Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-10-08

engine had become clogged. Tony Antory, an Italian, who was acting as assistant to Driver Wallace, got out to remedy the trouble and there was a delay of two minutes and twenty sec onds. When everything was in order again Wallace started the machine up and Antory made flying leap to board it. He missed his footing and went under the rear end wheel of the car. Another Italian, who was In a repair tent close to the track, saw the mishap and rushing out leaped aboard the car, which went off with a rush and was quickly out of sight.
 Antory was carried into the repair tent and physician who was present examined him. It was found that no bones were broken and that he was not seriously hurt.
 The times of the start were as fol lows:
 No I, 500; No ?, .6:O2; No 3, 6.O4; No 4, 6:O6; No 5, COS; No 6, 6:1O; No z, 6:12; No 8, 6:14; No 9, 6:16;s No II, 6:2O; No 12, 6:22; No IA, SPA; No 15, 6:26; No 16, CPS; No IT. 6:3O; No IS, 6:32; No 19, 6:34.
 First lap:
 No ?, 6:37:57; No 1, $40; No 4, 6:45:47; No ', 6:49:52; No 8, 6:5I:3O; No 6, 6:56:26; No F, 6:5S:51; No 15, 6:59:04; No Il, 7:O3 :O8; No g, 7:O4:41; l; No IT, 7:O6:35; No 5, 7:O9:O6; No 16, 7:23 :25.
 B. R. Thomas's car, driven by Flaw ley, had 3 narrow escape from disaster yxyofl6a ,aelr riY,nr Q SnIy +I,o Rocky Hill road at Queens on the first lap It sWerved off the roadway, ran upon the grass plot along the road and missed crashing into a big tree by less than foot. HaWIey quickly guided the machine back into the road and it sped away on its journey. The nar- row escape caused momentary excite, ment among the spectators, and cry went up as 1t seemed as if the big car must surely dash into the tree.
 No blew out fuse while passing Queens. Driver Webb stopped and put in new fuse and started of again after delay of about two min utes.
 Gar IS, Wormser's car, burst tire while rounding the turn at Jericho, but after delay of thirty seconds 1t went on with fiat tire without waiting to
 
 A few minutes later Frank Croker's car met with a similar accident at the same place. Croker fitted a new tire and this, together with some slight trouble with his engine, cost him if teen minutes.
 At Mineola. GabrieIs car flashed l across the Long Island railroad trach almost directly in front of slowly moving train, missing the pilot of the engine by less than thirty feet. The train had been stopped by the signal man stationed at the crossing, but the engineer claims that the flag against him had been raised before he started His train was moving and had gained fair headWay just below the crossing when the Gabriel car tore down the road It is claimed that there was no signal set against him and that he had no reason to believe that the track was not clear. For a moment ii seemed that the train and the rushing car would dispute the crossing and that an accident was inevitable, but the speed of the machine was so great that it dashed across the rails in safe ty while the locomotive was hardly more than thirty feet away. Gabriel, who led at the end of the first lap, maintained his advantage in the sec ond. covering the course the second time at an average speed Of sixty two miles an hour. The end of the third