Arizona republican., 1914-03-04

Jui trl bl llllS nlftNt tll'NiNN v" u well toward the front while the dozen cars to start before him we're being decimated by the heat of the race. Two of them were hanging [ onto the Moonbeam's Hanks. while 1 the fourth, the most obscure car in i the four. was tagging along behind. It had stopped several times casually i and taken on fuel. or changed tires.
 Anyway, il was simply not a con ] tender at all, apparently.
 Satisfied that Duke knew he was getting well toward the front, the Drapers closed up At each circuit they would either slow down or speed up, so as to accompany the
 Moonbeam around the sharpest curve
 of the road The moving picture
 cameras, of which there were dozens,
 caught the trio rounding the bend
 time after time, until it became al-
 most noticeable-but not quite. Trust
 I race pilot to look innocent beneath his sweat and grease,
 Then, when all was ready, the
 captain of the Drapers lifted no more
 than q gloved finger as he passed his pits. But the sharp-eyed pitmen
 saw it. They were watching for that
 little finger. travelling by at one
 hundred miles an hour. On the next
 lap a square of blackboard not bigger
 than a chess table was slipped up
 and displayed for just second as
 Pilot Duke turned a snapshot glance
 to the pits. In that flash, two words
 scared themselves into his cool brain YOU'RE LEADING"
 His brain was cool no longer The
 fire of victory was scorching him.
 With exultation wracking his heart
 he kicked the throttle, and heard
 that splendid mechanism, his six cylinder motor, respond like blood
 ed horse to the drivers urging. He
 listened. Above the dull roar of the ] wind, he heard the beat and throb ol his motor untitled to other ears ! so as to make his mount deserving of the popular caption, The Ghosi $ | Car It sounded right" He was ] fit. With screamed warning tC his mechanician. he settled in his seat and strengthened out his right ) ANiANN. iiV ,sll lteiPtu lti " eti u- l iitl l just ahead of his radiator was tho tire carrier of the first Draper With in fifty feet behind came the other { attendant Draper. Duke knew he mus { win his race then, in his brush witt { these two worthy foes. Draper, lead { ing. dropped ever so slightly, ant { the other Draper came up with ap q parently frantic effort to glide pas $i the Moonbeam Duke lost his head { as any ordinary, and many extraor- {i dinary drivers would have lost it a { such juncture He knew his ca { would stand any amount of speed o, { the straightaway and that his enemie ! would not But he didn't remembe q that little mechanical quirk in tn, { makeup of his rear section tha { made it imperative for him to talk } the corners more reasonably slow { While the Drapers Were burnin; { themselves up, he was cool Bu } On the corners, where they, wit ! their closecoupled give-and- take con { struction, could turn on parlo
 rug, he must take a wide sweep an, { then only feel half safe
 }i In a crush of wheel and flyin ! Gust the three entered the curve ! Seeing that the Moonbeam woult { attempt to take the pole. bot { Drapers headed for that desirabl ] I.lace, and pocketed him. He mus { take the outside and must make tn { sharpest turn he ever had attempted \ Like a green rocket, the Moonbean { shot outside. swervinS just as tn { driver had calculated it would Blu ] there are some things that even tn ! mishtiest of steel clips will no ! stand. And the tremendous strain o ! this jerky short turn was one c ! them. With q report like pistt { shot, the front axle spring clips gay { way. The nose dropped into tn , asphalt Partially halted, the iron { end remained semi-solid and the req 2 end Whirled over like q dying tor ! Duke and his man were hurled { ! the ground. eliminated from the rae just as effectively as though the { bad been deliberately shot from tn side lines
 The two Drapers stopped within { lap or two To questions as to th ! cause the drivers replied, "Burne ! bearings" But the other Draper wer { on and won the race, and as " { stated at the start the competitio is not always to the biggest pisto ! displacement