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A COMPLETE CHART OF TIIE INTERNATIONAL AUTOMOBILE RACE FOR THE JANDERBILT CUP ON
LONG ISLAND YESTERDAY.
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• "■"S*2trnii '.. • Ormanv 12(> MercedU Janatsy '"• '^ 24:r>2 49:25 1:22:08 Broke cylinder
i" iT.. 1 1 '"••f« America ■• «° Chrlst«« Christie . ... 6:10 68:08 1:28:10 2:44:R<> Car workod pool
J-'-.lT'r'J America. ■ *>.-■ Pope-ToteJo. Lytt« .... «:14 »:16 2:00:17 8:15i52 Did not finish.
V, "" Wr.lla.-ner i- TniKeman .".'.".'.'.' .-Italy ...110... Fist .Cedrino «:11 25: M M:64 Tire trouble.
if'"' ? P Pt-v»r^ :'-.■■ <>-"iany B0 Mercedes !c«nnpbel3 . . 8:12 28:21 Withdrew.
•rr v >i'"> KmsastK*, P*l««. I^ytle. Wulte and Sartort -urere Mill on th« courre when, after four men had finished. rac« was stopped.
HEMEi- WINS COP.
Continued from flrft paffr-
the rest of the contest he. was obliged to watch
from the ground. Perhaps the best idea of what
happened to Mr. Keene can be gathered from
the story of the accident which he himself told.
! He said :
"We were on the Guinea Road and going
nicely when my mechanic, who. by the way, Is
| a most excellent fellow, told me that a car was
i approaching us from behind with the apparent
(.Intention of passing. I did not care to increase
1 my speed at that point, so I pulled out to let it
* «TO by. This the driver did not do. so I pulled
*back into the road and opened things wide up.
"When I came to the turn at Albertson Station
I was go-is: faster than I cared to go, but not
too fast to take the turn with safety, as I sup
posed. When I ptruck the curve, however, my
car skidded into the soft dirt at the side of tho
xoed. I gay« it the little twist which I knew
<rught to bring it back into the road, but it
failed to come and instead I landed in a twin
yti-ng up against a telegraph pole, which I fear I
tajurftd severely. I was not thrown out, nor
[■was my mechanic, but the machine was pretty
i-well wrecked- Two wheels were broken and
{the sprockets w«-e smashed. There, you know
■ as much about it as I do."
Mr. Keen* told the writer the above while
standing In front of the box occupied by Mrs.
I^WUliain K. Vanderbilt. jr.. who was gently
rhafflnj? Him through the conversation. Just
then the announcement was made that Lancia,
the leader, was laid up on the road with tire
j trouble. This was too much for the composure
of Mr. Keene, who ejaculated in a dls
|»-P!pointe(l tone of voice, and right within hear
ting 1 of Mrs. Vanderbilt:
! Tauida out. eh? That means that I would
flba*« been first. Well, If s just my luck."
4 All of which roes to show that Mr. Keene,
bo» any other true sportsman, didn't like the
(idea of quitting th« rac« for beans.
SHOWING OF AMERICAN CARS.
j Although the Locomobile, driven by Tracy.
(finished third, the showing of the cars of Amer
ican manufacture was a distinct disappointment.
lair. Christie, with the Christie ear. was not on
[band to start at the proper time, and when he
i<J»d get away he was twenty minutes behind the
[others, and thus had a serious handicap at the
[start. The car did not run right; in fact, it
[sever does. It has lots of power, hut It cannot
•seem to apply It. It made several circuits of
tthe course, but was never a real factor in the
ia-ace.
; The same is true of the White car, which,
[driven by Mr. AV alter White, got away slowly and
inever did get thoroughly warmed up to the
!epeed which it has shown itself capable of at
'times. The 60-horwpower Pope-Toledo, driven
>>y IMngley, was as little use as were the White
and the Christie. It broke a cylinder early in the
race and thereafter only limped around at in
frequent Intervals. Thus there were left only
;the 90-hOTsepower Pope-Toledo and the 90
horseT>ower Locomobile to fight for the Stars
and Stripes.
L.TTLE IN' DIFFICULT!
Liytle. who drove the Pope- Toledo, seemed to
Hjsre nothing but hard luck. First it was an
nounced that he had spilled his mechanic. Then
this report was contradicted. Then it was said
tthat the mechanic was dead. Finally Lytle
•fshowed tip at the grandstand with the mechanic
«nd it was announced that he was not dead.
nrtiich xnuet have h^en a great relief to said
[mechanic. It certainly was to the crowd and to
Mr. Winkley. of the Pope forces, who was root
ling- for the euccess of Lytle and Dingley.
. liytle did not seem to be able to get his car
In good working order, and after he passed the
{stand an fl was timed for the fourth round in
IB hours 15 minutes and r>2 seconds he was never
(heard of again. This left only Tracy to uphold
,the honor of America, and this he did nobly in
■view of the ta*-k he had- To sum up briefly, the
foreign cars were all faster than those which
represented this country and the foreign drivers
I -"were nervier "and more experienced. In other
' .-words, the American cars, as many had pre
/flirted before the race, were simply outclassed,
[and under these conditions the home manu
facturers and drivers have nothing to be
Jashajreed of In the second Vanderhilt Tup raoe.
