Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-31

purpose whatever, verifying again the tradition established among racing men, that at the terrific speeds at taIned on the speedways today, a non- stop run is essential to victory in a hundred mile race.
 Only ten seconds behind the flying De Palma came Tom Milton, in a Duesenburg. The other finishing drivers. from third to eighth fn- in the following order: Barney Old field, Eddie Hearne, Dan Hickey, Ira Vail, Omar Toft and Louis Chevrolet.
 The Harkness race was the first big classic event to be decided on handi- cap basis. Under this style of racin9 there is more equality of opportunity for the drivers to win, as the handi- capping is designed to overcome the inequalities of speed in the various cars and the driving abilities of the speedway demons. And the success which attended the race indicates that the remaining big racing events of the season will be decided on the handi- cap basis. Louis Chevrolet, the speed way champion of 1917, was placed on scratch and handicaps given to the other drivers, ranging from 61 to 300 seconds.
 In addition to the big race three heat ten mile Futurity Handicap was run, with the first three winners in each of the first two heats qualifying for the third. The final was won by Dario Resta, in a new car of his own. | design. Resta also started in the big race and kept well up with the leaders until mechanical trouble developed. l As he came down the straight stretch. ! to the pits. his car, suddenly became i enveloped in a sheet of flame from | his motor and the crowd came to it's | feet in an instant, in anticipation of a [ tragedy, but the driver, exhibiting marvellous coolness, drove up to his pit and stepped from his car unscathed, amid the applause of the stands. After the finish of the Hardness Han dicap, racing men commented freely on the good showing of the tires under except that taking third place wore Goodyear cord tires
 The first "hard tire" truck census of Los Angeles county to be taken shows 5,571 vehicles exclusive of the | lighter delivery cars. The rapid in crease in the use of trucks in this dis l trict is considered remarkable in view of Los Angeles being the central point of HOO miles of electric interurban railway, a system said to be the finest in the world.
 Gradually the auto truck has been l broadening it's sphere until now in i this section it shares liberally the business of the network of steam and i electric railroads. Passenger, eX- press and freight motor lines have been extended from Los Angeles to San Deigo and San Francisco, radius of more than 500 miles. The trucks also have established regular transporta- ton service to the summer camps in | the Angeles National Forest.
 So important has the heavy truck become that boulevard has been built exclusively for this traffic from Ire in
 dustrial center of Los Angeles to the harbor, a distance of twenty miles
 A further factor in utilization of the truck is the improved highway spstem which includes 1.737 miles of paved roads radiating from Los Angeles to every important town in Southern Cal
 ifornia. This highly developed road sustem, free from snow the year
 round, is one of the big reasons why there are 96,O00 motor vehicles in the county, one third of the number in the entire state.