The sun., 1900-09-19
AUTOMOBILE RACES THE FEATURE.
A. G. Bostwtck's Gssoiene Vehicle Wins Ten
Mile Event at Tri-State Fair.

on the one-nle track at Guttenhurg. where
formerly the selling platers' ran and latterly
bicyclists have raced, the first automobile races
on track in the vicinity Of New York were held
yesterday II was the first day OF the Tri-State
inr and the automobiles were the chief feature
OF the show. Motor vehicles Of about every
size and style contested. In addition to this
there wers trlpo2o and slack wire exhibitions.
a dog circus. and titzsimmons and JeI Thorn
gave an imitation Of "a fake boxing bout Alter
tie races between the swift and noisy motor
machines were overa Jockey on running horse,
a driver in s,lky behind PAGER and couple
of policemen on bicycles circled the track and
the 1000 spectators seemed 10 be pleased.
There we're In all seven races. one walk -over.
a braking competition and a manipulation
contest. The dirt track was in fair condition
for the races Of the pneumatic, tired vehicles.
This was demonstrated by the time Of minute
p 4-5 seconds being made for the last mile
of the ten-mile race by the Casolene racer Of
A c BnstwiCk. record for five miles was
made By Bostwlck In Il flve-mie race7 minutes
and 43 I-5 seconds. The next best record 10
this f. that Of " X. Vanderbilt. Jr, who sent
his racing machine FIVE miles IN minutes and
81 seconds on the half-rnile track at Newport
The machines were classified In the various
events according to their kind of mot or power,
easolene. steam or electricity. but the flve-mIlc
races were won by margins Of from 200 yards
to one mile There was only one close finish
during the day and this WIS in an event Tor
steam vehicles. in which four OF one make
and one style cOmpetTd.
The Interest of tile knowing ones of the Auto
mobile Club of America, under the rules and
auspices Of which the races were run, centres
In the contest between the big French machines
of A. G. Boetwlck and d, Wolfe Bishop and
the American electric machine Of A. |. Rikcr
II - N1lFf - u Al l-ln 49,
weighing nearly 300 pounds, that he bought
for Sl2. 900 The Bishop vehicle was one Of
lG-horse power Of the same make, that weighed
2,2OO pounds and for which Bishop paid $3.50 in
Paris The hiker machine, made IN this city
was the same one that won the hfty mile road
race on Long Island last spring. II weighs
900 pounds, but It's owner refuses inforIIa-
uyn Of its batttriies and their charge.
They got away. With Bo,tTick first, Bishop
crept up overlook and passed the others and
fms he'd the first lap OF u mile fry yard, in the
lead. Then Just after be passed The stand
chine came TO a stop In cloud of blue smoke
at the outer edge Of the track. Bostwick gained
steadily Oh Bishop and at the end Of the ten
miles was a little more tlIan seven furlongs
ahead. W. l.. Hibbard. who lined up with a
steam runabout 10 start In his race. snapped
his chain In trying 10 get under way.
All the other races were ~ five mites each and
the conditions required two men Ia each vehicle
excepting only the tricy cles built for one. In
the race for steam ychlcl's -four runabouts
started 81, wart and lIibbard finished so
nearly abreast that to many Il looked like "A
dead heat, but the Judges gave their decision
10 stewart. After passing the tape the boy ac-
companying llbbard, who hung over the side
70 steady the machine IN the turns. lost his foot
hold and was dragged fity yards with his body
dangling In front Of the rear wheel. lie pluCkily
kept hold with his hands uutil the machine
stopn+d. and escaped injury
In the tricycle. contest with four starters
G. Hcn~haw, the former cycle racer, won hv
more than a mil, because he had a machine
Of I or horse power against two, "tier- OF e,
and on" Of "a. Tho race for the light gasolrns
afdir. called QuadriCyCles was pretty one to
look at, but the machine Of & j Field was of
superior horse power. and II won 10y three
quarters Of a mile. The event for big gaso-
line machines barred those 0f foreign make
and the consequence was that BoStWiCk fn-
ished third, n few yards behind /. Nagei and
half mile behind T Walsh. the winner. After