The evening world. Newspaper, October 8, 1904, Page 6

“THE CORNER AT IREDEVILS RACE FOR ‘TROPHY WORTH $2,000 inner Will Be the World's Champion Chauf- _ feur, the Contest Ranking with the __ James Gordon Bennett Race. ESA ES * ly have the arrangements teen made for the race in which | hi Geredsvile aro ‘caring around the irlangular course oo ising ‘Win, If possible, the Vanderbilt Cup, that the publle has not real- | Amportance of it, The contest is international, ranking with the ‘Whe James Gordon Bennett trophy which have been helt abroad. F Winner of to-day's race will be acclaimed (he greatest chauffeur in ‘world; his car will be proclaimed the best car tor speed in the world. to go any further for explanations of why Italy, France and Ger- | ro Fepresortet in the contes:, or of why one man, Clarence Gray Aprought a car and a chauffeur from France at a expense that $22,000 before the race was started, oad race of such importance has;for a stated period against all .| vehicles but automobiles, No narticular Theme held on this ade of the Ate ea et ees Mente at Ca Mercedes De Dietri Merceden Pope-Toledo a) « Sidney Bowman Company. + Panhard-Lev + Panhard-Lev Motor © Nothing dike the speed/ thatthe bill, and few of the inhabitants of ’ Motor maintained over the miles | Queens or Nassau had any knowledge of iar wee coarse hes ever s Durnort “ . tes pret poe asdbey Not until the Supervisors of the coun- 1.1) William Wallace, . 5 tles interested poased Germany Italy. France. Professional and amateur have risked their lives daily tracks every summer since racing was inaugurated, but Before in this country has there! ting off thirty miles of hi dinary traffic for ten hours on Oct. | 1904, outinea in the resolution understand what they would have to experience. They came to a realisation that by blocking the entrances of the cross- 8, , did the residenis of the vicinity | thet doklyn, is chairman. The other mem-, Peo eere’ Wilhlam K. Vanderdiit. $ James L, Brecee, of New ann Wise Wallace, uf Boston, F. Donald, 01 Cece and G. Le Weiss, of Clevelind. construction to distinguish them from mile posts. But it is giving to the, human eye a power it does not ponst to belleve that it can pick out these sig- pals from a car moving #o fast that the | fgntest in which the danger was * etl ner’ their @irection @ course 3/.2i/ spectators cannot follow its course. | ¥ M ts Fee oP sreey cher Wr ase miles rH length vied manos oul rg fag fitter Se first time Gian fd chat j ic . ‘ 4 land. It ts triangular in sha NS feurs will have to depend upon thi Repstations for Daring. nau County, hecause the roede picked | Island. It ta triangular ia haps, Yang feurs will have, to depend upon thelr small end of the triangle Is In Qu Borough of Greater New York. part of the time the racers will be spl Ring through the outskirts of this city, Start of the Great Race, The start was made at 4 o'clock this mirning in the village of Westbury, out guide them when to slow down for cor. out for the race are the main roads, | vers, controls and railroad crossings. Warned Of the Roads, | Following this, warnings were posted at every crossroad, advising all per- sons to keep off the road themselves and to tle @f the foreign dontestants are ‘With the reputation of being abso- | wtely regardiess of consequences when ‘feel the speed mania, No consid- of safety of life or limb enter; ir calculations when they take Agree to Check Trains, Two of the railroad crossings are on the main-dine of the Loag Isiand Kall road and trains are frequent. ‘The Long up their domestic animals i fowls from 5 o'clock 4 to 3 o'c.ack P, M. on the day of the race, hair Geniructive mach! eountry surrounding the face-|near the northeastern corner of the als agreed to have each train ond scaleondioal id F2 ls a Sountrs ot rock forme, ona triangle. The route js east to Jericho, at the crossings of the course the agriculturists became aware that! almost due south, through Hicksville * to avoid danger. The trains goures laid omt for the race is| they would be debarred from the roads) to Piainedge corner, ‘then due west, wil be allowed to proceed when | from ideal, There are many danger |over which they were accustomed to! through the village o lem ner 0 c Mt | to the men meeting along | {rave} into Wallabout Market, in Brook- | Queens and Mack in a northea: but a long, slow-moving train will take | oa lyn, during the early morning hours. | rection to Westbury. Each of the con- up enough time to allow a motor to Pete of & mile & minute these) 4’ People's