The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-08
AMERICAN WINS
GREAT AUTO RACE
Continued From First Page.

sTead, sl.4U miles long. Every contest
ant must take three minutes to go thru
to go thru the Hampstead control.
I AS Wallace s car, No. 10, rounded the
turn at Jericho, on the first lap Of the
race, 1t was seen to be in trouble. It
stopped, and Toney Antory, who was
acting as assistant to Driver Wallace,
was delay Of two minutes and twenty
seconds. When everything was in or
der again Wallace started the machine
up and Antory made. a flying leap to
board it. He missed his footing and
went under the rear end wheel Of the
car. Antory was carried into the repair
tent and a. physician who was present
examined him. It was found that no
bones were broken and that he was not
seriously hurt. O. ]..-
.s Times of the Start. 80
:, The times Of the start were as fol-
lows: . '
!, No; l,se:oo; No. 2, COZ; NO, 8, e:o4;
NJ No sS H. No: g. g. Saa No g. 9, S:iS;
No. II, 6:20; No. IL, 6:22; No. IA, 6:24;
No. Is, 6:32; No. Is, 1884. ...,'9
First lapI--No. 2, 6 :a7:57 No. $40;
6G Bo e H. h u 9s NaiS a.
5;o4;4i; 50: Z 7:oe:55; No: IS, 7:oe:''
Test, driving a ninetY-horse power
imported machine, finished three laps
(about 9o.75 miles) over the Long
Island course in today's automobile
race in. 1929. His time was the
best up to that point. q. ,55$
Arents and his machinist were thrown
from the machine andrinjured as a re-
suit of broken tire. Both men were
taken to the Nassau county hospital.
At the end of the fifth round Heath
| was in the lead. He had covered the
1920 miles in 3:0l:O5. -...
Just Missed a Train. ... 49,
At Minola, Gabriel's car flashed
across the Long Island railroad track
almost directly in front of a moving
train, missing the pilot Of the engine
by less than thirty feet. 1t is claimed
by the engineer that there was no signal
set against him and that he had nc
reason to believe that the track was not
clear. -.
Gabriel, who led at the end Of the
first lap, maintained his advantage in
the second, covering the course the
second time at an average speed OF
the third lap also saw the French driv
er leading the procession, but in the
next round Heath s car, No. 7, shot tt
1.-THE front, leading Gabriel by a little
more than four minutes.
The machines entered by E. r. Thorn
as and W., G.. Brokaws were out of tn.
race before the end Of the fourth lap
the first from broken springs and tn
second because Of shattered axle.
| Imported Car Led.
.Altho many miles behind some of tn
cars, the real leader in the race up t.
the end of the third lap was the i'm
ported car No. l6, driven by Teste
Starting twenty-six minutes after tn
first car got away the machine circle
the course at remarkable speed. TIL
, first three laps (90.72 miles) were GOV
cred in seventy-six minutes and twenty
nine seconds The second lap was GOV
cred in twenty-five minutes and forty
Alfred &. Vanderbilt IS car No. II
which was unable to >Rstart with tn
others because Of, a slight accident, wa
! repaired and sent away more than tw
hours late. .:is. r. - . .<~-..
The Vanderbilt car was started wit
no hope that it would be a real facto
in the race, but to 90. after speed re1
ords for the course. a.
:. Serious Accident.
q The first serious accident occurred o
! the stretch between the turn at Queen
= and Westbury when the, tires slippe
E from Aren't IS machine, and he and HI
/ chauffeur, Carl Muescher, were throw
- violently. Arents was not seriously il
= jured, but the chauffeur was fatal
& hurt. Both were taken to hospital {
J, Mineola. The chauffeur died soon afte
z arriving. :r j
f Gabriel had a second thrilling oscar
@ from collision with a.train. This tin
Il 1t was at Queens. A passenger, ,traj
t had stopped at the station and unloade
t the signal to go ahead. The station
: only about one hundred feet from tt
r roadway. On receiving the signal tn.
f the track was clear the engineer starte
up and the locomotive had reached tt
middle of the race course when Gabri
rushed down the road. A shout wei
L, up from. the crowd and the signal WI
20 waved frantically to the engineer
i back the train. The lever was prompt
= backed off the machine flashed by, mis-
u ing the cowcatcher by less than tv
-. feet.
IT Heath Took Lead. +
N Heath took the lead from Gabri
IN steadily up to the finish Of the six
round. Up to that time Gabriel h;
held second position, but the accide
At put him temporarily out of the race al
N Clement, driving his own machine, to-
- the position next behind the leader.
- Nails on Course.
. An explanation of the many misha
D came to light when Wally Owens,
chauffeur, found large quantity
nails scattered along the course she
Is distance below the grandstand. Ma
), pieces of broken glass also were four
Heath suffered a long delay as a ]
" suit of his accident on the seventh rou
~ and before his broken tire had been
~ placed Clement had taken the lead. T
al eighth round was covered by Clement
- thirty-three and fve-tenths seconds a
~ he flashed past the grand stand with
% clear advantage of fourteen minut
- over Heath, his nearest competitor.
= Up to that point the leader had ma
- tanned an average speed of about six
-, miles an hour, when the areas Of ct
- - troll are deducted. This speed had be
~ ~ maintained including curves and otl
70 dangerous places where it was necessa
10 10 to reduce speed to a minimum. Fig
- - ing these deductions, the leader at tin
~ made ninety miles an hour on level a
90 90 straight stretches and some experts S
Nc that he passed the grandstand at We
=, bury at the phenomenal speed Of
- miles an hour. .-
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