New-York tribune., 1904-10-09

the massive silver cup given by William X
Vanderbilt. jr. One man was killed, pinned be-
meath the overturned car owned and driven by
George Arents. jr., the young amateur. Mr..
Arents himself was seriously hurt
Albert Clement. driving az SO-horsepower
Clement car. was second. and entered pro-
test. H. H. Lyttle In a 81 horsepower Pope
Toledo IN third
Il probably as close a finish ever tcck
place in a of it's kind. Heath crossed the
tape in 5:26:t5. and Clement second. in 5:2S:13,
the race going to Heath by 1 minute and 2S
seconds. The machines were started at two
minute intervals.
The racing board of the American Automobile
Association considered Mr.. Clements protest al
Garden City until about O'Clock this morning,
and finally decided to throw it out
Gabriel. the noted Freaeh driver, who had
been favored as likely winner, was well in the
lead in the first three laps. He was gradually
Overhauled and passed, however. and in the
seventh lap. when he broke a crank shaft
Gabriel dropped out of the race. Frank Croker
drove a plucky race. but accidents tires de-
layed him.
Through the first part of the race it looked az
II Gabriel. Clement and Heath would fight it out
but after the first three laps Gabriers machine
began to behave badly. and finally he was forced
10 give up. From that time Heath and Glenn
ent fought it out with the POpe-TOledo. AL
though low powered this seemed to be a prom
Using contende. until the sixth trip, when n
punctured tire near IineOla so delayed the ma
chine that it could not make up. For some rea-
it took fraction more than twenty-eighr
minutes to adjust the tire. and that permitted
the other contestants to gain so much that the
machine was almost lap behind. The other two
fought it out TO the bitter end. and so close was
the result that the protest was entered.
Albert Clements letter Of protest to the ref
cree was as follows:
Under Article LvI Of the road racing rules beg
submit to your consideration the following pro
Sustained on account of timers and checkers apply
Ing erroneously some rules OF the race.
lap the. timer handed me my card My eHauhepr Ssg
then did give some attention to my motor; ae a
do any sort Of repairs while IN naturalization and
asked me 20 III, haqe fearn f unnoT PG @ eco hand
ed back my card. The timer, observing carefully
the [itts due Corrected card AS had full right 10
tend to my motor personally while inside OF neu5
tralization. claim this change on my time card
unduly done and 70 have same deducted on my
No AT HicksvIe when at the line ready to
leave. I wanted to give the remaining time To
d6Sinp dS os so and despite nv protest stated more
strongly that they would not allow me TO do So 1
therefore had to push my out Of the control to
attend to my business. In not respecting my right
the timers & had !, been the n1 % of 031 %g sE 80 sa1 1e
pg. the time spent in pgShng my 0G ear GTS s OF b6 5R
happened twice at the same place and had cost
me one minute, at least
Few of those who attended will ever forget
the meet and start at Westbury at o'clock
yesterday morning. The arrival OF dawn sur
prised such spectacle as the Jericho Turnpike
has never before witnessed and probably will
never again. The starting line was about
mile from the old Quaker Church at Westbury
Here. shuddering in the keen early morning air.
were the enthusiasts who had come to see the
opening Of the race. From drays. tally-hos,
automobiles and Meadow Brook carts alighted
men in long fur overcOats. swallowtails and
smart riding boots and breeches. Women there
were. too. In dust coats or we'll tailored morning
gowns women whose cOmplexiOns touched by
the sharp morning air. no less than the fresh
fragrant punches OF NeapOlitan viOlets thrust
within their cOrsages. seemed to belle their
smarting. sleep starved eyes.
In trice the horses had been stabbed. the
automobiles ranged up. picnic fashion. behind
the ratings. ana soon frozen toes and fingers
were toasting snugly glowing improvised
campfres Here and there wOman's long fur
mantle white as driven snow, or mans waist
coat of hunting pink, lent variety 10 the color
scheme. and the staccatO chUg-chug Of arriving
touring autOmObilists alternated with the silky
shining garishly In the untempered dawn
1t is estimated that at least one hundred thou
sand people saw the race
BY means of the flags on hilltOps a mile
more away, the crowds at asy point were made
aware OF the approach Of car while 1t was still
couple Of miles away. The warning cries of
the men with the flags would put every one on
guard Instead. however OF backing well off
the road. the onlookevs would form narrow
lane, allowing the drivers sometimes less than
thrice the width of the 20 shoot through. In
a desire 10 watch the gray streaks come down
the oil soaked road every would then crane
his head forward and reduce the apparent dis
tance by about one-hah
Some OF the men who made the first part of
the race. but did not continue. declared this
was both annoying and unnerving to them as
they flew along at often little less than a mile
a minute One man said that at a distance where
the space should look if it might be an inch
or So there would under such conditions appear
to be no space at all
1t is believed that many Of the numerous
punctured tires that made about all the trouble
were caused by nails which. II was discovered,
had been strewn at nearly every crucial part
of the course.
Heath was quoted last night as saving that
it was one of these nails that was responsible
FOR the explosion or the tire OF George Arents,
tr.'s car and the fatal accident. Near the ugly
curve at Jericho Turnpike a Tribune reporter
was able 10 pick up seven In a three minutes
search, and within radius Of ten or fifteen
feet
Gabriel narrowly avoided collision with a
train at Mineola Junction Gabriel shooting
across the track a bare fifty yards ahead OF the
engine.
Alfred Gwynne vanderbIlt's car became out
of order at Garden City before the race. having