The Washington times., 1906-10-06

third at the end OF the ffth lap. Duray,
meauwhiiei dropping 70 fourth place
horsepower Clement Bayard car was
nth In the race.
Tracy Again in Trouble.
Daredevil Joe Tracy. after a series OF
accidents with the tires of his 90-horse-
power L.ocomobile lost the tube OF his
right rear wheel IN :he third lap and
was DELAYED seven minutes putting IL
on again.
~. M b be !. sat 83 f. bis sD Sr Sar EfqE Fo6 fer ias hs
mechaniclan. Tracy could hardly con-
tain himself Detected. he exelaimed;
This Will cost ms the race;
But he Brtted his teeth as ne started
again and nut on "A buEst ot speed thar
Tesemhled some OF his terrific spurts IN
the elimination race Of two weeks ago
lie began TO gain on some OF tIl"se
ahead Of him IN the contest ana cheeI,
ed By a thunder OF applause as he shot
past the grandstand put on even more
Tracy made tho nth lap faster than
any other OF the racers, GOVERNS ne
distance IN IS minutes 81 seconds, the
fastest OF the rae When this time
was announced at -he gTandstand theTe
was another great outburst Of cheering
Wagner Stays in Lead.
After the nrst half Of the race, lap
after lap, WeEner whitfield along. al
ways to the front but there was
gasp of excited fenr at Westbury as
word came on Wagner's last lap mat
he had been compelled 20 stop az Bull
Head turn. fourteen miles from the
starting line, because OF trouble with
At that time the leader was six min
utes ahead Of Lancia. Bets we're freely
made that Lancia would now De the
winner, hut 81 four minutes wora was
flashed from Bulls Head that Wagner
had repaired hls and was up and OF
nt more than seventy mile an houF
Vim the lead OF but two minutes
left him. Wagner drove his car for
every ounce of pCsenuality there was
in IT, He came tearing down TIE streVch
along the Jericho turnpike leading 10
the hnlsh In on almost Incredible burst
OF gpeed and flashed past the cheering
spectators IN the grandstand, the WIN
uer. with his two minutes and more
still 20 his credit
Last Lap GueIling Test.
Then came I.ancla. followed by Du-
ray. Jenatzy and Clements in quick
succession The last lap had been
grusllIng trial OF sTeed and endurance
for all four of thes'. who were pushing
Wagner as haFu as lney cOulQ- II Was
the greatest contest Of its kind that
has ever been held In America.
The speed OF the drivers, their dare
devil skimmiug Ot turns and terrific
flight along the sfraightaWay stretches
was at more breakneck speed than even
the elimination race of two weeks ago.
The race today was run % minutes 50 20
seconds faster thau Joe Tracy time
over the COuTHG then. The order OF the
finish was the same as that at the ehd
OF the ffth lap. Time and again, Jerat-
~ or I,ancla forged forward as they
tried TO beat Wagner, but each time the
leader met them on their own gTouhd-
When Wagner had passed the nnlsA
mark the crowd In and around the
gTandstand flooded over on 10 the colI 81 81
In spite % the attempts OF the oTnclalS
To keen them hack. The other autos
we're coming along the last stretcA al
q mile minute speed. WHY soileOHe
was not hurt, no one knows,
By this time word came from many
points along tie course 20 WilHtn K
Vanderbilt. jr, that thOusafds Of Wom-
en- and men were swarming over the
course THe racing cars were stu be-
Ing driven around the course in last
Wild dash Of speed. The danger was
imminent. In a moment MI Wander
bile declared the rest OF the race OF
and sent word 20 az! the telephone con-
trolls to have the cars stopped as they
reached there. This was done and 10
furthrr accidents occurred.