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THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1931.
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RACE SPILL
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WINNER GETS $42,000.
Stevens of
PEAK CLIMB.
Record on a Ford Phaeton.
HORSES v. MOTORS. Figures from New York City.
CZECHO-SLOVAKIA.
Honours Mr. James D. Mooney.
What is said to be a record for With automobiles darting in all The Order of the White Lion, eross-country travelling was set by directions or causing noisy trafe high honour of Czecho-Slovakia, Gerald B. Wobb, fun. of North blocks. it was the general impres; recently was conferred upon Spoedway, Indianapolis, May 30. ahead of Freddy Frame of Los Cascade Avenue, Colorado Springs, 'sion that the motor vehicle had James D. Mooney, vice-president
Fate catapulted Louio Schneider, Angeles.
when he drove from Kansas City, completely displaced the horse in of General Motors Corporation in one time Indianapolis motor-cycle! Ralph Hepburn of Los Angeles Mo., to the summit of Pikes Peak, New York City. Such is not the charge of Overseas Operations policeman, into a stunning upset was third and Louie Mayer of a distance of 674 miles, in 16 hours 'case, however. According to the and president of General Motors winner of the nineteenth 500-mile South Gate, Cal., 1928 winner of and 16 minutes, averaging a little, first "horse census" taken since Export, Company, by Thomas G. automobile race over the Indiana- the classic, driving for Myron less than 44 miles an hour.
1924 there still are 22,166 horses Masaryk, President of Czecho-. Was Los Angeles, polis motor speedway to-day.
His car was a Ford Phacton, the which help to keep 406 blacksmiths Slovakia. Late in the race Billy Arnold, fourth.
The decoration was in recogni- showed bending over their forges and anvils speedometer, of which Russell Snowberger, Philadel-about 27,000 miles. The car had in New York City every day.
tion of Mr. Moonoy's service to 29-year-old Chicagoan, favourita und 1930 winner, was robbed of phin, finished fifth; Jimmy Gleason, gone through eighteen states, and Although the majority of horses the industrial development of almost certain victory after he led Philadelphia, sixth; Ernie Triplett, just prior to the journey to the 'were found to be in commercial Czecho-Slovakia in 1928 when he the speed demons from the start, Los Angeles, seventh; W. H. peak, had made the distance from service, the census disclosed that made it possible for eleven junior except for six lapa, when his car, (Stubby). Stubblefield, Los An- Hot Springs, Virginia, to Kansas there were 1,729 saddle horses, engineers from Masaryk Unl racing around the treacherous geles, eighth; Cliff Bergers, Los City, on his way home from school. The automobile seems to have the versity at Prague to spend a year north turn of the track at terrific Angeles, ninth, and Chet Miller,
field entirely to itself as far as per- in intensive study of manufactur- speed, threw a left front wheel and Detroit, tenth.
Over 78,000 miles in less than sonal transportation is concerned, ing operations in the various sent him crashing into a car driven
a year is the record of a Ford for coach and carriage horses werd General Motors factories in the by Luther Johnson of South Bend,
Tudor owned by E. D. Krits, rural found to be so rare that they wereUnited States. mall carrior of Charles City, Iowa not-enumerated separately. Practically the only expense for re- pairs was for new piston rings and
bearing for the generator. The car was used on a 70-mile
Tad.
His car immediately caught fre and burned, but Arnold and his mechanic, Spider Matlock of Loa Angeles, miraculously escaped. Johnson's car was wrecked, but did not, burn. Ho escaped with only a few scratches:
Only seventeen of the 40 starters survived the punishing test of speed-and-driving-skill.
AN AUTOMOBILE'S FUNERAL.
A precedent has been set in the matter of obsequies for defunct automobiles. It is quite the com- mon practice to tow the faithful old car to a lake bank and push
"CANADA ON PARADE.”
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motional activities and. is under- laken as a means of identifying General Motors of Canada with the broad "Forward Canada" project that is being sponsored by so many leading industrial organisations of the country at the present time.
Schneider's Fourth Attempt. In his Bowes Seal Fast Special equipped with Firestone Balloons,
An outstanding, event in Cana- Schneider, who had been trying to
dian radio,features was inaugurated win the Indianapolis classic since star route with an average load of
when General Motors of Canada, 1928, when he made his debut in 1,200 pounds of mail, and on &
Ltd., made its air debut in the first the event, covered the 500 miles in route of 180 miles delivering the
of a coast-to-coast series of weekly Gulotta's Smash Up. 5:10:27.54, an average of 96.629 Waterloo Daily Courier. It travels
radio, programmes over a net-work Within a few seconds after miles an hour. Frame averaged the 260 miles daily except Sunday it gently over, but this procedure of twenty-five stations.
"Canada on Parade" will be Arnold cracked up, the machine 96.406 miles an hour. The others and is operated by three drivers. will have interesting variations in driven by Tony Gulotta of Kansas were strung out far behind.
By his victory. Schneider will when I was ready," Mr. Kritz said, Francis Pearse of Old London, Dominion as well as one of Ameri- "The car has never failed to go the future if the example of Dr. 7 heard each Friday night and will reach every territory In tho City, running third, smashed into the retaining wall at the same spot earn about $10,000 in cash, $20,000 Even the starter did the trick last Canada, is followed, Dr. Pearse where Arnold met with his ac-from the speedway management Winter at 34 degrees below zero.!
_and_another_$20,000 in bonuses The_gaa_runs about 20 miles per thirty years ago and which served addition to all other forms of pro- had a car which he bought nearlyca's biggest stations-in-Detroit...