Protective Association Was) testants is required to circle the course travel a mile or more and crash Into it ‘will actually tumble into v' formed, First a protest was made to| ten times should the chauffeur fall to nutice the fhe heels of another, It ap-| the Supervisors and it proved in In the full length of the course there | warning flag and slacken speed to get his_machine In control. Hempstead is a gasoline village to- day. Jt is there that all the oll Is stored for the automobiles, and before the race Is an hour old the beautiful Nttle community will smell like Hun- ter's Poim. As fast as oll is needed inst the mith, of He 're- Then an injunction was sought from Justice Brooklyn Supreme Court. are two controls, A control, in auto- mobile parlance, is @ section through which the — machines must be run at reduced a1 be impossible of achievement eighteen men to make that gireult ten times without Accident to some. One life has ty been sacrificed on the course th fused to grant it yesterday afternoon, and all obstacles to t moved. In (he mean time the Automobile As. e race were re- utomoblies race thro’ the villages of Jericho, Hicksville, Crn- Park, Hempstead ens and Hyd . om aba sociation of America had Been laying the pontrote H eksville the ha affours will take Mt On waarever . &\ smooth politics. Deputy Sher were Hempstead dniy. Ti Hicksville co Ny eevee. Sonne eet ot ay Bt moderate specd jay | sworn in, right and left. They are paid) trol fs 4 of a mile in length, and the | !#. but It may be put in the tanks only goo of the tires came | Ha day and the A. A. A. seitlen the tim= allowed for passage through | TAA fitsamal bad ln the osiatel (Rat Bae fence, “Rigby was | Dill. Farmers were hired as watchers ighree minutes, which me fron sstohted dor thie Meoesoaty operas ho & fence, Rigoy Wie | at crossings and squads of mechanics! about ten miles. an hour, ‘The He been serecte neceasary c it like & cannon ball a and idborers were given employment on! stead control is 1.4 inkes in length Svcs inay ‘be repateed With Gaitstance ave paver sean & Aad the roage six minutes must be cor nitaide of controls only, but If & pUnK me” ca Seaa.tae ing through it, The dista ire occurs while an’ automobile is wy wo the road-house y, hotels and ‘*) in the controls, being at r 7 throug? contre e Seah eeken te the Himit ef thelr passing through a control it may be | ’ peed of oS in the to more an hour can imagine tie |e nee ror food and lodging ee Ete a ure Saver repaired immediately by the crew of the sight up from 100 to 1.00 per cent. and money trlangle will complete 44 miles e car fast pg by: Pp Intec * er A Very Rad Course. Many Danger Points, ar up the| were able to rent In many respects the course t we Gre etna fat rics worst over Ieh an automobile race ¢, Sathkers ik the Actual visual evidence is neces: | Mryoes Prices bei drectae tas ever te , FD to a realization of the tremendous ng on hand at the start idee of the triangle rilght- southeast ined by these great maohives. ay stretches. Ther © num "i the gy have stored in their pposition Gradaally Died, t ‘ wists, this machinery the power t T * Jer there inf s, Chauffeurs fear more t t from H aville T horses. r A few ry rners t Nf i « 4 straight to Baperionce of Residents. soule t ‘ ! r i o some eA net rt t d, ot N ‘ ? her ’ u be rid r . rac . . kely reo € and i k at experience wi , i de cutie r the dark. a Jozens of p New York mill gitdent la the acs. to t \ tat have their cous : s A WR go Roe } ' ayster on Long Island and gravel to i ‘ sof the fi 2 the elty in automobiles, The ox- , ; On’ A ified of need: tion of flying over 4 level road nodii was the mov- had xy in thie @ speed of a bird deadens r " mn | eeckin ¢ at - Rs { been f the speod lawa, and the hor gi ‘ - xs " 1 at ¢ aul ile horn in the dista fch Is about $2000. | has be 4 a t no, ton Islander on foot in a ed for every yea there by | rere Pre. Gr Sete el Cealane tne 1b leap the nearest fence. two races, according to ‘the , chanca of accident and m for fas x tha’ opposition dr : %¢ held In this coun Of speed that the | “Mea divaiien ia toa | > ¥ Lay Re A they held of this race will have to m fe an extremely nervy operator and has Aspe vege ot . au vo that | {ain AN the turnd are to the righ Jan’ excelient Neatly very” other | cep pee On the stretches, and every | racer has his adherents, and before the easton the ft of completing the turn is marked by a fl @ cor “ t this iy BM | arrangements for the race was In the ed by flag. Th contest started da of the angle are marked