
over all the others and as he has one
OF the best all-around records ever held
by any driver he may spring a sur
prise at Minnesota with his new car.
Eddie Hearne, the great Chicago
driver, who will be team mate Of
Endicott and drive special chain
drive racing car, will be new face at
Minnesota, but his wonderful work
with the Benz and Fiat cars is well
known to auto racing enthusiasts.
Ed Rickenbacher, team mate of
Ralph Mulford, is one OF the most
promising Of the young school of driy-
ers. He lowered the Illinois track rec
ord OF 50.95 seconds, beating Oldfeld
and Disbrow
Billy Chandler, the third member Of
the Mason racing team, is better known
in New York and the east. He has
never been seen at the wheel of a rae
ing car in Minnesota, but with the fast
est 800 cubic inch car in the world.
Chandler should give a good account
OF himself.
Johnny Raimey, one OF the veterans
OF the dirt-track racing game and one
of the most widely respected dare
devils the gasoline sport has ever
known, will make his initial appear
ance at the Minnesota state fair races.
Raimey will pilot the Ohio 99a. Bob
Burmar's old car. Raimey's team
fastest OF the 800 class cars.
#s IA half dozen other pilots OF lesser
note are entered in the races and with
twelve events on the programme TAX
ing in every type OF racer from the
"skeeter class to the free-for- all cars
of the .'dreadnought class" the Min
nesota fair races should prove much
more interesting than any ever held In
Minnesota or the west.