NINETEEN CARS STARTED.
Of the other cere which started and did not
•flnleh nrach or little can be said as space per
'mitfl. Nineteen cars started in the race. War
den, of the German fan., v.-ho was a doubtful
. Starter up to last night, came to the tape with
a 120-horsepower Mercedes. This gave the
German team four members, while the French.
•■ Italian and American teams each started five
cars.
Jenaizy, of the German team, driving a 120
horsepower Mercedes, was X<x 1 on the pro
gramme and was s«»nt away first. He was the
first car to complete the circuit of the course
for tb« flrnt time, although Lancia beat him on
elapsed time. Jenatr.y aisr> led around the sec
ond time, but on the fourth round he broke a
cylinder at Bull's Head and had to drf>p out
of the contest. While he was not making as
fast or sensational ti:n^ as Lancia, nevertheless
he was "going some" when he had to quit, and
he would sorely have been a contender had be
not met with misfortune.
CHEVROLET BREAK? AXLE.
A popular member of the Italian team was
■ Chevrolet, who ha* made a reputation as a
• track racer, but Is comparatively new at. road
- driving. He drove a 90-horsepower Fiat— the
same car, in fact, with which lie has male nu
merous track records. Chevrolet covered six
laps in fair time, but broke an axle on the sev
enth round, near Lakeville, which put him out
of the race. H" was not hurt when the axle
broke, but he had a mighty narrow escape.
though it did not seem to frighten him in tho
least. In fad it shows what kind of stuff these
foreign daredevil drivers are made of.
When the writer saw Chevrolet thirty seconds
after escaping from what might easily have
proved his death, he was calmly lighting a
cieare'te and climbed up on his wrecked car to
Bit down and blow rings of smoke.
SZISZ DROVE A GOOD RACE.
* .-' rzisz. one of the members of the French team,
attracted considerable attention with a 90-horse
power Renault. The oar was painted a bright
red, and was No. 10 on the programme. Rzlsz
was one of the favorites before the race and he
made some exceptionally fast rounds. He fin
ished the ninth lap In 4 hours 34 minutes and 7
seconds, which v.as excellent time, but did not
get around on the tenth lap before the race
was called off by the commit te.-.
Duray, of the French team, who drove a J.><»
horsepower De Dietrich, which, by the way. was
the heaviest and most j»owerful ear in th* race,
performed with credit ud to the seventh round,
but was not heard of after he started on the
eighth circuit.
WARDEN LOtTES A TIRE.
Warden, of the German teatr.. pass fid the
grandstand on the seventh round of the a urse
■ with one rear tire oft*, and then ised to
i* a factor. Wagner, of the French team, with
CHEVROLET BTANDINO BY HIS FIAT OAR AFTER A BROKEN' AXLF PUT HTM
OUT OF THE RACE.
an SO- horsepower Darracq. dropped out of the
Struggle after th.-> third round, owing to a
burster! tire, which came near causing a fatal
accident near the grandstand.
NO. 13 A HOODOO TO CAMPBELL..
Campbell, of the German team, who handled
a Mercedes, and had No. 13, but carried the
letter X in plact; of a number, seemed to Buffer
from the effects of tho 13 hoodoo nevertheless.
He was extremely nervous when he waa sent
away at the star;, and he completed only one
round of the course when he quit. Cedrlno, Sar
tori and Xazzaro, the three other members of the
Italian team, all made excellent showings, al
though they fall°d to finish. Xazzara and Sar
tori both completed .eight rounds of the course,
and were still in the running when the race
ended. Cedrino had to drop out early on ac
count of tire trouble,
RACE WELL. MANAGED.
The rare was well managed throughout, cx
i ept when the crowd broke onto the track at tha
finish. Tsn laps of 2.N.3 miles each, or a total of
283 miles, was voted by most of the spectators,
however, to be too long a race. Tho merits of
the contending cars and drivers would have
been tried out just as well ....id the race been at
half the distance. Next year the third race for
the Vanderbilt Cup will be held in France, as,
according to the de<i <'>f gift, the race ?oe3 to
the country of the winner after the first two
years.
Among those who were noticed In the boxes
and parkins spaces were:
Alfred cjwynne Vanderbjlt. Alexander C Young, Clarence
Gray Pinsmore. Robert I>-e Morrell, Colonel Albert A.
Pope, Benjamin Stern. Unhurt Graves. W. J. P. Moore.
K. K. Thomas. L*on Rubay. Ernll Grossman. J. K. KlU
worth. Urs. Clarence Mackay, James L. Breeso, Arthur
G. Hoffman, Charles J. Glldden, W. C. Temple, H. Van
Rene«elaer Kennedy. R. LJncoin Lippltt, A. D. Proctor
Smith, O. H. P. Belniont, W. Gould Broiaw. J. Horace
Harding, Koxhall Keene. E. J. Connili, Albert C. Bost
iv ■ k. H. A. I>.zier, Jr.; John C. King-, Jules S. Bache.
