Semi-weekly herald., 1913-06-02

Mulford, Merz, Wishard and Guyot
followed in that order. Goux's time
was 3:20:50, an average of 7S miles
hourly. At this stage ten cars quit
on account of mechanical trouble.
Guox won the race. winning $4,000
the first prize, besides three trophies
worth that much more. One trophy
each was offered to the driver leading
at two. three and four hundred mile
posts. Gouxs time was 6:31 :43. Wis
hart was second and Merse third. No
Fatalities.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, May 30.-
All motordom's eyes were turned to-
day toward brick oval two and one
half miles long just outside of In
dianapolis where twenty-nine Of the
worlds most famous race drivers OF
automobiles started at 10 o'clock this
forenoon in the severest test of nerve
and endurance ever attempted in the
auto racing sport.
Gattling spit-iire, skeleton autos
streaking past, smell of gasoline,
blue clouds of smoke exhaust, 125,000
persons in grandstands, bleachers and
paddock, a riot of colors and fash
ions in women's dresses, cheers and
roars from the crowds alternating
with comparative silence, and always
the racing cars skimming around the
track-these were a few features of
the Kaleidoscope picture presented.
Speed was king. A mile and a
quarter minute was the qualifying
test met by every entry, and the Peu-
geot car, driven by Jules Goux, fa-
vorite in today's race, was the same
machine that he recently drove 10G
miles, 307 yards in an hour, the
worlds record, at the English Brook.
/ lands track.
Newer and speedier cars and sucf
daredevil drivers as Goux, Guyot
Burman, De Palma, Mulford, Tetzlaff
Bragg, Jenkins and the Endicotts gave
promise that all records for the SOC
miles would be lowered. Seldom ha:
a field been more evenly matched anc
the element of luck tended further tc
make the outcome doubtful. A re
quirement that the piston displace
ment be under 450 cubic inches ant
the almost unanimous use of four cy
linders excluded freak entries and mar
| rowed the field. Several cars of un
known ability but of great promise
according to their owners and driv
ers, added to the interest.
Today's contest took its place a
the front Of the worlds auto races
Ten more cars lined up here thar
participated in the French Grand Prix
Europe's greatest event. The interna
tional flavor was increased by tn,
presence of one English, two German
two French and three Italian entries
A linguist had to be engaged to hell
the speedway authorities with the for
eigners.
| The victor was to receive 100000
second, 10000; third, $4,000; fourth
$3,500; fifth, $4,000; sixth, $4,000; sew
enth, $1,000; eighth, $1,000; ninth
$500, and tenth, $1,4O0. Trophie
for the leader at the end of each 10I
miles and lucrative contracts for tn
drivers who finish among the first tel
spurred the racers to even create
speed.
With the racers streaking past a
1OO-mile an hour clip the public wa
on the lookout for accidents and pos
sibly deaths.
| The brick track is so perfect an
so scientifically banked at the turn
that danger from accidents is mini
mized. The drivers have been prac
ticing on the course for weeks. Pi
crews have been practicing making re
i pairs until today new tires were pu
on in less than two minutes and othe
repairs in correspondingly low tim'
Il A new feature appreciated by tn
4 public was the color scheme used o
the cars. In addition to numbers eac
car was designsted by differen
striking color. 1t was much easie
to distinguish the machines as the
] tore around the big course.
i Ambulances were stationed at cor
), venient points and large corps c
, doctors and trained nurses we're
charge of the central hospital an
!, emergency hospitals established on tn
!, grounds. The policing Of the par
was ably performed by $50 pickle
!, military men under the command {
! a state militia captain and twelve con
missioned officers. A justice coul
/. was in session all day on the grount
, and gamblers and other offender
were given short shift. There wei
, also several hundred city and speci
: police and private detectives.
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