El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-06-06

The great American l9l+ motor -yTiie a
the indianapolis speedway .sri a. ,-,e+-s- ~
1ilatt1- ~ - r-sneciaIIy is there mucn
.-I----aur in the poor showing u 49, -
eI-EeLs- - --srs They carried off the first
four places with ease L'eIl!ls ~. ffre-
ing the first American 70 ms Got ana
four fiuishers, LhoIlli-s- - -------'- n go
C-or1v drivers Of De LaGe. Etu5s - -
end PueEeor cars respectlteiss - ~ - ~ ,s--s
record set by Dawson IN 81 70 -,iIes r'er
-,gsF US better than the 4o-t- 4Alles pI-
- marx which Dawson set ~.
- ,5-f,-5rIg a French mount the De
LACE won the fourth annual 2OO ms l- -is
rational sweepstakes, in the TeIIiaI pc -,
I'd hours minutes, % SSH selo. - -
an average OF SAY miles per hour Io1 lils
entire Elil-c-- -1v- seven minutes later. the
--sfiaz+ ar OF the three French felee -
--i--.- nv Tl1ray- came LnuuleL-llB ------- ---7
wire. the winner or sec9l me- i-f,-f-q a De
Thouas's tearnEnale- g-4o ~. u rtt ---5 -
Lac uosed out Jules GguNs PelgeoL -oI
line derby Of last year taking lolTlA MONEY
OIdneId in the Money.
Fifth place went TO Barney Oldfeld, CIV
Frr a StutZ. the first or rne ArleI-l-A Oa-2
In -nanv respects il was the greatest q
ali +Fa- International events held at me
speedway The oloseneS5 o. y-le e155@t 70
which one driver would IIla-hE d 49, -
ove--aI-e Thomas in his flying ne l--s9- -, -
ana then another held the cIos q = q --'7 -
sfare OF excitement throughout
BoiIIot Wrecizs Car.
r7os7ro- the king Of the European drivers.
IN F-fS PeuEeot- made a great eItorL 20 over
take Thomas's De LaEe aIler me o.y -
marx Boillot's car had moved UP 70 80
ond and he managed 20 pull INTO - -
9r e59 miles. closely followed py MONS
on the 147th lap the terrific strain tolq an
BoiII5t-s car was out OF the race with a
m; r. Pc1reot. with Duray driving. led at
the 80 mile mark. with the De Lage, crlEen
bv Guvot- a close second me close race
between these cars stirred the plool OF me
HHHna
-. I f0r-r s6 minutes 20 4O-1OO seconds. an
eve-sgs Of Sass miles an hour At the l50tn
mile the Mercer. 5T565 1Iis---5' w. -
and the De LaEe, which 4hoiAas was oIl'-
ing fourth - d,
minutes and $50 seconds The Two De LACE
cars were leading again Guyot hololng me
lead. The Peugsot, driven by Duray, was
'h-'1- Breaks TetzIafrs Record
Thomas. in De Lage. broke Tetzlaff 8
record Of hours IS minutes and 500 sec
onds for zoe miles py L.51 = e W No.
hours. 3 minutes and 81 seconIs- y " " -
in a Peugeot. was second Mlsharl IN a -lei
Ger. third, and Boillor in q Feugeog, LolI lil'
and Christ1aenss IN an EAceLsloI' nm
The average speed for zoo miles was
s. s5 miles per hour
The best time for 225 miles was hours.
A -rfrutss as5 seconds. rate Of S2-5S
miles an hour Thomas de LaEeJ was lead
ing Du-sv in the PeuEeot. was second Boil
I0r in a Peugeol- was third w ishart, IN a
Mercer. fourth, and Christians. In an Tx
celsior. fifth
EELEEIG --Aa-A@+Aan
firht for first and second place.
Records were shattered as fast as cars
could cross the wire. At go miles It was
practically a neck and neck race between
inc two rival French cars, with three Amerf-
cans close upon their heels At tnal point
fhe time for the distance had been cut
nearly eight minutes by the winning De
Wonderful Speed
Its time for the $50 miles was S;o0;4s- The
former record was established by Tetz-aff in
1872. the time being 3-7:9f-100- At the $50
mile mark Thomas was running practicaliy
neck and neck with Boillor in his Peugeo-
close behind them came three Americans IN
the following order Wishart, driving a Mer-
Ger Klein, in MS King, and Bragg, driving
q Mercer
Thomas's De Lage established another
track record for the 800 mileas making the
distance in 3-C0:37. and a fraction Best pre-
vious record was made by Dawson IN 1872
s-zS-a7 and fraction.
Closely pursuing Thomas was Boillot, il
the order named came Mishart IN a Mercec
Duray in a Peugeor. Cooper in q Stutz- GuyOi
in a De L.aEe, and Bragg in q Mercer
Immediately after this announcement