Arizona republican., 1919-11-03
No Serious Aeeidents

The race, to this point. has been free from serious accident, although marred by the fatal shooting of John T. Hutchings, who was viciously as- saulted by unknown parties while travelling at a speed of 4s miles an hour near Lanard, N. M-, 27 miles out of El Paso. He died at an M Paso hospital shortly after o'clock Sunday afternoon.
 Frank Babcock, driving Dodge No IS, sustained a broken conarbone and
 minor cuts and bruices when his car turned turtle 12 miles east of Lords burg. Righetti, his mechanic, suffered only slight bruises and continued the race, reaching Bisbee shortly after 10 o'clock tonight.
 W. E. Duel driving Marmon No. I. was reported in the ditch between El Paso and Deming, but both he and his mechanic escaped injury. -
 Johnnie Clark of Globe. driving Ford No. 2, was reported in the ditch 26 miles west of Fl Paso. Rumors were current that Clark had been seriously injured in the accident, but drivers reaching Bisbee knew nothing of such an accident.
 T L. L. Rutledge of El ESso, driving
 Hudson No. 5, went out of the race west of Douglas because of i.1otor trouble. Rutledge was in the lead into lLordsburg. making the best time be- tween El Paso and Deming and Dem ing and Lordsburg, but after leaving the latter checking station he was in
 trouble almost constantly and was lobliged to drop from the chase after \ checking out of Douglas. M ! Buick No. 8, driven by Abe Aguilar of Fl Paso, checked into Deming at s:05 o'clock this morning. but has not
 been heard from since. It is believed
 that his motor went bad and he was
 obliged to abandon the race. Car No. g, a National, was forced out of the race west of Lordsburg because ! of broken air line. A Ford entry No. 10, went out west of Deming. Other cars forced out of the running. through one difficulty or another were No. 31, Buick; No. 2s, Buick: No. 32, Haynes; No. 40, Premier, and
 No. 42, Marmon.
 : Leave in Order of Arrival The cars will leave this control in the order in which they arrived. The . first car will be sent away from the 5 starting line at s:3o o'clock, to be fol 1 lowed at 4-minute intervals by tn. = other entries.
 The leading Dodge car took water s gas and oil at Lowell just before arriv-
 ing here this afternoon and is ready tc . get away from the line the minute ths '. starting gun Is fired. All three leaders reported their car. d in splendid shape for the gruelling tes f that lies before them. Rumors tha e the Buick would be forced from tn. z. race before many miles were discred ] ited by automobile men here. Hugl
 Miller of Phoenix, driving the Pope
 Hartford and considered the mos
 likely winner, stated last night tha
 he feared the Buick more than tn
 Dodge. The Dodge, he stated, had
 loose gas tank which would need re
 pairing before. the car reaches Tomb
 stone.
 e D. D. Griffith. driving Cal Messner'
 Bluebird, experienced 8 run of har
 Tuck just west of Douglas when a con
 meeting rod burned out. He was i . fifth position at the time. He mad the necessary repairs to his car an
 reached the night control static . shortly after ! o'clock. He will COZ
 tinue in the race this morning,
 Jimmy Thomas, driving Paige NJ
 IT, although reaching Bisbee safely a
 I 4 o'clock this afternoon, will be unabl s to continue the race from this poin y owing to a burned out connecting rot :, He will replace Babcock at the whet ' of Dodge No. IS and continue int ', Phoenix tomorrow morning. sf, Fast Time Made y The time made between Fl Paso an ,s Bisbee is by far the fastest ever mad
 in road race event Good road cor ly ditions and favorable weather mad m record time possible
 d While road conditions between Bis d bee and Tombstone are reported ba i- it is expected that the average will l
 maintained into Phoenix tomorro, ,. Good roads prevail over the great, t. part of the remaining 2S2 miles of u of race and the first car should reac t. Phoenix, 1t is stated. shortly after at o'clock tomorrow afternoon. CT TAKES OWN LIFE