New-York tribune., 1906-10-28
SPILLED FROM RACER,
ACCIDENT At EMPIRE.
Tom Cooper's Mechanic Has Narroo,
Escape-RecordS for Cedrino.

Next TO the ioo-rnile race, which was by H
Koehler IN 22-horsepower Buick car, the fine
showing made by Cedrino in 34-horsepower Fiat
aroused the most interest at the automobile
race meet held yesterday at Empire City track
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coopers great driving saved the other drivers
from crashing into him: Although the other
crowd Jumped on to the track and hurried to the
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In the interna tional race, which Csdrino won he
made worlds records for the four and Ave
miles. covering the four miles in s minutes 50 40
seconds and the FIVE miles in minutes 81 seconds
The old records were minutes as seconds for
four miles. made By Joe Tracy, in a S0-horse-
power Renaut. the same track en- eeptember
a. 1904 and for five miles minutes, made by Guy
Vaughan. IN a +O-horsepower Decauvile, at syra-
cuse September Is, 1905.
In the fve-Iuile race. open to foreign
Cedrtno was again victorious, and covered the
third mile IN Sc 26 seconds. which boat the former
track record for rniddleweight machines Of 80
seconds.
At the close OF the programme be won't against
the worlds record for niddleweght cars, but after
going three miles withdrew His time for the mile
was 81 2-6 seconds, for the two miles 152 4-6, and
for the three miles 2:4e. These figures also
niddleweght records.
Koehler won the lco-rIIe race IN hours min
utes 81 5-6 seconds Only quarter OF & mile be-
hind him Ernest Keeler in the Oldsmobils
which he drove in the Vanderbilt Cup eliTni-
nation trials. His time hours 25 minutes &7
seconds, The nsxt nearest driver was Maurice
Bernin in W Gould Brokaw's 60-horsepower Mer-
cedes, who his ninety-second mile.
The started at 12:45 o'clock and. besides
the three already mentioned. the other five
starters IN the c. G. Wrdgeway. In a
k~horsepower Peerless; c. ]. Embleton. in a 30
horsepower Packard; H. A. Roberts, IN a 3O-horse-
power Cadillac: l. r. Durne tc S0-horsepower
Cadillac. and Tom Cooper. in the 6o-horsepower
Matheson which made such wonderful showing
IN the Atlantic City beach races last September.
Tire troubles spoiled the Oldsmobiles chances OF
getting first place, at least twenty minutes were
lost by such accidents.
large considering the lateness OF the for
event of this kind. Hundreds of persons came to
the track automobiles, and these cars almost
covered the lawn in front of the grandstand Save
could be asked for
The one hundred-rnile race proved an excellent
attraction and the enthusiasm showed that such
long contests are popular Cooper was first TO get
away a the signal, and closely followed by
keeler and Embleton. Their three ran the
starting order until the eighteenth mile when the
stalled his motor at the start, q result lost
half q mile. On the turns Keeler and Cooper
seemed TO be neck and neck, but when they
straightened out Cooper always had the lead.
After stopping for twelve minutes In the forty
ninth mile for tire repairs. Keeler passed Koeher
who had taken the lead in the sixty-fourth mile