The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-16
heVaxAderbllt Cup Course

on the part of one supervisor, and his
vote was not enough to induce the people
Of the immediate section TO hold a mass
meeting TO protest against IL.
Two or three weeks before the race
was actually run, there began TO be such
demand for accommodations about all
! the section in and around Garden City
and Hampstead that whatever opposition
had existed TO the race was abandoned.
The residents found that the first gold
mine In the history of their lives had
suddenly opened at their very feet.
The novelty Of motor car race, the
fact that some men OF great prominence
were 10 drive cars in the contest and the
further fact that foreign countries had
sent across the ocean their best auto
mobiles and their most famous drivers
to compete aroused such interest on the
part OF thousands who never had ridden
in an automobile. and probably never
would be able to own one. that they
journeyed twenty-five miles into the in
terror Of the island hours before day
break TO be present at the start.
At the First Race,
Perhaps 100000 persons saw the first
race run They were scattered from one
end of the course to the other, and In the
larger villages crowded about IL to such
an extent that the officials had some diff
nculty In keeping them of the road
iHSy DoI seem 10 De aware or the
fact that they were getting In the way
OF machines which would run at times
from sixty TO seyenty-1ve miles an hour
When the second race took place in
the fall Of 1905, the people of Long Island
were wiser. Prices had doubled over
those OF the former year, and the prices
OF 1904 had been quadrupled over what
usually was asked for accommodations
The railroad which has monopoly of
taking people to the start, advertised two
excursion trains for four O'Clock In tho
morning They expected that they might
carry about 1.500 spectators AT three
O'Clock In the morning the station of the
railroad was sight. 1t was so jammed
with excursionists that 1t was imperative
upon the company to make UP train as
quickly as possible to get them out Of the
way and permit others TO take their
places.
One train followed another until day
light, and there were passengers packed
in every square foot OF the cars They
filled the platforms. choked the aisles.
clung to the backs OF seats and even rode
on the tenders and the cowcatchers of
the locomotives, The railroad people were
astounded at the tremendous interest
which was taken in the race, and the con-
ductors gave up the task of collecting
tickets and trusted TO getting them on the
return home.
Quarter of Million Sightseers.
1t is estimated that $50, 900 persons saw
the contest OF 1905, Some of them
were at Mineola, q place OF some
consequence In the Hampstead district
Of the island some were far out in the
country. where they had journeyed the
night before. selecting some particular
spot where there was more or less danger
In making a turn, and where they ex-
pected to see something thrilling before
the day was over, while thousands of
others distributed themselves along tho
north side of the route. where the road
Is winding and the country more or less
undulating
How many will see the cup race this
year is question. Owing to the general
interest which Is taken in the event there
are many people who predict that half
million spectators Will be scattered over
the thirty miles of road. That is doubt
! less exaggerated, but IL would not be sur
prsing II 100000 persons witness some
part OF the race If the day is pleasant
Society goes TO the race In automobiles
The exodus begins from New York about
o'clock OF The afternoon before the
race takes place. Those who have friends