Colonel K. H. B. areen. George Heath, A. L. Hiker.
Jk. It. Parding:ton, J. Inslcy Blair. S. B. Bowman. Tiwmas
HaMin^a, H. F. Knowlas, S. T. Davis. Jr.. E. B. Oallaher.
Stephen H. T\ v.a. jr.. C. A. Winch. Charles MacdonaM.
Henry day P.ircy, Garret A. He hart, W. G. McAdoo.
Colonel John Jacob Attor, John T. Pratt, H. Ij. Bowden,
H. B. Holilr.B. E. N. Dlckereon jr.; F. Q. Stewart 11.
B. Joy. Russell A. Alger, H. W. Bull, H. R. WortfaU^ton.
O«or»« W. C. Prexr!. Harry J. L,uo<-, J. K. Christie, A. E.
GaJlien. Orlando Weber. Edward Steck. John H. Hoajr
land. Otto H. Kahn, Mrs. James E. Martin. W. B. Leeds,
C. V. Brokaw. C. R. Mabley, Converse r>. Marsh. Harry
I'avne Whitney, A. J. Houlton, A. W. Brand. Paul Wal
*.or., Adrian Iselin, H. H. HunnewelL T. J. HoCord. Fred
Edey, E. F. ECessenser John CaawaO, Anton G. Hcxjenpyl,
Daniel 1. Bradley, Uufus I^. P&terson. Stephen S. Ur^wn,
Howard Gould. H. I' Bobbins, Gunge L. Th<.mi>9on, M_
\y. Roy, Dr. Lanehart, H. B. Beal". jr.. Thomas Carey,
A. W. Church, O. H. Cutler, W. Feririison. E. Scherer.
L. W. Baldwin. Melville D. Chapman and George J.
Smith.
AT BULL'S HEAD TURN.
Death Mocking Drivers Scout
Danger — Curve Caused Trouble.
[By Telegraph to The Tribune.]
Mlnr-,,1a. Kong: Island. Oct. 14. — One of the crucial
points In tho course waa at Bull's Head Tavern,
where the turn from the North Hemi>stead road
to the <;!••: Cove road is made. Here the racing
machined going west after a burst of speed, prac
tically at the maximum pace, were diverted at a
more than 90 degree angl« in a southerly dl
rection. Spectators afoot and the occupants of as
many touring cars ac could be parked at the turn
watched with breathless interest every time the
racers pounded and sped around or across tho
corner for the disaster they felt certain must come
to some one or more of the death mocking drivers.
The situation was full of possibilities, but the
race ended with unfulfilled promise of a wreck and
fatalities.
The course p.t this point was smooth and solid
at the beginning, but long before the last lap it
had been ploughed and furrowed by the skidding
machines to a degree that materially enhanced the
danger of the turn.
Nazzaro. who was No. 8 at the start, driving
the no-horsepower Fiat, grave the onlookers a thrill
every time he passed the danger point, for al
though lie came down the approaching stretch like
the north wind he scorned the practice of the
other drivers of shutting oft power, but cut
the corner nt full speed and stuck to the course.
The most sensational turn, however, was made
by Chrlstlei the driver of No. 11— the 60-horsepower
American machine— on his fourth time over the
course. So fast was the pace that after making
the turn the machine wan for on Instant diagonal
ly across the roadway, and only because it was
one r>f ihe low built cars did It escape an
overturning, 'hat must have been fatal to both
the men. The car righted quickly, but the shock
bad stuck ihe camshaft, so that a halt for a
moment to oil the Inlet valves was made necessary.
The car wns pushed off. and got away, but failed
to get around the course again.
Kearlng the Bull's Bead turn, the "White steamer,
which was No 19 at the start, met with burner
trouble on the Brst lap, and was run Into the phed
and set right after a delay of twenty minutes.
Tin- en<i of Jenatzy's promising performance as
driver of the L2O-horsepower Mercedes came while
he was making biß fifth lap, at 7:38 o'clock, just
after he had passed Bull's Head turn. The No. 8
cylinder of his machine had cracked while making
the second lap, but the driver stuck to his task
until the motive power of his car absolutely re
fused to respond La Jus direction and was out of
the race.
