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Show 'CALIFORNIA Merz Breaks Record, Driving Auto Over 74 Miles an Hour Raco Coureo, Snnta Monica, Cal , Oct. 14. With all world's road records for automobile speed broken, tho third annual Santa Monica automobllo road race was run today under conditions that could not be Improved upon. Tho weather was fine, the track perfect and the crowd Immenso. Thero were fully 100,000 spectntorB. Not the semblance of an accident marred tho day's sport Tho world's record for automobile speod was made In tho race for hoavy stock cars. Charles Merz, driving a National, won with the wonderful roc-ord roc-ord or 74.4 miles an hour, average for 151 miles. Tho former record was 74.3 miles, hold by Navarro of Paris. Tho race of the medium class cars, 151 miles, was won by Keen In a Mar-mon. Mar-mon. Nikrcnt, In another Marmon, was second, and Harris Ilanshuo In a Mercer, third. The race for the light car's was won by Louis Kikront, who piloted a Buick. The timo of the Buick was 1:42;21.70. Ford second. 1:45:22.85. E M. F. third. 1:55:50.20 Tho Marmon. driven by Nikrcnt, on tho third lap of tho free-for-all. was going so fast It could not make "Death turn" at Nevada avenue and shot straight down Ocean avenue. It stopped, returned and started down the race course. The Marmon driven by Dawson, on the Nevada turn missed miss-ed the fonce not more than an Inch. "Interstate" turned over at Novada turn. Endicott. tho driver, was hurried hur-ried to the hospital In an ampulance. Endicott's right arm was probably broken, but otherwise he was not injured. |