The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-10-09
EXCITING CONTEST.
Autos Rushed Along at Frightful
Rate of Speed.

New York, Oct. S.-Four- wheeled We
hicles of all sorts of incongruous
shapes, rushing along the road at
speed of from sixty TO ninety miles All
hour; the air resounding with the
'honk hOnk" OF horns: the Changing of
bells, and the shouts of guards; signal
flags waving and fiuttering. and an oc-
casional cheer from thousands OF
threats, stirred the atmosphere in Min
cola, Hampstead, Garden City and 9th
er Long Island suburbs Of Greater New
York today during the 300-mile auto
mobile race for the ". X. Vanderbilt,
jr., cup.
One man was killed, one man is in
the hospital dying, many lives were
placed in jeopardy during seven or
eight hours of the day. and many thou
sands OF dollars were expended.
The story of the race itself is one OF
intense excitement and nerve tension
After running for seven hours. some
times at a speed of sixty to ninety
miles an hOuT-faster than many ex-
press trains-George Heath. an Amer
! lean, driving a ninety We
hicle of foreign make. and representing
the Automobile Club of France, fin-
ished first i'm the run OF 500 miles. with
Albert Clement representing the same
club and driving an eighty horse
power machine, also OF foreign make.
one minute and twenty-eight seconds
behind him.
Clement Protested.
When the two men flashed by the
judges the crowds in the stands arose
in a body and cheered. relieving the
tension of nerves that held them for
so many hours But when the award
II arrf1 I'd
a protest with the racing board of the
Automobile Association of America.
under whose control the race was held.
and the decision given but a few min
utes before was withdrawn until the
hoard had made an investigation into
the claims set forth by Clement. These
We're of technical nature. Clement IN
his protest declared that he had been
held up in Hampstead over minute
and a half. and that if this had been
allowed him he would have won the
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.
Fatal Accident.
Like all prcvious races Of the kind there
was chapter of accidents and Z, f talitv
The victims were among the participants
i'm the contest Fortunately mono OF tine
spectators along the course were hurt
The man killed was Carl MeuseI
chauffeur who was driving tn car of
George Arcnts OF New York The ac-
Cideut was caused bv the tires Shipping
and u occurred about & O'Clock two hours
after the start Tho car was travelling at
a tremendous rate and WAS appToa ching
curve when II suddenly sw"rve1 and
turned over Meusel was caughl Leneath
~. ne
one side. Both men were taken to a hos
pitai where Meusel died hale an hour
later. Arents' car was demolished.
Tho race was started at O'Clock. The
course was over q thiTtv-miie triangle
with turns that We're sharp and Danger
Gus At two places the railroad crossed
the highway nj grade and thcs,e places
were guarded bV signal men Twice ~
these crossings Gabriel. a French motor
lSt. narrowly missed being struck by a
train. i'm one instance running cut two
feet ahead OF locomotive
The Starters.
SiXty-horse power a L Campbell
driver. representing Germany
Eighty horse power. Gabriel France
Fortv-horse power. Joseph Tracy,
America.
Sfvty-horse power. A. c. Webb. America
SiNty-horse uower. g. Arents. Il. Ger
many.
Twerty-four-horse power II. H. Lyttle.
America.
Ninety-horse mower. Heath. France.
SiXty-horse power. +. d Hawley Ger
many.
Ninety-hOrSc power. Werner. Germany
Ninety-horse power, p. saorori. Italy. ,
Ninety-horse power NJ Bernin France /
Fighty-hOrse power. Clements France. !
Ninety-hOTse power. TaTte. France.
Nincty-hOrse power. Teste. France
Thirty-horse power. (. schmidt, I
America.
Seventy five-horsc power. Frank Crok- !
er America.
Sixty-horse power Lutt~~- Ce~-~-'---- Z
Ninety-horse power. William Waltao. /
Italy
Vanderbilt Car Ruled Of.
After the first car was off promptly /