The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-02
AMONG The AUTOMOBLSTS.
JOE TRACY KEEPS UP HIS GOOD
WORK IN PRACTICE.

Makes Two Rounds or Cup Course Each
Well Under 80 Minutes -Duray Also
Makes Fast Trip arrangements for
Big Race VIII He had Tomorrow.
In spite OF the fact that it was very chilly
yesterday morning there was quite a gathering
Of enthusiasts at Krug's to watch the racing
cars entered for the Vanderbilt cup race
make their practice spins between S and 7
o'clock. There was an unusually large num-
Der OF hatless young women out yesterday.
a great many of whom came on bicycles,
and the fact that the majority had very red
noses and ears as a result of the biting air
did not appear to bother them very much.
Drivers who drove slowly enough TO have
time to notice said that there were crowds
OF from 100 to $50 persons at each OF the DIFF
ferent turns on the 29.7I mile course. The
-hairpin" turn at Old Westbury had the
largest crowd OF any place except KruR's.
as II has the hardest name Of any Of the turns.
The road surface there was very bad yester-
day and A. NJ. Archer Of the Automobile Club
Of America said after the practice was over
that he had been amazed at the skill dis
played by the drivers In rounding the curve
at the speed they took il. Eight OF the cup
cars were out. one Of them being the 100 horse
power Clement Bayard with Albert Clement at
the wheel.
W. G. Luttgen. with George McKeeson
Browns 100 horsepower Mercedes. was the
first TO pass kTug's, and he made two rounds
of the course. in 80 and AZ minutes. Elliott
+. Shepard's 100 horsepower Hotchkiss was
the next car to put in an appearance. though
Mr.. Shepard was not at the wheel. as he was
slightly indisposed. It was driven around
the course three times by Baby" Lehman,
Mr.. Shepard's huge mechanic, who had J.
Mann of the Hotchkiss Arm with him in the
mechanics seat. His first two rounds we're
made in Al and 81 minutes, respectively, but
the third was a slow one, as he had to stop just
after crossing the railroad track on the Jericho
turnpike to replace a punctured tire. CaRno
of the Italian team was out with his italia
racer. being the only representative OF his
country who appeared in a racing machine.
He made one round in 30 minutes In one OF the
emergency racers. George Heath Of the
French team came out in his Panhard racer
at almost the same instant at CaRno and
finished his first round in 20 minutes. about
one hundred yards ahead OF the Italian driver.
After a brief visit TO his cottage at Mineola
Heath made another round OF the course In
So, minutes. Albert Clement made one
round of the course with the car that won
third place in the Grand Prix last June. com-
pleting the journey III IS minutes. He swung
around onto the Jericho turnpike but CANE
back over that road later without finishing q
second round.
The Fiat drivers. Ia noia. Nazzaro and DIR
Aldo Weillschott, made q ~leisurely round In a
touring car. Jenatzy made one round with
Robert Graves's Mercedes in 2eh minutes.
Time honors yesterday went 10 Joe Tracy
and his 90 horsepower Locomobile. He
made three rounds OF the course from his
quarters at Lakevilie. but his time was taken
only for the two complete rounds from Krug's,
which he accomplished in 2g5 and 2Sk
minutes. In his practice driving since the
elimination trials. Tracy has blossomed out
as a time annihilator Of a high ordsr. He
makes tine turns with all OF the care and pre-
oisiOn that has always characterized his driv-
ing. but lately he has sent his car along with
much Of the abandon which has heretofore
been displayed only by pilots OF the various
! foreign machines. Duray, still without a
number on his big red Lorraine Dietrioh,
! made one round in 10 minutes. >. B. stevens
of Rome. n. Y, was on the course before
8 o'clock with the 30 horsepower Darracu
that Hemery drove last October when he won
the 1905 Vanderbilt cup race. Harry Payne
Whitney was also out with the Braiser that
competed in the Grand PriK last June,
To-day's practice will be the last INDUCED
in by many Of the foreign cup candidates.
and predictions we're freely made by the
knowing ones Yesterday that there would
be some hair raising rounds this morning
II the weather and crowd conditions permitted
high speed. There ia considerable jealousy
among some Of the foreign drivers reaard-
ing the fast time accredited to other drivers
and IL Is likely that q new course record will
he made during the practice hours this morn
ing. The three Fiat racers will he taken to
pieces to-day after the practice and put in
the finest possible condition for saturdays
struggle. II Is possible that each one will
be sent over the course once on Thursday
morning to ace " II II working properly
and needs any adjusting. Louis Wagner or
the French team IL expected TO make his
first appearance this morning with the 100
horsepower DarTacu, with which IAnriOt
was second TO DurHy In the Arderpes circI II
race. Wagner has also brOughtth r racer
that he Used in the same contest, for uae In
case If accident oT emergency. There seems
70 be quito a general opinion among the
attaches of the different foreign camps that
Wagner is quite likely 10 make the fastest
round in the cup race on saturday. providing
no accident overtakes him. Wagner has
expressed himself a. perfectly satisfied with
the course and said the. only Improvement he
! would au10aaf would he The addffian ~ =