The evening world., 1905-10-14

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M1NBOLA. oct H.-In what might
be termed neck-and-neck finish,
IIemery. OF the French team In an
9-horse power DaTracq, won the sec
ond Vanderbilt Cup race from Heath,
in 9O.horse power Panhar1. The con-
clusion Of the race was so exciting
that the spectators in the grand stand
became delirious with enthusiasm The
women were especially vociferous In
expressing their appreciation Of what
was probably as thrilling an sutomo-
bile race as was ever run.
Heath and Hemery fought for the.lead
every foot Of the long route. Time
and again they passed the grand stand
almost side by side, As larger cars
blew up or climbed telegraph poles or
hurdled across ditches along the road
side the two Frenohmon kept their
machines moving without accident or
mishap.
As Hemery shot over the rne Heath's
ear waa lcae thar go yards sch,na.
Although the elapsed time between them
appears as minutes % seconds, the
notual time was about second. It
was like a finish In a horse race In
which the two leaders fight down the
stretch for the lead and one wins on
bhe stride.
Joe Tracy, Of the American team, in
- horsepower locomobie finished
third, and Lancia OF Italy, after going
through a collision when no was In the
lead on the eighth round and repairing
Is 10 horsepower Fiat, was fourth The
others were nowhere.
1T was the greatest cup race ever
rum" declared Mr.. Vanderbilt.
Several Men Injured.
No ore was killed, but several were In
juned. l'he most seriously hurt was
Nicholas Lechldner, Christies mechani-
clan. The Christie car crashed into the
Lancia oar at Wallets Crossing on The
eighth round, throwing Christie and the
mechani IAN twenty feet and breaking
the htter's left arm. Christie escaped
serious injury, but had to withdraw his
car.
FoNhall Reene's car was wrecked early
In the race. Several other machines
were practically put out by minor uc-
ctdents or failure of their mechanism.
Lancia, the Italian, would undoubted-
ly have WIN but for the collision with
Christie. He had broken all speed r,-
cords w to the time OF HIS accident
The rotund rtaiiau took his defeat in
good spirit, attributing 1t TO Ecing luck.
Thousands Of dollars bet upon his
chances were lost by New York gam
blers. Joe Wheelock, the bookmaker,
10 reported to have lost $1,000
Tracy, the American, who finished
race etaoin shrd cmfwyp Wig
third, was taken from his car by a hos
OF enthusiastic admirers after the rare
and carried up and down the road pas
the grand stand, Inasmuch as his car
broke down yesterday and repairs wero
not completed until o'clock this morn
lag his showing was excellent,
The tutal distance traversed by the
racers that fnished was aS3 miles-ten |
times around a course Of 2S3 miles. The |
average speed of the winner was 6l,5 |
miles an hour,
The collision between tho Christie
ard Lanoia cars was the most exciting |
hcident OF the race. II occurred at |
the Fiat supply station on the Lake
VILE road, a short distana- from Will |
ietts Crossing, and egu-wi'uesses say |
that II was due TO the clrcleSness Of
Lapcla's mechaniolan.
Lancla had run his car into the sta
tlpn for q supply Of gasoline. lie |
stepped out Of the car leaving Il In |
charge OF the mechanlclan, who, when |
the tank was filled, ran the machine |
out into tho road. Christie was coming |
along at about a mile a minute He |
says he expected that tho Lancia car |
would cross the road and give him a |
clear feld, but the LancIa car moved |
slowly and he crashed into IT,
Two Hurled Through Air.
Both Christie and his mochanician /,
Lee ethlldner. were hurled from the car
through the air, landing on the road |
twenty fleet from the scene Of the
collision. Lechlldner came down on his !
left arm, which was fractured |
Christie was bruised and stunned, but |
revived In a few minutes He immcil- |
ntely made n vigorous protest against !
the raNcin car, alleging carelcssness
Lauclat mechanloian jumped before
the collision happened and escaped in
fury. The car was badly be altered, hot |
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