The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-27
SZISZ LEADS IN AUTO RACE.
STARTS THIRD AND FINISHES
FIRST ON OPENING NV.
Fe" Trlnlng Accidents IN Great speed TrIaI
for Grand PriN NAVARRO Of Italy Third
ami Elliot =. shepard OF New YORK
Driving a French Car In Fourth Place.

LIS MANS, France, June 90, FRANCOIS
Saisz and his lO5 horsepower RenauIL
upheld the supremacy Of the French con-
structors to-day In the first half Of the
Grand PriX Of the Automobile club Of
France over the Sarthe circuit. He com
pleted the six rounds Of the Sixly-two mile
course In 8 hours 45 minutes and 80 seconds,
having travelled the 1872 miles Ut Hn average
speed Of l07 Eilomet res (G0.4 miles, per
hour. He was the third man to be sent
away this morning, starting from the
official stand near the railroad station
at Pont-de. Gennes at three minutes after
6o'clock. AT the end Of the first and second
rounds he was The second man to pass
the stand, but he assumed the lead al the
end Of the third circuit Of the course he
was leading, which advantage he main
tanned to the end Of to-day's part of the
contest. In the morning al @ will be the
first to be sent away.
Albert Clement, the young son Of the
builder Of the l?5 horsepower Bayard-
Clement he drove 80 sEiIfully, finished in
second place to-day, his time being 0 hours,
ii minutes and 40 S-5 seconds. To-day
he was thirteenth in the order Of starting,
but the misfortune reputed to be associated
with this number did not hinder the young
Partisan, who tomorrow will be sent away
a minute and a half after S2isa begins the
concluding half of the race.
Nazzaro of Italy, who did so well for his
country in last years race for the Coupe
International, whan he finished second to
the great Thery, overshadowed his more
famous compatriot. Lancia, to-day 10y fin
ishing in third place with his 1856 horse
nu,o Eiat In n hours "a Ynit,,ta- < . = uar-
onds. Elliot F. Shepard Of New York city
was fourth with a 1875 horsepower HOtch-
kiss as a representative of France in hours
80 minutes. He was next to the last to be
sent away, but tomorrow will STAR fourth.
His fastest circuit of the course was the
fourth, which he made i. 81 minutes IS 10
seconds. The following finished behind
the leading quartet in order named: Ia rilier,
10 horsepower Brasier. France. fifth;
Richez, l05 horsepower Renault, France,
sixth; DR., Weillsohott 1876 horsepower Fiat
Italy, seventh; Teste, 100 horsepower PAN
hard, eighth; Lancia, 1875 horsepower Fiat,
Italy, ninth; Hemery, 1875 horsepower Oar
ncq, France, tenth; Rigoly, ITO horse power !
Gobron, eleventh: Mariaux, 100 horse
power Mercedes, Germany, twelfth; Baras, |
10 horsepower Brdsier, France, thirteenth;
Duray, 1870 horsepower rich,
France, fourteenth; PERRY, ITO horsepower
B~rasier, France, fifteenth; Jenatzy, l2o
horsepower Mercedes. Germany, sixteenth;
and Rougier, 1870 horsepower Lorraine
Diet rich. France. seventeenth.
The weather was perfect and an enor-
nous crowd turned out to see the race.
Many of the spectators were up all night.
the lowlands this morning the %neighbor-
hood Of the course was thronged. A large
number Of troops were detailed to preserve
order and to keep the course clear.
OF the thirty-four entries only two failed
Gregoire car, and Barriaux, whose machine
was a Vulpes. TIL early morning crowds
looked sleepy eyed and were as quiet and
solemn as English merrymak ers. Things
became livelier as the morning advanced
and women in bright attire and officers in
gilded uniforms made their appearance.
The start OF the race was uneventful.
The first driver TO set out was Gabriel, in a
Lorraine-D Dietrich. at 9 o'clock; Up to o
o'clock he had not been heard from at the
grand stand. The second to start was Lam
ella, driving a Fiat. Lancla was first to ON
plete the first round and the crowd at the
finish greeted him warmly when he APP
leading the racers. His time was
So minutes AZ As seconds for the 100 kilo-
This time was beaten in the first
by Baras, driving "a Brasier car, who
the course in 5? minutes rs S-s
lie Blon, driving a Hotchkiss car, was
at st. Calais and one Of his
wheels was broken. He and his mechanic
escaped injury and at once net to work TO
the car. ITALIA No. 2, driven by
Fabry, ran into a wall and was smashed
on the first round. This was the second
accident to occur within ninety minutes
from the beginning Of the race. Nobody
was hurt in either accident, and when the
was posted in the grand stand it
was greeted with a shrug by the spectators.
Fabry made the fastest kilometTe in the
round, his time being % 2-5 seconds.
BaTas led the racers at the end of the
second round, although his time for that
round was nine seconds slower than in the
first. He got the first real cheer from the
spectators. Hemery, in a Darracq, made
time in the second round than in
the first. George Heath, driving Panhard
2, covered the first round in 81 minutes
8 As seconds, Elliott F. Shepard in Hotch-
8, was 81 minutes II seconds in
the first round.
France had twenty-five entries in the
race, Germany three and Italy six, making
in all thirty-four, The cars were started
at intervals of one minute and IA half. The
racers making the Sarthe circuit, siXty-two
niles, six times ON each of the two days of
he race, making the total run II little less
han $50 miles. There are no neutralized
.ections on the route and the racers make
he circuits with no controls, SO there are
no complications ebout the time made by
Zach contestant.
The Grand Prix, at the close of the first
lay, as vie wed by motorists, is justifying
predictions that its result will depend upon
he tires. The day has been fearfully hot
nd bad on tirss and people alike. Szisa
Il declared to have had remarkable luck