Arizona republican., 1904-10-09
ONLY ONE MAN KILLED
That Was the Only Thing Settled in
 Yesterdays Automobile Race.

New York, Oct. S.-Four wheeled ve- hicles of all sorts of incongruous shapes rushing along the road at a speed nf from sixty 10 ninety miles an hour; tn. air resoundinS with the "honk konk" of the horn, the changing of bells ard the shouts >of the guards, signal flags waving and fiuttering, and an occasion al cheer from thousands of throats. stirred the atmosphere in Mineola. HemT stead, Garden City and other Long Island suburbs of Greater New York today during the 800 mile auto mobile race eOr the w. K. Vanderbilt. Jr., cup.
 One man was killed, one man is in the hospital seriously injured, and many others were placed in jeopardy during the seven or eight hours of the day and many thousands of dollars were expended.
 The story of the race itself is one of interest. excitement and nerve ten sion. After running for seven hours. sometimes at a speed of sixty to ninety miles an hour, faster than many ex- press trains, Geo. Heath, American. driving q 90 horse power vehicle Of foreign make and representing the Au- tomobjle Club of France, finished Grsr in the run of 800 miles with Albert Clement, representing the same club and driving an so horse power machine. also Of foreign make, one minute and twenty eight seconds behind him.
 When the men flashed by the judges. stand the crowds in the grand stand arose in body and cheered relieving the tension of nerves that held the cro"i for many hours. Just when the award will be given is not yet certain Clement a racing board of the Automobile Asso- citation of America, under whose con- uOI the race was held, and the deci- sion given but a few minutes before was withdrawn until the board bad made an investigation into the claims set forth by Clement.
 These were of a technical nature CIeTcEt in his protest declared that he mad been held up in Hampstead over a minute and a half, and that if this had been allowed him he womb have won the race. He said his gasoline tank broke in Hampstead and that tffna Was taken o2 him while he was r,- repairing 1t, contrary to the conditions oi the race. He also asserted that his time control had been charged against him.
 Like all previous races of the kind
 a Iat2l1ty. The victims were amons, tba participants in the contest. FortlInateIv none of the spectators were hurt. The man kill-'7 was Carl MeuseI. cbauffaIIr driving the car of George Arepts of New York. '-
 The accident was caused by the tires slipping and occurred at g o'clock tu-o hourE after the start The car WIS gong at q fast rate and was approach ing a curve when suddenly it swerved and turned over. Meusel was ,.aught beneath the machine and Arents vas thrown on the side. Both men zvors taken 10 the hospital where MeusaI died half an hour later
 Arents escaped with cuts and bruisas. The car was demolished. The race started at o'clock The course vr,s over thirty mile triangle track win turns sharp and dangerous. In tvy1 places the railroad crossed the bie.bv,.a>, at a grade and these places were guar,3- ed by signal men. Twice at these eros sings GabeyeL the French motorist n1ri oWly missed being struck bv a fai4' in one instance running but tv., Ieet ahead Of a locomotive