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Show BROWN WIS AUTO RACE American Drives Italian Car to Vietory in France. Dieppe, France, Juno 25. David Bruce-Brown of Now York won the first half or the automobile grand prize, which started hero at dawn today. to-day. Ho was however , not representing repre-senting the United States, but was driving an Italian car, the Fiat machine. ma-chine. Ho completed thc ten laps (a dis- ,-.-,., o- about .153 miles 5 1-2 fnrlongs), composing the first day's program. In six hours, 3C minutes, 3S seconds. Bollot, driving a French Leon Peo-geot Peo-geot machine, was second, only about lv,o minutes behind, his time being six hours. 38 minutes, 40 seconds. Mechanician Killed. Tho start of the French automobile grand prlzo race, which has not been competed for since 190S, was marred by an accident this morning Colllnet, who was piloting a Grcgolre machine, when trying to pas3 a competitor on tho course, capsized. His mechanician, mechani-cian, Bcssagnana, was Instantly killed and Colllnet himself seriously Injured. Forty-seven automobiles started In the race at dawn, being dispatched at Intervals of a mlnuto Tho course is a triangular one of 77 kilometers (about 4C miles) of which the corners cor-ners aro at tho towns of Eu, London-leres London-leres and Dieppe. Tho competitors must cover the course twenty times, completing ten laps today and ten tomorrow. to-morrow. The total distance Is 1.540 kllomoters, (about 007 miles, 3 furlongs). An Immonso crowd gathered at the start, special trains having been run froni all parts of Europe. The course Is guarded by more than 2,000 officers, who are stationed at Intervals to pro-vont pro-vont the public trespassing and running run-ning Into dangor. . One of tho entries from tho United States, a Ford machine, was withdrawn with-drawn at the last moment. The countries represented In the race are France, England, Italy, Germany and Belgium. At tho end of tho seventh lap David Bruce-Brown of Now York was leading, lead-ing, followed by Louis Wagnor. Boilot, Rosta and Rlgal. Bruce -Brown's average av-erage speed was 72 1-2 miles an hour. |