Arizona republican., 1917-08-19

the moon, evidently ashamed of the part the elements had played in the program smiled wanly Time wore on a hundred miles an hour, higher average than for the hour. The pit attendants had their supplies in apple pie order. At the edge Of the track stood a pressure tank with two gaso- tine horses attached in order that gas might be taken on speedily. 1n
 side the pit were stored cans of lu- bricating oil and spare wheels. At 292 miles Dawson drew into the pit, took on gas, oil and water. o. k and was gone in less than four minutes. In order to prove conclusiVely that the motor need not be stopped during the entire run the spark plug was changed while tht motor hummed on. There was murmur of applause from the spectators as the car gathered speed.
 Through the long night Dawson drove on, stopping at intervals for food and for fuel, oil and gas for his engine, but never for any mechanical repairs.
 A heavy fog rolled in from the east at o'clock in the morning. Denser and denser it grew. Still the car hurled on. There was no slackening of speed, though the watchers could not understand how it was possible to drive so swiftly
 At 8 a. m. Dawson rolled up to the pits and turned the wheel over to Joe Gardham Take no chances in the fog. Joe," admonished W. F. Strum-
 contest manager, as he patted Gard
 ham on the back as the car slid away and was lost to sight fifty feet from the pit When Gardham drew in for gas later he said the fog was so dense
 on the turns that he had to ride up against the outside rail in order to keep his bearings on the turns A lit
 tie after a. m. Dawson, refreshed by a catnap, took the wheel again. lie
 completed twelve hours with 9o7 miles
 to the cars credit against S23 for the
 old srecord. The cars average was
 79 3-4 miles an hour.
 At 55 Dawson gave way to Gard
 ham again. At 11:2S Dawsau took the
 wheel and stayed with it to the end But through all the change Of drlV-
 CTS the car worked on. Flesh grows weak. But when the weary drlVers climbed out of the car the sturdy
 heart beating beneath the hood heio the even tenor of it's way. The mot or seemed to set at defiance the fierce heat of the atmosphere, the tremeno- ous strain on the working parts ana the vibration caused by the lnequal- ties of the track. The sympathetic watcher at the pits could almost see the smile of satisfaction and the twinkle in/the left front lamp of the car as it seemed to wink as It are" into the pits with the knowledge that q fNErl In ord by 34 miles. One could almost hear the car lm- natientIy stamp it's figurative feet and sputter fiercely, when a stop became necessary. It did not seem to wish to waste a minute As the hours crept by the American Automobile associa- tion officials and the men vitally in terested in the performance were al ternatelv smiling and choking as the sturdy car moved swiftly on. And ii ever love was engendered for an in animate object it was engendered In those who fed the car and attended to it's other wants Big Jack LeCain, : used to tooling 110-miles-an-h hour race cars around the speedway, voiced ms admiration time and time again. lie had volunteered to assist at the pts and he never closed an eye during the whole twenty four hours. When ne was not helping with the supplies ne was flashing General O. K" sign to
 the driver or giving him the distance vet to go, the time of his last lap ana the distance he was ahead of the old
 record The drivers took an orangeade and sandwiches while the car was being
 fed. A big chicken dinner was served | in the judges stand at seven oclocK
 the first night to thirty officials ana
 workers. and sandwiches. liquid re- | freshment and cigars were on tap
 during the entire twenty-four hours
 Fred J. Wagner's electrical timing device is used Professor Richard l Leaven of Iowa State University operating it. MT. H. A. Tarantous, technical editor Motor was the tech nical representative of the A. A. A. un-
 der whose sanction the test was con- ducted. w. F. Sturm, Chalmers con
 test manager, was in charge of the
 test Moving pictures were taken and ] these will be sent to the various deal
 CTS and distributors desiring them They show everything from the ga