The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-10-07
PART THREE

Ssomains Sa had no cfroct unor o.,
oncoming positions on tho course un,,i iTaSy no,
srsvd tS tho ., Snf .n in1sS,. lSs s5as Thsn
ir irowa r ahyO way with reiuetsoctoeG wedge; tho
On Ju LOT tho rushing car with yIuv,nS Is bare,
ifc bsttery btpE 81 aro and fame and T@sf,u rosrinr
asah through. One fnlas Ger mn,;e artillery, to
iiIo ,h.ss .ho steering gear and an acodnni msna
loo pconIn a', e express train crashine int
aenis that did occur wera oar,u me acci-
sa bn1d the majority Of tho spectator @ nee
Cup Goes to France.
..ssion 'afnoeroiit az cup now goes into the pos
probably be raced for in ih.t 49,, ume MI
.sec was held in America this ycar H., ING
'ne courtesy OF last years winner 'Atousu
mako ~ wnp won tho cup, drove the same
last yeor. Bemery was 10 bam ,o victory
,r '"th ear, but at tho eleventh hour oars
team. WaSnSr srn,o. , assistant on the racing
=, seventeen cars started in Tho sao. "P
us i99rieen were running when timo Wa.
TSnrS SoS a an fourteen had completed the seventh
eighth .jrb, In course our eleven had completed the
i've had completed the tenth and last ronnd
over the course. This was regarded ss iounu rn
30 ''a recoro. Leblon wes the only drive,
round. pe'" 'no hih'n
American Makes Fastest Lap.
Tracy Of the American foam Nirrar .,
tho American elimination trials w,, -.
ninth round when stopped Hc had ,ho o
isiactlon OF driving the fns,est Ian ~ tbo
us!r thereby establishing ii new record for
ule course he made his Gtth circnit Of
lne Ill mile path in 20 minutes. II see
onds, The drivers slowed down ,o os Ii
an hour and less in negotiating some 81 a.
tuins: lhen 90 bring their average nm to
tho sixty miles an hour notch IL was nc.,.
cary 10 pound along some of the straight
stretches ut ninety miles an hour and rnnyo
The oftclal grand stand was on ono n ,hs
pest oi the long stretches and as tho cars
reared their way through Tho choor;nr
thousands, thoy wero rceliug of their fast
IL was Sis o'clock this MORNING cold
EraS and misty after nigh, Of fog when
the hrst car was sent away on its lone ;nrr
ney- Inc others followed al one minute in
tervals The arst big freak racing machine
was showed TO the tape. Tho sngi,as
crashed IN deafcniuc roar at staring
me seconds were iolled of ny on official
beglnning at ten he counted back,vlrd
TO one and then shouted in the dri ;or.s
car, Col There followed n snurter of
hro, the clanE OF gripping clutches n ,IouJ
OF oily dirt, dung from tho rear wheels. and
me car was gone from view. The start ard
finish OF the FIVE cars which completed The
entire distance follows:
No. lo-Wogner. French; start. 6:gt p.
m: tnish. ll:lIlo 90 elapsed time,
a .0p.lU 20.
No i-Lopcis, Italian: start. 6:ls; finish
IL II :2s d,5. elapsed time. i:5S:2S4.5
No, ls-Duray, French: start. 6:3l: finish
II 2i:i4 ID; elapsed time A:53:ll
NO. 15-Clement, French: start CPS; fin
ash, IL :29 80 i5; elapsed time 5.ol so As
No 3--JenatEy, German start, 6:l7; fn-
ish, l:2l :3s elapsed time, 5:0i:3s
Shepard, whose cor Killed tho man today
was similarly unfortunate in Franco several
months ago. where ho ran over and killed
Madeline Msrducl. At ST. ouen. shepard
was fined S1oo, sentenced TO three months
Imprisonment and ordered 70 pay $4,000 to
the parents OF the child. After much ehor,
the sentence of Imprisonment was suspended
Mr. Shepard is son OF the late Col Ellio,
+. Shepard Of New York. and grandson Of
The late ". X. Vanderbilt.
Distressed by Accidents.
Mr.. Vanderbilt whose donation of tbs cup
made the race possible. ta,d tonight:
Il deeply distressed that the contest
Should have been Dlarrod by fatalities, but
am sure they were uno ovoidable. Every possj-
bio precaution was taken. The unfortunate
and deplorabla accident in which Mr. Shepard
figured is the cause OF the Eeenest sorrow 70
ne, and / symps;hize not only witb the
'sriilieE OF those who were the victims 81 the
accidents, but with Mr.. Shepard, Mr.. Tracy !