Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-01-03
SPEEDING AUTOS
THRILL RACE
CROWDS
Accident to Peerless in Fh-
teen Mile Event Puts That
Car Out of the RunnHg-Ihe
Trotters and Runne' S Per-
form Well During Afternoon
Thursday. Jathary >.

GSS car, driven ny La IlopN, ShSt "
ave blown tire and > o|l chaA'es
Vt taking the feature auto ePnr oil INC
Park races yestFday. III
it was on:J La iont me /
driving that prevented the or running
amuck when the rubber iehe' Win
tire chance of injuring ';ohe OF INC |
at the first tu!n. ":ter INC
accident the race was caIfd OH AMI
awarded to the only oteF eh1I1'
George Beckley's American driven Os
Buffum.
The match race betweeIthe t"o
oora 20 ried lot. of inteest for all
local autoists, and each ca carfieo d
lot of coin as we'll.
The Peerless was enteed IN the
name of r. F. Dempsey. put II was
known that everyone the eson
Ifs NM Young garage had leen si.ins
his time and energy toWrd putting
the finishing touches on pc car.
was tuned to the minute, nd capdofe
o. developing a conslaerpie alioe
of speed. Over at Georf bechley
garage the employees ha9Deeh 1 aoihs
ny oh mt m a SPORT appearance
stripped for action and feea VIII
low racing seat.
The American picked ap. It's speea
faster than the Peerless "heh lhs !
flag fell as the starting Rlgnal anu
Huffum Immediately jUfped into y
lead of about an eighaIoI Miie'
which he maintained t41ughoul .he
rest of the contest. ON re sliseches
the American seemed TO the Iastei,
but on the turns the PeqeSs sseenleu
to pick up. There is nqetllhs VIVA
the result would have bfn naa Doth
cars continued tho full estance' anu
it is rather a pity that TIRE chanse
was not made by La Iont anu MS
n, - and the r8 again taken
up on the chance IN sonlet .ls
Mud N.Y. Oh wrong with be American.
IL The latter had ebuntered tire
trouble also, the raj nlshe nav
been brought down tqe close llhlsn
| after all. However, tHPeeriess ere"
had no facilities fort Replacement
and there was nothl4 Ior II uut ~
| give UP with as goot grace as pos.
sible. The American time Ior the
| four miles, was lit, ~: $780, 100.
Light Cars Speedy.
The race for ligf cars over the
! at;o n,i1os Instance bved close and
! exciting, and furnlfu soI1e pte1sy
exhibitions of driYe. lheFe were
% Lsir raising pasa but it was hard
work to hold the feletoh nlaoI i
down to the track all anu Mech
eye was required.
There were six Ltrles III tue looe'
,,h;nh Uos won HWalter MICH enry,
y, 10 -.nnmobileh tered by the Won
u.,nn-yonnp CoThe Hup made a
e. annoorsnca ling driven in its
regular equipme1tl.e Cur Deins re
ularly turned oufith low racy ilneo
; and torpedo bod1 mcf1eL'y ea' GU
. in the car, anqroVe h4e i""e.
, An Americal'. ONE [eeuiat io"uo
49, Soorgo Rock, and with Bulfum
, at the wheel t car llhlsneu III Se0-
ond place. .od
Other entrid were Fotu, 81
: bv Schuman driage Co., driven by
Bob Lillis: Efk, entered by lheo.
C COO drive1y Henry Hustace;
Eord enteredy The Reliance Auto
: chon drivcnB W. Hole; Hudson,
: ontnrod NV bciatcd Garage, driven
: ~. roorna Smbs. This race was
: ~ rtod in n ranks, the first being
oornnosod olhc Ford No. l, Buick
ond unnme. while the second.
a+nr+ing % bonds later, consisted Of
- p,ord So hudson and American.
r,Ia lime he was 7.O4 4-5 and the
r t,norican, I09. This was good go
y. 49, for thittle cars on the KapiO-
E in1i tr.cLJhich was muddy yester-
o. To-. ~, tIurn into the baCkstretch.
o 49, ~ n finished we'll punched.
The wfr OF the i've Lli,e -
5 received SllVer cup put up
/ Wichmak Co., WINE 'ne "lnn .1
, A,ror;coh the second event received
% nun NIP by Wall & Dougherty.
,r Tho lining and harness events
II 30 tho ternoon were just as high
,s oI.so those run off before the noon
IN intor,n on, a full account of which
anncar in yesterdays Star-Bulletln.
IN ThoAturc driving event, and in
to f,o+ of the best events Of the
-, nntirIrd was the free for all trot
=. ond Il, for a $500 purse with 500
cof sweepstake added. Dtnerva
r, I1orJD and Welcome BOY scored
=, ,,.hoIe horses were called out, Maui
-. bow Wing been scratched. Denervo
- tooIe race in three straight heats,
-. witEelcome Boy finishing second
ID in second and third heats, which
o. the Campbell entry the place
lib D, with the veteran Gibson
dig, made a driving finish OF the
fiheat, challenging DenerFo at the
IT HI of the stretch, but not being
i able to coiiar the McPhee horse
Dan Cerey was skillfully guio
a.; There was a question of whethe
10 not Harold D was distanced IN tn
.,, KIT heat. but the judges ruled tina
tar Silva horse was inside the flag.
Nc The New Years Handicap, at on
lille, which was worth $500 to flrs
~ Ind $50 to second, vas captured b
an Iohn O'Rourke's Merlingo. the nors
being given an excellent roe
hockey Gilbert. by the way, carried O
1.-THE saddle honOrs OF the meetln
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