The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-03
Jenatzy Covers 1904 Miles in 6
Hours, So Minutes and .
Seconds.
FRENCHMAN HIS CLOSE RIVAL.
Americans Make Poor Showing,
Owing to Lightness of Cars
English Crack and HIS
Chauffeur Injured.

Grand Stand Bally Shannon, Ireland. July
2.-The International automobile race for
the James Gordon Bennett cup was run to-
day and won by JenatZy. a member of the
German team who covered the distance Of
so. miles in SIX hours thirtysiy minutes
and nine seconds, including the stops i'm
posed by the regulations.
Two members of the French team ran
each other so close for second place that It
will rot be known until Friday whether
DeKnin or Farman IS entitled to the honor.
Only one minute divide; them. 1t is thought
likely that DeKniff's claim TO second place
will be upheld.
TIE most remarkable features Of the
great race were its practical immunity from
serious accidents and the wretc.lcd show
ing by the American team.
At Eally Shannon. wEich is the headquar
tors for the race. no news had heon received
Tonight Of any one being injured. except
ono OF the contestants the English crack.
Jarrott. and his chauffeur.
death. and row lies with broken collar
bone and badly bruised hoy. His
chauffeur also has fractured collar bone,
besides Il broken leg. Both. however, are
doing well.
RAN INTO BANK
The accident occurred through the steer
ing gear of the favorite English car get
ting out o. order when going at full speed
Instead OF turning a corner. the automobile
ran straight into the bank at the side of
the road and was smashed 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 hurc.
| Baron De Caters. after making a. splendid
1 race broke the axle of his car. and Foxha!l
| Keene retired because OF similar accident.
Moers and Winton of the American team.
| both failed to finish. owing to the deranse-
| ment in the mechanism Of their cars, and
| owen the third member of the team. only
| completed five out Of the seven laps OF the
! 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 COM
! petitcrs is generally attributed to the *
/ made the best showing among them. when
| the race was over, said he could not blame
| the roads.
same as that of the other fellows who were
+; defeated by the daring German" he said.
STILL ALARMED.
| All arrangements for the race worked well
and the Irish peasants tonight are only
barely venturing on the roads, though with
fearful eyes and keen ears for the roar
of the motors as they come down the hills
Of Kildare.
The Frenchmen received some consola-
ton in not getting the cup by gaining the
prize offered by ]. Scott-Montague; NJ.
| to the team whose members all finished.
The general opinion. expressed by the
| British authorities, including the Earl OF
| Mayo and Henry Norman. NJ: P. is that tns
race was the most successful ever run, and
is likely to do much to remove the antag-
| onism toward similar contestants and mo-
| tors in Genoa.
| Foxhall Keene, as one of the Representa-
tives of Germany, had a good chance OF
coming in among the leaders. Before Civ.
ing up he ran risk which Is generally de-
scribed as one of the most daring feature:
ner on the second round, the tires OF
Keenes machine were ripped up and. white
repairing them, he noticed that the axle
was giving away. Instead Of stopping Keent
drove hundred miles at the rate OF ovel
sixty miles an hour, and Only drew VI
when the car became almost uncomfortable
Then 1t was found that the axle was within
the smallest fraction of an inch Of being
severed.
SITTING ON DYNAMITE"
Keene admitted that cit was as mucl
like sitting on box of dynamite as any.
thing have ever tried, but it was an awful
rity had to withdraw, as really had no
| begun to let myself out"
| From a racing point Of view the contest
which lasted from in the morning unit
1:30 this evening. will always be remem
| bered Tor the desperate struggle between
| DeKniff French. and JenatZy German
| The daring driving of Gabriel in tn
Paris-Bordeaux race was quite eclipsed to
day by the speed at which the contestant
seven times passed the judges stand a
| Baly Shannon.
Then, the rivalry between Germany an
Frame always stood out. Both Jenatz
and DeKnif waved their hands wildly il
| answer to the cheers of the onlookers an
drove with what locked like desperation
AS the final round approached and the ga
. between the two rivals lessened there wer
many who thought that collision was in
evitable. but DeKniff kept his lead of
minute or two and crossed the line ahead
! having started first.