New-York tribune., 1904-10-09

both thrown cut OF their machine at the Hemp
stead Turnpike. Queens. when a tire
slipped of and the machine made sOmersault.
AS soon as William K. Vanderbilt, jr.. heard the
news he Immediately left the stand. and, jump
ing into his automobile. with physician, drove
TO the scene of the accident. The car was bad
" damaged. To avoid unduly exciting the crowd
the serious results Of the mishap were not an
uOunced.
Tracy, driving the 50 horsepower Royal of
&. +. Duerr after going the first round in less
than twenty-five minutes, was also compe led
TO withdraw from the race owing TO his machine
going wrong.
Hawley, the driver Of e R. Thornas's car, had
a narrow escape while making a sharp turn near
Rocky Hill Road at Queens. the first lap. His
machine sWeTged off the roadway, ran uD on the
grassplOt along the road and missed crushing
into a big tree By about ten inches. Hawley's
clever handling alone prevented accident
Ieste. the driver of the 30 horsepower Pam
hard-Levasser, made an excellent showing and
mace The best time up to the fourth round. A
Inlshap IN the next lap caused him TO lose time
lie withdrew in the next round. His time for
these fEe rounds were as follows: 24:04, 26:37
Schmidt, driving the Packard 3O-horsepower
car Gray Wolf was just finishing his ninth lap
when the race was called OF. He, too, had delay
aItef oelay with his tires. Another French
driver 70 show up prominently was Tarte in
yO-horsepoweE Panhard. Although he prac-
lcalIy out OF The race, owing TO punctured tire
that cost him more than an hour and a quarters
delay IN the first lap. ne pluckily continued. On
dne second lap he covered the thirty miles in
Isidor Wormser. jr.s, co horsepower Mercedes
driven by Luttgen, was the seventeenth car to
be sent on. II was far behind from the first
round. and lost considerable time in the fourth
round by puactured tire at Jericho.
The Long Island ferry officials had all tbev
could do in the afternoon TO furnish transpor-
tation TO the crowds returning from the race
Automobiles of every description kept arriving
az the ferry or as near as they could get 10 n
ana at $3.50 o'clock there was a line of cars that
extended up Borden-aYe. to Jackson-ave and
the number was being constantly added to- An
extra squad OF police was detailed to the ferry
20 maintain order and guard against accidents
There was 40 trouble Of any kind, though.
George Heath has spent much of his time
abroad. ana IN the international contest reDre-
senteo the Automobile Club, OF France He
with Ieste and Clement, made I'D the trio of
Panhard drivers His machine is A 9O-horse-
power Panhard and LevassOr gasOlene car II
has four cylinders, is driven by a propeller shaft
and the ratio Of the engine speed to the highest
gear is 100 to GOO. II has double system Of
ignition by magnetic and battery. The machine
has four forward speeds and one reverse
Before making the run yesterday Mr. Heath
declared that il was almost like committing sui
cide 10 race over such a course. The road IS so
sort and narrow in places that IL Is exceedingly
dangerous" he said. IF there are not lives
lost az some OF those sharp turns I shall he
agreeably surprised"
The seventeen starters were as follovr-s.