Show eY ling MOTOR RACE BACE RACE ACCIDENT Gussie Lawson a n Pacemaker But He Escapes Mishap In the fifteen mile race I at Philadelphia last week leek a number of accidents occurred are enough to discourage the average rider from taking part in this kind of a race ce i Gussie Lawson was one of the pace pacemakers pacemakers makers but manager to 1 escape all the and came out put unhurt I The first accident to happen to the contestants occurred on the third mile when the gasoline g Une tank on Champions machine began to leak leal By reason of oC the fast rate of speed the men were I riding the fluid came back into Mun roes face blinding him for an instant and he consequently lost his pace Champion attempted to check the loss 1098 of the gasoline but not succeeding was compelled to cease riding as It was running over oyer him in ill sufficient quantities to burn him This put Mun JIun Munroe roe oe out of the race This left and Mayo the contestants in the race Both were flying around the steep track at a ter terrific I rifle rate of speed Archie Thompson was pacing McEachern while Gus Lawson was performing the same ser service I vice for Mayo Thompson set a hard bard pace at the crack of the pistol and McEachern riding in splendid form was vas soon at the rear wheel of Mayo For several laps the two riders circled the th track on even terms Finally Mc McEachern McEachern McEachern Eachern passed Mayo amid the shouts of the excited spectators McEachern then started out to overtake Munroe The little Memphis rider was going like the wind but McEachern was riding lik a demon Just when it seemed that McEachern was about to pass Munroe the accident to Champions motor took place and Munroe was out of at the race McEachern then went out to pass the rIle flying Mayo a second se ond time Round and round the two riders circled the track at a terrific rate of speed until the spectators knew that if It records were not being broken they at least were being equaled Just before the fifth mile was completed McEachern caught Mayo and succeeded in passing him for the second time Thompson who was pacing McEachern never slackened his pace for an instant and before the ninth mile had bad been reached McEachern was at Mayos rear wheel l for the third time He could not pass I him however and for two more miles the two men whirled around the track in Indian file Then suddenly before the thc spectators on the west side sWe of the track fully realized what had happened Mayo was seen to shoot forward and slide sUde down and along the steep track His front i tire broke and he lost temporary con control control control of his machine The front font wheel struck the rear wheel of the notor and before he could catch himself he had been thrown As the men were riding at a high rate of speed he was thrown with Ith terrific force and slid sUd along the track until he brought up with a great shock against the railing that circles the inside part of the track In an instant several persons were disengaging disengaging disengaging ing him from his wheel He was limp and unconscious but soon revived sufficiently sufficiently to reach his dressing with assistance He was then examined by Dr John A Boger who found that the plucky pluck rider riders s left elbow lb wo and shoulder shoulder shoulder der had been dislocated that he was black and blue all over his body bod the skin had been stripped off his legs and arms from his long slide and a large lump had been raised on his forehead where here he struck the track in falling i Dr Boger had Mayo removed to tOh his private room in tIle the Samaritan hos hospital hospital pital where he will treat him person personally personally ally all |