The sun., 1901-06-29
AUTOMOBILE RACE CLOSE.
F0URyIER. KNrFF AND ANTHONY TIE
LEADERS.
Boy Injured In Collision os Motor Cars of the
- That Left AiSlA-Chapeiie Only rs
Reached Hanover Many Eshassted-Ber-

Special Ccus Lrsprieh 10 THf SUN
AIx-LA-CHAPELLE. June ?s.-The auto
mobilsts started from here at this morning
for Hanover. on the second stage Of the road
race from Paris TO Berlin. Seventy-three
OF the machines entered arrived here yester-
day and they started from here in the order
In which they arrived. with the exception
Of three that dropped out.
Eight additional vehicles arrived here
from Paris to-day and continued on the way
to Berlin. So far. seventy-cight OF the ma
chimes completing the first stage OF the journey
have started on the second stage to Hanover
DrssRI DoEF, June ~ Two OF the u oior-
cars collided upon their arrival a' Ober-
kassel. a short distance west OF this city,
They ran into a group Of people near the
checking station A boy was run over and
severely injured The cars were found to
have sustained no damage and their way
to Hanover was resumed
At Ruhrort NJ. Pinson's vehicle ran into
an electric tramcar and smashed the car
platform The automobile was wrecked
Nobody was injured
HANOVER, June cs-M. Fournicr was
the first OF the contestants to arrive here.
He was followed by Nm. Knyf Anthony
and Gerainot. The arrival post here being
on the summit Of hill. half IA dozen kilo-
metres outside OF the town. the crowd was
smaller than at Aix-a-Chapelle. Among
the notable persons who waited in the heat
from noon until o clock were the Duke RatiDor
and many military officers
When "A cloud Of dust signalled the ap-
proach OF Fourner. who arrived at 2l3 hc
received n great ovation. He explained
that he had been delayed by bad roads
Knyn arrived at ?: so: Anthony at ?je, Gerad)t
at 254. and Farman At 3?G.
Anthony. who started twentv-eighth from
Aix-la Cha Delle. made even better time from
Paris than Fournier and will take the lead al
the start tomorrow
Only twenty-five OF the seventy-eight who
started from Aix-la-Chapellc arrived at
Hanover Many Of these were exhausted.
and their nerves were shaken. Some were
hardly nble % speak. and "a soon as they
signed the register at the hotel they drove 10
the city park whence they will start at $40
in the morning for Berlin. II Is expected
that they will arrive there at 10 O'Clock.
BRRLIN, June An the tourist motor
cyclists reached Potsdam safe. The French,
Prussian and other flags were flying from
many houses.
P,rIs. June - The ha awkers of sporting
specials telling Of the progress Or the auto
mobile race have rad "A great sale and the
interest in the contest il Increasing. An
outcry Is being raised. however. against
motor racing on public roads.
NJ WaldeCk Rousseau. as President Of
the Council and Minister OF the Interior,
was interpolated in the Chamber Of Deputies
to-day "a tn the speed attained by auto mo
bes In France
He replied that precautions would be taken
by the Government 10 regulate speed without
iniuring what has become nOurishing in
dustry The Deputy who asked tho question
referred to the killing of a child at Rheims,
yesterday. by one OF the machines in the Paris
Berlin race.
NJ Pierre Girard. editor Of the Vsio told
THE Sun correspondent yesterday that he
hoped that this present road race would
bc the last OF such affairs He regards he
present contest as foolish
Tho Temps to-day publishes an article
on the same subje A strong feeling Of
hostility to the automobilists is growing
in France. particularly among the peasants.
who threaten to shoot sCorchers.