The 80-horaepower Flat driven by Cedrino had
trouble at the same point, and, though the stop
was for only a moment, the Italian, frenaled by
the hopelessness of h.» competition for tho cup, bit
and tore hie handkerchief into rags in his rago over
the loss of tim« idled.
close upon the beets of Lancia, in his ia>-hor««*.
power Fiat, on the seventh Up, wa^j Warden,
driving the Mercedes or the same power, and just
ufttr •hey rounded the turn Lancia's mfeiiunlcißn
turned In his seal and shook his Hat savagely at
n.n<itn. it was a.i-!.iun«iu!U.n acainst the . louo
emertM the'turn Uu "' ia '•'"" oeen" crowds when
lv'n 1 ho *?;«" Xl ' wi<r - a colored denizen of Ro»
lUvUv b?- 1 ? 0^ h!s loy;tj! >- !o lh « VUI-'- of
sof seven* v" " ni ' 1 ' < -' ri H»'id residencs then
wa- one of the early
o clocK—.m i-.our before the race u-,^ „■, i, rt i n ir«
Wits ■till a Spectator when th« ,\ a . , ■ Degin. Nt
had been covered. H*vi" W ed th l lap flf , the ra . L ' c
vantage point of aoaL,ai ,i con !" st M".. ill
gray bearded < liln on &Srou£% a ", li. rested his
the marvelji of njod.rn invent j,, " d 52SJJ n '< !d 1 u tT'"
I***, ana will M a««aa" wa,^ co^^, *&
NEW- YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, SUNDAY. OCTOBER 15. 190 a
he wondered about the firsr appearance of the auto
mobile on earth. "I don't »cc tno spo'l '>f a man
puttin' his life in jeopardy— l guess It's mostly
advertisin', " was "Uncle John's" conclusion of the
whole matter.
A largo crowd of spectators gathered nt East
Norwich, where the racers made a shurp turn rrom
the Jericho and Oyster Bay road into the North
Hempsieud turnjik*'. .»s l.y a mlniele, no acci
dents occurred. Or. th^ apex of the angle around
which ;he speeding: machines were driven a dozen
men, women and children occupied tho stone step
of a grocery store, scarcely two feet from the pass
injr wheels on many occasions.
The crowd was enthusiastic, especially when
Tracy passed In his Locomobile. At every lap
toward the end of the race Tracy found it neces
sary to stop for repairs or supplies fnr his machine
at a shop Just beyond the turn. The spectators,
especially the small boys, appeared to have no fear
of the automobiles, and were with difficulty per
suaded to leave the road at the siKnal of danger.
Tho fastest speeding; was dorse on a down srade
stretch in front of what is called the "old" church
beyond the East Norwich turn.
THE HAIRPIN CURVE.
Incidents of the Race as Seen from
This Dangerous Point.
[By Telegraph to The Tribune. 1
Mineola, Long Island, Oct. 14.— There was a busy
time at the Hyde Park turn in the Vanderbilt Cup
race to-day, trying to keep the too eager spectators
from being run over. The turn is a right angle,
and one of the most dangerous on the course, as a
long, straight stretch loads up to It, on which the
cars gathered great speed. The daring drivers
frequently oame down to the turn without shutting
off the power until they were almost on the curve.
Then they -would go round on two wheels, with the
machinist hanging far out, and skid down the
gutter for fifty yards on the Hyde Park sldo of the
corner.
It was one of the most exciting spots on the
course, and an attractive place for the crowrd, who
■would gr-t off the train at Hyde Park station and
saunter down the course to the turn. A large num
ber were gathered there when the race began, and
the first car around. Jenatzy's, had a narrow es
cape from mowing down half a hundred. After
that the drivers became better acquainted with the
turn, but the crowd, constantly augmented, be
came more recKless.
Many would get out on th» road to see the cars
come down to the turn, and all the efforts of the
deputy sheriffs could not drive them back until the
car was right on lop of them. Hardly a car passed
that driver and machinist did not shout back a
brief but expressive opinion of the crowd.
On the third round one reckless and unthinking
Individual was within an ace of being killed by
Duray's car. The deputies had succeeded in getting
tho track clear jusi as L>uiaj took the curve, when
this person started from the tax side on the run to
cross the road. For an instant the crowd .shivered
with the belief that the man had been ruck, but
then it was seen that by aheer luck he bad whirled
on one heel, and Duray had passed with no more
than a nip at his coattails. The man hustled away
before his identity could be learned.
It was generally supposed thai the turn at Lake
villo would be much worse than the one at Hyde
Park. By reason of its sharpness it had earned the
name of the "hairpin" curve, but it turned out
much th» easier Of the two. There were two sharp
turns before it was reached, and a hill, which made
the drivers approach it with their machines under
better control, and there was not an accident there,
though there were some, close shaves Po-chall
Kf-ene took this turn with particular ease, as he
did the one at Hjdo Park. He took them both in
better shap*i than any of the drivers. Nazzaro al
ways negotiated lvit h places successfully, but sev
eral times his car seemed almost over.
It vas at the "hairpin" curve that Oingley -was
put out of the race. On the third lap one of his
cylinders =plit. 3nd he was obliged to run his car
Into W. K. Vanderbilt, jr.'s. woods, ani leave it
there for an hour and a"half while ho'wf-nt for a
new cylinder. He got one and made repairs, and
completed three more laps before the end of the
race, but. of course, he was hopelessly out of it.
■Warden also had bad luck :it the "hairpin "
Three tlmea he split his tire In sointr around and
once he twisted one of lii.-< front wheels into mi "S."
