New-York tribune., 1904-10-07

tne apex to the west. This apex is at Queens
iourteen miles from New-York City. The start
ana hnish will be at Westbury, about twen+v
three miles from New-York.
The course is exactly 1924 miles in length
ana must De covered ten times. There are two
controls on the course. one at HfcksvfIle 40
mile in length. and one at Hampstead 4O
miles in length. Three minutes must be speD+
IN going through the Hicksviue control and sfx
minutes in going through the Hampstead cor
troll.
Ihe race Is to be started at a. m. and fs ex
pected to be finished in about six hours
THE ENTRIES.
Eighteen entries were made for the raoa
Classified By nationalities. the entries. the cars
and their drivers are as follows:
UNITED STATES.
Pop. Mr Car Co. 60 fs5.-rol.o s eAIb.-T P5vi T.,
Pope Motor ca CO.. - D. ? Poue-Toedo N n T,,+Ie
ta3 = LaSTI ST ~ , P ROYAL Tourist Joseph TracyJ
FTa1N Croker 20 h p : i " Simplex (Frank CroEer,
ITALY.
'- 9 Ta3asr5 %5is e. 81 R. ? F IA HI9 ,FIH .g w95las'
FRANCE.
n e T. Jir-s 80 3 n = p n F72agI, T 'i G BernH.
Pa7aari & Leyass5-p 81 P 90 OF r L1'tiS9 y P SGab7el1
Pa7ss7i Ievlss57. 20 h. ? PRsTg Pa9RsTg g. h' Heath
GERMANY
5;Gysas 5,r.r3s.. 90 "a h P Nsrcsls. ocamrbeIn
" DI7silore, 20 a. p Mercedes CWeruert.
e ] " cTT1seT 20 n ? Mercedes dsadore wormse-)
IsoTSe -NreHts IT. On h. o. Mercedes George Arents II
From Westbury the course follows the Jericho
Turnpike. a hard macada1n road thirty Faa-
wide and smooth. but having many slight grades
and easy turns within half mile of Jericho
There is turn here, however. extremely sbarr
but not difficult. because there is annie room
The course follows the Observation-Disclosures maj
level wide and smooth TO Hicksviue A control
is here OF go yards each sids Of the railroad
crossing 600 YARDS. which the machines must
take three minutes 10 traverse From Hicks
Wills the course follows the Massapeoua ros,5
narrow, but hard and smooth with a few, sIi-b.
grades. There is another railroad crossing here
but there are only few trains that go over ..
in the day.
THE WORST PIECE OF ROAD.
The turn from the Massapequa road to the
Bethpage Turnpike is a very sharp one. being AZ
au acute angle. The road here is rarrou ard
this makes it an extremely dangerous turn.
The first two and one-haIs miles OF the Beth
page Turnpike are in bad condition. The road :,
in one place covered for quarter OF a mile With
loose stone and is narrow and hiIly. Further on
the road is undergoing repairs and there is one
eighth OF a mile OF broken stone. This is being
repaired. however.
Beyond this the course Is n excellent sbaDa
and there are some fine stretches OF SMOOTH
roadway There is a six minute control in the
town Of Hampstead. and from there t, Ou,-Ds
the course lies along the Hempstead-Jamaica
plank road This street has 4 number Of curves
but will permit Of a high rate OF speed.
At Queens there are two turns and , .bo-.
a m ~
circuit does not meet in one point here Tbss.
turns are sharp. but there is plenty OF room,
The cross road IS narrow and has dangerous
railFoad crossing on the main line OF the Long
Island Railroad. The second OF these turns
brings the course back 10 the Jericho turnpike
~ Floral Park there is sharp dovngrad. under
a railroad bridge and up again on the other side
There Is also a curve in approaching and an
other on leaving this piece OF difficult road
From here on to the finish Of the circui. the road
is wide and smooth, with easy grades and
curves
\ dangerous spot on the course is that near
Belmont Park. where as the Illustration pub-
lished to-day shows. work is being done in de-
pressing the tracks 20 make below grade cross
IN so the trains can go through the entrance
of the park under the roadway
Experiments with crude oil were made on the
course as long ago as September % and. being
satisfactory. the work OF sprinkIing the course
with ninety thousand gallons OF crude oil was
begun a week ago last Monday, and it was con-
tinued late into the present week Eighteen
tanks Of oil. holding FIVE thousand gallons each.
were used and the cost will be about 5000.
SOME OF TIE DRIVERS.
Gabriel. who will drive De Dietrich car
stands out as the foremost driver. He ran sec
nnd IN the Gordon-Bennett race OF year ago.
At the fateful Paris-Madrid race Gabriel was
leading when the contest was called OF at BOr-
deaux Heath Is an American He has had
many triumphs in French and German and
Italian races. He is considered one OF the best
road drivers in the world. Tartc IS IN expert
enced French driver. He has been driving In
the big races for two years. and has always
made a good showing.
Teste is another French driver who has had
years Of experience. He ran second to Heath IN
the Circuit des Ardennes by only two-thirds os
minute. William Werner is another great
driver in the race. Three years ago he took four
FIRST prizes in one road meet at Nice. In the
Paris Berlin race of 1901 he won the Presidents
prize. presented by President Loubet to the hrst
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