The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-14
new AUTO RECORD
Fred HOrey Drives Mile in laos
at Fair Wednesday,.
Divides HOnOrs With Disb~T
in Sweepstakes Race.
DISBROW WINS IN HANDICAP
Also Defeats Champion in Five
Mile Free-fOr-AH.
Deciding Heat of SunflOwer
Sweepstakes Saturday.

Fred Horey, Of st. Paul. circular
dirt track champion of-America. set a
new auto record for the Kansas Free
Fair track Wednesday afternoon when
he piloted his heavy Frontenac twice
around the oval in 1:06. However.
Louis Disbrow and HIS speedy Fiat not
only cleaned up IN the invitation ham
dicap and in the free-forall, but split
honors' with the champion in the Sun
flower sweepstakes. The two veterans
will run the deciding heat of this
event Saturday, competing also with
Larry Stone and his Deusenberg. who
finished second in the first heat, an
Jimmy Craft and his King Special.
who came in second in the second
heht. 4s
In the first heat of the Sunflower
sweepstakes stone got away to good
start and held it until the last lap,
when the champion nosed out the
Southern favurite as they came across
, the tape. Harry Petticord's Essex
rolled into the pit after completing
the third lap on account of a miss in
his motor. The time of this three and
one-half mile .-eat was 400 2-5-
Kelley Led For Three Laps.
C. A. Kelley. in his BugattI. took the
lead in the second heat and held it
for three laps. HorCy was crOwding
him as they came across the tape for
advantage of the turn and was leading
in the fourth lap, with the champion
second and Kelley losing ground every
foot of the way. In the fifth lap
Horey goaded his heavy racer into
burst Of speed and overeame Crafts
lead beating the battle Scared vet
. eran across the tape by a few feet.
In the record time trials Disbrow
tied the track record in 1907 for the
mile, but Horey. his only contender,
lowered this by a second.
The starters in the five-mile invita-
ton handicap. Nor a $500 purse, were
Disbrow, Kelley, Petticord and Jack
Murray, the latter driving a Stutz.
The cars were, sent away five seconds
apart, Petticord first, Kelley second,
Murray third and Disbrow fourth. In
the third lap Disbrow crept into third
place and in the fourth nosed out KEEL
ley for second. Murray threatened to
become a contender in the seventh
lap by beating Kelley across the tape
for third place. 1t was in the ninth
lap that Disbrow overcome Petticord's
leud and beat him to the finish with
room to spare
The Frcc-For-All.
In the free-for-aii there were six
s.artcrs-Irven Hoffman. driving
Comet, Disbrow, Stone, Craft, Murray
and Horey. Hoffman got away to a
good start, with Murray second and
Disbrow in third place. In the second
lap Murrays Stutz skidded on the
west turn and faced in the wrong d.
rection. He was out of the race.
With a sudden burst of speed Dis
brow took the lead in the fifth lap
but was unable to keep ahead of
Hoffman, who came up to him and
beat him across In the sixth. Stones
Deusenberg rolled into the pit in the
fifth lap. Horey nosed out Craft for
third place in the seventh lap.
In the ninth lap the King special
got the advantage of the turn and
with a burst of speed crossed the tape
ahead of the Fiat, but he was unable
to stand the pace and Disbrow came
back in the final lap the winner. Craft
finished second and Torey third.