The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-10-09
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stead. The machinist.. Antonio Bon
deri, was under the vehicle when it
started without warning. and the rear
wheels passed over his body. His in
juries are not serious. however.
The machine owned by E. r. Thorn
as and driven by Hawley. while MAX
ing one of the turns SWerved from
The road. ran upon the grass along
the road and narrowly missed crash
ing into a tree. The spectators We're
but the danger soon
passed Later the Thomas machine
broke down and retired from the race.
A Daring Driver.
Frank Crocker's daring driving was
a feature that brought spectators TO
their feet After the fourth time
around the .'0-mile triangle however,
his machine had sustained injuries
that put it out OF the running.
There was a continuous bursting OF
tires at one point in the course that
aroused suspicion, and investigation
showed, that a quantity of sharp nails
and broken glass had been thrown or
the roadway. To this was due the re-
t rement of a number of the machines
early in the race
Of the eighteen starters but eight
round of the triangle or when the race
was half over.
Heath covered the last half Of thirty
miles at the rate of Y miles an hour
His average speed during the ten laps
was 81 miles an hour.
The four remaining in the race and
who were from two to three laps be-
hind at the finish We're called Off with
cut being allowed to finish because OF
hi RI Y n
crowd any longer under control after
the exciting race between Heath anG
Clement.
A Preathless Moment.
The first real excitement thai
brought the crowd in the grandstanC
to its feet was when Clement and
Croker We're coming 20 the line OF
the second round, at a crashing speed
with but a second between them. A.
they dashed on past the judges stanc
the spectators along the roadway sour
ried into the fields, the people in the
stand rose and cheered 1t was on the
next round that rocker puncturcd
tire and retired.
ampbell. in an SO-horse- power ma
chine was the first to cross the white
band across the roadway at the start
He was followed two minutes later by
Gabriel, who held the lead for sixty
His net time was e minutes IA Sc
conds, or a rate of 81 miles an hour
Heath passed Queens in the second
round in second place, having Jumped
from seventh to fourth place in the
first rond and to second place In the
second round. AT the third round
Heath finished seven minutes and as
seconds ahead of Gabriel.
At $50 Teste was first, Heath Sc
h nd I'D q
fourth. Heath, however. finished the
fourth round in the lead as TO actual
time. Hawley cult at the end of this
round
Heath continued to lead until the
Sth. lap. when he was delayed by
trouble with his tire. Clement was
driving his machine at terrific speed
and as II passed the stand there was
a flash of n b g hulk, Whizzlng OF
wheels, and rush CT wind ana the
Frenchman with his machine we're out
CT sight.
At the $50 mile point, or the end of
he fifth round, the standing was:
Heath first. Gabriel second, Clement
third Lyttle fourth, Tarte fifth.
Heath's average speed in the first
half was So miles an hour.
The Shriel1in@ Finish.
Heath after the delay, finished his
at terrific speed. Clement who started
later than Heath was now three MIN
utes in the lead, official time. The
excitement in the grand stand began
to increase. Clement had only lead
of one minute and IS seconds enter
ing on the last lap, according to the
official announcement. Heath mao
gained a minute on him. but IT ala
not seem that he would wipe out the
two minutes remaining.
On the two men came TO the finish
line the crowds cheering and yelling
throwing hats into the air, and way
ing handkerchiefS, coats and canes
on came the DOnderouS machines,
putting, chugging and snOrting like
uggernauts-there was silence in the
crowd, the machines Whired, and
then one flashed across the line-it
was Heath, followed one minute and
% seconds later by Clement, and
Americas first big race for Automo-
biles had been run.
The officia. elapsed time for the en-
tire course OF three hundred miles is:
Heath 5 hours. &c minutes, 5 sec
onds; Clement. FIVE hours % minutes,
Is seconds.