Tracy was the favorite with the crowds along
that part of the course, with Heath 8 close second!
I-zan^ia always pot a cheer, and bo did Hemery.
COURSE A FAST ONE.
Generally Regarded as the Best in
the World for Road Racing.
The twenty-eight mils course over ■ which the
race was run without serious accident, and In
record time, Is now regarded as ttie fastest auto
mobile circuit in the -world.
Between Lakevllle and New Hyde Park and Ne-v
Hyde Park and Jericho, (wo splendid speeding
stretches are offered. Some of the other parts ar.»
narrow, and in some places rough. There are two
grad« crossings at Mlneola and Albertson over
which the drivers had trouble yesterday. From
the grandstand at Mtneola, where the machines
were started, the course ran to the Jamaica turn
pike, to Jericho and Bast Norwich. Then oame a
turn toward the oast on the North FTerapstead
turnpike. At Bull's Head there was a run south
over the winding Glen Cove road to a point near
Albertson. puling the Whitney estate. Then *>a.st.
crossing the Oyster Bay branch of the Long Island
Railroad at grade. Then the road wound along
east to L.ak«vlll»", where there was the hairpin
turn to the left on the Hyde Park road, passing
William K. Vandert Hi. Jr.'s, estate. At Hyde Park
the turn was made into Jericho pike, and two mile
further on was the starting point.
HE ATI I MAY PROTEST.
Robert Lee MorreJl Says It Is Not
Ukely.
Garden City, Ix>ng Island. Oct. 14— Robert Lee
Morrtll, chairman of the racing committee of the
Automobile Association of America, was asked to
night about a report that Heath, who finished *><•<•-
ond in the Vanderbllt ''up race, would protest
against the race W<ing awarded to Hemery. on the
ground that the Darrecq car, driven by the French
man, had Dunlop tires that were not made in
France.
Mr. Morrell said be understood that Heath had
drawn or. «• protest to that effect, but thai it had
not i-e. brought offloinlly u> Lbs attention of ;i lt ,
committee, ana he did not ■-,- ' nw IT would be
He added that in hie opinion the race would stand.
just aa it was finished with Hennery us wn,i, or
and.Keaih.ln »«it>jni olftC*. ... -
CROWDS AT THE RACE.
Weird Scenes as the Dai/ Breaks
Some of Those Present.
The crowds which gathered *o s»e the race
were nnt the least interesting feature of if.
That something unusual was in the air was
evident in th^ thcatro and hotel district of New-
York n n Friday nipht. There are always many
automobiles to be seen in this part of thp city
at night, hut midnight, as a rule, finds most
of them dispersing. Tills was not th^ cr\?r on
Friday night. The headquarters for thos>^ who
were going to see the Vanderbilt Cup race
seemed to be at the Waldorf-Astoria, and there
the "buzz wagons" began to gather toward
3 a. m.
From fhrre a long linr- of motor carriage* of
all sorts and shapes startf-d for the East 34th
st. ferry to take passage for I/me Island City.
As soon as the lin^ started other "autos" began
to whir! in from every direction. Tho result
was so much congestion at th<=> ferry entrance
th;:r the police had to take a hand and form
the "aut'vs" in a long line up lst-aye., whence
they were gradually allowed to hoard the fer
ryboats.
Once in Long Island City tho 'autos" imme
diately set sail for Mineola, while those less
fortunate were obliged to push and shove to
get aboard one of the specials.
Th*i early morning scenes at Mineola were
weird in the extreme. The race was scheduled
to start at f> a. m. sharp, aid an hour earlier
the crowds began to throng toward the course.
Daylight vas just beginning to break, and the
motor cars from New-York and the surrounding
country were jui;t arriving. All ha.-l lights burn
ing, of course, and the glare and Hare of the
lamps and the uncanny tooting of many of the
horns combined to give' the situation a decidedly
novel and almost ghostly appearance.
By r.:30 a. m. it was light enough to see objects,
and shortly after a glorious day was in full
swing. The racing tars were out on the course
early and mingled with the touring cars and the
pedestrians, and as a result some bad accidents
were narrowly averted.
The crowd which was on hand for the start of
the race was not .'irge. hut it kept increasing.
Comparatively little trouble was experienced by
the officials in clearing the course for action.
J'.sst before th>- start a big automobile drew up
in from of the grandstand and brought Mra.
William K. Vanderbilt. jr., and a party of
friends. Mrs. Vanderbilt was one of the few
who guessed the weather rightly. She wore a
white flannel suit, which was in striking con
trast to many of the winter toilettes of the
grandstand. As the day was not only an ideal
but also ;i decidedly warm one. those who
dressed too warmly were soon regretting it.
William K. Vanderbilt, jr., the donor of the
$2,000 trophy, was the life of the official group
in front of the grandstand. Iff shook each
driver by the- hand as he started him off and
wished him luck. Mrs. Vanderbilt. too, took a
lively interest in the races, and spent a goodly
part of the time perched up on the railing of
the box, where she presented a decidedly pretty
and picturesque appearance, nut seemed likely
at any moment to topple over on to the course.
