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Show 110! GftJIS EVENT NEW ORLEANS. Feb 27. The Mardl-Gras speed carnival was brought to a close today, when A. J .Madison Ville, in a Corbin car, won tho ton-mile ton-mile handicap, finishing just ahead of Louis Disbrow. in a National, who started at scratch. The Corbin was nl-lowed nl-lowed a handicap of 45 seconds. Time 10 :.27.10. ' In the 50-mile race, Ralph H. Ireland, Ire-land, in a Midland, had a narrow' escape es-cape from serious Injury when a tire blow out, his car smashing a portion ' out of the fence, hurling Ireland into the turf. Except for a few scratches, ho was uninjured. I Suutnaiy: Event 1, five miles, Nfree-for-all mo-torcycles. mo-torcycles. Won by A. Mitchell (Mcr- f kle); lime, 4:57.57 Event 3, ton miles, free for all motorcycles: mo-torcycles: Won by S. Chappellc (Mer-kle); (Mer-kle); time, 10:02.28. I Event 4, five miles, free for all: i Won by Ca'leb Bragg (Flat): timo, I 5:0.19. Louis Disbrow (National) was second. Event 5, ten-mile handicap, free for all: Won by A. J. Mndisouvllle (Corbin); (Cor-bin); time, 10:27.10.- -Louis Disbrow (National). Second; time'. 10:37 40 (started at scratch). Event C, fifty miles, clnss C (throo classes): Won by Louis Disbrow (Na-tlonal); (Na-tlonal); time, 53:37.77; Kullck (Ford) second, Donnelly (CIno) third |