. Outing. inish with the fastest round of hisrace, making a speed of miles an hour. The general conclusions from the contest appear to favor the use of the stockchassis, since, although the course was more difficult in many ways than in previousyears, the cars showed a high average of enduring qualities. Twice before Granthas been close to the honors in big contests, at Lowell and at Fairmount Park, andeach time an accident has put him out of the running. This time his luck heldgood. In the contest of middle-weight cars for the Wheatley trophy the prize wentto R. W. Harroun, driving a Mar
. Outing. inish with the fastest round of hisrace, making a speed of miles an hour. The general conclusions from the contest appear to favor the use of the stockchassis, since, although the course was more difficult in many ways than in previousyears, the cars showed a high average of enduring qualities. Twice before Granthas been close to the honors in big contests, at Lowell and at Fairmount Park, andeach time an accident has put him out of the running. This time his luck heldgood. In the contest of middle-weight cars for the Wheatley trophy the prize wentto R. W. Harroun, driving a Marmon. In fact he was the only driver in thisevent to finish the full fifteen laps, his average speed being miles per hour,a performance that wrould have put him fourth in the main event if he could havekept it up throughout the full twenty-two laps. Joe Alatson, driving a Chalmers-Detroit 30, carried off the trophy for theten laps of the Massapequa contest with an average speed of miles per \i<\ K) BUY A SI VI IN THE (.RANI) STAND IN OKDKK IO SI£K THE
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