The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-03
GERMAN AUTO THE WINNER.
JENATZY, A BELGIAN, DRIVES
THE CAR IN CUP RACE.
Baron do knyn OF France the First to Finish
Americans Have had Luck and Arc
Out OF At--JarrOtt, Engilshman, ard
Driver Hurt--kecne's Machine Disabled.
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BALLYsHANNoN, June 1.-The four ma.
tions which are the pioneers in self-pro'
PEELED locomotion have had their Irish
Derby, and 1t has resulted in confirming
the judgment OF the Mercedes motor PEG pie
that their sixty horse power cars, driven
capably, are as good as anything on the
road for the peculiar course over which the
race was run. Anybody seeing the steadi-
ness with which the brilliant Belgian en-
gineer Jenatzy took the curves or shot
along the straight would have been in
clined to place him as a sure winner over
track where constant vigilance was inn
perative and cars responsiveness and
reliability the highest desideratum.
Similarly it was obvious that the Ameri-
can cars were not suited for tho work they
undertook. Gabriel, the Frenohman, was
not well suited with his torpedo-ike Mors
car. which developed early disastrous
habit OF giving false explosions from the
exhaust pipe, which again and again cost
him many precious minutes. The struggle
was thus reduced to the Mercedes and Pam
hard cars, and great race they gave.
4 remarkable feature of the result is that
whfle a car made in Germany takes the
championship there was not a German
riding in the race to-day. Difficulty arose
some time ago when the Mercedes COM
pany wished to nominate as drivers of its
three cars, which were the only German
candidates, three of its workmen.
The British Automobile Club objected to
this and insisted that drivers must be eli
gible for membership in the German Auto
uoNhilo Thrh Thu, rasnlt that Nj
Jenatzy, Belgian master engineer; Baron
de Caters, Belgian amateur, and FoHhall
Keene, the well-known American sports-
man, were selected. The French and
English teams comprised experienced rae
ers but the Americans, Winton. Owen and
Mooers, were practically novices at pro-
longed road work.
Ths start went off smoothly but for Win
toms difficulty and the nervousness Of
Stocks and Mooers, who each lost somewhat
at the start through unpreparedness. The
FIRST indication of the final result came at
tho end Of forty-fve miles. when Jenat2y
came chasing down the straight from
Athy only few yards behind Owen. The
Mercedes mans champions cheered him
from the grand stand spanning the road
here, and in a moment while going sixty
two miles an hour, his left hand rose to
salute and then again olasped the con-
trolling lever as the car shot like a pro iectile
past Owen into the second circuit.
Credit for the success OF the race as q
spectacle was due to the general public,
which was most willing to conform to the
regulations. The only accidents we're due
to the drivers themselves. The fact that
Jenatzy's three journeys over the smaller
circuit came within three minutes OF each
other Is evidence Of the mastery OF the
course that cool, determined driver was
able to achieve.
The expectation that the narrowness of
the roads would prevent q gaining driver
from passing his leader proved wrong. as
all three Of the first fnishers managed 10
pass Edge while going at racing pace.
Even the American cars did not suffer by
collision, though at times they bounced
about the road like rubber balls.
Rain began to fall Just after Jenatzy
finished, and fresh wind gave good
course for the final runners. The Michelin
tires on the Mercedes oars obviously worked
better than the Dunlop tires on the Napier
machines. The Panhards had nothing to
complain OF on this score.
OF the dozen starters JenatZy started
fourth as the first candidate Of the team
representing Germany, which was the last
Of the four countries TO challenge. Next
year the championship must be decided on
German roads
The French did we'll collectively as all
three OF them finished. Jenatzy was alone
among the German representatives to
finish, az Edge was alone among the English
starters to cover the entire course.
Barring deductions TO be made for time
consumed in passing through the several
control areas, NJ. Jenatzy won the au-
tomobFle race for the International Cup
to-day. Jenatzy finished at 537 in tho
afternoon.
Rene de Knyf, of the French team, fn-
isiIcI erst at 5 IS in the afternoon, but he
owed fourteen minutes to JenatZy on the
original starting arrange ments, the Bel
gian having started fourth, two places be-
hind Dc knyff. There was an interval
of seven minutes between each starter.
In the final result Jenatzy won by ten
minutes from De Knyff, barring the deduc-
lions for the control areas. Jenatzy's
elasped time over the entire course of 3Gs
miles 785 yards, including the delays in
the control areas was approximately ten
hours and eight minutes. DE knyff' time
was slightly over ten hours and eighteen
minutes.
Henri Farman Of the French team, who
started sixth. made a determined finish and
will run De Knyff close for second place.
Tho race began at 7 o'clock this morning
This was the fourth contest for the cup,
IL being won by $. F. Edge, in France,
last year. Four nations We're represented,
each entering a team OF three men. To
each team was allotted distinctive color,
and all the cars OF each team were painted
accordingly. The men, the cars and the
oolors were:
American Ged)--Alexandsr Winton VIM
ton car; Percy Owen, Winton car; Louis P.
Mooers, Peerless car.
English (green)-S. F. Edge, Napier car;
Charles Jarrett, Napier car. and j. W.
Stocks snapper car.
French (blue)-Rene de Knyf, Panhard
car; Henri Farman. Panhard car; and NJ.
Gabriel, Mors car.
German (white)-Baron de Caters Mer-
cedes car; Foxhall Keene, Mercedes car,
and Jenatzy, Mercedes car.
At 4 o'clock the race was between De
KnyfY, Jenatzy and Gabriel, with the odds
In favor OF Jenatzy. Jenatzy's indomi-
table nerve had been one of the features OF
the race His times on the first, third and
fifth circuits, each OF forty-five miles, did
not vary more than two minutes.
The veteran Of the contestants, De KnyfY.
was driving at a magnificent pace.
Gabriel began badly, but afterward did
splendid work.
Edge completed the fifth circuit at 3,sA
His time was half an hour worse than