| Show TWELVE CARS IN DIZZY AUTO RACE UCE Special Officer Fatally Injured While Watching Fast and Furious From Start Brighton Beach Race Track N Y Oct Twelve cars car representing three na nationalities nationalities set out tonight upon their dizzy night and day da journey of or twenty four hours for glory and cash prizes of 1500 with the cheers of devotees of motoring to spur them on In their efforts The starters were No 2 Mulford and Cobs Americans No DePalma 3 Capra and Hawley Italian It No 4 Lauren Oldfield and Marquis American No Strang 5 and Basle BasIc French No 6 Robertson and Lescault Ameri American can canNo canSo No So 7 and anil Rodg s American No Roberts S and Winters American No 9 Chevrolet Miller and American No 11 Lathwell and Pepper day da American I No 12 Martin and Blanchard American Ameri Amerl American I can canNo I II No 14 Bloch and Clement French No 13 Post and Gatjen Italian Cars Nos 1 and anti 10 the American en entries entries entries tries of Michener and Lynch and Young and Doty Dot respectively did not start both cars being injured in a collision during a practice spin preliminary to the races I Officer Fatally Injured I I Almost in front of the grandstand where the crowd was watching the hour automobile race tonight M Fickert a special officer employed by b the motor racing association was run down by b one of the racers and was so 0 seriously injured that It Is not believed he will live Ue Fickert was struck by car No 6 one of the American machines which at the time was being driven by Robertson Cars Nos 6 and 4 were racing down from the tha home stretch of the race track when Fickert attempted to run across the track to the paddock gate gat It was impossible impossible Impossible sible for Robertson to keep from hitting the man Fickert FIckeTt was tossed twenty feet away awn and fell to the ground unconscious lous Robertson applied the brakes of his automobile au automobile automobile and brought the machine to a standstill so 0 suddenly that car No Na 4 I crashed into his machine The headlights on No 4 were smashed to tb t pieces Furious Race From the Start The race was started at From the very ver beginning a furious pace was maintained and the twelve death daring drivers took tool reckless chances As the cars were unleashed Lescault in the No So 6 car shot to the front with Roberts driving dr Ini No 8 S hanging wheel to wheel and Laurent No Xo 4 close up They The spun around the mile circular track with Roberts creeping into the lead lend inch by b inch At the third mile he passed Lescault but only had the position for tor four laps At the seventh mile the order had again been reversed and Lescault led I but with a fine burst of ot speed Roberts cut into the lead again a aln at the ninth mile and from then on to the mile he showed his tail t 1 lights to Lescault At that point a slight mishap forced Roberts to retire for a lap however and this gave Lescault a lead which he main maln tain sd d the first two hours breaking all records End of Fifth Hour The score at the end of the fifth hous was No 5 miles No 3 miles No Xo 8 36 miles No 9 miles No 2 miles No 14 1 miles No 6 06 miles No 15 miles mile No 12 14 miles No 7 i H miles No Xo 4 I l miles No 11 IL lS miles The best previous record was 4 miles |
