The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-04
DE PALMA VICTOR IN
FOUR OF FIVE RACES
Ralph Shines in Mercedes. hnr
Narrowly Escapes a Crash
With Brother John.
LIE CAIN WINS HANDICAP

Ralph De Palma earTrd NJ r'sv,r,t.
Of crowd Of 10000 pertons n. ~.
daring and skilful driving in the s,,n
mobile races AZ the Old Brighton Rs7,A
racetrack Yesterday He won fou- o. 'r
five events on the programme and ,s,.
beaten only IN q handicap raco IN y,h'..
he was asked 70 conccde forty seem.
20 the winning car. In all Of III. rar,,.
Ralph De Palma drove four cyi,rds.
Mercedes and though some OF his Vi.
tor9,~ were by small margins he AWAY
had the specd of his competitors in d.,
final squirt His brother John arpear.,.
10 threaten him for while in two o..
the ten mile events, but the ak cyIinde,
Mercedes which carried John wa, NJ,
match for the four whom Ralph chosa t.,
lc; HIS mount out
The triumphs Of both The Ne Palm. .
came near being cut short In tho ,hird
event, "a free for all for non-stock car,
and Il was only the alertneRs and 1isr.
action % Ralph De Palma that rr,
vented an accident which would hsv.
seriously injured or killed the noted dr4y
eis. In this littlo spin Of ten mile.
there were more thrills than IN all the
other races put together. Tho he Palma
had hard work In tho beginning OF III
race 90 get away from Steinrelch in tho
100 horsepower Benz and Morton VIII,
~ rformcd well and consistently IN
Mercer.
There was a eoft SPOT opposite tho r,.n
dock and II seemed 10 be tho fate of
John De Palma to run over Il us p.
whizzed round the corner on nearly evor.
lap. Ralph De Palma had allowed hi.
brother 20 lead and after the frrt Nv.
miles had been covered the brothers had
a. safe lead on tho Benz with john shou,
twenty yards In front Of Ralph. The spe,
tn'ors gasped many times as John shot
over the soft spot, swerving dangerousit
hu, e was no, until the start or IN.
seventh milo that there was Imminent
danger of crash
John De Palma was on the outside the
and he lost control Of the wheel To- Il
second. Tho car shot scross the track
headed for Ralph's car with the direct
ness and speed Of torpedo The clut.
hous" crowd screamed In terror, hut vii,
marvellous GOODNESS and quickness Rain
averted tho danger 10y steering to the
outside, the two cars passing 50 clos,
that n handkerchief could not have I've q
stretched between them.
Ralph put on all speed then and g4v.
his brother a wide berth until Tn. race
was over, but In the last lap close fsh-
for third money between tho Benz md
Mercer cars nearly brought the drive
~ the REM 20 grief. Stcinreich was -
tho wheel Of the Benz and he was lead
Ing Morton In the Mercer hy only "A rr,
yards as they began tho last mile. In
making tn top turn Steiureich and hrs
car went clear or the track lie raise
cloud OF dust from the soft going, but
recovered control quickly and was back
ON the Arm track lu time to beat his rival
out for third money.
a. -. L a.
tho zen mile handicap, The otto, one o,
the cars ~ receipt Of the Limit, had made
one circuit OF the track before the time
Keepers slipped the leash for the Mercs
dos. There We're ten starters and Ralph
DE Palma caught them all but the two
ch"vrolcts. which had 40 seconds and 4
seconds respectively. Jack lie Cain mails
such good use Of his Chevrolet that ha
Won 10y 100 yards from George JeSsup
in the Other Chevrolet. with Ralph n,
Palma about quarter Of mile back
Though beaten De Palma made the faSfe-.
ten miles of the day IN this race, com
pleting the distance iu minutes
81 seconds
\ late start made II necessary TO u,
tho distance of the long race from % %
40 miles. and even with this change -,
race was finished by moonlight R,lnN
De Palma Slipped away FOR a lead OF
50 yards IN the first mile and never w'-
In danger. Ho WAS followed by Do.
brother until the thirty-fourth mite. who's
Morton Went dying by John tie Palm.
and kent the Mercer I'M second place -
the end. John DE Palma dropped Oh,
soon after and lie Cain finished third
with the Chevrolet The summaries:
class r. N1n-Stort. Under goo ,ur.-
Tnches-Tcn mil---Wnu by Mercedes. IA .pu
81, Palma. driver. Mercer, J. Morton. so"'u =
ChcNrol,;, Jack 10 cain third. Time. "
minutes % 60 tHoUu-