This extensive radio feature is in -cident-
These two accidents, coming aawarded by accessory firms and gallon. At times I pull a trailer him faithfully until 1927. When few seconds apart, in the closing $2,000 in lap money of $100 for whenever I have a bulky load.".
it came time to part with it, he felt miles of the race, threw Schneider, euch lap he led in the race.
toward it as he would have felt lanky 30-year-old Indianapolis Before the tragic accident forced
toward a faithful old horse that racer, into the lead, which he him out of the race, Arnold had,
ROYAL VISITORS. had grown old in service and so ho maintained until the finish, cross-won $8,450 in lap prizes. Frame;"
netually had it buried in a real finished ing the line two and one-half miles who
second, received
When King Projadahipok and
gravé. Dr. Pearse bought a plot $10,000.
In spite of the drizzling rain from reached
Queen Rambia Barni of Siam of ground near a cemetery. Then Scarborough-on-Hudson, he drove the obedient old bus early morning, the spoedway where they made their home during through the city streets
to the management claimed that the at- their extended visit to the United burial plot and finally had it tendance was as great as a year States, they were met by their broken up and decently interred. ago when 160,000 were, present.
onyn Cadillac V-16 limousine The start of the race; postponad brougham which had been purchas three times due to drizzling rains, ed by the King prior to his arrival finally got under way at 12m., two in America. Aside from the in hours late, and immediately de-stallation of a radio receiving set, veloped into what apparently no appointments were added to the would have been a record-breaker, car for its royal passengers, with Arnold leading the parade. During their stay in New York, Arnold, driving the same machine their Imperial Highnesses, Prince in which he rode to triumph a year and Princtes Takamatsu of Japan, ago, cracked the record for the used a Cadillac V-12 for their per Grat 75 miles ut
an average of sonal transportation. 109.125 miles an hour.
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TRADE AND BARTER.
Not all the Indians have dis- appeared from the American Con- tinent. Many tribes, although clinging to their native customs, are assimilating many, modern methods of living. Among these is the A considerably improved model automobile." The Stony Indiana, a of the rocket motor which was tribe that lives on the Morley Re- shown for the first time a year ago serve in High River, Canada, now Was demonstrated recently by the drive a whole fleet of care about inventer, Dr. Paul Heylandt, in the plains and-foothills of Alberta. suburb of Berlin, Germany.
Although the red men had The motor, weighing about six-money with which to purchase cars, teen pounds, developed a push of they had plenty of good serviceable more than 400 pounds. It con horses and recently five used Buick cars were exchanged for twice as again course as early as last March cists of a two-foot-long pipe in
oxygen and Bu many horses. So much did the whirl-tinkering with his eight-cylinder alcoholic liquid are forced through Indians like their Buicks that, ed around the track at reduced creation, so it would be in perfect screen and ignited by an ordinary within a few months, forty more speed, fearing to step on the gas,
condition for the gruelling grind.
It con keep run- cara were purchased in the same
Drizzle Sets In.
Then the drizzle set in and for 75 miles the racers
which liquid
because of the slippery condition. Ho departed from his old ides of park plug.
ning for twelve minutes.
of the brick-track-
driving the wheela_off_every_other Barney Oldfield, the old master car in the race and drove a con- of the racing game, who referred Bervative race instead, laying back, to-day's contest, stood in his tower never far from the leaders, to protruding over the track frantical seize the golden opportunity if 15, waving a yellow flag as a cau-
Lady Lack showed up. tion to the drivers to slow down the race was the performance of One of the gratifying results of and maintain their positions in
the race until the drizzle ceased, the oil burning Diesel engine which The race was interrupted a half, operates without ignition or spark dozen times because of drizzling plugs.
creation of Clesale
rain during which the drivers roll! It was, a
ed around the track at a speed not Cummins of Columbus, Ind., who In excess of 60 miles an hour. built a marine motor and turned
'it into automotive use,
Then the sun poked its дозе through the clouds at noon, Eddie! The machine finished twelfth, Rickenbacker, American war ace travelling along at 86:17 miles per and president of the speedway, ac- hour and did not make a stop companied by T. E. (Pop) Myers, during the 500 miles. The coat of its general manager, made a tour oil consumption was approximately or the track before giving Oldfeld $2.40.
torrents.
authority to send the racers on The oil burner survived the their way again.
costly sixteen-cylinder creations They went two laps when rain and many of the eights, came again. The slow paco this Cantion Forced Out. time, however, was short, for the Accidents and motor trouble rain held off until the race was forced the dangerous contenders finished, when it came down in out of the race with the exception of Schneider, bafora 200 miles had Always Near Leader, been reeled off, ** degen It was the second time in the William (Shortly) Cantion of nineteen years of the race that the Detroit, one of the ranking con- start did not get away promptly at tenders had to surrender, because 10. In 1916, the race was postpon of motor trouble. Castion was ed for two days because of wretch- heart-broken as he had waited a ed weather conditions. In 1926 the year in hopes of winning the race was out to 400 miles because classic.
of rain. Leon Duray, another skilled Schneider, more or less & stormy racer, had to give up the grind petrel In organized racing, drove after 25 miles due to poor water hla car courageously and always circulation through the motor. was regarded as a challenger, He Loula Meyer, who won the race in never was more than three laps 1928, was another early victim. behind the leader at any time In The race was marred by half a the race, and when the opportunity dozen accidents, but luckify, all the cama, he moved into the lead and drivers, with their mechanics, refused to yield it
escaped serious injury
He made only one stop, when he was forced into - the
ts, after, was the
travelling 278 miles, to replenish nin
his tanks with gasoline and oil
phia, Deacon
Wilmington, crack up, run- Fred Winnal of
Litz
wero In minor. with Gulotta
Schneider, who finished third In Dubois, Pa., and Phil Fardee
the race a year ago, drove the car, but with different motor
broke loose
struck ter
manner.
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