Arizona republican., 1915-11-21

and the doors were swung open, and the procession started. They scrambled up the wide stairways and the ushers were hard put to it to take care and pilot each individual and party to their respective seats. As they found their seats. the first glance would naturally be directed
 out over the track Invariably "a frown of disappointnent would cloud the face of the person whoever he or she might be Then after having discussed tie probability of starting
 the race on time and finding out that it would be from an hour to two
 hours late. the individual unit of
 the throng would settle back and in
 quire of the nearest neighbor the
 general locality of one B Oldfield.
 If he wasn't present, another disap pointment would be registered, but
 Barney finally came. and in the
 meantime Cliff Durant passed off
 for the master driver. He is a fair imitation at distance.
 Hardly a dscontented remark was heard. The crowd seemed to realize
 that as soon as the track was in
 condition to let the riders risk their
 necks without actually breaking them, they would be let on and then away Of course it was a long wait. No one realized that more than the Fair Commissioners who patiently
 sat in their hot and sunny box. But
 the delay was one of the unaccount-
 able things that will happen in the best of well regulated families. The track was wet, anyone could see that, and there was not single member of the throng who was nor bid enough to want some one to be killed by skidding over it's super 1 slippery surface.
 The bands helped a lot. First the Calumet and Arizona contingent
 would strike up a tune and keep the ears busy. Then, not far be- hind their blue clad brethren, would come Dr. Redewill's First Regiment
 band They did yeoman service. and were in demand constantly. The
 free attractions helped lot too. The wetness of the track, the dis l putes engendered among the drivers ! and lots of other things were for gotten when the diving girls came i forth in their multi-colored bathing suits and proceeded to give fair ex- hibitions of a mermaid in the act of
 seeking refuge
 And then they started great sigh of relief and joy went up from
 the stand when the two wheelers were rolled onto ths fairly dry sur
 face of the track But disappoint-
 ments were to come They failed to get started until they had been lined
 up the third time. But they went
 so fast afterwards that " no one
 lind 6nIa
 As soon as the lads in the leather
 helmets had been herded off the
 right of way, their giant brothers.
 the autos, were brought forth from
 the pits. They got away quick and the clouds of dust that were to be- smirch the vicinity of the track started to rise.
 When it was finally decided that 1t was getting dangerous to allow the machines to continue to circle the 1 track, the crowd was perfectly will | ing. They had had enough of speed. | Their thirst for thrills had been | slaked The narrow escape of R. H. | Dekno, driver of the National No. 13. and his mechanician, sort of put a damper on the, proceedings. When the big turned turtle, a gasp went up from the stand. And then to cap the climax, the big ambu- lance which had been altogether too prominent all afternoon. swung |, across the infield in the direction of the accident. The report that some one was seriously injured immed- lately went the rounds, and it was only when the announcement was made from the judges stand that no one was injured that the feelings of