The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-07
'DEATH FOLLOWED
IN WAKE OF AUTOS.
Series of Disasters Attended
the Third international Race
for Vanderbilt Cup.
EVENT WON BY FRENC Imam
AMERICANS CUT RATHER POOR
FIGURE.

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Garden City, l. J., Oct 6.-A1ter
y the race for the Vanderbilt cup to- y
y day the racing board of the Amer q
y lean Automobile association held y
y meeting here and decided that no y
more races should be held under the =
auspices of the association over the y
y course used today.
New York, Oct. 6.-France today won
the third international automobile road
race for the w. X. Vanderbilt jr., cup,
completing record of three straight
victories in this event, which is over
the turnpikeS of Long Island. the center
of the course being about twenty miles
from New York City. Italy was second
in the race. France filled third and fourth
places, while Germany furnished the fifth
car.
Only these five machines completed the
tenth and last lap of the course, which
was p II miles in length. The total dis
lance of the race was 297.1 miles, and
Louis Wagner. driver of the winning car.
made the distance in 290 minute 10 "a
seconds, a speed of more than a mile a
minute for the entire distance.
One Spectator Killed.
One of more than 100000 spectators Tho
lined the course paid with his life the
penalty of too great curiosity. He was
near the dangerous turn IN the course
flashed BY when the man Ventured out
on the road to get better view of the
others coming. With the rush and roar
OF throbbing engines. the French car
driven by Elliot +. Shepard, an Amer
lean. dashed into the man, who, in the
view of thousands. hurled high in
the air. When picked up many yards
from the scene of the accident the man
was dead. His skull had been fractured.
both legs broken and he was frightfully
crushed. After few minutes he was
identified < l f4runRr q
y. Shepard plunged ahead at ninety
miles an hour along the straight stretch
completely unnerved however, and did
not finish his seventh lap. ii given
out that he had broken a crank shaft.
Shepard was running sixth and was ir
a cOntending position when the accident
occurred.
Tracy Hits Crowd.
Joseph Tracy. in his American car.
crashed into crowd OF men and BOYS
and seriously injured sylvester Baldwin.
a boy OF Norwalk Conn. Several others
were slightly hurt. Tracy held TO the
course. DR.. Weilschott. an amateur driv-
or OF an italian car. lost control of his
big l20-horsepower machine on the very
first round He ran down two bows on
bicycle. then plunged down a thirty
foot embankment- Both the driver and
his mechanic were picked up uncon-
scous, but were quickly revived. The in
jUred boys are John Brooks and Robert
Ten Eycke. both living near the course
Several persons were run down by tour
ing cars in the crush going to and re-
turning from, the race.
II was impossible to keep the immense
throng off the course. They swarmed
upon the roads. breaking down the dan-
ger fences though they were built of
paper strings.
People Wouldn't Back Up.
The blare of the bugle and the cry of
car coming had no effect upon the
crowd They held their psitions on ne
in
within leo yards. Then, like the opening
of an inverted wedge, the crowd gave
way with reluctance. leaving barely room
for the rushing car. with its powerful en-
gines splitting fire and flame and roaring
like 4 battery Of small calibre artillery.
TO dash through. One false motion of the
hand clutching the steering gear and
accident ike that OF an express train
crashing into 100 people would have re-
suited. The accidents that did occur
were early in the race. before the major
ity of the spectators became so bold. Is
Cup Goes Abroad.
The Vanderbilt cup now goes into trc
possession of France and the next time
will probably be raced for in that coun-
try. The race was held in America this
year through the courtesy of last years
winner.
Wagner who won the cup. drove the
same make of car that carried H4meTy
to victory last year. Henery was TO
have driven the car this year but at the
eleventh hour gave way to mis- junior as
SstSnt on the racing team. Wagner was
ahead on every lap.
Seventeen cars started in the race. and
Of these fourteen were running when
time was called. All fourteen had COM
pleted the seventh round of the course.
eleven had completed the eighth. eight
had completed the ninth and five had
completed the tenth and last round over
the course This was regarded as re-
marks bic record. Leblon was the only
driver of an American car to complete
the ninth round.
Made Fastest Lap.
Tracy. of the American team. winner
of the American elimination trials, was
on his ninth round when stopped. He
had the satisfaction of driving the fast
est lap Of the day. thereby establishing a
rev record for the course. He made his
fifth circuit Of the 29.1 mile path in Is
minutes q seconds. The drivers slowed
down 10 % miles hour and less in ne
gotiating some of the turns. Then to
bring their average up to the sixty miles
an hour notch ii was necessary to pound
along some Of the straight stretches at
ninety miles an hour and more The Of
fetal grand stand was on one of the
best of the long stretches and as the
cars roared their way through the cheer
ing thousands, they were Keeling off their
fastest miles.
1t was 6:15 o'clock this morning cold.
gray and misty, after a night of fog
when the first car was sent away on its
long Journey The others followed at one
minute intervals. The first big freak rae
Ing machine was showed to the tape The
engines crashed in d deafening roar at
Aarting-
II The seconds were tolled off by an Of
Fcial Beginning at ten ne counted
backward 10 'one. and then shouted i'm
the drivers ear, Go" There followed a
sputter of fire. the clank of gripping
clutches. a cloud of oily dirt flung from
the rear wheels. and the car was gone
from view
Start and Finish.
The start and finish of the five cars
which competed the entire distance fol-
low:
No 10. Wagner. French: start 6:24: fin
ish, 11;14:10 2-5; elapsed time, 4:JO:1O 2-5
No. 4, Lancia, Italian; start, 6:IS; finish.
1:11:2S 4-5; elapsed time. 4:53:2S 4-5