Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-09-22
MOTORS STARTED AT
 EARLY MORNING The First Car Driven By keslsr Got Over the Line at Exactly Six
 O'clock
THE UNLUCKY B OMITTED
Course i. Nearly Thirty Miles One Car Broke Down at the
 Third Round.


 test for the Vanderbilt cup on Octo- Der was started promptly at 6 o'clock. The day was clear and cool and the course in fine shape, the showers of last night having served only to lay the dust to some extent.
 Car No ], driven by Keeler, was the first away. Keeler and Lyttle, the latter in car No 2, were bit slow in getting under way when they crossed the mark, but Mongini, in car No 3. got flying start: The au- tomobiles got away in the following order:
 l-Keeler, 600; George c. M. Smith.
 2-Lyttle, 6:01; A. A. Pope.
 3-Mongini, 6:02; c. A. Singer.
 4--Caillois, 6:03:25; k. R. Thom-
 s-LeBlon. 6:04:26: c. A. coey. : 7-Roberts, 6:05:05; H. s. HOup.
 S-Frayer, 6:07; o. s. Lear
 9--Christie, 6:0S; Walter Chris tie.
 11-Lawell. 6:10; w. J. Miller.
 12-Tracy. Gill; s. T. Davies, Jr.
 14-Harding, 6:12; John Haynes.
 16-Belden, CHA; J. F. Stone.
 Fash driver sent his car away at its best possible speed and in few seconds every car was lost to sight from the grand stand. Twelve cars started in the race out of the fifteen entered. The crowds along the course at the start were not as large as expected, but the early comers were there. in goodly numbers, and as the day advanced their number was largely augmented.
 The course is 29.71 miles and must be gone over ten times.
 The arrangements made by the managers of the Nassau hospital ap- peared more like preparations for a battle between two armies than pro- visions in connection with a contest of speed and skill. Eight ambulances were sent early this morning to vari- ous danger points along the course.
 Sheriff Frederick Gildersleeve had made equally elaborate preparations to prevent injury to spectators and to keep the public from encroaching on the course. More than 300 depu- ty sheriffs and flagmep had been sta- tioned along the roads over which the racers were to speed.
 The places regarded as the most dangerous along the course were the road leading from and including the Hair Pin turn at Old Westbury, across the under-crossing of the Long Island railroad at the Roslyn power house, and the turn from Clarke cor ner down the Lakeville road to Fla herty's corner, Lakeville
 In the drawing for the numbers for the starters the so-called 'unlucky" 13 was omitted.
 Car No 2, driven by Lyttle, finished the first round in advance. having covered the distance, 29.71 miles, in 32 minutes and B seconds. Car No 9, with Christie at the wheel. was second. Christie covered the course in B minutes. 2-5 seconds. Car No 6. doven by Le Blon. was third. in 33:3A 3-5. Then came car 16 in 34:03: car No 14. in 36:14: No 12 in 37:53. and No II fin 50:17. No s broke clutch near Roslyn, about fifteen miles from the grandstand. and had to stop for repairs.
 Lyttle held the lead through the second and third rounds. He fin- ished his second time around at 7:05:42 and the third at 7:39.
 On the second round Le Blon, in car No 6. passed Christie in car No 9. Cars 12 and 14 also passed Chris sis.
 Christie's car broke down during the third round at East Norwich.
 Car No 3. driven by Mongini. ran into telegraph pole near Manhassett during the first round. A tire burst and the machine swerved into tie pole. The car was so seriously dam aged 1t had to be withdrawn. Both Mongini and his mechanician were thrown. but neither man was serious 1y injured. Tracy. in car No | 2. cov- cred the second round in 3l:O2.
 Though Lyttle finished the third round first. it was soon found he had lost the lead to car No 6. driven by Le Blon. by some seconds. Le Blon had covered the course three tines in 9S minutes and seconds and Lyttle in 9s minutes and 29 seconds. Tracy was third at the end of the third round. and only a minute be- hind the leaders. He covered the three rounds in 99 minutes and g seconds. His time for the third round was 30 minutes and 34 sec onds. the best time made thus far.
 Tracy. who had been going at great speed for three rounds. WAS in the lead at the finish of the fourth round He finished this round at s.zo:1T f-5. making his elapsed time 1as minutes and 17 Is sr- onds. Le BIon. in No $. vas sessrnd. with elapsed time of 12s minutes and s5 seconds. LyttIe in car No was third in 131 minutes and Is 3-5 seconds.
 Car No [. driven by Roberts. got as far as Mineola on the first round and then had to go into a garage for repairs. Car No 1s. driven by Bel don- broke down at Bulls Head dur ing the third round
 Al the end of the fifth round both Le Bion and LyttIe had got ahead of Trncy and Le BIon vas In the lead U1fA his eIapsed time 1s7 minutes