The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-09
FOR ONE, HONOR;
ANOTHER, DEATH.

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race. He said that his gasoline tank
broke in Hampstead. and that time
was taken on him while he was re-
pairing IT, contrary to the conditions
OF the race. He also asserted that his
time in controls had been charged
against him.
How MeuseI Was Killed.
Like all previous races of the kind,
there was a chapter of accidents and
fatality. The victims were among the
participants in the contest Fortu-
nately, none of the spectators along
the course was hurt
The man killed was Carl Meusel, a
chauffeur, who was driving the car of
George Arents of New York. The ac-
cident was caused by the tires slipping
and it occurred about o'clock, two
hours after the start. The car was
travelling at a tremendous rate and
was approaching a curve, when it sud-
denly swerved and turned completely
over. Meusel was caught beneath the
machine, while Arents was thrown to
one side.
Both men were taken to a hospital,
where it was found Meusel had one
arm broken, that his skull was frac-
tured and that he had numerous cuts
and bruises. One ear was torn off, one
ankle sprained and he was internally
injured. He died half an hour later
at hospital. Arents escaped with a
few cuts and bruises. Arents' car was
demolished
The race was started at o'clock.
The course was over a thirty-mile tri-
angle, with turns that were sharp and
dangerous. At two places the railroad
crossed the highway at grades, and
these places were guarded by signal
men. Twice at these crossing Gabriel,
a French motOrist, narrowly missed
being struck by a train; in one in
stance running but two feet ahead of
a locomotive.
The starters in the race were A. L.
Campbell, Gabriel, Joseph Tracey, A.
I. Webb, George Arents, Jr., H. H.
Lyttle, Heith, Ed E. Hawley, Werner
Paul Sartori, Maurice Bernin, Albert
Clement, Tarte, Teste, Charles Schmidt
Frank Croker Luttgen and William
Wallace.
Vanderbilt Car Barred.
After the first car was off promptly
at 6 o'clock, the others followed at
two minute intervals. The Vanderbilt
car was out of order when it came
time to start, and it was more than
two hours later that it was ready. A
flying start in violation of the rules
was made, but the car kept on. 1t
was officially barred however.
The first accident of the day oc-
CURED when Car No. 10, driven by
Wallace. stopped for repairs at
Hampstead. The machinist, Antonio
Bonderi, was under the vehicle when
it started without warning and the
rear wheels passed over his body His
injuries are not serious. however.
Spectators Panic-stricIxen.
The machine owned by e. r. Thorn
as and driven by Hawley while max
ing one of the turns swerved from
the road, ran up on the grass along the
road and narrowly missed crashing
into tree. Spectators were panic
stricken, but the danger soon passed
Later the Thomas machine broke down
and retired from the race.
Frank Croker's daring driving was
feature that brought spectators to
their feet. After the fourth time
around the thirty mile triangle, how
ever, his machine had sustained in
Juries 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 on
the roadway. To this was due the retire
ment of a number of the machines ear.
ly in the race.
remained in the race at the fifth round
of the triangle, or when the race was
half over. Heath covered the last
lap of thirty miles at the rate of sew
enty-two miles an hour. His aver
age speed during the ten laps was
tifty-two miles an hour.
Couldn't Control the Crowd.
The four remaining in the race, and
who were from two to three laps be-
hind at the finish, were called off
without being allowed to finish be-
cause of its being found impossible
to keep the crowd any longer under
control after the exciting race between
Heath and Clement.
The first real excitement that
brought the crowd in the grand stand
to its feet was when Clement and
Croker were coming to the line on the
second round, at a crashing speed, with
but second between them. AS they
dashed on past the judges stand the
spectators along the roadway scurried
into the fields, the people in the stand
rose and cheered. 1t was on the next
round that Croker punctured a tire
and retired.
Campbell, In an eighty horsepower
machine, 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 miles, or through the second
round. His net time for the second