The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-07
NARnoK EsoAPE AZ AUT0 RACEs.
N.lson Crashes Through Fence, but is Net
aurt-FoR In lures sport.

Nrison Crashes Through Fence, but is NOV
Hurt-Fog Injuries sport
Tbs automobile racing season N the New
vn,L dl9,rict vas opened az the Brighton
zach rack yesterday afternoon, but u
va hardly an auspioious beginning. The
crowd was light, q heavy sea fog hung ever
the course the racing was not ~ ~ eAo''int
and there came near being uatouy. -.
Undoubtedly the fastest car 81 the Track
waS he freak steamer built By Louis B, Ross.
WITH which, he. won the Sir Thomas Dewar
trophy on the ormond Beach In tloride
LAST winter. This low lying, cigar SNAPPED
Tin covered racing craft is now pehe cam
naiFned BIZ Joe Nelson, the former bicycle
rider. and has been renamed the LAghthuhE
Bug Nelson has done some miles oei9w
the minute with the car In praetse on tn'
terdAy he went out for two niue '''Ai 'n 'Ao
hope Of capturing records
He made the nrst quarter In ~ SECONDS.
the second quarter In IL seconds ana was
gathering Roadway all the time when IN the
Iast turn the rear wheel Of the car skidded
40 that IL slswed around at high angles win
the course and dArted through the lhneiu
fence at almost the precise spot Where V~o
years ago Albert Champion nearly Lost MS
life In q similar mishap. There was q ory
Of alarm from the spectators, built auoAlg
changed 70 a cheer a. the car was seen %
come % a stop In the inheld, only about nity
feet from the fence. and young Nelson OF A"'eu
out Of the manhole unhurt
The corner OF the track where the eoci-
dent occurred 10 q bad one, the fence there
having an angle. The car carried away the
lower horizontal paling Of the fence out leis
the top one standing. Just ~ Champion uiu
Ubsn he ran into the inheld. The axle Of the
lIttIs stsamer struck one Of the upright
posts aud carried Il away and was broken.
The car did not however. overturn, eno Me-
son was able 70 halt II by shutllnE on
Ths star performer OF the day was Guy
Vaughan with his 10 horsepower DecauViiie
who won both the five mile open events ~
the race Tor cars weighing under 1. tS2 pounds,
Vaughan gave q remarkable qetnoh9VhtlVn
Of Uniformity In speed. and .l nGioeht ,'Ail
gave the crowd treat to literal Hue nun
Ute racing Ho covered the FIRST mile In
/ minute IS SO seconds, and each OF the sue
Sts NS ate IbTiste ths New York inventor
and builder Of bis own cars, made ms uTst pup
lie appearance on a tT9ck WIN hh iIoht uiIfS
ing racer that he used on the Florida oeaSh.
He accomplished nothing noteworthy. he
sea fog which enveloped the track was propa-
bly responsible for much OF the bad actlng
on the part OF the cars the caTburetiou Dein g
poor In such atmospheric conditions suin-
mAries
Two Nile Exhibition by- J. p. DIuyere on = .
II seoo1ds two miles min gtSs 3 SECONDS A ho,...
power DecSuvfHe; VI. +. Winchester. driving z. Il.
Ii GREEN'S % horsepower FRANKLIN second: Joseph
! HeleT'g 70 horse power Pipe driven BY George
| Cook third. Tune, 5minutes 20 tecOndS, Won Oy
| quarter Of a mile Tine OF second car, minutes
! 20 IS seconds Time Of third car. minutes IS 80
] seconds
| Five Nile Exhibition by Walter ChTlste-Time,
| BY miles minute seconds. minutes ) seconds.
/ minutes seconds; minutes, eecohut . minutes
/ IL l. 3 seconds.
! one Nile Heat Race. Scratch, for Stock oert-
winners 70 qualify FOR I'VE mile hAndlcap-Firut
! heat a WAlkover for Oliver Light IN horse power
Cadillac: second heat won by Alfred Comacho'
] ~ horse power Franklin. by an eighth OF mile.
/ from l.. a. MitrholS u horse power Deoauvile.
| w. W. Swans n horse power DooAuyllle. third.
Robert Petler. 10 horse power AutOcar, nfth. Tine.
! / minute 81 IS seconds Third heat WahOver
| for A. 5. Robin son, 10 horse power Queen FouTth
| heat no starters Fifth heat won by Oliver Z.
Bush 30 40 horse power Daimler. by one sixteenth
| OF a mile, NJ. Roberts. 20 horse-pOwe Thomas,
| second ". MeIvoid. 50 horse power Royal. third.
Tine I minute n rs second.
Five Nile Handicap, for STOCK Ceu-Non by
L. A. Mitchell. II horse power DecAuvile, minutes
! N Roberts 90 horse power Thomas. 20 seconds,
second. o. F. Bush, 500 Daimler, scratch. third.
Alfred ComAcho. II horse power Franklin, minute
/ s seconds fourth. Tine minutes So seconds.
! Won by an eighth OF mile
Exhibition by Joe NelEon-FiTSt quarter. Is
seconds. second quarter. u seconds
Ftve MlleS-For cars weighing less than i.tS1
pounds-Non By Guy Vaughan. 20 horse power
Decauville: F. n X. Green's 20 horse power Frank
lin second. Tine s minutes rs IS seconds,
william McIlvoid 50 horse power Royal. minutes
70 seconds o. 2 Bush. 500 Daimler. minutes
second A. s. Winsow. minutes, third. Tine
B minutes I S seconds