AT THE "S" CURVE.
How the Cars Took the Worst Turn
on the Course.
Just past the second grade crossing of the
course was what was known as the "S" curve.
It was tho worst along the entire course. ar,d
here Foxhall P. Keene and Chevrolet came to
grief. The road comes up straight from the
railroad track to the turn, then it goes off at
a right angle turn, which is repeated after a
straight stretch of ten or twelve yards.
Then the road shoots off at an obtuse angle.
Opposite the centre of Willettß-avo., at the first
of the triple turns, is an oak tre«* about a
foot ii nd a half in diameter. A score of paces
away is a telegraph, pole followed by three
others at similar intervals. If a man. in skid
ding round the curve, missed the tree or one of
the telegraph poles, he 6tood a good chance of
hitting one of the others.
At this point there were some seven or oight
hundred persons gathered to watch the race.
The greater portion of them hnd come to this
point because it was the most dangerous of the
entire course. The drivers had to slow down to
negotiate it. and the railroad crossing at Al
bertson's more, than half a mile away, gave the
drivers more worrlment. There the machines
would leave the ground for a clean forty or flfty
f ■ -■ t. for there was a small rise in the road Just
before the crossing. The machines, after hit
ting that, did not land until they were clear of
the track.
The first accident to excite the crowd there
was the dropping of Lytle's mechanic at th-
Guinea turn, where the machine abolished a
Newfoundland dog. Mr. Vanderbilt's automo
bile, speeding back over the course to the aid of
the supposedly injured man, created all sorts of
wild rumors, which were lulled by the reappear
ance of th« Pope-Toledo with the mechanic on
board on the next lap. He had been fixing
some portion of the machine as it swung around
the turn, two miles from the S turn, and had
been dropped off. He was uninjured.
Chevrolet's accident happened when the
Frenchman was on the seventh lap. He came
up the Wllletts-ave. stretch from the railroad
crossing at fifty miles an hour, slowing down to
fifteen miles to negotiate the turns safely. A3
h< j was turning into the first S turn his left front
wheel crumpled up under him suddenly. Run
ring on one whole wheel and two inches of th a
spokes of the other, Chevrolet steered his ma
chine off the course just where Mr. Keen.- hit
the telegraph post, past it and into the field.
Everybody thought the Frenchman would be
killed, but he cleared the two dangerous pole:*,
between which he Bteered. by the narrowest of
margins.
At 10 o'clock, the Heath car. followed by the
Christie car, on its third lap. flashed by the
awkward turn. Scarcely had they passed when
it became known that there had been some ac
cident • lose to Willetts. a feu furlongs further
on. Lancia had stoped at the gasolene station
there to put on a new set of tires. As he was
backing out Into the road to resume the race,
almost a lap ahead. Christie smashed Into th*
rear end of. Lancia's machine, hut did not do it
much damage. Christie and his machine
were not Injured materially. Heath hail a nar
row escape from running Into both machines,
be having been hanging on the skirts of the
Christie' machine for several miles. When they
went around the curve they were not more than
thirty feet apart.
This curve was taken by all the drivers at
low speed. Away in the distance ther«< would
lie heard a whirr, broken by the jumps at the.
railroad crossing and the little rise which came a
few rods before.
INCIDENTS AT THE JERICHO TURN.
f — —
Tire Explosion Startles Crowd— Boy on a
Bicycle Sticks to the Road.
More than a thousand persons KTthcre<« at th<
Jericho turn to : ■••- ho* the racers took the curve
a! that point. A wire was stretched along the
-ast ond h. hold bach the crowd, but it Wllb „r
IKUc VJkluc. ll&d it not Lteeu for the afcruj>t u±>-
A3 ::mi cars
and FraurnfcM, OWltZcriaria,
IN THE RECENT
Results Herkomer Cup Contest
SPEED TRIALS, FORSTENREIDER,
MARTINI, Fir*t and Second
HILLCLIMBING, KESSELBERG,
MARTINI, Fir*t and Third
Beating 42 other machines, the picked cars of Europe.
Making better tienz than cars of doub'e horse powzr
over same, courss in their rated horse power class.
PALMER. AND CHRISTIE, American Importers.
239 WEST 50TH STREET.
AUTOMfiBILES MORS
AMERICAN BRANCH OF THE SOCIETE MOIS.
40-52
H. P.
Cape Top
Prospective purchasers will find interesting a demonstration of the nev/ Mors. which
has proved itself the car of the year in France. Office, repair shop and store of parts at
41 West 55th St. 'Phone 3777 Plaw- E- LILLIE. Manager.
ATI AS G4SOLIXE COMMERCIAL TRICK
Demonstration by Appointment.
grade, which had a tendency to swing the ma
chines to the northward, there might have been a
serious mishap to drivers u:.d spectators.
