The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-22
ALL READY FOR AUTO RACE.
.r,nD TALES THAT ARE TOLD or
VANDERBILT RACER&


ow SQUAT racing au'o,Hiuu"" saSO'on,
SoneIled pilot bug, then ore dashes Of
~ cars. the arrival and tumult Of the
Suon touring motcr Of all types anc
Gu ,hrae solid hours at Krug's corneE
49, ut,h a sweep Of s)und and color that
-. I'm all the word and makes the
-. Av-that is a feeble try at telling
=, 4, seeras like TO he in front OF Krug's
- Nth the others bitten by the motor
-. watching the last workouts OF the
80 cars in the permitted early hours
" ,ha daV before the elimination trials
.lsct Americas team which win try
wIn the Vanderbilt CUP from the for
.lrrsrs some time further on.
II Ia all very unreal. First Of all II ID
-, natural to be up at 8 O'Clock In the
Earning standing on an oiled road away
-, IN the real country, with dozens Of auto
..ohiIes standing about toe. II Is not
.,.ctlv the usual thing to zee some pufing.
%.nortins thing come leapiny along the road
~ and then lash around the corner 10
tront OF YOU for a long ak mile MP straight
.hsad. II il not the conventional o find
.n.solf chasing madly across country a
Oven miles when some onecries out. The
M.xwall has exploded on the Bulls Head
arm They nave telephobed for help
There is a quick cranklng OF a cars
and he whistling OF fires newly turned on
4. ,hs steamers and then a PROCESSION taking
-, Uays TO reach the seem. IL Is a trifie
ssne 10 he about that early in the morning
.niro somewhere for no other reason than
Eat Won may find Wally Owen or his driver
vranped about a tree with a car in ru.ns
bsiow something like what happened to poor
Geores Robertson on Wednesday last.
And then when you get there and ind IL
Lsnt true, all you can do "a 10 hurry back
over the road you came.
II Is hard % put down on paper h n
N being whirled and hustled about that
comes from the mere watching Of automo-
SIes. Then all the talk b OF speed, OF
d1yers, Of cars, of horse-oowers and the
ike. There are press agents, owners,
manufacturers and reporters and all have
only the ons topic. The Krug's corner
mowd-the one hat gathered there this
~morning-was a wonder.
What can be 20 interesting 10 a woman
K1v haired, stately, matroIly, and always
bareheaded. to bring her cut on a bicyc Gle
at Go'clock in the morning day after day,
h watch racing automobiles dance by2
GRANDMOTHER surely is the 1rst impression.
And vet she has been here evsry day and she
nut a cap on the week by staying through
out the tedious weighing irt process down
In the village in the late morning. just as
faithful attendants at the Orner are three
urls, one sporting a bla6 sweater and
pert air and the two others inwhite sweaters.
Il would hardly be wrong TO say that so
wears would account for the btal Of the three,
and still they have been up ald stirring every
day that the cars have been trying out.
There IL an automobile party OF two
women and three men that has not missed
a day either. The girls look heavy eyed
and pale when they get dow to the course,
but a glimpse Of Walter Christie or Joe
Tracy risking their necks on the nasty
turn brings the color flushing back Z o their
faces and makes them animated and real
again.
Bitten by the speed mania is the verdict.
II is the old fascination. When Adam
tossed Abel into the air Of olden times in
default q a ceiling, Abel only chuGkled
then, and the germ lies withiEus all.
But even il the drivers are risking their
lives every minute in h sport, IL isn't all
serious. This morning there rolled up to
the corner a runabout, not a very large affair,
loaded to the guards with small young men.
One, the owner, forsooth. stood with one
hand upon the throttle and \ foot on the
step, the while he remarked, with an all
too knowing air: DO you notice how the
Frenohmen slow up on the turn? They're
afraid TO round IL fast"-that Of Caillois
and lie Blon, the best and most daring Of
al France, TO whom worse ard much more
dangerous circuits have beer nothing but
pastime.
There's no place like IL for rumors and
narrow escapes.
1t was one Of the rlmor srop that got
the crowd started out to tv to find the
remnants Of the Maxwell. Tie report came
In that the car was a wreck. The dash for
the place out by Bulls Head came near
being serious for Walter Chnstie, who was
dNinn a ~ V,f-VVNA NRW~ Nx.a L. m - ill
course. The White steamer with Walter
white at the helm, started i1t In a hurry
ior the scene. IL was somewhere about
Old Westbury that Whites oar came dash
Ing down to a curve and hitting 1t on the
wrong bank had To run abng on the left
side Christie came into ight then due
10. me White car, going a pile a minute.
thought IL was all up with US, said
Cnristie afterward. All hoped wss that
there were no women in the car"
White' instead OF trying to turn e to
as right, which would have made q fatal
accident sure, deliberately turned his car
INTO the ditch, spilllng cut all except one
Of the riders. None was hurt and Christie
ran by, missing the stelm car by about a
1901. White ran grave chances Of striking
ps gas tank and starting a fire that would
have made the car a wreck in a minute,
out ne took that chaice rather than get the
noer In a worse fata
Inen Christie met a Pope-ToIedo on the
way 10 see the Maxwell and there was an
other moment when it looked as II trouble
nnere coming for the driver Of the fast car.
Slt that was lodged too and Christie had
sne satisfaction Of making one Of the best
trials Of the lot.
ION Cooper, OF curse, got h the Max
u.el nrst. The initry was enough to put
te maxwell out Of commission, but il was
soTth It to see the racing that it caused
ooe hrst on the cene. There was some
~ pounding all aong the line TO get up
70 the accident.
Inc grand stands We're going up in great
Ettyle all day TO-DAY. The one at the start
= especially good. There is a big i'm
pLovenent In ons thing. Last year the
Sues OF the course at the starts and finish
JeIe guarded by Baplings to which strips
WOOD We're naiisd. Now there is a wire
ge1ihg about ten feet high, which runs all
nv way along fo' several hundred yards.
nrSeIe Is one snecial private stand for
uGhds hitchcock. Jr., along the boun-
GNH NJ on whose property the star is made.
~Asion 70 Use hs grounds, and the stand
q a slight testimonial Of appreciation,
me big work done by the Diamond Tire
sompany has made a lot OF talk. The COM
10y mas no lee than eight tire controls
SSutne small circuit, and 6o2 racing tires made
~ tne Diamond company were brought
\, y Today. The company guarantees that
m Lei men Will hange a tire and get the
-n On their way within four minutes
"TTTtner the rimt are detachable or not.
Vue lhomas oars are the only ones in
~ race with detachable rims, and thew
~ nave their tres changed at any event