Show LEADS IN DESERT RACE Cars End First Half of Journey to Phoenix With Big Gaps in Line Ariz Nov ov 6 The JCU Jt driven by b Harvey Herrick out outstripped outstripped stripped all an of oC Its Us fourteen rivals to the end of ot the first lap lapof lapof lapof of the wild dash of ot the racing machines leaving for tor Los Angeles last night for tor Pheonix Ariz The Franklin was sec see second i ond end and the Apperson third The run running running running ning time of ot the over the eSO miles mUes of ot mountain and desert was 9 hours and ond 32 minutes The Franklin made the time distance in 10 hours and a it 5 minutes and the Apperson in 10 hours and 45 minutes At a late hour tonight but nine of the fourteen cars had ar arrived arrived arrived rived here hereAU All AU the tie machines are held at the river tonight under uni er control and will willbe willbe be hp started tomorrow morning at 5 on the second lap of ot the dash for Phoenix Tonight the cars will wUl be ferried across the time river by Indian boatmen on rafts which furnish the time only transportation facilities facilities ties at this point When the race starts again in the morning the cars with the in the lead will head still eastward across the almost trackless desert toward Phoenix Five minutes apart the other machines will follow The finishing point is at the fair tall fairgrounds fairgrounds grounds at Phoenix where thousands will wilt be congregated tomorrow at the opening of ot the territorial fair fall to wit witness witness witness ness the arrival of ot the winner The distance from to Phoenix is nearly miles Along the route wherever there was wasa a settlement or town huge bonfires had been built by residents to light the racers on their way At Mecca the failed to take the turn and tore mady into the sagebrush along the roadside The machine came to a full stop and backed out of ot the brush and deep sand un undamaged undamaged undamaged damaged |