Dingley, Szisz an 1 Sartori made- the most daring
and spectacular turns. All pulled well evei
south side, making a wide arc. On the third lap
Dingley made the turn at
an hour, barely missing collision with a. telegraph
pole t.-at stands almost m front of the- ma:
from Mineola.
A report current at the Jericho tun that Dins-
Icy had killed three persons an! was fatally in
jured himself at the East Norwich turn gave rise
to lusty cheering when the No. 3 Pope-Toledo came
cracking up the road on the third lap.
The crowd at Jericho was greatly startled when
the right front tire of the White steamer burst,
with a loud report, as the machine reached the
Jericho turn on the second lap. White went around
on a bare rim. which ploughed up the hard, oiled
road as if it were chalk. He brought his racer
to a stop In front of the hot-! to he left. White
and his machinist were out man instant and m
eleven minutes had a new tire in place and leaped
up the incline amid wild cheering. Time nines
passed while the White steamer was repairing, but
>. On/ of* the most skilful, and. at the same time.
m U reckless. Incidents on the Jericho Turnpike
"cVrred about four miles east of the grandstand^
Warden was speeding his Mercedes along at a
nf v-m ie elf,., When a cyclist loomed up on the
mad ahead Warden waved to the lad on the
wheel but the latter kept the '^^^
not a hundred yards ahead. Sudden lj m Warden
threw onhla dutch and stoooed. 11-.s machintot
was about to leave the machine, when Keenes
Mercede^ suddenly roared fram^und. Before
Warden could get under way Keen.?, who had
thrown on his full power, passed him by a margin
m less U>"n a toot Warden threw up his hand as
A " n\- tomol.iHs.ts at J-richo declared that the
Jericho turn was the most likely place for an acci
dent because it was not as sharp as th« other
right angle turns, thereby affording an opportu
nity for the racers to take the turn at a greater^
fixed.
HEMERY A VETERAN DRIVER.
Hemery who won the International automobile
race for the Vanderbilt Cup yesterday, has been
prominent In the racing game for several years,
and in 19W gained much prominence as trie winner
In the light car class In the hill elirnhlns contest
at Mont VentoWx; France. This course is 2*
kilometers (13.4 :::i! > in length With a light Par
raco, car he covered the course in 22 minutes and
26 seconds, beating the best previous time of 25
minutes and 2T> seconds.
At the speed trials wMch were run off on the
road at Dourdan, some fifty miles from Paris, last
October, ho also won in the li^ht car rlnss. malting
I kilometer In 292-5 seconds It whs. however, by
winning the Ardennes circuit race in Belgium last
month that he became known as a tearless driver.
With the pi.-k of the European can arrayed
against him. he easily won the race, covering the
toe kilometers <"72.52 miles) in s:r"^:3;v 3 . an average
of sixty-three miles an hour, which Is M per cent
faster than the average i!l:t ' in id- by the wlnper ;
or the Gordon Bennett race.
FLUNG FKOM 'AUTO"; LEGS BROKEN.
Philadelphian Caught Beneath Buckling
Machine and Sadly Squeezed.
[Pv Telegraph to Th«> TYHnini? 1
New-Brunswick, N. J.. Oct. 14.- F. L Palmer, of
No 4 »if. HaseV-ave., Philadelphia, was thrown from
his automobile last night, near this city, and his
legs were broken. Mr Palmer lost control of the
machine while It was going forty miles an hour
down a hill. UiH companion*. Robert A. Pitts, Ed.
ward Leeke and William Rewmlt. all of Philadel
phia, were thrown clear and escaped with bruises,
but Palmer was caught and sqo— »ad, as the ma
chine buckled. He was brought «» Weß« Hoa
pltal, tins city, where he la said to be badly hurt.
DIES FROM FALL FROM "AUTO."
Orange. N. J. Oct. M (Special). -Daniel Ouerln.
of N.w-York. Injured in Hilton on Tuesday by
(ailing from a rapidly moving automobile, died teal
nlzhi in the Orange Memorial Hospital. Ha re
covered consciousness :•••. ii time yesterday, and
recogiiueed hi;* rriatives. who were at Uis bedside.
Ouciln wiiM twenty-foor rears old, ,t:ni lived at No,
309 w.-.i Ellis' lit was In the Iron busiucu In
.u.iniiuti.i,- "'•> ':-•*■» - ■>' .i to his home this
afternoon
24 H. P.
Mileage Unlimited.
2 to 3 Tons Capacity.
For all commercial
purposes.
New York
Motor Ca.r Co.,
141 W. 3Sth St.
Phone =n:;S— 5?.
Jackson
40 H. P.. 52.300. M st*% B^f^^
20 H. P. $1,330. W^^| r^J
Hold the high stock -a- record 5 rai>s in •:IS. Oet
7th. 1905.
Have won ev*ry "stock tar pvent ••• which eaterfJ :3
I ."." I)emor.stratif-ns at
GOTHAM AITOMOBM.E CO..
