Arizona republican., 1920-01-02
I0F I WINS TWO MOTOR RRACESAT
 FAIR GROUNDS
F fty-M i e And 1O-Mile Events New Years Day Are Taken By Essex $ p e C ial = Daredevil" Cheats Death

Making the 50 miles in AS minutes a speed of 62 miles an hour, without once losing first place, Omar Toft drlvinS an Essex Special, walked away with all honors in the main event of the afternoon at the state fair grounds yesterday. In the other racing event. q lo-mile affair. Toft also won first place, while in a one-mile race against time he circled the big trick in 5 seconds flat.
 The big feature of the New Years day events at the state fair grounds however. was the performance of Daredevil" Campbell, who more than lived up to his name. The climax of the afternoon came when Campbell changed from one plane to another in rnidair over the field without the aid or a rope ladder, trusting his life to the skill of the two pilots. who had to bring the planes within a few feet of each other in the air to enable the daredevil to make the leap. CampbeIPs feat was successfully performed only once before yesterday and then by the young airman himself
 A crowd ranging between 1000 and 1000 persons spent the afternoon at the fair grounds watching the automo- bile and aerial events. In addition to campbells daring feat and the 50 and 10-mile races, there was a novelty tor to1se motor race, which was practically an exhibition of how slow a car can go in high," Toft's- race against time in his Essex Special and a thrilling aerial acrobatic exhibition by Campbell In the 1o-mile race the only cars to finish were the Essex. with it's time of 9:191a, and Frank Eddys Overland. with time of 9:26
 Thrills for Crowd.
 Real thrills wers aroused by the 50- mile free-for-all race. for a purse con- sisting of the entry fees and a quarter of the gate receipts, divided 50. 90 and 10 per cent among the three winners. The entries were Jim Thomas Hudson, omar Tofts Essex Special, Eddy's Overland, Glen Thomas Mercer and Charles Goldtrap's Dodge.
 At the very start of the 0-mile event Toft snatched the lead from the fud- son, which had made the best start, and held it throughout. In the third tap Eddy roared by the Hudson into second place, holding it until Goldtrap's Dodge took second, before the goth lap. By that time the Essex was a full lap ahead of the field, while the Hudson had lost two laps. Next to the Essex, the Dodge was the. most. steady per former of the race, climbing from fifth Q second place before the race was half over.
 A real thrill was given the race in he goth lap, when Glen Thomas Mer- cer, on the far straightaway. was seen
 
 below the motor. After running afire or almost half a mile the car was brought to a sop and the flames ex- tinguished before doing any damage. After losing several laps Thomas re- stunned the race, making good timel until forced to retire toward the end The Hudson retired about the same time.
 Fight for Second Place
 The principal race was between the Dodge and the Overland for second place. After being passed by the other car, the Overland again took sec Ond place. and in the 21st lap passed the Essex, then one lap ahead. At the 25-mile mark the Essex was nearly a full mile in the lead, with a time of 13:21. with the Overland sec end and the Dodge third. Tn the next lap the Mercer took the field again after its escape from the flames, while a lap later the Essex passed the Over 1 land, making it again more than a l mile ahead. Soon after. about the 30th lap. the Dodge for the second time snatched