The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-12
LAUGH At DEATH.
Daredevil Drivers in Free Fair
Auto Races Today.
Duray, HOrey and Haugdahl
Will Furnish Real Thrills.
KEEP CROWDS OFF TURNS
Safety of Spectators First With
Wizards of Wheel.
Bareback Running Race Fea-
ture of Track Thursday.

The horses have run their course at
the Kansas Free Fair for 1919. Today |
the speed kings who drive the fleet, |
hooded monsters of steel have the /;
right of way on the track. The wiz
ARDS of the steering wheel have the
center of the stage today and tomor-
row.
And the drivers who perform in
Topeka these last two days of the
1919 Kansas Free Fair are truly i
| worthy of the title wizards of the !
wheel" They are fearless and defiant
of fate. They risk their necks WITH
never a single thought that they are
| taking any risks. 1t Is all a part OF
| the game and the drivers or\ the
| canned" horses holly maintain that
IL horse racing is the sport of kings. !
| then motor racing is the pastime OF
the gods themselves.
With such drivers as Leon Duray. |
French darling of the speedways;
Fred Horey. prince OF the duss
| giant and worlds record holder. en-
| tered the crowds are assured of driv-
| ing such as will cause real thrills TO
| flicker up and down their spines-
| On the turns these drivers show an
utter disregard of the rules which say
that a moving mass must do certain
things The rules are all right. but
| these drivers are the masters OF the
rule and break it at will and with i'm
| punity. Slashing and sliding In clouds
| of dust it seems that courted death Is
shv and will not be wooed. Hurting
down the stretches the big cars shoot
| into the turns. poise grace1ully Ior
breathless second. lurch and plunge
in the binding clouds of yellow dust,
then ny with roaring motors for the
next turn.
Time after time the drivers shoot
| into the turns with the precision OF
| machines Almost in their own Wheel
| tracks the bends are taken and the
! heavy machines fooled in the skids
| II is a driving exhibition worth while
seeing.
Safety of Crowd First.
! But. however reckless these men
may be of their own lives and limbs,
vet the safety of the spectators is one
! of their biggest considerations. Many
a time in a race has a motor driver
| stopped at the pits. and pleaded with
the Judges to clear the turns. Driver
after driver has been known to with
draw his car from race because a
crowd had packed on a turn. 1t is the
turns where the danger lies. and the
turns should be kept free of specta-
tors 1t is the first rule of safety
not only for the driver but for the
crowd.
The appeal has gone forth from the
drivers themselves to the crowds
keep off the turns" And the crowd
should heed for If they have no care
for their own lives then they should
| have for the drivers who stake their
lives to furnish an hours entertain
ment and excitement for them.
| Thursday afternoon was the big Day
for the race horse fans in Topeka.
Seven events were on the card Tor
the afternoon, tho two of these events
were added at the last minutes and
did not appear on the programs.
Bareback Race Was Feature.
In all of the races the dope ran
true and the pool makers were in
their glory. The feature event OF the
afternoon was the novelty bareback
running race with Indian ponies rid
den by real Indians from the Mayetta
reservation. This race was won by
a pretty little brown pony, with flow
ing name and tail. owned and ridden
by Jack Darling of Mayetta. Com
ing down the track in the quarter mile
dash this pony was one of the prettlest
sights which has graced the fair
grounds track in years.
The results of the races Thursday
follow:
4:17 Trot. Purse $500.
AmhgTst, b. g. {tc. %os!;, .......... ! !!
Forest blossom, b. e. (Case)
Eva Blngen. b. m. (Rowler). ....... -
WITHDRAW after first heat
Time. 2:17A, 2:2O u, 2:21A.
2:25 Pace. Purse $780,
SOM . 1
| Dtona Patch h m (Potter) 4 3 4
] Dam Onward. BIS. (Case). .....
Dan Dee b. e. (Spraulel ....... :
Colonel Ike. b. <. (Fowler) ...... 4
sWithdraw after third heat
Time, 214H, 2:15A, 2:19h, 2;16A.
-Four FurIonE. Running Race.
Purse 800. stulpooI. b. G., Lowe up,
first: Shiwassee, b. G., Monaghan up. sec
Ond; Tinker. CHI e, johnson up. third;
/ Peeteesee. br. M, Barnes up, fourth. Heir
parent also ran.
Six Furlongs. Running Race.
Purse 500. Alice Leagler Miller up,
first; Bill Dietchman, Barnes up, second I;
June Bug. Monaghan up, third.
One-fOurth Mile, Running.
Indian bareback race. Purse $50. Billy
1 Brown. Jack Darling mp, first; White
Cloud, L. Mc(iinnis up, second; Susie Babe,
L. Darling up, third.
Special Events, Purses $50.
Four and one-half furlOngs, running:
Beulah Maid, first; Eastertide, second !;