'Phong "'.'> CoL y. Broadwai
17M>R SALE -A 30 horse power 4 cyMntler CadlOM
touring car. I WOO Model; has only been run aboj:
3(XV> miles; has hart thf best of care and looksi an.'. In ail
respe.'ts 1s in as (to.vi raodlttoii as when tt left the shop:
is provi'ieii with tape t"p. Joom .■■■rnblne'i edooMter ail
■paedometer, Hartf.Tii slmck abaorbvra, oil an; acatylfM
lamps, dash clock; all Urea are new anJ Oft* are :»•■>
complete new tiros and lnn»T tnbts: tbe car is now reaJ?
for service s.na i-« beli«ve>i t>> lv» equal : ■> a new car; r*»
sen for •"■''• ■ - is that owner has at present no time '•*
n<>- tbe ' ar: price reasonable, fur cash only. SCHVYLEJt
MFIRRFTT. ?=;■■; ••'■■: . Conn.
Horses and Carriages.
OPERA BIS OB WAGO3ET I'C
Special made '■■-:■ hui little used. In fine csr.dl
tir.n. Inquire DEMUREST, ;.th Aye and "34 St
BREWSTER BHOit.Ham. medtms ?!z-. tot «•!• ••
J • account "f owner n?ins aiKomoM!*. Write C R
114 John-«t.. New-Tork.
4 BREWS VICTORIA, rubber tired coae*. MH.t
+\. .-art for sill- 1 IBS We»t 42' «
4 .;;:.vti.kma.v Ol iTR> hli wife's r '- >zal l t ,, tu r i / ™.-
ronsistlPß of high action (irlv^r and saddto fcWJ
Mue -:hbor winner: .ils.-< baraeOT. embton Ute« run***;*.
&,- ■ cr-t nvor *> <"«>: nil f r onlj *335; «««tfc .-ausa mß
lr =:' arr'v R^-m ?2. 114 .Vh-»ve
AUTOMOBILE TRADK NOTE?
Hint* to the Buffer from Mo**
factory and Garage.
Wayne cars. MM models, will b*- on «*»2*«
Friday at the Wayne salesrooms. No 1.«9 BrM
way;
The -Tort Motor Cnr Co/npany to now *?«t
onstratlng to reading business bouses '->r *»&£ p _
Its -Atlas' gasolene truck. A test run was m»
to NVw RocheUe with .. two ton truck. r^.. l r f
I* . pounds. The Q 4 miles were made hi
and 57 minutes. This clearly shows tlut , g
of this kind, the truck can accomplish tn* *°?
of three t. aras.
The Gothnm Automobile Company, in^-,*?*
says thai the trying o'm of the Jackson twc> f^", }
der shaft drive has been very snUStßaCtecy. j
v.rv powerful, with excellent lu*?ing VS**L3i
s;.. ■" ■■! A Jackson stork car. stripped, at t!v £»;.,
Rapid, race*, ■■■ October X. went fly«. ««•£
S.lSl-S. !• won *!l the races In which I *■»•
;• ••' 6
Many automobiles are now fitted with ■• uifl
Many auto
horn:-<. which are made with single. dooKe. '^
and quadruple chimes They '"• the most n "_.
horns ever put or the market, and *'■<■<? «» *" ;^
without start line or shocking the 'vvvr> The js.j $ .
brlel ho tI , blows n full, strong blast from |°*£|
hausl ol the gasolene engine, and ran be arw £j
to ,i steam engine. They Wow with lew ! ?*%*>t
pound prea»«re. and -ire operated r J t "SLJ«W"
levei or touching the button on the »«£■"■*»**•
The raetorj Is now mrninit out • s *,J*fSl'%tßt.
which are placed through the 'i*" ;l -]; r 9 v
the Automobile Corer and Top Manufacture
pat\\. No. !4S \\>«; c>t'.th-st.
fr.\ Telegraph «o Th« l>ibu^e ! „„;**
Albany. Oct. 14. Manuf*ctnrera ar« rtpr*^-^
n9n 9 foUows in the list of ftutomoKUs '^' F "^, o «.
week In the offlce ol the SecrrUry ot rafl '. JJ^.
Toledo, S; Vehicle Equipment :!lui , '',,.' . ,-a
Franklin. Whit Sewing Machine. Ford\ t • pa ,,.
Baker. 5 e»ch; Maxwell. Brts^-^ti. Acme Bj
hard « LeTaasor. i each; ,, c ?'Sjtj «ach: A**
nault. Apperaon. Darracq and ■" ?'^.- g ttt det»Mr<
.•ar, Pierce, Oavron. Olrardol. *°^ ni rich W^-
Wayne. Thomas, iv-rirss. I* l", >tr! ' li , M fftK)
Kirk.
Electric. R
Black Im,:
,-ut. P-i- Slar.u<actw;nf. Wa & *%s&&&*&*!
•C,eJ; I K,;; nt :tJ: ! u;:;-u i er l^ t i-oU«^i^^
Simple
Strong
Silent