The sun., 1903-07-02
DUST ENDANGERS AUT0ISTS.
DRY COURSE PROBABLE ron m
TERNATIONAL RACE TODAY.
OIL VIII he Used to Mitigate the Danger
ON CurveR-Gabriel or France Com
sidered the Most Formidable ConapetA-
tor - American Candidates Popular.

sunshine must materially aneCC tne cnanceh
in to-morrow's great motor test. The
track around the plains Of Kildare, which is
remarkably sensitive to weather con-
ditions, is now oopiously covered with
white dust. Motor, cyclists to the number
Of eighty, who have volunteered to act as
time checkers and marshals Of the course,
have been showing like puffs of powder
smoke along the roads all day. Large
automobiles have been car0ening along
by themselves.
To the contestants this m after Of inor-
dinate dust is serious owing o the route
having many angles, and on which the
racers will always be chose upon each
other Sixty barrels of oil were brought
here from Dublin to-day and will be used
to spray the dust upon the curves early
tomorrow morning. Similar preparations
are being made throughout the course.
The sharpness Of several Of the turnings
has given Winton. Owen and Mooers, the
American trio. occasion for thought. Win
toms tires are considerably the widest Of
all those used on the dozen cars seeking
the championship
The diameter Of his hind wheels ID 81
inches. and the width Of fis tire base ID
4 fnches, whereas the Mors car, in which
Gabriel, the professional French driver,
will ridos has rear wheels 80 inches in diame-
ter and tire base of 212 inches.
There is widespread belief that Gabriel
is the ikeliest winner, alth ough it is the
universal hope among the people along
the countryside that an American will
win. Gabriel's car looks like a high-speed
torpedo boat beside the bulky Panhards
which his two French colleagues will drive.
AA in htullt lttnkN frnv
his victory in the Paris Bordeaux race,
he is remembered as the driver who climbed
La Turbie hill in the south of France at
lightning speed in fog.
The Americans are an unknown quantity
in this mode of racing, they not having
had experience in long g-distance speeding,
OF which the Continental drivers have had
plenty. The task OF driving car at high
speed for many hours is very severe strain,
mentally and physically. When fatigue
comes, the Judgment is impaired and the
handling OF the machine suffers. In the
short time they have been here, however
the Americans have accomplished wonders,
and their cars are undoubtedly fast: The
absence in them Of reversing gear is un-
fortunate for such difficult parts of the
course as the Mageny Bridge, where there
are sharp curves, both in approaching and
departing, but the horizontal arrangement
of the cylinders keeps the body Of the cars
near the ground and gives valuable steadi-
ness In steering
weighed to-day at Mas before great
assemblage of automobile enthusiasts. Over
two hundred cars, laden with Continental
and American visitors, have been over the
route to-day. The arrangement at Bally-
shannon, where the race starts and finishes,
are even now, within few hours Of the
start. only in process of shaping them
anI 40 nf tir,k ufsn M
for the spectators stands, and the tolun-
teers who have offered TO help the Auto
mobile Club in regulating the races within
the controls are busy trying to understand
their duties.
Throughout the warm. starless night
there has been continual procession OF
jaunting cars, bicycles. motor cycles and
automobiles along the Dublin road to take
positions near Ballyshannon the starting
point Of the race.
At y O'Clock in the morning a p Hot motor
carrying Secretary Mayhem Of the Auto
mobile Club is due to commence tour of
the course, TO see that all the arrangements
are In working order and to warn the pub
lie TO keep clear Of the road.
Seven thousand Royal Irish Constabu-
larry men from al parts Of the country are
taking positions along those parts OF the
course which open TO the fields.
Their work will chiefly consist in keeping
cattle from straying on the roadway. Out
side of each control a practical motor en-
gineer is stationed, and other ARA ngements
have been made to guard against any
emergency that may arse.
Outside the control here a man is sta
toned with three extra tires for the Amert-
can team in case theirs puncture Buckets
of water have also been provided, to be
The time devoted to these purposes WILL
Of course, be lost to the car, as nothing can
be done to machine inside the control
area.
If a contestant allows IN carto be touched
or aided in any way within control hs will
be disqualified.
Danger Us foreseen for the racers at the
Carlow, which they will have to approach
around an acute corner to the right. and
Immediately afterward will have to turn
acutely to the left or otherwise be over
thrown an embankmnt.
Another difficult stretch lies outside
Athy, where there is long decline The
racers have been warned to fake this with
caution, but the temptation to let the ears
go will probably prove too great for the
ardent motorists, and IL il highly probable
that along this stretch the cars will 60 at
top speed,
II will be q general holiday in the towns
through which he racers will pass. Saloons
near the course will be closed The rail
way companies have arranged to bring
10000 spectators from Dublin, where the
Stock Exchange and other places Of bIsi-
ness will be closed for the day The
we'ther nro'rsei ~ be nm
At clock this morning he automobile
race for the International cup starts over
the course in Ireland selected by the Auto
mobile Club of Great Britain and Ireland,
the present holder of the cup, il being won
by s. F. Edge in France last year
This is the fourth race for the cup and
will be the biggest contest for 1t ever seen.
as there are more competitors and tho
race is to b. run as dist net entity and
not as a part of another and ovsrshadow-
ing event.
Four nations are represented in the
race, each entering a team Of three men,
all that is allowed by the rules To each
team Is allotted q distinxive color and all
the cars Of each team are painted accord
ingly The mer, the cars and the colors
are:
American (red)-- Alexander Winton. Win
ton car Percy Owen, Winton car, and
Louis p Mooers, Peerless car.
English (greenl s. F. Edge, Napier car;
Charles Jarrott, Napier car, and w
Stocks, Napier car
French (blue)--R6ne de Knyff, Panhsrd
car: Henri Farman, Panhard car, and NJ
Gabriel, Mors car.
German (white)--BnROn de Caters, Merce-
des car; Foxhall Keene, Mercedes car, and
Jenatzy. Mercedes car.
The course over which the men will run
Ia in outline two irregular triangles set
together 80 AZ to form an eccentric figure 8.
As was told in THE SUN of estsrday, the
cars will go four times over the larger loop