El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-04-26

good record also. It only had to stop
a couple of times for attention to the
engine and Billy AdOIph did some
mighty consistent driving throughout
the race. Lke the Ford, the Stude-
baker was an old car that had seen
many miles of service. It formerly be-
lOnged to J. A. Smith and was once
badly wrecked in a collision with a
wagon on the county road, but it still
a the speed and endurance.
SOME EARLY ACCIDENTS.
The Jack Rabbit. III Buick and the
Regal undressing did not have much
Of a chance to make a showing. as they
met with accidents early in the race.
The lack Rabbit was making the lead
ers look to their l~aurels, however, when
it went into the fence. The Buick had
been suffering from carburetOr as
thma from the tart The Regal was
making a good race when it burst a
tire. The fact that it was not damaged.
although it skidded completely around.
speaks well for the stability of its
construction. The Simplex. a favorite
among those picking winners, had
trouble from the start-ius little
troubles that needed adjusting. but
enough to keep ii out Of the money.
Then came the dash into the fence and
the disabling Of the jack sprocket.
This was soon repaired, however, and
the car came home under its own
power.
The American made a good race and
held up wei until the very last, when
it met its first accident. Even then,
it was able to get back into the game
in time to win the race.
There was complaint from the driv-
ers that Cromer, the American driver.
had fouled some OF the other cars and
the Buick driver declared that CrOmer
forced him to take the fence. The
grandstand did not see anything that
savored Of a foul on the stretch Of
track within the view Of the specta-
tors, however. If any fouling was
done. it was on the far side Of the
track. out of sight Of the spectators.
MOTORCYCLE ENTHUSIASM.
There was much interest in the
two wheeled racers excited a great
amount OF enthusiasm in their race
rOun the track There are now sew
eral hundred motorcycles in FL PasO
and much enthusiasm among motor
cycle riders and others who cOntem-
plate purchasing a machine Faster
travelling on a motorcycle is possible
than in an automobile, although roads
must be better for the cycllst- Fl
PasO has q motorcycle club, although
like the Automobile club, It has been
inactive for q time There is to be
made an effort to revive It soon Tor
some runs to nearby towns. The mo-
tOrcycle is coming into popular IaVOr
all over the country, and FL Paso IS
not behind. There was accordingly
much sporting interest in the motor
cycle events at Juarez sunday last,
and the riders were cheered even more
than were the drivers Of the cars in
the later races.
It was q real days sport for the au-
tOmObile enthusiast, n the only KICK
the spectators had was the slow starts
In the so mile race. The officials kept
the cars waiting and putting around
for several minutes. when there should
have been no delay. It made the peo-
pie in the grandstand V How
ever. the excitement of the race soon
made everything else slip into the for
gotten past and the spectators would
be willing to go back and give up an
other dollar apiece for as much eN-
element some other day.
TWO PLEASANT DRIVES.
Today The Herald presents road logs
for two very interesting motor trips
out Of Fl Paso-One to Las Cruces by
way OF San Augustine Pass and one 10
Alpine, Tex.
Herald by two enthusiastic n care
Of Fort Bliss. and Geo. s Martin, OF
Vicksburg. Miss. Two weeks ago n
Herald published a log Of the road 70
Deming, n which 1 took a good deal
OF care in preparing.
It is the urpos OF The Herald 70
continue publishing all reliable road
information it can secure for the bene-
fit of the Automobiles of FL PasO and
the southwest After publication this
information will be kept on file IN
The Herald office for the information
Of those who fail to clip it and save
it. and will be gladly supplied at any
time. The Herald wants to encourage
the automobile owners of the south
west to take up cross country touring,
both for the pleasure the health
it will assure them and for the pur-
pose Of further arOusing interest in
good roads.
Automobiles are invited to send any