Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-06-30
ARRIVAL Of RACE MOTORS
MADE GllADAY n berlin.
CRATIC PEOPLE SEE xHu
FINISH.
FRENCHMEN THE WINNERS
RACERS COMPLAINED or DUsrY
ROADS AND HARD TRAv-
FILLING.

Fournier the winner was generally rec
| ognized as the great sporting event OF
the season. AS evidence Of this. from
eight in the morning the high road from
Spandau to the West End was thickly
lined with people. From Berlin thou
sands OF bicyclists and automobiles and
very many Of the most fashionable turn
outs toiled up the hill leading from
Charlottenburg to the West End suburb,
about six miles from Berlin proper.
There in Germany's largest trotting
park. the victorious participants In the
Paris-Berlin race arrived, one by one.
before a fashionable sport loving audi
ence Of some 10000 persons. Stands
decorated with flags and bunting.
French. German and Belgian colors In
t~ertwined, were erected at the goal
where the judges. officers Of the auto
mobile clubs OF France. Germany, AUS
tria and Belgium and the most dis
tinguished guests were waiting. Two
fine military bands played inspiring
music.
Among the Interested spectators pres
ent were Duke Frederick, OF Mec2len-
burg, the Prince and Princess of Pless,
nee CORVALLIS West. the old Prince Of
Pless, head OF the house. the Prince OF
! Thurn and Taxis, Count Won Berold-
ingen, with his American wife and
daughter, who last season Wal the
reigning belle OF the Berlin and Stuff
: o. rf eNurfc. Enffnt Nnn MADAM Ma4aR
Won Eesbcck, the Duke OF Ratibor,
Commercial Councillor Frisdlaeder.
Count Won S~trachwitz, Captain Won
Derplanitz, General Won Becker. Count
! DE T~allyrand, Baron Won Kuhlmann.
the Chevalier Destern, who came to wit
ness the finish for the Austro-Hungary
automobile club in his own auto car,
from Buda Pest direct, and Herr Won
Imptchess.
When NJ. De Backer arrived in q light
first OF the tourist party, there was
much cheering.
Among the auto cars sent ahead was
Baron De ZuyIen's seventy horse power
vehicle, with seven seats which excited
considerable interest.
Hundreds OF army officers, In bright
At III NAE Ill az Al0
crowds of ladies in elegant light cos
tunes. The weather was fair but hot
A special telegraph bureau and post
Office We're provided by the authorities
for the travellers and others. There vas
considerable amusement when Robert
Katzenstein, of Frankfort-on-Main.
came in with his auto car running
backward. having made thirty kilome-
tiers from Potsdam in that manner
owing to his vehicles machinery being
ont of order. Among the tourists wha
arrived from Paris was Baron dc Roth
schlld, who travelled under the pseudo<
nym OF DR.. Paschal.
From 3 a. NJ. until nearly noon there
was a tedious walt for the fret arrival.
Among the dispatches received from
Hanover by the automobile club oficers
was one which announced the start Cf
only ffty-one out OF the seyenty-threa
motors which had arrived there yester-
day. h terribly dusty condition OF
the roads accounted TO some extent In
the delay u the racers here.
Fourier was first seen at a great dis
lance in a thick cloud of dust approach~
ing the goal like a whirIwind. Tha
ormou crowd outside and inside Of
the park began cheering wildly. and at
the same time the bands struck up the
"Marseillaise," while all the French
people present waved small tri-color
flags, and as Fourier halted before tha
goal an immense wreath Of laurel, dec
GRATED with ribbons of tho German and
French colors and inscribed In German
with the word Victory was handed
to him. Then Fourier completed the
circuit OF the track and left his auto
car, the hands playing Sousa marches
The victor was then taken hold Of by
score Of lusty young French and Ger
man athletes, who lifted him upon their
shoulders and carried him across tho
field TO the main street.
To the correspondent OF the ASsor
eiated Press Fourier said:
The weather for the last three dayf
has been splendid. Not a drop OF rain
since we left Paris. The plans adopted
for finding the roads were fauisless and
our reception egerywhere enthusiastic.
more so IN Germany than France. Buk.
the roads in Germany are decidedly
worse than in France. They were good
% Montjoie. Thence to nfuenxter they
were execrabie. TO Dusseldorf they
were good. Thence to Bieifeld they
were awful With the air thick With
SCOT and smoke We looked like chimney
sweeps. II is owing 10 thess conditions
that the trip has not beaten the Bor-
deaux-Pars race
From that time on the racers bexAx
coming In fast. The first five were
FTenchmen, but every time, the sans
deep tLroated Murray went up ana each
man was carried III triumph upon ths
shoulders Of enthusiastic German and
French sporfsmen.
All the arrivals complained of thf
heat, dust and poor quality Of the
roads.
After the lapse Of several hours, darx
ing which about a score or motor car
arrived, the md were formed into
and a cort4 ges the wh0ls
through 3 4 efrhfnears
passing II (4~hlerkarf3n
through II I5afe ana f6sI
across Tn |uISn Is he Ants
mobile ExpA3uzdk and me Guards az
Corps barracks The mo<ricls uo1G
heaTtily cheefe1 a1onE - Souta