Ogden Evening Standard | 1910-11-08 | Page 7 | Horan Wins the Prize Auto Race

HORAI WINS THE PRIZE AUTO RACE ATLANTA, tla., Nov. 7. Traveling at 72 miles an hour, .loo Horan. driving driv-ing a Ijorier. won the 2',tlrolle speedway speed-way grand pri.e here today ajd set a new American record lor the Jis-fjiicc Jis-fjiicc ' Ills time of 3 hours 2t1 minutes 15.10 Mconds beats the previous record of I hours IIS minutes i"7 4-5 seconds, made by Itiirmau in a Buick at tho Indianapolis speedway on Aug. Hi, U'O'.i, and comes within lour minutes of equaling the world & record for aoo ivilcs, made at Llrooklnnds, England. Horan received $1,000 of the $5,000 ptlze offeted for the race. The number 13, carried by II. J, Church s Simplex car. is held responsible respon-sible by the drivers not only for Church's ill luck, but also for the ruany accidents that befell other cars As car No. 13 swept up with the leaders In the first 2" miles many of tho other cars immediately began to ruff or from engine troubles and had io be stopped at the repair pits. Then No. 13 blew a tire. This was followed follow-ed by a popping of tires from the other entries all around the course. Finally No. 13 jumped the truck on the 40th mile and Louis Pisbrow's Popo-Hnrtford broke down at the sr.nio place and was pushed off the course through the eame hole in the ft nee No. 13 had made. Uiiruian, driving a Marquette-ltulck, could not shake off tho hoodoo, stopping stop-ping Just nlno times wdth tires rlp-pol rlp-pol off. After his most dangerous rivals, Marroun and Pawson, bad quit the track with engine trouble, Bnrman began a chase after Horan. With I?nrmau in elrlking distance, both Mopped on even terni9 with flat tires, but Burman's helpers for the second time in the afternoon grabbed up tho wrong tiro and lort all he had gained Horan, meanwhile, drove into a safe lead.