The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-07
AMONG THE AUTOMOBILES.
EMBLETON WINS IN 100 NILE
RACE AT EMPIRE CITY.
Lead Changes Frequently In First Half OF
Contest Visiting. English NObieman
wins One Five Mile Event with Ease
-BernIn Drives Old Racer TO Victory.

wins One Five Mile Event with Ease
-Bernin Drives Old Racer TO Victory.
The automobile meet at the Empire City
track yesterday attracted between three and
four thousand p.rsons. most Of whom arrived
early enough to see the start of the 100 mile
race. Fire troubles caused a lOl of shifts
In the leading cars In the long race. as was
the case in the other contest Of the same
dist lance "a week ago Saturday. The winner
yesterday made slightly better time h
was made in the other race, but the records
I we're never In danger. One OF the features
was the appearance OF the Hon. Charles
Stuart Rolls. the young Englishman who
won the British tourists trophy race re-
Gently on tho Isle OF Man. The cups were
presented to the. winner of each contest
a. they drew up in front of the jud ges' stand
after finishing, Walter Christie drove an
exhibition mile with the so horse-power
direct drive stripped touring car he drove in
tho Vanderbilt cup race. his time being |
minute SIS seconds. which was the fastest
mile Of the afternoon. Mr.. Rolls drove @
duplicate of the car with which he had won
the tourists trophy race.
Three scratches and an added starter gave
q field of seven starters tor the 100 mile race.
Tom Cooper'did not start with the Matheson
because one Of his hands war sthl badl-
swollen as n result Of his accident In the
NiFN " MAX I4NNs NhtA hWN - u " 70
Paul Sartori did not start with W. Gould
Brokaw's Mercedes, nor was VI. j. koehler
willing to tempt fate again with his skeleton
racer. The starters were Montague Roberts
with a 40 horsepower Thomas. William Nell
vrid with a 30 horsepower Thomas, C.. II.
CoveLl with a 80 horsepower American.
Charles G.. W~ridgway with his IS horsepower
Peerless r~unabout. Guy Vau chan with n 30
horsepower Stesrns. Ray Gilhooly with a s.
horsepower olunbia from which the ton
n.au had not been removed. and G. G.. Embl+-
ton with a 80 horsepower Packard. They
were sent away from a standing. start unr
KmbletOn's car responded quickest n the piS-
toll shot, but Guy Vaughan got down onto the
pole quickest. leading around the first Turn.
Roberts with the Thomas icll IN behind
Vaughan and EInblcton traded Roberts.
Roberts and EmbletOn followed Vaughan over
the tape in the order named for the first and
second miles, but Embleton was second at the
end OF the third mile. a. Roberts had TO stop to
hX a leak in the radiator on his maChiue. In
the fourth mile Embleton took the lead away
from Vaughan. who did not try very hard to
! retain IL. a. he had planned TO drive al as teady
gait and not take chances by spriuting when
ever an opponent drew up beside him.
After assuming the lesd a; the fourth mile
EmblciOn kept going st"sdily, with Vaughan
~trBili.g along IN second place a few rods be-
hind him. Roberts fixed mp the radiator that
hsd forC"i him TO stop going again as Embleton
completed his eighth mile. Roberts completing
his fourth mile a lew seconds after EInbleton
crossed the tape for the ninth time. Roberts
soon pulled up behind Embleton and for mile
after mile he tried TO pass him in an effort to
gain part Of the Eve mile LOIS he had
sustained while he WAS AZ ing the radiator
Roberts would gain slightly or tine straight
! awavs, but he always lost ground on the
stretches. because Enbleton kept the pole.
Or the wenty-eighth mile Roberts manage q
TO pass Embleton on the backstrrtch and vas
wildly Cheersd for il when he drove by the
grand stand and the clubhouse. In the twenty
ninth mile kmbleton's car slowed down ana
he stopped ~ the tire station on the back
stretch In his thirti.th mile to have a pune
tured tire replaced. The tire change Sook
ak min utes and then Embleton got Going
again.
