The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-30
AMONG THE AUTOMOBMSTS.
ITALIAN CAR DAMAGED IN coll
LISBON on COURSE.
,ut,Ken. who sIdewtDed CagnO's Machine,
charged with Reckless Driving -ChriS-
tie Also a SOurce OF Danger -Dr. Wollls
srhOtt Claims q Record Of n Minutes.

VI y . 49,"
bt Gun candidate. sldewiped Cagno's ITALIA
,sr4r Yesterday morning on the Old West
hurry road Just before II dips under the
Track Of the Long Island Railroad and did
considerable damage to the ITALIA machine.
,agno says that he was driving along this
stretch OF road. which is one Of the narrowest
hts u the Nassau county circuit. at . fairly
fast rate when Luttgen rushed up from be-
hind and started TO pass him In spite OF the
narrow road. Luttgen had almost passed
tsgno when the right rear wheel Of the Mer-
codes struck the left front one Of the Itala.
The force Of the impact broke the hub Of
Cavno's racer, twisted the wheel out Of shape
and bent the left side OF the chassis in front
40 that it will be a very difHcult task TO
s,rsighten II out. CaRno was able to drive
hs car back to his quarters at Garden City
under it, own power. and the ltala people
a, once notified the chairman Of the A. A,
rarInE board that they would like 10 have
him view the damaged racer at his earliest
cony pnience, as they intended 10 file q protest
against Luttsen on the ground Of reckless
driving. Most all Of the foreign drlvera
raised objections to Luttgenis driving yes
rerdsv on the ground that he had been unduly
reckless. some Of them, DIR. Aldo Weill-
schott In particular. also said that Walter
christie WAS a constant source Of danger
because. they say. his racer 10 very wide and
for that reason very difficult 20 pass. as the
driver Of the front wheel direct drive machine
does not seem inclined TO move over to one
side Of the road when he IL overtaken by a
car COINS faster than his own.
President E. J. ConiIl Of the Cuban Auto
mobile Association was one Of the enthu-
siasts who watched the practice yesterday
morning. He was driving his 90 horsepower
Mercedes. which won the first Havana-San
Christobal road race with Carricaburo as
driver. He drove to the -hairpin- turn at
81. ~ A. -. AAuw Il. ,.o
ewung around there. He says that the turn
il in very bad condition and unless IL is fixed
M will undoubtedly cause some accidents
on next Saturday. He said that both Joe
Tracy Of the American team and DR.. Weill-
schott Of the Italian team almost overturned
there yesterday and that a Fiat touring car
with some mechanics in II threw two tires
when rounding the turn. Wher he WAS
asked II there would be another Cuban road
race early next year he said IL was doubtful.
unless Secretary Taft remained on the island
for an extended period.
George Robertson and Arthur Warren.
driver and mec hanic Of the wrecked Apperson
racer. were among those who watched the
racers make the turn at Krug's. They had
arisen very early. as the pair have but one
and one Of RobertsOn's arms being secured
iH q mas and Hsndsgesi They told the
had a touring car waiting for them to take
disappointsd in not finding the car where i
fever was so strong that the pair, walked
more than half a mile to KruSls rather than
ssc.' " RS ssST rode Sisn over W s1 pars q Spa the o. Course S1s after after
were driven back to the hospital.
W. <. Vanderbilt. y, was on the course
crowd, yesterday at Krugs was one of the
largest since racing practice was nrst allowed
S:sS'I q : s1 11s ! S S,GiS0s soG IN the % oSTs asitS sessi
: spread stKryS'S that DuTsy had ELsSksd
the roadside on the North Hampstead Turn
pike. Upon investigation, however, it was
t tsSs under der i t1S own ; power SSS nav Win q pSnCtgrs IN
the left rear tire, The mishap occurred near
and easily reached bis quarters on the Lake
vile road. Some excitSble spectators worked
thsmsslves into a state Of needless fear soon ;Soi
George Heath and Luttgen would run into
each other at Krug's corner. Luttgen came
3Rs@ S9s0 and rT reached 0I the }" turn rHA INTO the
jericho Turnpike just ahead Of Heath, who
dhSxs SnOI 70 IitssS The P a driver
turned right into the Jericho Turnpike Just
before LSS , : made q isIs m turn IN INTO bs sh tr TGSS
for speed. and he passed Heath about the time
~" uhNAo eAN Nho NNA
Jenatzy, who will drive Robert Grayes's
German team. said yesterday. that he was
Of the opinion that the 2e7l miles Of the cir.
minutes, In which opinion Fabry OF the Italian
team agrees with the famous Belgian. Je-
nstzy said he thought that the winner OF the
miles, Jenstzy seemed TO think that neither
on their fast rounds, but there was q lot OF
talk yesterday that several Of the drivers did
tween the short periods that elapsed between
the time they passed Krugis. The Locomo-
SIis 81 people lSIfrS WIN s esTI IS1 a. 4 st FTsdyl g. 't %siSR
he will be kept informed OF the progress OF the
race. his own position and the position OF the
the grand stand at Westbury by telephone:
The Diamond tire concern will have three
more tire repair stations for the cup race than
for the elimination trials. or eleven In all.
4 force OF sixty-hye expert tire men VIII ne
RlsEsd M Ge' TSs G made sasss ys sssslSGs; that Ras a the
Diamond people would offer the following
prizes for American cars IN the cup coate sSG
for third. No practice will be allowed to-day
by racing cars.
Twelve machines, the lar gest number out so
far on any one morning sppsSred darlng 9 Sn =
morning SHEs oV casn % passed e KruS Sisf twice. Il and
4l1l minutes elapsing between the times ne
was on the course; Hsath,S time foT two 0
made one round in ISL minutes, and Dur9y
one in 80 minutes. Fabry made two rounds
In $50 and 81 minutes, coming back slowly
with Cagno at the end OF his second round.
LanCia made two rounds in 81 and 20 minutes
and his team mate, Nazzaro, made two cir
cults in 81 and 80 minutes. Joe Tracy, driving
his reserve racer and trying out a new radia-
tor, made three rounds In 3111. 30M and 70
minutes, taking the turn at KruRis with I'M
usual dash the last time around. ,Jenatzy
made but one complete round. which he did Ia
30 minutes. DR.. Weillschott made two rounds
IN 3lH and % minutes. and said through an
Interpreter that he had not Gut the course
either time. His second round IL the tasteS!
one TO date, az the stories that Mr.. Vanderbilt
had made q round in % minutes were canards
Elliott F. Shepard made one round with his
Hotchkiss in s5H minutes. Walter Christie
drove past Krugs once but did not complet.
a ful round from there. a. ne drove 5acl
along the Jericho turnpike TO cor congratulate
Robertson and Warren upon their being out
again.
Instructions from the Post once Depart.
ment have been received by Postmaster j
y. HArris Of Kansas City. Mo, 70 advertise
LOT bids for the use Of two automobiles anC
drivers. 20 serve four years after. Octobel
The ser vice IL TO begin on that date, pro
vided the proposals received are reasonable
-Four Of the local automobile firms have de
clared their intention OF competing for tn
award. The Post once Department doe
not intend TO purchase the cars. IL is tn,