The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-03
AMERICANS OUTCLASSED Poor Showing at Bally
 Shannon. GERMAN WINS THE cur DcKnyffe and Farman n France Close Together. Arrangements for the Raos wern Well and the Few Aecidsnta
 are Expected to Improve
 Motors status.
GERMAN WINS THE CUT

Bally shannon. Ireland. July 2-The In- ternational automobile race for the Jan1eo Gordon Bennett cup was run today and German team, who covered the dlstanee of s7o 3-4 miles in hours ss minutes and seconds. including the stops irnpoue1 by the regulations.
 Two members of the French team ran each other so close for second place tnek 1t will not be known until Friday wheth~ CT De Knyff or Farman Is entitled to thu honor. Only one minute divided them. 1t is thought likely that De Knyfrs claim 10 second place will be upheld.
 The most remarkable feature of the great race was its practical immunity from serious accidents and the showinG by the American team.
 At Bally shannon. which is the he&4~ quarters for the race, no news had been received tonight of any ones being iu< jured except the English crack, Jarrett and his chauffeur. Jarrott had . narrow escape from death and now lies with broken collar bone and broken iea- Both, however. are doing well.
 Steering Gear Impaired.
 The accident occurred because the steer
 
 came impaired when going at full speed. Instead of turning a corner the aukcme~ bile ran straight into the bank at the side of the road and was broken in two. Stocks, another Ensiishman. has dis ahied car through the same cause. but he was not hurt
 Baron de Caters after making a splen- did race, broke the axle of his car and Foxhall Keene retired because of a eixn- liar accident. Meers and Wintou Of ff{e American team failed to fniah owfnH <1 derangement in the maohanism of 8hsif cars. and Owen, the thlrd member oz the team. only completed five ouk of <&=z out o4 twelve etAfferu cefapaA<s4 {N& course. One ok slsese. n1Ea, the h1is.zk of the cup, came if long after tho race was oniciai1y declared over.
 The poor showing of the AmeficaA competitors is generally attributed to tha lightness of their cars. Owen. who mad@ the best showing among them, -hen tha
 Peasants Venture Out.
 All arrangements for the race worked well and the Irish peasants tonight afe once more venturing on the roads, though with fearful eyes and keen ears for the rear of the motors as they come down the hills of Kildare. The Frenchmen received some consolation by gaining the prize cf- fered by J. Scott-Montsgu. M. F.. to the team whose members all finished.
 The general opinion expressed by the British authorities. including the Earl of Mayo and Henry Norman. M. P, is that the race was the most successful ever run, and is likely to do much to remove the antagonism towards similar contests and towards motors in general.
 Foxhall Keene. as one of the represen- tatives of Germany. had good chance of coming in among the leaders. Beforh giving up. he ran great risk. Turning a corner on the second round, the tires of Keene's machine were ripped up and while repairing them he noticed that the axle was giving away. Instead of stop ping, Keene drove a hundred miles ak the rate of over sixty miles an hour ana only drew up when the car became almost uncomfortable. Then it was found that the axle was within the smallest fraction of an inch of severing.
 On Box of Dynamite.
 Keene admitted that ''it was as much like sitting on a box of dynimate as ansz thing l have ever tried, but 1t was nu awful pity had to withdraw as really had not begun to let myself out.'
 From racing point of view, the con- test, which lasted from oscloclr thiw morning until 7:30 o'clock this evening. will always be remembered for the dss- perate struggle between De Knyff, French and Jenatzy, German. The daring driv- ing of Gabriel in the Paris-Bordeaux race was eclipsed today by the speed at which the contestants seven times passed the judges stand at Bally Shannon. The rivalry between Germany and France aI- ways stood out. Both Jenatzy and De knyn waved their hands wildly in an- swer to the cheers of the onIookers ana grove with what looked like desperation. As the hnal round approached and the gap between the two rivals lessensa there were many who thought that a eeI- lision was inevitable. but De Knyn kepf his lead of minute or two and crossed xha If~o oh--a 7-T -~~~>s'~