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Show IRACIiAUIODH EflfiMS FABULOUS SUM I "Smiling- Ralph Mulford u Draws Big Sum Whenever He Wins" Contest: : HE MAY RETIRE SOON Omnipresent Danger Fully I Realized, but His' Bank Ac- count Must Be Expanded. .Somewhere between' $17,000 and $1-5,-000 lies-'' the .oxact-iambiuJt,'ot' "Smsl-! "Smsl-! inpj,J Ralph -fnlford?s share of auto- ! mobile prize money for the .fifteen months following his victory in the iSlgin race of August, 19J0. Prct. fair 'returns' -for lc5s than 7i year and n. half:s work, the avcropc man will agree. It is more b.v some thousand of dollars tbnn Tyriis, TJnmong .Cobb. J ranked ns the brightest liltlo glimmer in balldonrs milky way, receives for his services on th same- period, f.-is f.-is more than the United States paa I itn vice president and, senators, and- few holders of fat political jobs ro j , drawing in excess of this figure. When the fact is considered .th.4 runturr in nr.'irMirnllv- n sirlft isciin ivitll If "Mulford and that in addition, .to .re j I'cxvinjr all tho prize money ho is paid ! n substantial alary by liis company, J ono is constrained to wonder what hia j Teccipr. -tvould bo were he to devote his entire nttcntiou to automobile iu- ; tercets. Owing .to the policy of "his J 'ompanv in hiking part in only the importaut cvcs.ts of the racing sched ule, fnltord receives only throe or foxir chances at cash prizes in a soa-, soa-, pon. Tho amount named above wap 1 accumulated in .only six races, three xu 19J0 and the same number in 3911. fabulous Sum Earned, 5 Calculating the Tunning time of tho i races whero Mulford drew down cash m prizes as actual -working hours, the modest sum of $500 per hour, is found y to bo the reward for a. winning driver. R Tho 500-mile race at Indianapolis last I -May, in which Smiling Ralph finished second, proved- ono of tbo Louior dri ll " cr 'n big breadwinners. This race occupied seven hours in I ho running. Inlford's ohare -amouuf.-ed to aboiit &7000, or payment at the rate of .$1000 an hour. Jlis victories in iho two Fairmount Park events also brought large- returns, as did the "Van-derbilt. "Van-derbilt. cup race in 2ovciuber at Sa-a Sa-a annah, Gh. la almost ovcry caso the prizes offered by the tiro concerns and 11ns accessory manufacturers brought the total, xiu. to respectable proportions, i As in other, branches oil- sport; where largo purses arc at slake, having once obtained the money, the more .serious, rjuestion of how to hang-onto it presents pre-sents itself to tho driver whom fortune has favored- I Driver Ready to Retire. I Mulford never had to. solve the, latter 5 prnhlem. Jlis bad habits do not in- fi elude ftlconol or tobacco in any formt I and consequently the wine supper and its attendant features aro an unknown tjnantit - in the celebration of racing -victories. In fact, all a Mulford cele-1 cele-1 bration consists of is the donating of I a email nharo of tho prizn money to Mechanician fBill,f Chandler and a re-! re-! turn trip to tho rimplo lifo tvitb Mrs. i Mulford. Bv applying themselves to the task of living within salary- limits, j tho Mulford family has been enabled to bank or invest the major portion, of every cash prizo won by tho head of the houbehold. ? Iialph Mulford has been in the- rac ing game Jong enough to realize that it is not without its attendant danger, and he intends to quit jnst as soon as ibo b&nk account can got along wilh-2 wilh-2 out his assistance. At tho presont time 1 bo is making arrangements for enfer-g, enfer-g, ang the big 500-uiilo . international sweeptalces at Indianapolis noxt 2 Memorial. duy. Should he bo aaeccssful i in annexing part of tho $50,000 prizes oi'ferd by tne promoters, it is very probable thi rse- will mark his permanent per-manent retirement from motor carpo'ed carnivals. |