The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-09
AMONG THE IUTONOBITTS.
ELLIOTT r. SHEPARD HERE FOR
VANDERBILT RACE.
Will Practise Very Little ~ Raclng Speed
over the COurse-C Conservative Esti-
mate Of CaIlois Regarding the Aver.
age speed IN the Cup Contest-GOsslp.

u.NzkAl.- 49,
borss-pp" 80 - -" ~.
OF 49, w.. - r. I~...nc
Nnanisd NV his lie .nd 81. vonnS
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frenCunISn =.
inc
sau SSI 80 90 ~Son ~
one II ht,n =. 80 A.. ~. ,h.wvsra
preoeu 3. a. ~
empp ,oSmn-ro- o. T,.nd.v "a. 80 a
NII !, a. a. .-.nS - ar ~. SvAo-
conn., CIrA :, ES.nc. "a ,hor-A &C.. \.
moVn' -uonnn ~ 49, - 80 =.
mn s to~r,h on ths a. 49, :, ~. ,-c
,-nls ut. 60 -. ~. a,,.a -,,h
q y 1890 whsoIs ana ors ~ thsno CO..
WIZ SDUSU. -" -~s.Sin- - -,
~ s"cona dav ~ the race "a has sines
l.innad 18th ~ the rscar. n,Ith vooden
~ et,sd With dsIachshIa r,ns simIIsr 70
49, which ~sra ~ snch maIerfsI "a IA
Trosg in winning the contest Mr.. shenard
~ hrin zinc over twentv-two snar. lima for
$500 ,vSasIs and t,ysrtv rim. for ths front
Hs.ais iii ~ ,bs rivs heipy Nt,ed vith t,rea
1910 hIowp I'm 40 that anv ~ tina rims
aav n. sttacheS In.tantIv N nssded He
IA hja cars vera about seven kilos. or nftsen
~onnds rndsr tina weight limit ~ , an4 no,,nds
ntS mschanic charles noted in a
.i,,iar canacitv 1oS him In the grsnd nrix
and Nr Sbepard praises him very varmly.
,ahmann is about as wears old, n a feet 4
inchss tall and weighs 10 kiIos. or a4a Dounds
Ia ,s Lnoun all oyar France as sRahv Lah.
a,arn"
M sbsnard drove over the Nasaan county
ofrcn,t Yesterday afternoon WITH A Archer
If the Automobile Club OF America and will
n,ohablv make Garden civ his MATCHMAKER
until sIoer the anueEDnN !ace. huIscussane
his plans for the race he said thai he would
not do much training over the Gun course.
Ne does not believe in unlimited practice
over a course and said that he had never
been over the entire lie Mans course before
the first day Of the Grand Prix. He will
rive over the Gun course a few times with
49,. g 800
a touring car and make a Few trips at q fairly
high rate OF speed Win q racer. out mas no
intention of driving a racer over the circuit
o.,uau,o.a m. a.v. :. -. ~. 80
by the competitors ms sevo u IN opin-
varisbIv proved che truth OF the adare that
familiarity ~ breeds ;rsno. OST.s% NJ dn ne % mas S.. .OSSo
With as much abandon and speed as In q rsOs.
and for this reason will conhna most of his
practice work 20 either one or two Of the long.
etralgnt strs,ches VI tne SouISS . 70 some
unirequented road where 1t will be possible
to drive At high speed without any danger q
IuNn'ns ~
ralneI star. u a - -" Svs~u.o u
ANNNH NS
than to put in q lot of time ~Craining over tho
'ourse Win I.us
that he would come 70 griet on some Turn
that he had repeatedly ridden around before
the race and the difficulty Of which he had
cohseQuehtIy no hSs Osen
an automoolist ior the Iast nine years. out
the Grand Prix last June was his nrst ex-
perience 40 the drive, OF q racing car in a
H. 90 nonta.t
Wy '"O
-rhou,h on.arx.,t.m /. ma. ,.uouv .horoA.
n"nenao,;on -t,h . F-snchS.n 4, n"nsn
theless a fact that Gustave Caillois OF Paris
has made the moat conservative prediction 40
a. rag.rdins tha avaraxa y.ta ~ ~Daod A.
.os
the American ehmnation ules ana the van
derbilt cup race, He will drive . MS horse
mower Thomas racer In the elimination trials.
C.tsI-. -. h.an - thn N....u on,,o.v -
NSnios hSs ~ WI |" SOunty w
cuit' Wnich WIZ Dc eseo on september "a and
road aurface. turns and corners. THE car
,L.t 1900. .iv,w 80. an -. I'm a,t-h
'hst @voLeSos etA'Y
either nret or second. says Calllos. In All
there are eleven turns and at every one of
these Il will be neceeaary TO slow down. Time
IN - ,ost No. oDIv IN anrrosch;no ,ha turr.
~NOo 'osH ~ ~ sSp'ONNs III
OUT IN accelerathS the speeo AiVer"Hru'
since no matter how powerful q car may be,
time IA lost in reRainina the
CanloIs hss driven IN 40 many hi9 road raoes