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Show cars, started with three entries, Bur- man (Bulck). Robertson (Simplex), j and Strange (Isotta). j At the end of the first mile, Burman had the lead, which ho held, until the end of the race, with the exception of one mile. In the sevonty-fourth mile race, Strange was forced to quit becauGC his steering gear was out of order. Burman drove hard from start to finish, cut his turns sharp, and never once during the whole race was ho forced to stop for anything. Burman drove alone, with the aid of a mechanician, mechan-ician, and his stock car was stripped to a skeleton. The world's woman's record for one mile on a circular track was broken by two and one-fifth seconds sec-onds in the sixth race, by Mrs. Joan Cuneo, her time being 1:00 1-5. Summary: Sum-mary: First race, five miles, national amateur ama-teur championship for Klaw & Br-langer Br-langer iroph Mrs, Joan Newton Cu-neo Cu-neo (Knox Giant. Time, 5:08 1-5. Second race, ten miles, free for all, $1,000 cash to winner Ralph do Palma (Flat Cyclone). Time, 10:03 2-6. Third race, mile, against world's record rec-ord of 51 seconds Ralph de Palma ; '(F!at Cyclone). Time, .52 4-5. J Fonrth race, ten miles, open to all ' stock cars, for Klaxton trophy Mis. I Joan Newton Cuneo (Knox Giant). Timo. 10:12 1-5. Fifth race, five miles, motor cycle Jensen. Time. 6:22 2-5. Sixth race, one mile, time trial ! against world's woman's record Mrs. j Joan Newton Cuneo (Knox Giant). Time, 1:00 1-5. Former record, 1:02 2-6. I Seventh race, one hundred miles. world's championship, open to all stock cars; $75 gold medal and trophy to 1 winner; $25 to second Burman j (Bulck). 1:42:39 2-5, first; Robertsou (Simplex), second. World'B circular track record. 1:53:21 4-5. BROKE WORLD'S SPEED RECORD New Orleans, Fob. 2l.Hobert Burman In hits car today broke the world's record for one hundred miles on a circular track. In the feature event of the second day of the Mardl Gras automobile spec carnival. Burman Bur-man made tho distance in 1:42:39 2-5. This being 11 minutes faster than the previous record made by Clemens in Indianapolis in 1905.- There were six races for short distances. dis-tances. The weather was cloudy, but the track was in almost perfect condition. con-dition. In the first race Jimmy Ryall made too wide a turn at the beginning of the stretch and, losing control of his car. It ran Into the fence. The machine was demolished. Ryall's escape was remarkable, as he was traveling faster than a mile a minute. The 100-mile race, open to stock |