New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-15
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Mineola- Long Island. Oct. l4-Hur'il-ls
the oil soaked course at a rate OF speeo VIM"
on1v he lfkened to that Of the wind, Hernery'
~ r-o.,, team, driving a Darracu car, Won
the second annual race for the Nanoeroll' up
here to-day.
Heath rhe winner Of the race last year VINO
&c also 2 member of the French team 1fllsne0
close second. while Tracy, the American oIIt 90
csn,e in third and Lancia, the oafeoeNll i'0'
.an cbsuffez1T-feurth. These were the only oiiy "a. -
which were allowed to finish, as 1he oi-i1i
called the race off soon as the 1ourln oal
reached the tape. Lancia finished aheaa u
- ,,,+ the latter beat him on elapsed time.
The winner Hemery. covered the 2S3 mics
,n A-36.ns. a new worlds record. while the sec
md car Heath. took 4:39:4 Hemery traVerseo
os9 miles in o76 minutes and seconds. whlch
gives him an average of mile in 5e12 seconos'
or speed Of 611a miles an hour
Last year. the winner, Heath covered 'he
course Of 1904 miles in 5:26:45. so the time
made this year for Hemery is seen TO be nuch
faster There were two controls in the race
1se4 wear however one at Hicksville and one
a. 9enapstead at which stops had to he made
The elapsed time of Tracy, the third car thls
year was 1876. and that of Lancia, the
fourth. 5:o0.3I
Il was only by a miracle that frightui ac-
ci5ent was averted at the finish of the race AS
soon as Henlery and Heath. the winner ana
second. respectively. crossed the line the crowd
broke loose and swarmed over the course In
vain the officials tried to push them back, shout
ing the familiar cry Car coming,
The crowd refused to he1rken- The clerks or
the course grabbed the yellow flags which were
used to signal danger 10 the drivers and rushed
raadIv I'D the stretch. All with cool heads kne"
that I-ancia and Tracy were numbering toward
the goal with throttles wide open. while others
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or ninth laps were likely to loom into sight at
any moment.
DANGER AT THE FINISH.
Finally the crowd was seen to part, far down
the course and through the narrow lane thus
formed Iancia shot at lightning speed Fran
ticaIIy the officials waved the yellow hags ana
fortunately for the lives and limbs Of those VINO
blocked the way the italian understood the sig
nal and at once throttled his machine. with the
result that ne came TO a sudden stop Just over
,bs line All breathed easier but still the crowd
surqed over the oiled road and about the finish
line
car coming suddenly burst from the throats
Of the thousands which lined the turnpike Th1s
time it was Tracy, keen for third place IN the
contest. and sending the powerful Loconopile
along at a seventy mile an hour clip AGAIN
the yellow flags waved wildly. almost aP-
pealfngiy. the danger note 1rhCS' NV -
never svyerved ono inch from the middle or the
course. and never shut off much as single
ounce of power On came the devil wagon
which bsde fair this time to live UP to its name
while the frightened, panic stricken crowd felI
over itself in the effort TO open up a slz-ioot
space Over the finish line dashed Tracy anu
into the solid throng which banked it.
No one who saw It, knew how it happened
Most did not dare to watch In some H'S'-
te-4ors v,sv however that solid mass Of human
tt,y nar+ed broke ranks and let the demon car
through. Once across the line Tracy shut on
power and soon the painting mechanism was
quiet and the car came to stop. ghastiy
tragedy had been avoided, but the incident lert
many a blanched face and many a glistenins
eye.
MANY HAIRBREADTH ESCAPES.
That the race passed off without a fatality,
which IL did is surely for gratitude TO its
promoters for never did time or place reek more
Of awful danger. Accidents there We're TO be
sure and many hairbreadth escape, but no
human life was snufred out Probably the most
thrilling moment OF the whole race for the spec
tators in the grandstand was on the second
circuit of the course when Szisz of the French
team, plotting the red Renault, passed Foxhall
P. Keene of the German team, as the two shot
past the official stand at frightful speed
Roth cars came laundering down the stretch