Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-11-07

race was one of the most grueling
contests ever witnessed on an Ameri-
can track. Ralph De Palma took a
chance at things and after covering
stretch and was soon running neck
and neck with Resta. who by this tine
had shot to the front of the speed mer-
chants and was setting all of them
good stiff pace.
In the seventh mile Of the race Null
ford, who was driving hard and fast.
made a sudden burst Of speed and shot
in and took the lead, with De Palma
Resta. Burman soon went in on ac.
count of tire trouble, De Palma quit
entirely; Aiken retired from the nelo,
with the rest of the drivers nghtlng
the battle to a finish. Mulford- helo
the lead for several miles and in the
fourteenth mile Resta took 1t, wheIi
milford was forced out temporarily on
account of blowout Athousaa
time-twenty seconds being the maxi X.
mum-it is seen that consideraole
ground can be lost when miles are ov
ing rolled off at the rate OIL aooue
| up such losses it is necessary TO a
least make a loop of the two-mi!e r., e' :.
cult to regain lost ground. ana thls 20
what Milford tried to do. Al WENT
eight miles he was more IMAM ,,ss+ ton
miles at the rate Of 10 miles per hour
to get within the mile handicap
So fierce was the contest that when
about fifty miles had been coVeieu
Milford had cut the distance down
tween himself and Resta that ohiy "
half a mile separated the pair. ms
fast sneed- however, caused Mui1oro ~
AGAIN retire to the pits and after tha'
pasta had 1t his own way: he con.
tinued TO plus away about lVo n az
an hour, increasing ms ieau ~ the
other pilots at every clreu ~ the
track AS Milford cahe ,anee he set
Ont for Resta and while he succe ;s,ina
In c,,ttine out one lap ana vas c,,t
rapidly, expecting all the t.d tn nut
down the only other zap he ire trouble
him alongside OF fsee."'
ag Mith ag pesta still spinning around .n ne
+-.ct Milford each time came uN
with a smiling countenance an IN with
ed time and again ,ir 70 Milford again
n e.,n, IN to within mile o. l he
,aadsr when the right rear tire o. th ,e
racer not only blew out. pue ~. come
wheel completely. forcing NM tha nits on
es n,m 1he Finally after covering nin en
~ miles. he retired LOT soou 1a
.s. o',u+ Of the broken oil waive. ,;1s
.nas cheered as he arrived a a.
having been the favor,r va time Res
~ had e everything his own way G,,, SuS
%ban he was forced to retife' +aLinp
tned an excellent chance OF % tnr. 3
the lead, had Resta nad , 10 wouid then
single ,ir not have forced him to dri rye
~ y. ~ terrific rate that ne olu
at .ns to make up for lost gr1 o for
Richenbacher, driving his Ma ~" an;sh
all he was worth, KEEP up about being
never, hw Resta. He averaged 5000
miles per hour. s.o,,e his big Bitten
REM at the rate of ITO m. . tmo-mile
He piloted the car aroua 90 seconds: It
circuit ~ On easy matter that tne
We ~ 10000 spectators haIois 80
80 that II had witnessed the laa. es
time ever made on an Ameliean ne
way Immediately after ina. eviinder
SIN. sent a Packard twelve-csli.o ~ -
iai aHtar around the circuit at the rate
ae1osX miles an hour. j. u. s1neen..
,,ica nresident of the PACKARD Ao'o'
company, rode with De faiiiia'
.,o+ber interesting speed conles'
v.s that between Burman ana ne d.
~, the former driving the blit1eh
- nd the latter his Sunbeam, ooeh
,a,na around the 200-horsepower marx.
Th;s affair gave the spectators a reaA
+hril, De Palma defeated Burman'
+.Line two heats out of three, aVerae-
inc 111.s7 miles an hour, winning oy
- length of a car in each instance.
The frst heat was won by Burman'
throuub a misunderstanding OF DE Pai-
M, as TO the signals. The time for De-
palma's first heat of four miles was
a.os Al while for the six-mile heat IT
was 3:Oe78, the average being 1885
niles per hour. The spectators were
certainly treated to a good day. the
Greatest ever witnessed in the eastern
Section of the country. AS side Issue
to the races there were hylng exhinl-
tions by Jules Domen5oz in a Bieriot
monoplane. who furnished ample tnriils
to the crowd by his death defying
stunts such as the spiral glide, loop
ing-the- loop. upside-down flying and
the dead-ieaf drop. Owing to the
strong head wind which was blowing
and the atmosphere being extremely
cold, conditions were not ripe for car
rying passengers up into the clouds. as
had been announced for the occasion.
DomenjoZ, however, took his own life
in his hands and performed his sensa-
tional stunts in mid-air.
The Sheepshead Bay Speedway Of
ficials were congratulated on the sue
cess of the last meet of the season
on the new track, which was only re-
Gently opened. The Hardness gold
challenge trophy, which Resta will hold