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Is 'I Ik.; PAGE six " " rj i ! " " 1 i MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, fttAY 7, 1911. i s ( i I i . ' ; , AUTO RECORD SET Average of 62 1-8 Miles Made in Twenty-Four Hours' Race. Runs Sixty Miles an Hour Continuously for Twenty Four Hours "1 "V Total Score 1491 Miles Valentine Knit una frank Verbeek In XtalUn rit Win Baca Wear ZiOi Antrlti-7-Oar le 43 Miles Behind. L ... aW MMBTsfljs9lBS' airflSSBK 'Thirty r i LOH ANQIMjUH, April 9. Driving nn Italian Flat of(60 hornepowor, Vulen tlno IlUHt and Frank Vorbcck won tlio IM-hour rueu over tlio I'lnya del Hoy motordrome today, piling tip tlio rumark nlilo woio of 1491 iiiIIoh, nn average of G2V4 iiiHch an lionr, breaking tlio Amor lean record of 12B3 iiiIIch mada by Poolo nnd l'atjchko with n HteaniH car nt llrlKllton Uracil AilgUHt 20 hint. All American-made Cadil lac of .30 horsepower, driven by Adair and Daudette, was second, with a score oL' 1449 i miles, an avcrago of over GO miles an hour. Ton cars start ed the long grind at 4 o'clock Saturday afternoon and sev en finished. Race rre rrom Accident. Tlio rueo wiih rcmarkuhlo on account of frondom from tiro trouble, and nccl ihmtn. Tlio Hrlghton Ilonch couthc, on willed thn pruvloim recoid wiih made, Ih a ono-mllo dirt truck, built for horflo racing, whllo tlio motordrome liuro la a ouo-nillo board courno with Hteep bank Inc. Tlio grentcut coro over niado for "I bourn' drlvliiK won made by 8. F. Kdgo, with a Napier car ovor tlio IlrocklamlH, Knglaud, speedway In 1907. Kdgo cov (i red 1530 mll'en, hut It wuh a record trial and not a competition event. Thn Colo made a gdod Hhowlng dur ing tlio early hourn of the race, but biokn two puIrM of oyllnderH mid wiih off tlio tuuk for two liourH during the race. Ten Tire Cliaured. Tlio Flat changed hU tlreH and tlio Cadillac only four. Making a Worlds' Record for an American Car rykf r - N . - , . .;. OTE that the car winning first was a regular racing car of -GO horse-power, while the Cadillac' was a regular stock car, and had only 38 horse-power. i ffiWMHBfiffi fltfflft :., , .. . . Duplicate of the remarkable Cadillac car which lias shown such endurance is now on exhibition at our sales room. .1 M .. .Ail.tt Whether you own a car, want to own one, or whether you are an expert at driving a car, an investigation of the Cadillac will do you good and give you a thorough understanding of how to take care of your car. Do not miss the opportunity. Only Four Cars Out of an Allott- ment of Fifteen Better Put Your Order in this Week "We All Did Our Part, But the Honors Go to the Car" Declares Adair Machine Just as Good at Finish Start, Says Cadillac Driver as at By Oeorge Adiilr. Itepiliit fioin I.oh AugeU'M KMimlner, Apill 10, 1911 Once iikii i I take off m hut to the Cadllluc To Miy I am uriilsed nt Its leeoiil would not bo i'mu'II) the tiuth, an 1 lmo long ago couwed gutting ur lirUml nt the wondeiH of the Cadllluc. The our pei formed III a woiideiful manner. W alt did our Hiuru of the work, Hiiudct Hhiirlug with mo tlio driving honorx und Jonopli Drown being In chut go of the pit. Hut the Iiuiioih go to tlio our For twenty-four Itoum that cur whirled about the pie-pun without u Mlugli mechanlca' ieuilr. Thin la not only a mileage lecoid liiuor bufoio wiimltnl, hut from the Mumlpolnt of pvifvut uieuhuiiloul pel foimuiwo It could not be bettered. When wo diove It homo the motor wuh In perfect tdinpc, and It Ih Jtist uh good thlH minute an It wiih when wo Htatted. Wo lorn thirty mluuttut In xtopH, but tlio Htopx wore for chanting erew, putting In gaKolInn and oil, replurlng u lont headlight und chnnglng four tlreH. Wo flnlhliod 2S9 mlleH ahead of the noaient competitor. That ineuiiH that wo flnlHlied fui uwiiy from the remaludur of the field and wero without eoinpe. tltlon, with the exception of the Flat 1 feel that It Ih un honor to f Intuit only fort) -three mlleH behind hiiiIi it giuud rue lug glnnt uti the Flut. Beaudet Says Car Did Not Surprise Him By T. J. Betudet. Iteprlut fioin I.o.h Augelen Kxamluer, April 10, 1911. Tliu wonderful nliowlug of tlio Cudllluo In averaging sixty and a third mllci un hour for twenty-four bonis of contlnunl ruuuliig was duo to Hint always get there and never hcHltuto quality of the Cudllluo. An ono of tlio drlvoiH I plucd my Hinull purt, but without a nubtu car hucIi as I hnd, my driving would not have amounted to much, s 1 wiih not HiirprlHcd at the Hhowlng of tlio car. 1 knew It had tlio stuff, and iih we battled on through the night 1 felt In tlio be Ht of condition at the end I am mue Adair did, TIiIh was partly duo to the perfect performance of the car which relieved us of worry. The Don I.ee force ulno gave iih great nsKUtniire. We had a tout whero wo could rent In peace and a chef to prepare our mealH. Joseph llrown wan on the Job with IiIh men every mlutitu of tlio twenty-four bourn, and no man kept n better tab on thn performance of the car than llrown. Ciedlt to llrown tdiottld not bo overlooked. 1 feel proud to have been one of the men who drove tlio C.tdlllau further In twenty-four liourH than any American motor cur ban ever been driven. r i ,m frr fKysCNfr? 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