Arizona republican., 1918-02-25

lie IHOIOTcycle jumping contest, the next number on the program, brought no new worlds records, but there were plenty of thrills. despite the fact that there were out two entries. Announce ment was maGe that Harold Price, who on New Years day, on the same track, had broken the worlds record for mo- torcycle jumping when he cleared S4 feet, 91a inches, would endeavor to in- crease the mark. The first time Price on a Harley Davidson went over the platform, he cleared AS feet, l inch. Louis F. Stewart riding an Indian, cleared 54 feet, S14 inches on his single trial and Price came back on a second trial with jump of 66 feet, l A inches. | Stewart made no effort to exceed this record and the laurels went to Price. There were seven entries in the five mile motorcycle event. They started out with Pesty Mcguire on an Indian bearing No. l Jones on a Henderson, bearing No. 2; Stewart on an Indian, bearing No. 3; Burns on an Indian, bearing No. 4; Vaughn Mcguire on an Indian, bearing No. ,; Snyder on an Indian, bearing No. 6, and Price on Harley Davidson, bearing No. '. Vaughn Mcguire succeeded in making the five miles in minutes, 40 1-5 sec onds, thereby winning the race, with l Snyder second, and Price third. Stew art did not finish but went out in the third lap because of frame trouble.
 There were eleven starters in the one mile bicycle race. Ivan Magnus- son of Mesa won this race easily. cov- ering the distance in minutes, 361s | seconds. with Dewey Ivester a close second.
 Gathering clouds caused the man. | agement to move the principal event of the afternoon forward on the pro- gram. This was the 5O-mile free-for- all automobile race. Originally there had been F entries for this race. Four machines failed to arrive because of railway transportation difficulties. Two machines broke down enroute to the l fair grounds. The Fiat had broken it's frame in the trials for the Australian pursuit race and the Stutz had spark plug trouble that took it from the run ming before the starting signal was given. This left but four machines at l the tape when the starting signal was | given.
 I The lineup for the 50-mile race was ss follows: Jordan. driven by Harry Hooker, with Tom Foster as mechani- elan, bearing No. 4; Thompson Spe- cial with w. A. Thompson as driver and S. E. Lannis, mechanician, bear ing No. IT; Overland, with James Thomas, driver, and Louis F. Stewart, mechanician, bearing No. s: and the Mais Special, with J. A. Mais, driver, and B. o. Brewer, mechanician, bear ing No. 2f.
 The Mais took the lead from the outset and with the exception of a brief period in the third lap, when the Over land overhauled it, held that lead throughout the entire 50 miles. AL though passed in the back stretch by the Overland. the Mais regained it's lead before the lap was finished and held it to the end. Three of the cars made the entire 50 miles without stop, the'only exception being the Thompson Special, which was obliged to change a tire in the twelfth lap and which fin ally went out of the race because of motor trouble in the thirty third lap and at time when it was about four laps behind the leaders. The Jordan kept in the fast company until the race was about half over when it began to miss firing and thereafter fell slowly behind finishing about three laps be- hind the two leading machines.
 For the greater part of the event it was a pretty race between the Mais Special and the Overland with the Mais at all times slightly in the lead and the Overland contending closely There were many times when it seemed the Overland must surely pass the Mais. but the Mais would in each in- stance take little spurt and keep its distance safely. At the finish the Overland was scarcely an eighth of a mile behind.
 The time for each five miles, as | Tl.lhn hxrf hn To;e lows: First, 4:50: second 9:36; third 14:1S fourth. 19:02-5; fifth. 2s:36: sixth. 2S.10: seventh, 3243; eighth 37:15 2-5: ninth, 41:45: tenth, 46 20 2-5
 The final two laps of this race Which brought the program to close were finished while a gentle drizzle o rain set in. The management. whicI had Ford stock car event scheduled called this event off, as the .grandstant was being cleared by those who fel they already had had their fill of eoot sport
 An Interesting feature of the after noon was the announcing by Walter S Levy. coast representative of the Mo hawk Rubber company. who had com, all the way from San Francisco to b present at the big meet. He kept tn pig assemblage fully informed on sub lects upon which they wished to be en hghtened and rang in enough comed, to sive rise to the presumption that h. mlght nave some connection with tn famous Levy vaudeville circuit Inct dentally he let everybody know he be lleved that the Mohawk tires are th only ones really worth while. w z
 Roades sales agent of the Overland was on hand with a big Graflex cam era. prepared to snap the Overland Nc
 in the act of winning the most clas
 sical event of the day. He went ava
 with several good pictures of his ia
 vorite machine coming in a might
 good second. And Roades' smile woul s, not come off. despite his evident dis
 appointment at the failure of hi
 speedy car in it's effort to take frs d money.
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