The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-14
Vanderbilt CUP.
Nineteen Fast Autos Compete on
a 283 lille Course.
Hemery With so Power French
Machine the Winner.
MILE A MINUTE.
Lancia's Time Was Far Inside
for Seven Rounds.
Several Accidents in the Race,
None Killed.

New York. Oct IA French ma
chine driven by Hemery won the inter
national automobile race for the ". X
Vanderbilt, jr, cup on the Mineola, L.
L, course today. Hemery covered the
distance 1888 miles, in 4 hours, SO min
utes and g seconds. or minutes better
than a mile a. minute speed
Heath. who Won last years race in
an American car drove a French car
this year and was second.
Tracy, in an American machine, was
third, and Lancia. in an italian car was
fourth.
Lancia, who led up to the time he was
in collision on the eighth round, pro-
tested the race. Laneia's driving for
the first seven rounds of the course was
most sensational. his time being far in
side the mile a minute mark. There
were several accidents during the race,
but fortunately no one was killed. One
machinist was taken to a hospital with
q rib fractured in a. collision.
Race of 2sS Miles.
The course is 2S.S miles around to
be covered ten times, making the total
distance of the race 2S3 miles. Jenatzys
who started first, finished the round
ahead, having made the 2S.3 miles in
2 minutes 52 seconds. Duray in a 130
horse power French machine, was sec
ond in 26:26. Wagner, in a French 80
horse power machine, was next in
24:56.
Lancia, in an Italian car. ITO horse
power, who got away No A. finished
the first round in 23:49; Foxhau
car, completed the first circuit in
27:21.
The other cars finished the round as
Sis. France. 80 horse power car.
Wagner. France. so horse power,
NazzarO. italy. 10 horse power.
Warden, Germany, 100 horse power.
Tracy. American. 1so horse power.
campben. Germany. 90 horse power.
Dingley. American, so horse power.
29:44.
Cedrino, Italian. 10 horse power,
Paul sartori in Alfred g. Wander
bits machine made a slow start and
stopped before the first round was COM
pleted. Wagner in a French machine
burst a tire on the second. round but
put on a new one and kept in the race.
Lancia, the leader, collided with
Christen at a gasoline control No one
was hurt. Lancia, however, was COM
PEELED to withdraw from the race for
a time.
Chevolets car dropped out of the
race because of a broken axle.
End of Third Round.
At the end Of the third round elapsed
time of the various drivers was as fol-
lows:
Lancia, 1:1O:45; Szisz, in sO-horse
power French machine, 1:40:25; White.
in a 40-horse power American machine
10000; Heath, in a 120-horse power
French machine, 1:21:56; Duray, 1:21:57;
Jenatzy, 1:22:06; Warden, in a 120-horse
power German car, 1:22:S0; Tracy in a
120-hOrse power American car, 1851;
Foxhan Keene, 1:26:05, and Wagner. in
a French car. 1:30:ss.
Time in Fifth Round.
Notwithstanding Sartori's bad luck in
the first round he continued in the race
and at the end of the fifth round was
in the fourth position.
At the end Of the fifth round the
elapsed times of the various drivers
were as Sollows:
Lancia, 2:O2:45: Heath 2:15:21; Keene,
z: 20: :3S; Sartori 2:21:0 Jenatzy, 2.22:24;
Henry, 2:23:27; Tracy, 2.25:18; Warden,
2:25:46; Durane, 2s33:12. Nazzaro, in a
110-horse power Italian machine, 2:37:56;
Chevarolets, 2:3S:41.
At the end of the ninth round Hemery.
driving a French machine, was leading,
elapsed time of 4:08;33; Heath, in a
FTenCh 1naCnlnes was second WITH
elapsed time of 4:11:41; Lancia. 4:25:00,
and Tracy, 4:28:53
Some Race Incidents.
Foxhan Keene had a narrow escape
at AIbertson's corner. He was making
the sixth lap at a double reverse curve
and was followed closely by Heath.
Keene made one turn all right, but on
going the other the machine skidded and
his machinist was hurled out in front
of the car. Keene stopped the car in
time to save the machinist's life Had