The sun., 1901-11-18
AUTO RECORDS CRASH.
FOnrnier, BOstwick and Keene Lower
Motor Carriage Marks.
MILE In 81 AS SECONDS.
Daring French Speed Demon Goes
Enster Than the swiftest Express
Trnin--Concy Island boulevard
Was Scene of Action.

New York, Nov. 17.-All records for
the speeding of automobiles have been
broken not by one man, but by three,
on the Coney Island boulevard. These
daring drivers of machines were Henri
Fournier, FoXhali T. Keene and Albert
9. Bostwick, and they rode over a
measured mile timed by official time
keepers.
Imagine the head of hooded gnome
fixed between two fire boxes on wheels,
the upper part of his face concealed by
mask of black cloth, his eyes covered
with great goggles, his body invisible,
and then imagine the wheeled fire box
es sweeping through white cloud
with the speed of the hurricane, and
one may have a faint idea of the i'm
preston created on the mind of the
spectator who was in a position to see
the big racing automobiles coming
head on in this thrilling race.
The magnificent stretch Of roadway
that extends from Prospect park to the
ocean never has presented spectacle
so exciting as the terrific bursts of
speed made by the three most daring
chauffeurs in the contest-Fournicr,
Kccne and Bostwick.
The Frenchman broke the worlds
record for n straightaway mile on a
public highway. He streaked over the
course in his second trial in 81 4-5 Sec
Onds. FoXhall p. keene in his red ma
chine was second in 81 20 seconds and
Albert G. Bostwick third in So 2-5 Sec
onds.
Ten thousand spectators saw the
race and lined the boulevard from a
mile beyond the starting line to a half
mile past the finish. 1t was a glorious
day in it's clcarness of atmosphere, but
there was chill in the wind blowing
brisllly from the north that cut the
faces of the men In the races.
Telephone Told of start.
The Long Island Automobile club, un.
der whose auspices the races We're con-
dncted, had as aids the Second signal
corps, under command of Captain
Charles b. Baldwin. A mile course
was staked off between Manhattan av'
enue and Beverly road. Between these
points wire was strung and tele
phone instrument attached to n tree al
elLner ellu. AlOllpSluc lIt ttlepHull'
was "buzzer" CALL and this was
sounded at the finish line at the instant
the starting line was crossed in fly
Ing start.
The course was pollced by 100 mer
nfoot, "a mounted men and II mem
bers of the bicycle corps, but even witt
this force it was not possible to keel
the course entirely clear.
Seven classes of automobiles were en-
tered for the trial-motor bicycles mo
tor tricyclcs, gasoline machines of les
than 1000 pound, gasoline machines o
1000 to 1000 pounds gasoline ma
chimes of more than 1000 pounds
steam machines and electric vehicles.
The race committee consisted of L
II. Adams, Albert G. Bostwlck Franl
G. Webb, l.. A. Hopkins, John W
Newberry, III. II, Fullerton, A. II. Par
dington and G. ]. Field. All these mem
bcrs We're on the course except Mr.. Ful
lerton, who was injured in the alto
mobile accident a few days ago an,
was not strong enough to be outdoors
The rules governing the contest wer
that each machine should have two tr
ais and race against time, having til
track to itself.