The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-07
HONORS IN AUTO
 RACE ID FRANCE One Man Killed in Vanderbilt
 Cup Event SEVERAL ARE INJURED Wagner Keeps Up the Gait of Over Mile Minute for More Than
 Two Hundred and
 Ninety Miles.
SEVERAL ARE INJURED

| New York, October 6.-France today won the third international automobile road race for the William K. Vanderbilt Jr., cup, completing a record of three straight victories in this event. which is I run over the turnpikes of Long Island, 1 the center of the course being about l twenty miles from New York city Italy was second in the race, France filled third and fourth positions. while Germany fur | nished the fifth car
 Only these five machines completed the tenth and last lap of the course which was 29 T miles in length The total dis tance of the race was 2971 miles, and Louis Wagner, driver of the winning car, made the distance in 2s0 minutes 10 2-5 seconds, speed of more than mile minute for the entire distance.
 One Spectator Killed. One of the more than 2oo0o0 spectators who lined the course paid with his life the penalty of a too great curiosity. He was too near the line at what is known as Krugs' corner. Two cars flashed by when the man ventured out on the road to get a better view of the others coming. With the rush and roar of throbbng en- zines, the French car driven by Elliott D. Sheppard, an American dashed into the man, who. in the view of thousands. was hurled high in the air. When picked up many yards from the scene of the ac- cident the man was dead His skull had been fractured. both legs broken and he was frightfully crushed After a few minutes he was identified as Kurt Cru ner of Passaic, N. J. Shepard plunged ahead at 90 miles an hour along tho straight stretch leading to the judges stand. He was completely unnerved, l however, and did not finish his seventh 1 lap. It was given out that he had broken i a crankshaft. Shepard was running sixth and was in contending position when the accident occurred
 Boy Badly Injured.
 Joseph Tracy In his American car crash l ed into a crowd of men and boys and
 seriously injured Sylvester Baldwin, a i boy of Norwalk Conn. Several others | were slightly hurt. Tracy held to his 1 course. Dr. Weilschott, an amateur driver l of an Italian car lost control of his big 120 horse-powe machine on the first round. He ran down two boys on bl- l cycle then plunged down a thlrty-foot 1 embankment Both the driver and Colom-
 bo, his mechanic. were picked up uncon- scous, but were quickly revived. Several persons were run down by touring cars l in the crush going to and returning to the race. It was impossible to keep the
 immense throng off the course.
 Crowd Hard to Handle. The blare of the buglo and the cry of 1 "car coming" had no effect on the crowd | They held their positions on the course ! until the on-coming car was within 100 ] yards Then like the opening of an in- i terverted wedge the crowd gave way with 1 reluctance leaving barely room for the 1 rushing car with its powerful engines 1 splitting fire and flame and roaring like a i battery of small ealibre artillery, to dash ! through One false motion of the hand clutching the steering gear and an acci- | dent like that of an express train crash ] ing into 100 people would have resulted.
 The Vanderbilt cup again goes Into the | possession of France and tho next time
 probably will be raced for in that ioun- l try. The race was held in America this
 year through the courtesy of last year 8 i winner Wagner who won the cup drove
 the same make of car that carried Hem
 cry to vlctorp last year Wagner was ahead in every lap.
 American Sets Record.
 Tracy, of the American team winner Of
 the American elimination trials was on
 his ninth round when stopped. He had i the satisfaction of driving the fastest lap
 of the day, thereby establishing new 1 record of the course. He made his fifth
 circuit of the 29.1 mile path In 26 minutes 21 seconds.