with red 6 and four Fajirvad cross: with reed dass with posts o wagered by is who thronged Gard bury, 7" City and jae agar E bowrd of the A. A K. Pardington. tho Te anv hie ry petra ~ 2 TRIES OUT. RACING CARON BROAD Freak Machine Entered in the] Long Istand Event Practises| on Great White Lane and Chauffeur Is Arrested, Pedestrians, women and men, on Broadway, at Thirty-third street, fled this way and that ®arly to-day as a huge racing automobile sped up the thoroughfare. “My good officer, look at that.” sald & woman, running up to Bicycle Po- leeman Keefe, and he got on his bi- cycle and started after the men. He caught @p with the machine at Thirty seventh street and put the shauffeur under arrest. The men said they were entered in the big race on Long Island to-day ‘The chaufte: aid he is Herbert Ham mond, of W *, Pa, and that his machine was owned by the other men. They refused t sme, but sald ' Put us down as the sons of million- eur was al W 1 to go after p t was hirt i 1 it wa e It king m os “ front’ and box-like b aid av 4 i a we'll se H when we a imate Worth a500t y high figure to pay tor one estimate, but The Sunday World will pay you $0) If your estimate < the popular vote }for President come hearnst to the ad gal Agures. Heo ful jetails of the $119 voting con to-morrow's Bund” World at | ) This is a pre la ART (FRANCE. PEED-MAD AUTOMOBILISTS - Reckless Record— Roads— Details of tk GABRIEL ( “FRANCE ) THE WORLD: ' SATURDAY DASE Owners and ¢ Danger Point “TRACT (UNITED SPIES EN WHO RUN AUTOS IN T0-DAYS DEADLY RACE Records of Those Who Whizz Around the Long Island Triangle for the Vanderbilt Cup. M The men who are driving the cars in to-day’s great race are the wick of the automobile pilots of this country and Europe. They may be divided into two classes, owners or gentlemen chauffeurs, and profeesional race drivers or mechanical experts, Here started NO. 1 For sev Ne, Joseph Tracey eral clever motor devices has invented {fs the order in which wad CAMPBELL | NO. 4.—WEBB, ail years he haw been driving | Albert C. Webb ie twe for 8. B, Stevens, of Rome, N, Y¥. H we yee is @ man of tried nerve and daring, | and was born in Mis He was but very little ts known of him In in- | @ Dlcycle rider from 18 4 and wor ia ul competitions. He ts young, | Several Western State championship an American and rides in an American | Webb drives an American macht 1 machine. }has been a prominent f nau mobHe races in this count te is NO, 2.—GABRIEL, short and chunky, and 1 a slim, dapper little man, and !«| {Ms year, when he had lost u dandy 1 riders, | f one r ra the r T the right-h: n of the D fale indication of plu mpany and t t In the Gordon Rennett r NU, 56.—ARENTS, ran second, pushing The first of the owners to get aw Jenatay hard, for first honors, In from t nd to-day, Ge Arents est centres a | he tt a New Yorker by t h, t fatal Paris-Madrid race a few m ine years old, and a gentl ti ago he was leading when the contest , dependent who has r raced was called off at Bordeaux, In the bef He has toured exton ' betting Gabriel was the favorite in this cour and in and 7 ce A quiet, affable man who sto talk NO, 3.—TRACEY, about bimesit Another professional driver, but an American. Tracey is of middle weight | NO. 6.—LYTTLE, wears @ blond mustache and is mod-| Ho has had 1 experience. He est and getiring. His track record ty rideg in & Pope machine and except for @ good one. His road driving, however his experience in Inst year’s endurance is only guesswork. His pilotage. of W.| run, has had no trial in road racing. G. Brokaw's machine at the Empire | Though he will push only a aM-horee- track to fresh in the ds of the pub- power car to the limit of ite apeed and) << + Ne endurance, it Is not likely that any of It hi competitors will suffer from tn-| soma. NO. 7.—HEATH. He ts the second 1h great d the race whose cou wil fol wed w great inter Americe birth and a man of p Though a amateur, he drives w the daring nd consummat skill of a professional. He has driven the cars of the Py ward Le a4 for ears and hag sug: d man evices brosgh that ave giver suiomobies a | atterwy two inches tail, ¢ beats himaelf with } y the rigidy s vdier ough in| * nis car he r Aa an er meet, me . * ig NO. 8.—-HAWLE rc Edward KE. Hawley : recen of come to the fr 44 track 4 for eV h He en ry M H t ft with @ very Fudd plex i NO. WILLIAM WERNER. 50, ado Pa Her “ Madrid in the yo. 10,.—SARI ORI, 1 I ( \ ‘ neni , He ts i hee 4 ent and w ul th oun son of the manufacturer of thy ent-Bayard cars and hag deo} ') eee ov, 9 a