Salt Lake Tribune | 1910-11-23 | Page 10 | Aztec Indian Drive Killed in Texas Race

JZTEC 111! ER KILLED iMSS RACE Too in Dc Hvmcl, Kauious Copper-Colored Chauffeur, Was Known in tiall Lake. The dca Hi of Toldn Dc llyincl. as tlic SlyddanJ-Daylon driver killed at S:m Antonio An-tonio recently wn.s known, removes from the automobile rnclnp Held a picturesque figure. Dc Ilyinel'a real llr;jt mime was Alfred. Ho was called Tobin nfler his first employer, Sheriff John Tobin of San Antonio. YVImn the sheriff bought his, first automobile. Dc llyincl acted as his chauffeur and sol to be known as "Tobln's man," and soon after became Tobin Dc Hymcl. Do Myinel was an Aztec. Indian, and :t publicity man pave hhn the nickname of YVhlstllnj? Wind. At any event, ho pot into the rating panic two or three years aso. and, nhhotiph ho won a lot of races in Texas, his home state, ho was not much known outside until lust year, vrhen he tool: :i lon-mllc niate'u race from Lewis Strang at Waco. On the. beach at Galveston last summer he drove 200 miles In ISO mlnutejj. an average speed-of speed-of M.7 miles au hour. There was probably no driver in the recent Vandcrbllt cup race who pot more public notice before the event than Do llymcl. lie burned up the track Iji his iryouls. In the race Ids' car was withdrawn with-drawn after eleven rounds, becauxo of trouhle with the carbureter. Later on in the Fa in noun l park race. De llyincl finished fin-ished third with Ills Stoddard-Uaylou. lie then returned to Texas. At the Dallas mc.etinp in tho laltcr part of October he won the Dallas Derby and I captured six out of the twelvo events on the card for the three days. In the San , Antonio I'accs his car wont off the track and was smashed, lie was found dead, holding- to the steering wheel. De Hymcl was not 1!0 year. old, quiet and a bright observer. He was a fearless driver. Tobin Dc llymol was well known In Salt Lake. Sam Sharman said Tuesday that Dc Hymcl was. one oT tho best drivers he had ever known and that he was always considered very careful. lie visited Sharman last year on his way to the coast and the latter has had several rides with him. although it was not mi any of Do Hymel's record breaking r.tunts. In all these events De llymcl drove a Stoddard-Dayton. the same model which has won the local hill climb contests.