The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-23

III 10000 PERSONS SEP THE RACE.
Il il safe TO say that along the circuit
tr we're lined up 100000 persons who
u6t hard to get a look at the racers
hey dashed by and on many OF
eve straight stretches endangered
er lives and those Of the drivers by
ting out too close to the flying cars.
y when they began to arrive at the ourse
fimpc ssible TO fix definitely. There were
mons on hand in waiting for the ace
n day ago. A lot of persons ran down
N the city and from nearby places
parking room and then proceeded
60 TO sleep in their cars while awaiting
lawn and the big rae Not only was
the Of enc 'Osed cars with the limousine
dies, but also of some Of the regu Iation
touring cars where the occupants
n Tree from the effects Of night dews
vby wrapping around them long rubber
MEETS. A man who wen about said that
saw no less than 500 such camping par
Delore the race began.
vas impossible TO estimate the num-
~ Ahn variety Of automobiles that were
hg1 alongside the course. II there
< 10000 persons there II seemed as
thete we're about n automobile to
NV twenty persons. They represented
LFy type, designers idea and horse
uef, and had a lot OF merry little elimi-
E1n trials on the way out. The police
pduced a few elimination trials IN their
q account, and there were some that
Ele1 thA had trouble getting to the
hlere was one other noticeable feature
M NE crowd and NhnN uvna Nhn nenonnnA
more Of what is called the tough element
q ever before. The early morning
Ecals on the Long Island Railroad, which
reu the bulk Of the visitors Of the nom
Eomooile type to the Of action, were
eee1 with the rowdy and smart lads
Ge CLASS that has come to be so OBJ
Iohable 20 persons who have to ride
eSsvated and subway trains in this city
sundays. The incongruity OF the in
" OF such persons in the automobile
was striking. What brought them
Is hard to explain, and they GER
VI ~ vouchsafed no reason in support
'oEtning they did. The persons who
~ the early specials in Mineola and
s9ury this morning did not relish the
suAfk walk to the in such COM
hotels TAXED TO The LIMIT.
MOTEL accommodations at Garden City,
sIoa, hestbury, Lakeville and Roslyn
Seeh stretched to the limit and the farm
n IN the neighborhood, such as were
70 sccomrlodate motoring strangers,
!ot OF business. The crowds from
started out toward various points on
course early In the day. In fact, the
sSand opposite the starting line began
mieu AZ half past 2 o'clock. The long,
sulp OF road that wound down the
ro 1H turnpike glittered and shone in the
G,rnn5sht OF h automobile army. Autos
.el and whizzed and Rrunted in from
Y sde and their constant passing and
S~rsS.nng IN the damp darkness Of an early
0Si"d morning before daybreak was
snup with a peculiar cold glitter by
sroa1.yIene tanks way up at the top OF
ca1u Wand. Although everything was
s uArk and some OF the drivers were
~ careful no n was hurt in that
n,L before the dawn began to break
and 5 o'clock had come around.
Sshus all along the course were well
DlI naturally that al Westbury was
%nren the best OF all, giving as IL did
h%o.Iedge u the standing Of each driver
EN- 'ume performance for the circuits he
grand stand crowd a. an automobile
~ naIoh u not unlike the show circle
UPeTa OF the list Of the gazed at In
.auHAl hcNe Show. II Is always about
.hi. pers,ns who do the same thing,
Q man or woman nav b sDe-