The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-09
.HEANH GETS CUP
One MAN KILLED.
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there was 4 chapter Of accidents. The
victims were among tho participants III
tho contest. Fortunately none OF the
| spectators along the course was hurt.
Ono man was ltillcd.-Carl leu s .
chauffeur. WHO was driving tho car Of
| George Arents, or New York. The acci.
dent was caused by the tires slipping and
1t occurred about o'clock. two hours
after tho start. The car was travelling AZ
Il tremendous rate and was approaching
a curve, when 1t suddenly swerved and
turned completely over Mieusel -
caught beneath tho machine while Arents
was thrown TO one side. Both men were
taken to a hospital whero 1t wns found
Meusel had one arm broken, and that
his skull was fractured and that he had
numerous cuts and bruises. Ono ear was
torn off, one ankle spraincd and lie was
internally injured. lilo died half an hour
later at A hospital. Arents escap ped with
few cuts md bruises. The cor was
demolished.
Started at 6 a. M.
Tho rnco was started at o'clock, The
course was over n thirty-mile triangle
with turns TINT were sharp pnd danger
Gus At two places tho railroad crossed
tho highway ut grades, and these places
were guarded BY signal men Twice at
these crossings Gabriel, q French mo-
torist, narrowly missed being struck by
train, In one instance running but
two feet ahead of n locomotive.
The starters In the race were: A. L.
Campbell, Gabriel, Joseph Tracey, A. c.
Webb, George Arcnts. Jr, II. II. Lyttle,
Hcith, I'D. H. Hnwlcy, Werner, Paul
sartorl, Mnrice Bernin, Albert Clement,
Tarte. Tcslc, Churles Schmidt Frank
Croker Luttgen and William Wallace.
After tho first cur was Off. promptly
ct 6 A. NJ, tho others followed Mt two
minute intervals. The Vanderbilt car
was out Of order when It cano to tho
start and II wns moro than two hours
later when It was ready. a flying start
In violation of the rules was made, but
tho car kept on It was officially barred,
4 however.
Chapter Of Accidents.
The first accident Of tho day occurred
when car No. 10. driven by Wallace,
machinist Antonio Bonderi was under
the vehicle when 1t started without warn
ing, and tho rear wheels passed over his
body. His injuries were not serious.
Tho machine owned by L. r. Thomas
and driven by Hawlcy. while making one
OF the turns, swerved, ran upon tho
grass along the road and narrowly miss
ed crashing Into q tree. Spectators were
#panic-strlckcn, but The danger passed.
+ Later the Thomas machine broke down
and retired from the race.
Frank Cookers daring driving was
feature that brought the spectators to
their feet. After the fourth time around
the thirty-milc triangular however his
ma chine had scstained injuries that put
1T out Of tho running.
Glass and Nails in Road.
There was d continuous bursting OF
tires ut ono point IN tho course that
aroused suspicion. anu Investigation
showed that quantity OF sharp nails
md broken glass had been thrown on
& the roadway. TO this was due the re-.
tirement Of number OF tho machines
carly in tho race .3
or the eighteen starters, bit eight re-
manned in the race at the fifth round OF
tho triangle Or when tho race was half
oyer. Heath covered 3 the lap OF
thirty miles at the rate of scventy-two
miles IN hour. His average speed during
the ten laps was fifty-two miles an
hour. The four who remained in the
race and who were from two to three
laps behind a. the finish were called
off without being allowed to finish. be-
cause Of Its being found Impossible 10
keep the crowd any longer under con-
troll after The exciting race between
Heath and Clement 5s
Terrific Speed.
The first real excitement that brought
the crowd In the grandstand to It's feet
was when Clement and Croker were COM
Ing to the line OH the second round ut
crashing speed, with but a second be-
tween them. AS they d7fhcd on 8pust the
Judges stand tho spectators along the
roadway scurr!ed into the fields. Tho
people In tho stand rose and cheered. 1t
was on tho next round that Croker pune
&tured q tire und retired.
Is Campbell, IN an eighty horse power
machine. was tho first to cross the white
bond across the roadway at the start
HE was followed two minutes later by
Gabriel. who held tho lead for sixry
miles Or through the second round. His
net time for the second round
was twenty-seven minutes, fourteen
seconds, or q ratio of sixty-twc miles
an hour. Heath passed Queens in the
second round insecond place, having
jumped from seventh to fourth place In
the first round, and to second place In
the second round. At the third round
Heath finished seven minutes and nfty-.
eight seconds ahead Of Gabriel
At SEQ Teste was first, Heath second,
element third and G abriel fourth Heath,
however finished the fourth round In
tho lead us 10 actual time. Hawley quit
z at the end OF tllls round Heath contin-s
sued to leud until the eighth Ian when