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Show H! Fuller Drives Machine Over jj JlHIc and Hail' Course in Hj Two Minutes. HI ABOUT TWENTY THOUSAND J PEOPLE WITNESS CONTEST Hj Prominent Citizens Act as Ofli-r Ofli-r cfals for the Automobile Races. Hj The a'utoiuobife hill-eHmbinp' contest was "hold on scheduled tini'e' faulurdny Hl afternoon ;ind whs witnessed by the biggest crowd that, over gathered to witness any amusement in this city, or State,-for thnt matter.. It was csti-mated csti-mated that over twenty thousand peo-pic peo-pic crowded along both sides of the mild and a half., race course, and the 1 top oi the hill near-the finish of the f Taco tho poople swarmed liko .becs. flj Samuel Nevrhouso with his chauffeur, 1 Bert Fuller, won tho honors for (he day by making the fastest lime and .also winning tho. free-for-all . class B( event. In this event, which was the ninth, FuHer had iwo opponents. Keith Clark ' and P. .1. Mo ran. Clark rodo B 'tnfJ distance in 2:00 l-n, which' was B 9 2-o seconds slower than Fuller's time. The latter got a good flying B start and when he left the pavement B nothing .but a big cloud of dust could B F00a with t ho nose oC the uutomo- B bile sticking out. He took the turns B Uke 'in experienced racing man and at B1 times It appeared as if his machine B would turn over, but the huge car bal- anced itself after rounding a turn and seemed to fairly ly over the ground. B In the sixth event, Samuel Newhouse B rode with Fuller, and tho machine with B n(V two occupants covered the distance B in 2:07. As the machine sped along Bj the race course, the crowds recognized H Ncwbouso and applauded him all along tho course. To take part in this race, Newhouse delayed his scheduled Fnro-pean Fnro-pean trip. The' $1000 silver cup offered lor the freefor-all was v.'on by New-B'i New-B'i house, tho donater. All tho machines took a flying start, the first machine leaving tho mark at fl :3i), driven by Shirk, but it never fl reaehfcd its rcstinntion. there being something tho matter with tho machin-B machin-B ivy. Each macliino was alolwed Ave minutes to make the trip, there being but one car eulered whicli took over four minutes, all tho others boiug under three minutes. A squad' of twentv-five policemen patrolcd tho sides of South Temple ( commencing at Seventh East, 1 aud armed soldiers protected the course commoncing at the fort down to and Hj withing hailing distance of til police, Hj All traffic was stopped over tho street Hj at 2 p. m. and no ono was allowed on tho road. (The. great race took place Hj without an accident to mar the clay's sport, and it wasT.onsidercd one of tho best-managed and conducted affairs Hj ever promoted here. Thousands of pco- pie were attracted to witness tho con-tests con-tests thnt woulu probably never go to see a race at a track, and from the np-pcarnnce np-pcarnnce of the hillside, which was dotted everywhere with spectators, two-thirds two-thirds of the people of (he city must have been present. Tho owners of tho cars, stylo and cost of cars eligible, cups donated and time of each car finishing follows wjth tho fastest timo winning in each event: B First Event. For runabouts costing $1000 and un-der; un-der; "Bob" Nicoll cupP-E. K. Wlieel-on, Wlieel-on, Ford (Shirk); IL D. Niles, Ford runabout.; time, 4:30 Second Event. B For touring cars costing $5000 and under; Henry Catrow cup P. J. IMoran. Pierce Groat Arrow, ( Sawyer). Tony .Tacobson, Win ton; time, 3:13 2-5. ' H. Tyrcc, Pierce Great Arrow. (IL E. Vail): time. 3:01. Tom Bottcrill, Popc-Hartford, Popc-Hartford, (Frank Botterill); time, 2:53. Third Event. For touring cars costing $1500 and under: John Bransford cup J. S. Bransford, Tourist, (McKuago): time, 2:a-iVj. S. Sherman, Reo, (llarry El-liott); El-liott); time, 3:55 -1-5. Fourth Event. B " I,r "'"'ing cars, regular equipment. costing $2000 and under; M. IL Walker cup W. N. Williams, Kissel, (Karr)j timo, 3:27 1-5. J. S. Bransford,. Tour-ist. Tour-ist. (Mc-Kuacc); time, 2:18; -S. Shcr-man, Shcr-man, Eeo, (Harry Elliott); time, 3:12, Fifth Event. Hj For touring cars costing $3000 and -under; Wallace Bransford cup Claude W. Freed, Wayne, (II. Bracken): time, 2:51 -5. Tom Botterill, Popo-IIartford, fFnuik Botterill); time. 2:5S. L. E. Iliter, Jr. , Pope-Hartford, .(L. S. looro); time,-2:30 1-5. v Sixth Event. B For stripped touring cars, or run- abouts costing $5000 and under; Tony ,7ncQb8on cup Keith Clarke, Pope-Hartford. Pope-Hartford. (Harry Kaar); time, 2;17. liay Walker, Pope-Toledo, (IL E. Vail) ; time, 3:13 3-5. . Ix; -xY time, 3:13 3-5. Samuel Newhouse, Packard runabout, (Bert Fuller); time, Hj Seventh .Event. fl For ntrijipcr cars, touring c:irs or run- abouts, costing $150 and under; Don Porter cui B. C. J?ve, Iieo, (B. C. e)' til,,c' 8:27 ".T. S. Bransford. Tpurist, (McKuage) ; time,, 2:33 3-5. S. 'on""' Keo' (Harry Elliott); time, 6:22 1-D. Eighth Event, B or stripped touring cars or run- abouts costihg $3000 and under: the Telegram cup George T. Odcll, Knox-Wntcrless, Knox-Wntcrless, (Frank. P. Libboy);- time, ji0B. Keith Clarke, Pope-llurtfoid (Harry Kaar) time, 2; 10 1-5, ninth Event. Free-for-all class; tho Newliouso trophy Keith Clarke, Pope-Hartford, (Harry Kaar); time, 2:00 3-5. P. J, Moran, Pierce Great .'Wrow, . (Sawvor) ; time, 2:22.. Samuel Newhouse, Packard runabout, (Bert Fuller); time, 2:Q0 1-5. 1 Cars not finishing. Kofcree Wallaco Bransford. Starter Frank Gardner. Judges Frank Knox, W. S. McCor-nick, McCor-nick, Thomas Kearns, Brigliam H. Bob-j Bob-j crts, M. H. Walker, Samuel Newhouse, Orson IL Hevlott, Ezra Thompson, Da-1 Da-1 vid Keith, WindHor V. Rice. - j Timors Dr. Plummer, Samuel C. Sar!t , burton, Dr. Stufi'cr, Sam Porter, C. C. Giodwiu. Clerk of Course E. E. Whcc'lou. |
