New-York tribune., 1905-08-28
VANDERBILT CUP RACE.
Make-up of italian Team-Contest-
ants Are Testing Course.

The makeup Of the Italian team for the Wander
bt Cup race next month has been finally settled
upon. Three Italians and two French drivers viii
make up the team. Four of them will drive 10
horsepower 1906 racers and one 1903 cup racer of
90 horsepower the latter the property Of Alfred
Gwynne Vanderbilt.
Nazzari cauffeur for FIorio. the great Italian
shipbuilder; Cedrino chauffeur of the Queen Of
Italy; Lancia. a wealthy Italian; Chevrolet. the
champion of Americas track drivers, and Paul
Sartori. representative of Alfred Gwynne Wander
biIt, will. form a noteworthy team.
Nazzari draws $4,000 a year from Florio, and has
general charge of big garage and six other
chauffeurs Lanca drives car for enjoyment and
reputation. Cedrino like Nazzari. is lent for
this race. Chevrolet is a driver with a great repu-
tation the track and anxious to win on the
road and Sartori is a driver of reputation
To the winner of the Vanderbilt Cup race, pro
vided he be a driver of a Fiat will go fort
une of over $4,000. The makers of the tires to be
used the car will give $4,000 the makers of the
Fiat will give 5000, and Holander & Tangeman,
the American agents. $500. In addition, several
sundry concerns will yield goodly amounts 10 the
winner.
Spectators at the Vanderbilt Cup races. both the
elimination trial and the itself, will be able
from the grandstand to watch the progress OF the
race on a novel scoreboard The position of the
cars at the start will be shown. and the progress
in the race as they pass and repass will be noted
a telephone service will be installed around the
course and at each five mile point reports will be
telephoned to the stand. The figures on the score
hoard will be moved show the progress To the
people in the stand and all within reach of the
megaphone the progress will be most interesting.
America may not hold the cup by winning it. but
Americans will add few kinks in race promotion
for Europe to copy. Three hundred guards along
the course will be sufficient to protect the people
and drivers. The details to be arranged for such
contest this innumerable, and Chairman
MorreI is allowing nothing 10 go undone;
The agitation which has been instituted with the
idea of forcing the racing board TO change the d-
rection Of running the race from left to right viii
to nothing. the foreign teams care little
which way the race is run. Z. r Hollander speak
ing for the Italian team, said: The drivers care
little about direction. for one direction is as good
as another. European races turn one way as often
another. 1t is fair for for the other.
anyway, and won't object 10 anything -
Joe Tracey, who aims TO speak for other drivers.
cannot speak for all of his American team.
for Walter Christie is satisfied with the direction
chosen. Other Americans are also satisfied, and a
representative Of the German team said that they
would make no kick at all, so far as he knew.
Things will be lively on the Vanderbilt Cup
course from The team representatives
will be seen in steady procession around the thirty
mile route, III both touring and racing cars. H. II.
Van Tine, representing e B. Ciallaher who is
in Europe to secure the Georges Richards winner
Of the Gordon Bennett race Is a daily driver over
the course.
Van Tine drives the 5O-horsepewer Georges Rich
ards of Hugo r. Johnstone, and by his steady
that knowledge so essential 10 success Van Tine
will have asset in this knowledge which will
prove invaluab bic 10 him in handling the great win
ming car from the Gordon Bennett race.