New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-15


the story of the accident which he himself told
He said:
eve were on the Guinea Road and going
nicelv when my mechanic. who, by the way, is
a most excellent fellow. told me that car was
approaching US from behind with the apparent
Intention of passing. did not care to increase
nv sueed at that point, so pulled out to let 1t
90 nv This the driver did not do, so I pulled
Fbaclz into the road and opened things wide up
.sVyhe11 I came TO the turn at Albertson Station
II was going faster than cared to go. but not
Esno fast to take the turn with safety, as sup
Enosed. When struck the curve, however, my
lcar sti6ded into the soft dirt at the side of tho
Eroad I gave it the little twist which knew
EFmeh4 to bring IT back into the road, but it
lfssIed TO come and instead landed in a twin
king up against a telegraph pole. which fear I
Isn+z,rad severely I was not thrown out, nor
was nv mechanic, but the machine was pretty
well wrecked Two wheels were broken and
lrhe sprockets were smashed There, you know
as much about It as do"
Mr.. Keene told the writer the above while
awtanding in front OF the box occupied by Mrs.
fwIfan x Vanderbilt. jr, who was gently
chah5ng Him through the conversation Just
then the announcement made that Lancia,
lshe leader was laid UP on the road with tire
lsroubIe This was too much for the composure
spf MT. Keene, who CALCULATED IN dis
kaopotnted tone of voice, and right within hear
Ing Of Mrs. Vanderbilt:
-1ancia out. Ell? That means that would
s,ave been first Well. it's just my -- luck"
All of which goes to show that Mr.. Keene
ksftre any other true sportsman didn't ike the
ndes of quitting the race for beans.
SHOWING OF AMERICAN CARS.
Although the LocomobTe. driven by Tracy,
finished third the showing Of the cars Of Amer
fnan manufacture was a distinct disappointment
mr. Christie. with the Christie car, was not on
hand to start at the proper time. and when he
did get away he was twenty minutes behind the
Es,rhers. and thus had serious handicap at the
start The car did not right; in fact, 1t
never does It has lots Of power, but it cannot
seem to apply it It made several circuits OF
t+he course, but was never real factor in the
race.
The same Is true of the White car. which,
driven t,v Mr.. Walter White got away slowly and
never did get thoroughly warmed up to the
lspeed which it has shown itself capable OF at
times. The 6O-horsepower Pope-Toledo. driven
by Ding1ey, was little use as were the White |
and the Christie. It broke cylinder early in the
race and thereafter only limped around at in |
rraorent intervals Thus there were left only !
she po-borsepower Pope-Toledo and the go |
horsepower Iocomobile to fight for the Stars |
and Stripes
LYLE IN DIFFICULTIES.
IyytfS VINO drove Ine 6pLt-IOl6QO. SSSlileU " |
rsve nothing but hard luck. First it was an |
nounced that he had spilled his mechanic. Then |
This report was contradicted. Then it was said |
that the mechanic was dead Finally Lyle !
showed up at the grandstand with the mechanic |
and it was announced that he was not dead. |
which must have been great relief to said |
mechanic. It certainly to the crowd and TO |
MT Winkley, of the Pope forces. who was root |
I3ng for the success of Lyle and Dingley.
70 he abl &c
IN good working order, and after he passed the |
stand ana was timed for the fourth round in |
q hours 15 minutes and % seconds he was never |
iheerd of again. This left only Tracy to uphold /
the honor of America and this he did nobly in |
view of the task he had. To sum UP briefly, the |
foreign cars were all faster than those which |
Represented this country and the foreign drivers
were nervier and more experienced In other |
words, the American cars. as many had pre-
{icted before the race were simply outciassed, |
land under these conditions the home manu- |
facturers and drivers have nothing to be |
ASHAMED of IN the second Vanderbilt Cup race. |
NINETEEN CARS STARTED
OF The other cars which started and did not |
,sirfsh much or little can be said space per- |
t,nits Nineteen cars started in the race. War |
den of the German team, who q doubtful |
starter up to last night, came to the tape with |
a 120-horsepower Mercedes. This gave the |
s; German team four members, while the French.
Italian and American teams each started five |
cars.
Jenatzy, OF the German team. driving 800 |
horsepower Mercedes, No. ] on the pro- |
sranarne and was sent away first. He was the |
first car to complete the circuit OF the course
for the first time although Iancia beat him
elapsed time. Jenatzy also led around the sec
ond time, but the fourth round he broke |
cylinder at Bulls Head and had to drop out |
OF the contest. While he was not making as
he was going some when he had to Quit. and
he Glv haH-a hear9 rO7fe der ha6 h,a
not met with misfortune.
CHEVROLET BREAKS AXLE
popular member of the Italian team was
Chevrolet who has made a reputation as q |
track racer, but is comparatively new at road |
driving. He drove a 90-horsepower Fiat-the |
same car, in fact, with which he has made nu-
rnerous track records Chevrolet covered six |
laps in fair time, but broke an axle on the sew
enth round, near Lakeville. which put him out !
of the race. He not hurt when the axle |
t,rol.e but he had a mighty narrow escane
though il did not seem to brighten him in the |
;easf In fact ii shows what kind Of stuff these |
fo-eio7, daredevil drivers made Of
when The writer saw Chevrolet thirty seconds |
after escaping from what might easily have |
proved his death, he was calmly lighting a |
Tioaresfe and climbed up on his wrecked car to |
sif down and blow rings Of smoke.
sZIsZ DROVE A GOOD RACE.
one Of the nnernb ers of the French team
attracted considerable attention with 90-horse-
,ov,er Renault The car painted a bright
rad and was No 10 on the programme. Szisz
was one of the favorites before the and he
made some exceptionally fast rounds. He fin
,shed the ninth lap In hours "a minutes and
seconds which was excellent time. but did not
get around the tenth lap BEFORE the Thce
was called off by the committee, 100
Duray, Of the French team: who drove a lou
horsepower De Dietrich, which. by the way. was