The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-19
IN FAST TRIALS.
Autos Preparing for the YAM
derbiIt Cup Race
Robertson, a Fayorite, Over the
Course in 81 Minutes.
NEW ADDED FEATURE.
The Cars Equipped With Knife
Guard to Kill CANNES.
Seems Cruel But May Avert
Serious Accidents.
NEW ADDED FEATURE.

New York, Sept 19.-George Rob
ertson. with the eighty Apperson, is
now one of the strongest favorites for
the Vanderbilt ep eliminatory race on
Saturday next. Following up his rec
ord performance the first time out
with his cup car. Robertson made two
more rounds CO the Vanderbilt cir
cult in time so far unapproached by
any other team contestant.
Robertson twice travelled the cir
cult OF 2s.7 miles in OBI. his time not
varying a fraction of q second on the
two rounds This time was taken by
score of early morning checkers.
At Bulls Head, Herbert Lyle. the
Pope-Toledo driver, caught Robert
sons time at 0:3O, equaling his rec
ord performance of the morning be-
fore The round timed by Lyle was
from the middle OF Robertson's first
round to Krug's Corner to the middle
OF. his second round to the same point,
and probably was correct
AS Robertson Is the most dashing, so
Joe Tracy is the most calculating OF
the American team contestants. Bar
ring an accident from some cause not
contributed to by driver or machine.
! the ninety" Locomobile is assured OF
I 2 place as american representative III
the cup final. Tracy is cautious and he
saves his machine where Robertson
might take a chance. For this reason
! his practice times have not been so
/ fast as Robertson's, though the Lo-
comobile has attained higher speed
on the straights than has the Apper-
son.
Builders of motor cars for the Van
derbilt cup race have been spending
sleepless nights for weeks trying to
think of some new contrivance that
will make things safer for driver and
the car more speedy. The limit seems
to have been reached in the dog
cutter"
When news of this arrangement
reaches the public. the Humane So
ciety may be expected to stand up and
protest, and call on all humane per-
sons to stop the outrage" The con-
trivance is a knife guard for the steer
/ ing gear which is sure to leave in two
4 pieces any dog that accidentally, OF
with malice aforethought, gets in front
/ of a cup racer
French Drivers Experience.
Gustave Cafllois, the Frenchman
who will drive one of theuThomas cars
tells how useful the dug cutter is
I In the last Gordon. Bennett cup race
he drove a car equipped with the dog
4 cutter. At one point in the course 9
sheep walked into the road ahead.
GdlilOlS became d4dLUl0Q, Jul lAO4
for himself and his machine than fol-
the innocent sheep. He could not stop
so ne put on all power and hit the
animal with his dog cutter. The car
did not even trembls. The cutter
did its work and left a piece of muttoT
/ on each side of the track.
That is what the Long Island dog:
will get If they try their accustomed
trick of running out and baying E
motor car. The dog cutter promises
/ to become popular with the touring
autoist.
The Corbin car has been selected
by Chairman Jefferson Demon
Thompson as the official car to be
used on the course by the Vanderbilt
| cup race committee, 1t is said. La
fayette Markle manager Of the New
York branch of the Corbin company
has rendered Mr.. Thompson for this
purpose a handsome new car, finished
in gray.