The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-01-02
DIP. N CLURE WINS
CROSS STATE RAGE.
HE ARRIVED AT COUNCIL BLUFFS
AHEAD OF COMPETITOR.
vlAl-O-A AND GREAT WHITE WAY
His Return Home Was in the Nature
OF Triumphal OF conqusring
Hero-He is lmportuned
Everywhere to Stop.

urday in the auto dash across the
state of Iowa.
In addition to winning road race,
the victory stands for the superiority
of the I-O-A Short Line and the Great
White Way and the endurance quail
ties of the Oakland which Mr. Nc
Clure drove.
Mr., Mcclure made the entire trip
In daylight and had plenty of time
10 spare. He left Davenport at 6:20
o'clock Saturday morning, five min
utes after the competing car, driven
by Nh. p c. Peterson of Davenport,
and arrived at the checking in place
at Council Bluffs at 4:57 p. m, thirty
six minutes ahead of the man on the
'Riyer-to-River" road. Mr.. Mcclure
covered distance of 355 miles with
his car. The actual running time of
the OskaiOosa man was much below
that of his competition. He started
five minutes later from Davenport
was delayed forty-five minutes at
keota to make repairs and made
other stops on account of trouble be-
tween Oskaloosa and Rose Hin;
stopped at Dies Moines for dinner,
supplies and repairs; was delayed on
nearing Council Bluffs twenty-seven
minutes at railway crossings. The
gross time for the distance was 10
hours, SO minutes. Actual running
time, taking out all stops, was eight
and a half hours, making an average
of about fCrty.two miles per hour for
the entire distance. McCure's ex-
treme speed exceeded a mile a min
ute under favorable conditions.
Mr.. Peterson, driving a Pope-Ha
ford touring car and carrying three
passengers, arrived in Council Bluffs
at 5:3S D. m. Both men were greeted
by crowds of friends and enthusiasts.
A press report from Council Bluffs
states that McClure's finish was high
ly spectacular He dashed into Coun-
ell Bluffs and tore through traffic
filled streets at q rate Of fifty miles
per hour. He lodged here and there,
whiZzed and skidded around corners,
mnff1er wide open and alarm sound
ing every foot of the way, and came
TO stop at the checking station at the
front of the Grand Hotei,-not an
ounce of gasoline left in the tank.
Mcclure made the better record all
The way across the state. But for
the trouble at KeOta causing delay
of forty-fye minutes at that place,
he would have beaten Peterson into
Dies Moines The demonstration OF
the River-to-River road left Des
Moines forty minutes before Mcclure,
and his way was about twenty-seven
miles longer than that route over
which Mr. Mcclure passed, This
made matters about an even break
for the race west of Des Moines.
Mcclure reduced the forty minutes
lead of Peterson and burned up the
distance separating them, on the way
from Des Moines TO Atlantic, which
place the Oakland reached before the
Pope Hartford machine. On and on
went Mcclure. He had no competi-
tor in his mad flight other than light.
ming and his pace along straight and
level stretches would have been
something for even thunderbolt to
match.
Ever hear of Mcclure before? The
whole country knows about him To-
day. He has done something. Posi-
bly Mr.. Peterson did not know Nc
Clnre. or. having heard of him, under
EEilIldiEu
Peterson felt sure Of winning the
race from the start. He was not sur
urised therefore, when he reached
Des Moines ahead of the OsKaloosa
driver MIR. Peterson was full OF con-
tidence as he left Des MONIES that
tbe race was his. On the other hand,
Mr. Mcclure took time for a meal
when he arrived at Des MONIES, was
self-possessed and considerate, put
his nerve was up TO the last notcl
and he went through without hltcn
or a bObble. Only one accident on
all the way and no one was hurt III
this. In getting out OF the way OF tne
fast flying car the driver OF buggy
cramped the wheels and caused
spill
Peterson had no trouble in the
morning but he had grief in the af-
ternoon. He threw a tire at one
place and ran into a fence. He was
also held up fully twenty minutes at
railway crossings by freight trains.
Mr.. Mcclure started back from
Council Bluffs Sunday at twelve
o'clock. arriving in Des Moines in the
evening, and a banquet Was served
In his honor last night.
All OskalOosa went crazy as Satur-
days race neared the finish Nc!
Clure took the lead from Atlantic
west. Telephone and telegraph were
busy getting the time of both races !
On the last section of the race Nc
Clure had the advantage of less
number of turns TO make and could
maintain q faster rate of speed
Peterson had about thirty turns, south
and west out of the town of Walnut.
When Peterson was about forty miles
east of the Bluffs, Mcclure was well
over his troubles and almost into the
city limits But for the stopping
made necessary by bloekaded cross
ings. Mr. Mcclure would have been
into the checking station by half past
four o'clock and possibly sooner.
Leaving Des Moines Monday morn.
ing, Mr.. Mcclure made the return
trip to Oskaloosa, arriving on High
avenue at 1890 o'clock. He was
met al Pella by delegation OF cars
containing friends from the home
town, who escorted the green Oak
land back 10 the city.
MI Peterson was extended an in-
yitation 10 return 10 Davenport via
oskaloosa and the lo-A Short Line,