The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-06
AUTOS READY FOR Big RACE.
SEVENTEEN START TODAY FOR.
VANDERBILT cur. e
raxhalI Keene Withdraw At the Last
Element weighing In n TROUBLESOME
Ir 1cedure Protest Against o
CVcTruIed-Big Grove 20 see Contest.

cyCrruIed-Big Crowd 90 see Contest.
CARpvS CITY. Oct. S.-"who do you
thlrk will win the race7" has displaced all
other forms Of salutation in Nassau county,
IA which the third nnual International
race for ths william X. Vanderbilt, j r.,
cup will &c run tomorrow. The normal
rorulatioa of tho county waB increased
many tines to-day by the influx OF the race
v%iritc,g. ard there IN scarcely a house any
where ncnr tho cup course which will not
sheltcr eonc extra Inhabitants tonight.
MANY of the 800 goo persons who are ex-
rectcd to witness tho struggle tomorrow
will come to the course by. special rains
leaying Long Island City every hak o
after / O'Clock in the morning, while thou
sands will come from New York in auto
mob lss. The Garden City Hotel alone
will care for 800 persons in the hotel, while
more than 300 more will be cared for at
Camn Vanderbilt, which consists OF forty
laTrc ltents pitched on the hotel grounds,
each lent having sleeping
tons far eight persons.
Seven teen of the eighteen cars entered
will etaH on their 207. miles journey in the
morning, ten times around the 2s.7l miles
course. The only absentce will he Foxhan
Keene, who telegraphed Chairman Thomp-
son to-day as follows Owing TO n cracked
cylinder I hereby withdraw my car" All
OF the 9th, re- had their cars weighed in to-
day by tho judges Of weighing.
An that is needed to make the race a
success is q God weather in the morning
and the wea ther forecaster predicts: Sat
urday genera lily fair, with fresh southwest,
shifting to T orthwest, winds The rain
early this me rning and at noon served TO
Law whatever dust there was on the course
and the brigh. sun of the afternoon dried
up most of TIN, puddles.
Every one hare is gratifed at the action
of W. X. VandA ,rhilt, Jr., in overriding the
protest from france against the 115 horse
power Thomas with which LIE Blon will
start first Tomorrow morning. The pro-
teS. was referred to MT. Vanderbilt as
referee Of the rs oe with power to make a
final decision. he and e. r. Thomas Of
Buffalo, maker of the protested racer.
met to-day and Mr.. Thomas produced
evidence that the car had neen constructed
entirely in his country Of American ma
tSrials. Mr.. Vanderbilt then ruled against
the protes and oIbled his decision to
Chevalier Rene De Kuyff. president Of the
Shorts Commission Of the Automobile Club
of France, who had made the protest on
behalf OF n French automobile manu-
-facturer. who has no car in the race and
never tried to enter one. All of the French
drivers and team managers are very much
pleased with Mr.. Vanderbilt y ruling against
the protest. .
Mr.. Vanderbilt made his first informal
offer Of the William X. Vanderbilt, Jr., cup
on January g, 1904, to A. r Pardington,
who was chairman OF the American Auto
mobile Association racing board at that
time. By the conditions of the deed of gift
the Gun was to be raced for in America the
first two wears and thereafterin the country
of the car which won the race. French
cars won both the 1904 and 1905 contests,
but the Automobile Club OF France refused
to run a race this year, as France would
be compelled to compete on an equality
with all other countries.
AS America finished second, so far as the
nations represented were concerned. that
left no alternative but to run the 1906 contest
In this country. The cup is thirty-one inches
In height, including its wooden base, and is
made of 4SI ounces of sterling silver. on
one side there is a portrait in relief Of Mr..
Vanderbilt in his Mercedes racer, while the
other side bears this inscription:
Challenge Cup. Presented by William
X. Vanderbilt, Jr., TO the American Auto
mobile Association, under deed OF gift, tobe
raced for yearly by cars under 900 kilos.'
THR CARS WEIGH IN. ~
The Garden City villagers did not seem
IN he as much interested in the weighing
IN ceremonies for the Vanderbilt cup race
to-day as they did when the candidates for
the American team we're weighed two
weeks ago. IfIere were qulue a few inter
ested spectators all day. but they appeared
more uKe auto mobilists han citizens OF
this very exc lsive little place. Frank
Bravs scales on Hilton avenue, within a
few hundred yards Of the Garden City
Hotel. were used again and were the cause
Of even more grief and astonishment r.
sorpe of the foreigners than they were tc
sever al Of the American drivers two weeks
aQo. Many OF them asserted that tbs
acaIes must surely be wrong. as their car
had never weighed so much abroad. Duray
Of the French team Deing one of the mos
vehement protest ers.
The cars were weighed under the direc'
ton Of the A. A. A. judges OF weighing
Henry FORD, s. A. Miles, f. 7. Birdsall anc
George Dupuy. All Of the eighteen cars
entered for to-morrow's race were weighed
OK cent FoxhaI keene's Mercedes, 40 thai
Germany will have but two representative
in to -morrow's International struggle
Eigh teen cars were weighed, however, a.
one of the two Thomas racers that failec
to quality in the elimination trials wal
weighed upon the request of E. r. Thoma'
Of Buffalo.
The foreigners in particular were verJ
early on the scene, most of them having
ahoOn I'D before noon. There was con
adorable OF a mixup over the question
OF weighing the brackets used TO carry tn
detachable rims with which most of tn
foreign cars are equipped. At first tb
dry were told the brackets need not b.
weighed but a little later were informe'
they must have the brackets weighed if the!
intended 20 use them during the race
Alter 4 consultation between Chairman
Tbompson, A. l.. Riker Of the teohnica
advisers and the judges of weighing
WAS finally decided that the brackets nee,
not be weighed. The brackets on Duray'
LoTraine-Dietrich could not be remove,
without the use Of a chisel and it YVES neces
.ww 40 have their weight estimated A L