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Show MAGNETOS AGAIN WIN NATIONAL RACE Tho great 301 mile automobile toad raco held at Klgln, III., August 23. was nnother victory for tho magneto mag-neto equipped Dut'sonbeig cur, with (ho fnmoiir. incing driver Milton nl tho wheol. Italph Mulford, tho tanking favorite, fav-orite, who won tho COO-mllo Indlun-apolls Indlun-apolls race, led thu way In tho first half at n record breaking spued that icHiilted In eliminating soveral ot tho , thirteen entrants. . Ills eight cylinder cylin-der magneto caulpped Duesenbcig was a now and untried car, however, I nnd while ho outran his two fastest competitors, Klolno's I'uugeot and Alley's Al-ley's Hornier Special, thoy put up a rent battlo dining tho first 1G5 miles, which Mulford completed at tho into of 78. -1 miles per hour. This was 1.1 G in. p. h. faster than tho ie-cmd ie-cmd or tho winning Stutz In 1015. All throe of theso enily leadois wero put out by doubles before tho rnco wns thieo quarters completed. Lack of fast competition In tho latter half of tho raco piovontcd tho establishment of n new record for tho Klgln course Milton In nn eight cylinder Duescnborg won, with nn aveiage spued ot 73,9 miles per hour tor tho 301 miles, finishing two min- utcs nhead of bailcs in a Honmcr Special. BBBj Tho raco was a tilumph for tho DucHonboig engines, as tho first BBB tin cu wt'iu powoied with this uuglno equipped with magneto Ignition. BBB Ralph Muiroid Duesenborg also had BBB iiuigiioto Ignition. Tho rnco demon- BBB btrnted that tho 300 cubic Inch cyl- HB iiulor boro engluos woio too fast for PIH tho course, us tho fuster cats coula WWKa, not stand tho toughness of tho road VE&Zek at high Bpeed. " W4ti Milton, In a Ducsonboig car, fin- WS3& Ished first, In tho conected time ot lfo3 1 hours G minutes and 27 seconds OP averaging 73.0 miles per hour. Sailed 'M&i- diiving ii Hoamcr car, second: In SsW 4:30:07, nveiaglng CO. 08 m. p, h. W' uiid I'hlllo in a Mercer, 4:41:38, an -S"' averagu of C4.3G mllea per hour. Bil!t Tho courso was ovor a dangeious Wm? countiy road, eight and a fourth Sfil' miles long. Tho last mlnulo with- 'iS ilra wnls woio I'eiey Koul and Aith- wkJ" ur Morris, whoso cais could not bo Krall mado leady for tho event. RSS |