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Show 11 IK 200-MILE RACE ATIaANTA. Ga.. Nov, 1 Joe Daw-son's Daw-son's Mannon was Just 3 1 .1 seconds ahead of Ralph Mnlford's Rig Whlto I.lor at the llnlsh of tho 2'iu-mllo race hero today. Tho duel between these two came Imoicdiatoly nfter tho hundredth mile. Dawson was thou far behind ou account ac-count of a stop to change tiros, but changing tires Is merely tho cxprcs-slo cxprcs-slo for what happened to h Int. There was no excitement alout It, for ho stopped at the rits with his right rear wheel entirely devoid of tho semblance of a tire and the Irou rim showing sparks as It ground the track. The I7.ler stopped soon afterward to make a real change of tires, putting put-ting the cars on even term''. Another of Dawson's tires flattened nt the 14oth mile and In tho same lap one of the Lozle tires was reduced re-duced to ribbons. Thereafter luck kept out of the game and a new element, Mnlford's daring, replaced It The Marmon waa running tbo faster, but on the l.d turn of tho track, whore two drivers hae been killed, Mulford, with full speed on would shoot ahead of tKiwson, who always played the bad cornor des-leratelv des-leratelv safe they contested for tho next few turns of the course and they went Into the last two mile lap with but h few Inches separating the nses of tho cars. A3 they struck the dangerous turn for tho last time, li wad Dawson who took It at highest speed, shoot-log shoot-log into a h ad which he held to the tlnlsh. Time 2.11.12.72. Tho winner took the Atlanta trophy tro-phy and Sl.Oiio In cash, Mulford re-sEolved re-sEolved $r.ui Joe Iloran. who finished third In a I.oier. received $200; Gal-naw, Gal-naw, whoso Falcar yesterday won tho Jfio-ralle race, waa fourth, taking a another Falcar, was fifth with $5". There were eleven starters. The seven events in addition to the long race were all at ten to twenty miles. |