The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-07-03
ADDITIONAL
SPORTING NEWS
Big AUTO RACE IS
WON BY JENATN
German Captures International
Contest for James Gordon
Bennett Cup.

GRAND STAND, BALLYSHAN-
NON, Ireland, July 2.-The information
al automobile race for the James Cor
don Bennett cup was run today ana
won by Jenatzy, a member of the Ger
man team, who covered the distance Oh
$40 ga miles in six hours SO minutes
and seconds, including the stops I'M
posed by the regulations.
Two members of the French racing
team ran each other so close for sec
ond place that it will not be known I'M
til Friday whether De Knyff or Farman
is entitled to the honor. Only one
minute divided them. 1t is thought
likely that De Knyffs claim to second
place will be upheld.
The most remarkable features of the
great race were it's practical freedom
from serious accidents and the wretch
ed showing by the American team. At
Ballyshannon, which is the headquar-
tiers for the race, no news had been
received tonight of anyone being in
jured except one of the contestants,
the English crack. Jarrett. and his
chauffeur.
Jarrett had a miraculous escape from
death, and now lies with a broken
collar bone and a badly bruised body.
His chauffeur also had a fractured col
lar bone, besides a broken leg. Both,
however, are doing well.
The accident occurred through the
steering gear of the favorite English
car getting out of order when going
at full speed Instead of turning a
corner the automobile ran straight in
to a bank at the side of the road and
was smashed clean in two. How the
occupants escaped death is more than
they themselves can explain.
Stocks, another Englishman, had his
car disabled through the same cause,
but was not hurt. Baron de Caters,
after making a splendid race. broke
the axle of his car. and Foxhall Keene
retired because of similar accident.
Moers and Winton, of the American
team, both failed to finishing owing
to arrangement in the mechanism Of
their cars. and Owen. the third mem
Der of the team only Completed five
out of the seven laps of the race. Thus
only five out of twelve starters COM
pleted the course. One of these. Edge,
the holder Of the cup, came in long
after the race was officially declared
over.
The poor showing of the American
competitors is generally attributed to
the excessive lightness of their cars.
Owen, who made the best showing
among them. when the race was over,
said he could not blame the roads. Il
guess the reason / was beaten is the
same as that of the other fellows who
were defeated by the daring German"
All the arrangements for the race
worked we'll and the Irish peasants to-
night are once more venturing on the
roads. through with fearful eyes and
keen ears for the roar of the motors as
they come down the.~hills of Kildare
The Frenchmen received some consol-
alton in not getting the cup by gaining
the prize offered by the Hon. ]. Scott
MOntagC M p 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 eyer run and is likely to do
much to remove the antagonism to-
ward similar contests and motors in
general. 81 so
Foxhall Keene. as one of the repre-
sentatives of Germany had a good
chance of coming in amongst the lead
which is generally described as one
of the most daring feats in the his
tory of motoring. Turning a corner
on the second round the tires of Keenes
machine were ripped up. and while re-
pairing them he noticed that the axle
was giving way. Instead of stopping
Keene drove a hundred miles at the
rate of over sixty miles an hour and
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 being
severed. Keene admitted that ut was
as much like sitting on a box of dyna-
mite as anything / have ever tried, but
it was an awful pity I had to withdraw,
as really had not begun to let myself
out"