Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-10-06
tremendous Audience GAMERS
''' 4, Finish Line Of Big
Speed Event.
CARS STARTED ON TIME
.,o,, pclay in schedule However,
A O..,0r 10 Heavy Morning Fog That
Made Fast Work Dangerous

Iii aid out over the naSa's"
~. :, Lang Island. Seventeen cas-,
ivau' s,ng America, France, lialy ana
"a,,ry started IN the raae, snu ny 4,
6dbsI " tho circuit or coo eous
must man. distance OF tho race pvlhH
niles ~ In tho American eliinihsush
~ pi ,.'o geeks ago. Joseph Tracy, ".
rlss ~" fayorlte con.es,an1s, mace wy
q wua; ,tre ave hours II minutes anu ~
lHssss me race began To-Day ~ sN
seehys IVA oars being sent away AZ ent
OuQ,h ,,,,s,,jalst the elapAeJ liHe WIZ
nlhg" winner and as there hfa nv
cNles W." On IKE course requiring tsaue"u
eehus' no line allowance " any SOFT wan
y s'S NAV stop for repairs, interchans,
.s as,,s Etc., but the ume OF s,oppas,'
~ ~ counted against Ine Sontes.at
~ timers watches are suNtuu ~ ~
az exactly at the Minute asssn Ma ~
rant whether the driver was "p'' w
.,,rt on the second Or not
FIVE AMERICAN CARS
r,., nj, the II cars started today repre-.
IhV United states, ilys represent
s. a, i've are from france and Two from
lay, ~ Originally there were three
g.insa sr entries. but the car named ny
g gs,vhSI p Keene, who proposed also u
,ha machine, was MthdraWn pc
e,ns N cracked cylinders, the condi.
eAsss ,bs race calls for cars under 22iO
s sSsSTsd pounls IN weight. and the en-
,.sSis from loh country must be ina
80 rnede entirely IN the country 10
. .StSh Il 4 accredited. Both Of the pre-
Clans Vanderbilt cup races have bteh
.sn Nv Frerth cars Heath, an Amerl-
,,s driver in French car, was tne
srner in 1904. while Hemery won ~
r,ench car Of another make IN lsS, The
slsrcsa m todays race are generally re-
S.,Jsd az fay0ring either French or
ssIse car for the teams from these
s~Sptdss have the highest average horse
,oaer represenied IN the machines ard al.
hs ears are handled by experienced men.
Ts,ee ot The American cars In today's
-,Ss are Of less than i0O-horsepower, one
h,sr o. only 5Ahorsepower, The FIVE
i,Vsn cars are each OF lD-horsepower.
P'snCe h represented by one machine
n lg-hOrsepower, the highest In tho
nee Two OF l2l-horsepower and two or
i1.hosepower The two German cars
sre Of la.horsepower each. The fye
American ears are Of lis, no. 90 and 90
horsepower
THE STARTERS
The time assigned for each car to start
he elapsed time beginning from that mo-
nsni was az follows:
siCarn.-No. |, Lebon, American, ll5-
horsepower.
sdam.-No. {? Heath. France, i2o
horsepower,
Wam-No, J. Jenatzy, Germany, l9l-
horsepower
tBsm.-No T. Lsncia, Italy, l2o-horse.
pTsi
iAam.-No s. Lawwell, America, 10
Aaisep0wer
! isam.-No 6, Shepard. France. l3O-
NiNp0wer
I Igan--No, l. Luttgen, Germany, 10
aiygaer
s,h-No, s. Navarro, Italy, ~
| evtser.
at,-No, ., Tracyk, America, 20.
haserg.
islr-No. 10, Wagner, France, 100
MygEf
Alu-No, II. assigned to Keene who
Iiisa,v
ain.-No, Il, Cagno. Italy. lso-horse-
ilin.--No II. Haynes, America, So
AvpStr
llan.-No Is, Clement, France, 100
aTspNer,
saH.-No lS weilschott, Italian, To-
h'ap0yer
tsan-No. II, Christy. America, 80.
sfsipower
tlam.-No. Is Duray, France, 100.
