The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-16
Hills, Curves and Twist
Full Tilt by Daring Dr;,
OF Machines,

erpi run artn tina crpzS r;r, y
nbiliacci.rlr2ssgy. !
Not Eur From Mlpss,.
Tho start this year WIN ss -
ola, but IL viii ba turther 49,.
was In 1905, probably int -
crossing OF the Oyster Bnv
Long Island railroad, yh,6S
the accompanying map az ihs
From the tine the atari Il ",
East Norwich is reached ,hs
burn the surface of the road -
is along the Jericho turroiks
~ maoadamiEed road, which hs,W
undulatlons In its surface s,<
traVerses q region so Ieysl IA
pleasure seeker passing alan.
than a madmnn's pace is AHA =
green clad country sidc for -:
wherever the shruhbery Ia lor !.
permit an outlook over the ~
Mt jericho. which is a fov mI'
tho level plain, the road trsods
the northeast, In the tlireclloc T
Bay, where President Roossu
his summer home. In fact a.
rlves at East Norwich & Ia
from the president that uuo
drive to his comfortable coa
little over an hour.
This road, like the Jerieho
is splendidly maeadamized. bus
tritlc more rolling. and thp.6
bends and turns which main
dlficult for the, driver OF a an
at the rate OF sixty miles An H.
more than one hundred yar1. t,
him.
First Bad Turn.
At East Norwich thers Ia ths
up and down mean turn" oL b.
The car, with its speed Of sixty
hour or more, must be kept h
under control to round a slhm
the left. II 1t should happen IA
from the driver 1t would ysry lI<
in toe Iront door OF the vIIas.
which faces the road at just
angle TO receive II as an iny|lo
In fact, 1t is told. no Que Youc
the accuracy OF the yarn, hove1
when the French drivers were Or
tising over the course year nfI
them did land his machine on e.
da OF the hotel. gave the landlor
greeting With the popping ni
haust from the cylinders api
down and away before the CUT
layers could get TO tha scele \
gratulate him upon not batte|
hotel down.
After the turn Is made the ca1< 4
stralghtaway stretch over sn0l1l*
didly macadamized road 10 Bun
Tavern. Western people vii b
ested TO learn that most Of q
over which the race Is run ar1
as II paved, and quite as su1z
they were asphalted. They ai>
delightful to ride upon, aYen
weather, and graciously cumfoF
the year around.
This run to Bulls Head Taye|1
country a trIfie more uDdulnt
that which was trayersed on thn
side of the course, but there l5 n1
at any time IN navigating fna
the cars take the declines naq
cents at full speed. XIX,
At Bulls Head there ia W
vicious turn almost at rlgh<
the left. The manner IN vn,@
the professional drivers take
They come up to the corner
full speed. There they begin
the brakes. Their mechanic
far out over the left side Of fn'
somewhat like outrlsgers 70
craft. and checking the speed,
same time throwing the sme'
around, the cars are "sklddeo
curve until their provs, SO %
pointed directly down Ioe c9
then they are of again iun 'o'
next dangerous spot ..,. 4.
The point on the Vandernllt y
| OF this year which will conr
most attention from the .sena
who are always looking ior
hair lifting to happen, 10 near n n
bury 1t has been christeneo "
pin turn" and the name nA'
badly applied. >, ..,., n
1t is a sharp curve IN vn"
practically bends back upon
will have 10 be negotiated wlu
il a driver does not want 70 ~.
a telegraph pole, or cllmo : -
corn field. And. by the vs.
pened at one point oil 'ns s,,,,,.
year. In rushing along WIZ
one of the French drivers i0s.
his car, which "skldded .'n ,
field. and there 1t remsineo p''
was over. :, ,n,o roihI-|
This hairpln turn % IN sar,srsd |
than a letter "U." II is en.s's ,ss
left hand side. approaching r,ssr 4,
of the gu" Before the driver
the road slants q trihe M n0r
and woe betide the unluas,
approaches the turn, nssssnsir|I
# is In his immediate pso ,s
,oy IL snaed half a mile or nor
is able to control bis mssn ssnssr
he can turn around ana ''s
ground. - ,bs cur |
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