Vaughan proftcd 10y Embleton's nlishsp
aud took the lead at the end OF the thirt ieth
mile. Vaughan kept the lead until after
the end Of the thirty-third mile. stopping
in his thirty-icurth mile. which gave Wride
way an opportunity to take the lead at the
end of the thirty-fouTth mile. Vaughan
stopped for only two minutes and then Con-
tmued. WridSway kept the lead until he had
almost completed his fort y-tlrst mile. when
ne stopped. Vaughan being the leader at
the END of that mile. Wridgway's stop Was
"A NIltl uuf huh ue WIS FDOu kOluE ukdIn
At fifty miles. with halt the journey completed,
the relative standing was as follows: Vaughan,
10 miles WridGvay and EInbleton, each al
miles. with Wridgway leading, Roberts. ~
miles; Covell. ~ miles, McIlvrid. Al miles. and
GiihoOley. 90 miles. Vaughan stopped on the
backstTetch OF his fft y-ninth mite for four
! minutes and EmbletOn assumed the cad
IIc was never in DANCER from then on and at
scventv-five miles was thre . miles ahead OF
Vaughan who Naa than i'm EapO nH nlara
when Embleton had finished seventy-nvr
miles Wridgway's score VAS II miles and MoIl-
vrid's was6S. while Roberts and Covell had each
| travelled and 81 miles. Gilhoolcy had retiT ed.
EDblaton COmpIpt Cd Ihr IUO miles I'm . hours
| SO ID seconds, which is 4 minutes 10 rs seconds
faster than the rim" made by kO-hler in the
last saturday. When Enbleton had finished
his roo milNs WridGway had gone rs miles.
SssGG s nicer TCor' WSdS =, m''' som sTG &c, .Svei Y.
miles In ? hours u minutes 81 us second
while Eaughan's time for tho race distance
Vaughan drove his last few miles on one bare
rim. as the tire Oh his right front wheel pune
tured and the casing new OF and struck the
fence near the clubhouse. COvnll did not
The Ave mile event Cor stock cars of ?;
horsepower and under had three starters
Peter Fogsrty with Il ia horsepower Richard
Brasier. u: q. Hutchinson with an s horse.
p%wgr NOM sinE nnd SE ,hg Hon nur ne hsSe UlGsn19n,I'
Of England with his 20 horsepower Rolls,
Royce. The BritisheT got away faster and
won from Hutchinson by more than q mile in
3 minutes 81 As seconds. HutCheson'H timC
was 7 minutes IL seconds.
The Ave mile race for foreign ears orIy had
two VI starters, Maurice G.. Bernin In W. Gould
Brokawis 80 horse power Rensult racer and
: A.. NJ. Thackara, Jr., ~ n 10 horsepower
stripped Westinghouse touring car. Bernir
was slow getting started, but he passed his
opponent 81 they began oundinR the hrsi
turn. tie kept "A safe lead and was never IN
danger. winning by 20 yards In q minute,
20 3-5 seconds.
Neither McIlvTid. with the 10 horss-powe,
Thomas, nor Peter FOgarty, with his 10 horse.
power RiCha rd- Brnsicr. started in the nyC
mile dealers handicap Tor fully equipped
stock cars " any design. &. q. Emblti0ni
J 30 horsepower Packard and the Hon
Charles stuart ROilE's 20 horsepower Rolls
extra seats having been placed on the Packard
soft could qualify n d fully equipped Machine
lharlesG Nrdgway. 9Th h = ~ hOrss-pOWeI
' Peerless r1nabout had 20 seconds hsndicap
and l.. &. Hutchinson With his 8 horse howe
, OldSmobilP. had ~ seconds %allO WheI
the two scratch cars mt way. rho BrItIshel
TOOK the lead and kept II for "a mile and
half EmblCtOn. passing him on the last turI
OF the srcDnd mtle EmOlttOn Won from
HuicbPEon bl 80 Yards IN 5 minutes 90 2.
seconds, Rolls being Is Yards behind Hutche
son and the .ame Distance ahead Of Wrldg.
way.
The 1--WE mile race for ~ ook cnrs from g5to 4,
horsc-pOwcr had but two starters. tmbI, .,
In his 70 horse -pOweT Packard and Gu