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Show I I ITALIAN CAR VMS II BRIAR CLIFF RAGE ;.Lj Sf range Takes the Lead Early I 1( t in the Co 11 est, and Is I ;Jj J Never Headed ' ItJR 1 BFUAR CUFF, X Y.. April 21. Louis lf Kl ij Strang, hi a r.O-horso-power Italian car, I W ji won the 25y-uutomobile nice ovor the I fJu Brlnr Cliff course today. Ccdrlno. also I ) flj jj In an Italian car. was second, and Guy h W, M Vaughan, In a 30-horsc-powcr car of I i .Mj 'j Amorfcan make, was third. U Herbert Lylllc aiid Paul Sartori. the i; ft I only other racers to officially finish tlio j jj fl long- journey, finished, respectively, in fl S fourth and fifth places-- Lyltle drove a f l J HO-horse-power car of American make 1 rf , and Sarloii a 40-horso-powor Italian mn- ,'f ,JlJ chine. Throo other cars of the twenty- i fft; two which started would have been able I'uHU ' to complete the Journey, but the race was ,raJ . ofrtclally declared off as soon as the fifth iSjIfl . car had crossed the finish lino, to- avoid rmJij ,' any possible accident to the spectators WtW ! who overflowed the course. 3H(U W The tlmo made by tlie racers was eoni- TfJ r parativcly slow, and to this fact is prob- Uffm ( ably due the absoneo of any serious accl- w r dents, i There were numerous minor mishaps. lii'M resulting in the withdrawal of several Ijflfw ) . cars from the contest, but hi no case mlu was any one seriously hurt. The courso liilfJ nns 1300,1 recognized as one of the most ' XT Iff i dangerous ever solectcd for a speed t:on- , test between high-power machines, and 'ami 1,10 drivers exercised unusual prccau- 'SJll ' tlons. fimVi f Slrnng took t lie lend early in the race iflSIIl'l and at no time was his position In dancer. i,Mfi, The position and time of the live load- KiL it Ins wira follow: t'flftl I Strang Urst. No. 4. Time. 5:11:1:1 1-. '.II 3 H ' Codrlno second. No. 2. Time, 5:21:05 2-5. KM? ft i Vaughan third. No. S. Time, 5:2S:29 2-5. Will Lyltle fourth, No. :!. Time, 5:29:15 2-5. jtil'j Sartori fifth. No. 1. Time. 5:53:15 3-5. |