The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-06-17
AND THE AUTOS OF THE VA
RIoUs NATIONS STARTED ON
THE RACE FOR THE COR
DON BENNETT CUP.
THEREBY, THE FRENcHilMi-A'N, IS
NOW IN POSSESSION OF THE
j. GORDON BENNETT CUP.

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NOW IN POSSESSION OF THE
j. GORDON BENNETT CUP.
HoMeURG, June 17.-Thery the
Frenehnnan, driving Richard Frasier
car, won the !: Gordon Bennett auto
mobile cup race.
Emperor William. of Germany,
gave the flag signal for the first car
to start precisely at seven o'clock
this morning. With mighty cheer
from the thousands watching the start:
the great Gordon Bennett Automobile
Cup race was made. In the lmper1al
Pavilion with the Kaiser, the start
was witnessed by the Empress, the
King of. Wurtemburg. the German
crown prince, Prince Henry, OF Prus-
STA, the Grand Duke Ernest Louis OF
Hesse, the Princess Joachim Albert
and Frederick Leopold. OF Prussia,
the Kaiser's sister, Princess Mar
guerite and her husband, Prlnce
Frederick Carl of Hesse, the Grand
Duchess Anastisia Of Mechlenburgh,
schwerin and her son, the reigning
Grand Duke Frederic Francis with
his young wife the Grand duchess
Alexandria This young royal couple
was married at Gmunden last Week
and are attending the race on their
honeymoon. All these royal person
ages with their suites make a strik-
ing group in which gorgeous military
uniforms were a most conspicuous
feature. Near the starting line on
opposite sides OF the course. the two
grand stands, each accommodating
5000 were packed with eager specta-
tors and 10000 more sightseers had
assembled in the grand enclosure six
miles in circumference in the Vlcln-
ity of Saalburg-
At the order of drawing lots for the
order of starting. Janatzy the Ger
man, secured the first chance and led
off after receiving the kaiser's sig
| nal To the spectators his car seem
cd to leap forward and in an instant
it was speeding ahead and was lost
in few seconds, for only two hun
dred yards of the outward course was
visible at the starting point cars
we're one after the other at Intervals
| of seven minutes and each outgoing
racer was encouraged by a roar OF
applause from the immense crowd OF
onlookers. The racers started in the
following order:
Jentatzy, German; Edge, English;
Werner. Austrian; Lancia, Italian;
Thery, French; Hautvast, Belgian;
Baron Won Caters, German; Girling,
English; Braun, Austrian; Cagno
Italian; Ralleron, French; Augieres,
Belgian; Opel, German; Jarrett,
English; Werden, Austrian; Storere,
Italian; Rougier, French and Baron
De Crawhez, Belgian.
Du Faux, the Swiss racer was com
PEELED to drop out of the race because
of a broken axle. Opel, the German,
was also soon out of it as his axle al
so broke soon after the start. Baron
Won Caters, the German lost nine
minutes soon after the start was
made by his machine sticking. FL
naly he got away again at a break
neck speed.
The starting point at the Saalburg
is PAS feet above sea level, and the
racing course begins with a steep up
hill climb followed by a steep decline.
The foot OF the descent is the Wohr-
helm. From there the road ascends
to Kreuzenstein, which is 1856 feet
above sea level. From the latter
place a steep descent down upon lsin'
gen, which is only SAG feet above sea
level This steep hill, just before
reaching Isinsen, is the first OF the
fifteen danger spots in the route, for
not only is there a formidable down
ward gradient, but at the foot of the
hill the road leads over a small, mar
row bridge built over little field
canal. Most of the racers slackened
speed considerably to negotiate the
difficult stretch of road, but Others
who had declared in advance that
they intended to rush over the whole
course at maximum velocity regard
less of conSequen ces, sped down the
dangerous hill at breakneck speed
The impression Of the spectators OF
their downward rush was that they
only escaped disaster and death by
a miracle On leaving Isingen the
road swings with a gradient of II
feet; Oh this steep ascent brought
the racers up to Hoher Schneidt
which is 1859 feet above sea level
From the summit here there is Ions
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