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Best Ever Held in Sumter—andWitnessed by a; LargeCrowd -BETHEA, OF BARNWELL,WINS THREE FIRSTSIn the One Mile R. J. BnrketteWins, Bethea and Norton-TieFor SecondA large crowd attended she aula races Friday and saw Da venderBethea of Barnwell win first prize: in three of the four big events. :Be~if v ** • #thea, a former Sumter boy, usually took the lead and maintained it throughout the entire race. However* in the thirty mile race he was .forced to drop behind for a while because of a blowout Bethea ran about fif-:I teen miles on the rim, having refused the cry of his supporters to stop ahdfput on another tire- ' -These races were better than any yet held in Sumter. The track in much better condition than othe Fourth of July, causing the results to-be good. On two or three occasions rain threatened to delay the races.In the one mile race, which carried a purse of twenty-five dollars, R. j. Burkette, driving, a National, wortiy. * , .. /-with the time of one minute and seven seconds. Davender Bethea driving a Chalmers, and Norton driving a Hudson, tied for second place, both mating the circuit in 1:12. The othe~: racers came as follows: ^ Jesse Reynolds in a Hudson, time 1:13; M. Brice in a Chalmers, time 1:15; JCriston in a Roamer, time 1:16; W; B. Brown in a Studebaker, time 1:17/1-#;Bob Norton in an Oakland,R. C. Blackstel in a Packard,1:20; Bob Wiles in a iFbrd, lt;1:^2 1-2; * . ^In' the; five mile race there Wefe eight cars. Bethea fn- the ■ Chalttt^tS won first prize, fifty dollara/ with the tine .6:23. Brown in thevStudebakfr came secondhand got tjie^ * juste/th6:23. Bunn; in the Roaster, third with 6; 27. The national by Willie Austin was forced-to retire from the* race.. , * v:. ; tBethea also won the 15 mile race and the $150, with the time 1$:05./* The second man, Jesse Reynolds,’in a Hudson, was one minute behind Bethea with 20:05. Brice, in the Chalmers, won third place with 20:If.The Oakland was forced to retirethe race, - ■ * * . v, 'thirty-mile r£.ce, with axpurys 400 for first prize; was again- won Bethea. His time wa.s 46i5J.^3upn* in the Roamer, won $200 as second prize, with 47:47, and Jesse.Reynolds, with the Hudson, got the $50. with I 47.48.VoLXLVin. Ho.AUTO
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Sumter Watchman and Southron
Sumter, South Carolina, US
Wed, Aug 13, 1919
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