The sun., 1900-09-07
AUTOMOBILES AT NEWPORT
INITIAL RACE MEET AT A0UIDNECk
PARK GREAT Success.
william X. Vanderbilt, Jr., wins the cham
pionship In a Race for Motors OF All
Kinds His Gssolene Vehicle shows Most
speed--A Motor IrIcNc Gle EInIshes Second.

pionship In a Race for Motors OF All
Kinds His Gssolene Vehicle shows Most
sp.ed--A Motor Tricycle. Finishes Second.
NFwPoEr Sept g The first race meet Of the
New YORK Automobile Racing Association was
held to-day at AQuidneck Park and proved one
81 the most Interesting sporting events ihat mas
ever taken plnoe in this section. II was at
tended by nearly nine thousand lcrson~. The
cottagers made il a social event. attending in
large numbers. The first race was called for
O'Clock and long before that hour
he electric cars began to carry
their loads The cara did not 80
within two miles Of the park and 'bnsses
were then taken at charge Of so cents for
ono way Tho railroad stopped its trains at
near point and walk Of mile brought one
10 the track Carriages and wagons OF every
description We're brought into play 10 transport
the crowds and there was continual string
Of vehicles from the city to the park As
result Of the races William X Vanderbilt, Jr.
wins the first championship of America, beating
all styles Of machines with his big French racer
The distance for all the races was five miles
Ii was expected that there would be some
serious accidents, but this wns not so and every
thing went of very smoothly There we're
several coaching parties at the park and the
guests viewed the races from the coaches
Among those with coaches we're j, y. Van Alien,
Robert l.. Gerry, Oliver H. r Belmont. Among
the society people present were: MIR and Mrs.
j DeForest Danieson, Henry CleWs, Jr. Edward
Bulkley. the Misses PauncefOte, Mrs. Royal
Phelps Carroll sMrs stuyvesant Fish, Mrs.
William Is Duncan, Jr Mr. and Mrs, {. W.
Dolan. Mr. and Mr- j Clinch Smith. Miss
Hoffman. Mr.. and Mrs X. Livermorc. MIR
and Mrs Elisha Dyer Jr. Col and Mrs. De-
anc,y Astor Kane. Mr.. and Mrs. Augustus
Jay, p. F. Collier, Mrs Moses Taylor Campbell.
Mrs Adolf Ladenburg. Mr.. and Mrs. q. Won
L. Meyer, Mr. and Mrs Oliver H. p Belmont.
MIR and Mrs Gordon Norrie, Straw X. Wander
bit, Jr Mrs J J. Astor and others.
IL was shortly after 2 O'Clock when the first
race was started Herman Oelrichs, Melville
Bull and c. l.. f. Robinson. taking their places
in the judges box, while +. W. Peck ham acted
as starter As rule. the start and finish was
all that could be seen, as the track was 80 dusty
that the machines. z ding at full speed. we're
enyeloped In dust which also spoiled many OF
the costly costumes. Mrs. Herman Oelrchs
was entered To race her electric vehicle. but
instead eho viewed the races from trap. The
only society men to race machines were Col.
III. Astor W. X Vanderbilt Jr.. Victor Sorohan.
Royal Phelps Carroll George l. Scott and p.
Cooper Hewitt.
Mrs Oerichs whose machine was In charge
Of professional. won the first heat for electric
vehicles by default. The motor tricycle. race
was the only event In which the machines
were evenly matched sin all the other classes
large and small machines we're pitted against
each other. The second heat OF the electric
vehicles provided the first real race II being
between two racing machines. There we're
three starters but Deforest dropped out after
the first half mile. and the contest was between
Riker and Crane The former got the pole at
no nj a nd held IL ID the finish Col AgtnT
took part in the first heat for steam We hlcies
but did not finish, In the second heat for
Carroll went around but twice. he competing
against &, racing French tricycle. that was too
In the he, trial trial heat for gasoene vehicles Mr.
Nanderbit's racer was pitted against two
others. Al wore their g2sEle. and leather
d t Mr. oH a @sd as .4S eHf S TS Sa
made his machine Immediately began TO pull
ahead OF the others, and the Lanier machine
Mr. Vanderbilt did not need to put on
itll speed although toward the last he
opened her out 70 show What ,shso,c she could 90
expected That the real test Of the afternoon
would be made Bishop brought u, a French
from him, beating him nearly a minute in FIVE
laps, i5s' when Sir. Vanderbilt began to le, his
machine our and at the finish he was three
quarters of the stretch ahead IN minutes
The greatest exGement was 10 the chaHl-
rionshlp race in which there. was q machine
of each class. the feature OF which was the
motor tricycle.. taking second place 70 Mr.
GOOD, 15f but ut Mr. Vanderbilt was little slow in
starting M, he seemingly being afraid 70 open
w hi, machine among the other smaller oppes,
tho lead Then MIR, Vanderbilt worked TO tho
front and before the finish he had
saS5s SyRped oprns T "cSsn's cGt after the sons T2% %a
miles After going four miles the driver OF
tho electric had 70 shut down as the dust had
and tho finish was in that order. Each time
az Mr. Vanderbilt passed tho crowd AT the grand
stand he %es cheeret by the society society f2lks
Vanderbilt was at tho finish line, and she was
included IN ne crowd that sathnered around
cessfu race and the Vanderbilt machine was
the great nyer Of the meet The French chaneur
on Mr. vanderhilt's machine gave an exhibition
thar was well worth the price OF admission
While the machine was going at great speed
he crawled all over ~ and at the turn he hung
over the sides In such way that people held
their breath Mr.. vanderbilts machine did not
show Us greatest speed, az this morning he put
n lower gear on the machine. not caring 20 risk
the high gear on such a narrow track. The
summary:
Electric v.hlcl,s--rrst h.a,-won by Mrs. Her
L. Rsct. 10 minutes ~ seconds; $. G. Crane, 10
u,ss seconds Airs, oelrchs did no, nnish.
Motor Thcycles-First heat BY A. X. skinner
10 minutes 3cl4 seconds; }. Boise Lote II minutes
an seconds second. Harold S. Vanderbilt not timed
Srcord heat Won by Charles &. HenShaw o minutes
52 seconds ROYAL Phelps Carroll did moi nnish
Final Hrst-WOn BY skinner Time, . minutes ~
seconds HenShaw did not nnish
steam VemecS-first Hea, Won by S T Davis
Tive. 10 minutes lol3 seconds; John Jacob Astor
d,d not Hnisa. Second hsat-won BY J II. McDuree,
10 minutes So seconds: George Scott, II minutes
10 seconds second
Final Heat-Won by Mcuuree. Time. 10 minutes
90 seconds Davis brok, down At the start
Gasolene Nehices First hsa, Won By William X.
Vanderbilt, IT. Time. minutes bSis seconds
FISHER ~ minutes 23iz sscnndS second. Second
heat Won rs II. Bishop by default
Final Heat-Won by Vanderbilt, minutes 53h
seconds Bishop. 0 minutes so seconds.
mpIonshlp Race-Won by ". X. Vanderbilt
Jr gasoiene. minutes 81 seconds a. X skinner
motor tricycle., minutes 20 seconds, second, \. J..
Riker electric. 10 minutes 2sla seconds. third
NcDufee steam did not fniSh.
A Challenge sent 20 ". y. Wander bilt for
IOO-Ntle Automobile Race.