The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-17
HEMERY FLASHES
IN BEFORE HEATH
In the Mad Race for the
Vanderbilt Cup.
1T SEEMED LANCIA'S
But Suddenly His Machine Crashed
into Christy's. Placing Him Out OF
The Running. Hemery and Heath
Part OF Time Neck and
Neck.
tBy the Associated Press.)

New York, Oct. lin q driving
finish with the next man only n few
seconds behind him. Hemery. of the
team of French automobile racers.
won the race for the w. X. Vanderbilt
Jr.. cup over the Long Island course
toCWy. Hemery made the distance of
2S3 miles in 276 minutes elapsed
time. George Heath, the American
driving a French car, was second,
while Tracey, another American, but
not of the French team, was third,
and Lancia. of the Italian team,
fourth Hemery won from Heath by
3 minutes. 80 seconds elapsed time.
This was the second race for the
Vanderbilt cup, but today's event was
marked by no serious accidents as was
the race last year. The winner in
1904. Heath, ran 800 miles in five
hours, 26 minutes. As seconds.
The first car was started promptly
at six o'clock this morning and the
others were sent away at one minute
intervals. Jenatzy. of the German
team was the first away and during
the earlier rounds of the course in
the race. he was favorite. He was
delayed, however. for a half hour or
more at Bulls Head Corner by the
breaking of his chain on the third lap.
Cars in Collision.
In the meantime Lancia was Keeling
off the miles and had taken a great
lead. which he maintained until he
cOllided with Christy. In this collision
Chrlsty's machine had rib broken
FoXhall p. Keene met a mishap early
i'm the race that compelled his with
drawal Keene was reported at the
grand stand TO have run into a tele--
grt1h pole. smashing his machine. Mr.
Keene himself telephoned TO the stand
that he was uninjured. but would be
unable to continue the race. His
machine slid at turn and threw out
the machinist Another minor ac-
cident that caused some apprehension
was the report of Lyle losing his me-
chanician. Tattersall. out of the car
while passing through a piece of
woods on the back of the course. w.
X. Vanderbilt, Jr., jumped into the
racing machine and sped back over
the course to pick Tattersall up.
1t was found that the mechanician
had been fixing some of the cars ma
chinery. and was leaning well for
ward, and at short turn he was
hurled over and over out of the car.
He was found much scratched and
bruised, but no bones were broken.
These were the most serious of the
days accidents, and gave the crowd
its thrills. Hemery, or the French
team. in the meantime. had come well
to the front, and from the seventh
round on to the end there was pretty
racing between him and Heath.
They went through Lakeville fight
ing for the lead The fact that
Hemery started three minutes later
than Heath seemed at this point, bar
ring accidents, to make the race sure
~ his. Hemery passed Hyde Park
ahead of Heath. Now every one
leaned over the stands and strained
his eyes down the road for the first
glimpse of the wirner.
Hemery was first to fash in view
dashing across the line at 10:52:08,
elapsed time for the entire race
4:36:08. The occupants of the
stands held their breath until the cars
flew through. Scarcely a cheer
sounded until they We're we'll down the
road. Then the spectators shouted
themselves hOarse.