1fsm.-No 10, Fairy. Italy, l0horse.
ih' No u was omitted In the drawing
" POSITION ana designation OF the vari'
" machines for supers,itious reasons
w 40 u cars IN the previous races
ave oil Jared badly
THE FINISH LINE.
ny Start and finish line OF today's race
Na po.nl near Westbury. on the Jer.-
~. turnpike. From here the course leads
wy east il an almost straight line for
NY nNlss when there Is an abrupt turn
NJ. we leit and north into the East Nor
MI. 'oa'. THIS Is followed for several
w W. 70 me village OF Fast Norwich.
snea : but two miles from oyster Bay.
\, summer home Of President Roosevelt
tast Norwich there IL a sharp turn
49, s,H 70 tne lett and west with a long,
+ s'n,ss iun OF moro than Ave miles t.
q. 1917 where begins great dip to
Ws 4W 70 avoid the viliage Of Roslyn.
M ,,sp enus with tho so-called hair
,s,,s wh near Old Westbury. which Is
+ ~. niue and half cross country
4 XXX w hnlsh srandst0nd Rounding the
l..ypu Turn To the left the cars speed
hlys " 'he northwest passing under
in5 ~ ,wllse on the outskirts Of Roslyn
flsr., nIhlhg due west 10 Manhassett
ssspnia we course leads due south to
x MA. near me country place Of W,
4 ~ ,out IT,, where n winding road
n 70 ihe southeast. This leads 10
s'.snh where there is A right turn 10
KIM, uvn, That direction being held 10
tni Nfhef, whore a turn 10 tho left
stfp,tS !, utlhss the cara on the home
An, I thtee mile on the Jericho turn.
6,ro.,MVgt corner Is an exceedingly
ma NJ pace for the turn Is short and
hnk uule or no room for "skiddlng,"
oi ~ that me crowd is greatest, too.
hraoi, point IL nearest the town OF
b Tssrs We county scat Of Nassau coun-
tio urrniSe sraae crossing on the Jeri-
torn,r XIX lnsl after leaving Krug's
ADS Ia vi, ~ only one on the course. II
KnTs VIZ hazard In the vicinity Of
gad,d. 'e' u VIII he carefully
'NorEcTloN FOR CROWDS.
DIM, Mugs and at various other
s ,-s along the eours, where ne ,r u,nss
isas,s eelea TO be greatest, stou, wlre
espIs an been erected TO keen the
pscli,e 'he course ana out Of danger H.,
VI bss' american and foreign drivers
t'ng IN Zen taking the sharp turns
n. Thsr.V .urse with the greatest can.
hnllns eeetns 70 be common nnder.
tns eHVhs them that this shall he
naress q, ay rate Il helghtens their
"a Aalhlng In the contest to the
t,gi rsc" g. OF the various cars In TO
ofsisonal w. among the most famous
hw pIlov,t the world Nearly ali q, ,hs.,
Wal ,'.su cars In every blg H., 49," 'sn'
%a The 4, isee held since motoring ~"
PEOPLE SUFFERED.
ae t cdsSS q people who Witnessed ~.
'qsnoSIs, apent last night in tents un n
Yong tas and In blankets wnder ~,
halIH,s a, 'uurse, the housing ana .es
laynr Nj NJ ms section an no,es
sisht saaly overtaxed. IA man,'
20 paid n S suns slept In one tent anS
~ eight besn.L we privilege, with d.nnar
nnfasd near ,ba me race included Ten =
II European hhish and conducted an
h. rental Tor p'm brought as high a.
fnrsniass 81 ~ NJ 1T The greatsss
asl irairws York in seyera, p sn came
~ ssv,s,ysls tesinslnn lett the city al sbpr,
rh, Wes,SnaNoever for. arriv, wy mad
.aensel,.s And Hlcksyijia at M !,
49, Course ~ sorne dlatance frn,..
49, their uau most OF them ~ we
E.u befors lhence on foot ,rts,. W
M things li,.snsht bur procsedsd ~,
MAJ. night was'E about the finish i,no
spuay q those damp and scsTy n ana