New-York tribune., 1906-09-23
RACY SAVES THE DAY.
Continued from fir, page.

: garage before ne had completed half a lap.
bus out ~ the twelve cars that started OF 50
ave,y IN the murky dawn four were out of the
ce IN the first twenty minutes
SCENE BEFORE START ANIMATED.
Though the race itself was exciting through
q and interest did not flag. Il was from mid
ght uutil the start. al a. m that there was
ost 70 do and see The touring cars began
| ming out from New York on Friday afternoon.
a steady stream flashed down the Jericho
rnpike al night loug. krUgs Hotel was the
| 'si objeciiyo point Then tour 81 the course
| nd usually al a lively clipD was in order, with
| .run across 10 the Garden city Hotel 10 be fol-
| wed by a return 20 the oiled roads. which af-
| rded such excellent chances 20 see II the car
| as working right" There were no accom-
odations 10 be had al any price at the road
buses along the course. Bulls Head and Rosiyn
re favorite rendezvous points, and so numer-
! s were the cars these two places that bad
ocka6es were not infreoueut. Hundreds OF
~ spent the whole night IN motion 70 be
dy 10 pick out choice parking spaces along
lse course as soon the first streaks Of dawn
Dc ~ possible 10 distinguish objects
fhere was much speeding on the course-too
luch for safety-and many narrow escapes
ere recorded. AS early as 5 a m. one hour be
ear the course. This provad 20 be no easy
SIX. and finally ropes had 10 be stretched across
srfcho Turnpike above and below the grand
tand. In this way the solid phalanx OF auto
iobies was gradually broken and a lane was
lade fOr the racers 10 line up for the start.
hough the motorists had been loath 70 leave
70 turnpike az the order of the police there WAS
quick scattering when the first racing car |
lnne tearing down from Krugs corner. soon /
fter $50 O'Clock. The driver opened up his l
ngine and the crowd opened up a passagewsy 1
-ithout further coaxing
As che time Tor the start approached the \
randstand filed up comfortably. but Il was
ever crowded. and when. soon after O'Clock. il
gan 70 rain there was a rush for dryer quar-
rs. Among those earliest on hand were Mr..
I'd Mrs. William X Vanderbilt. ir and Harry
syne whitney.
The officials succeeded IN getting The course
ear just in time 10 send The first car away
,omptly AZ a. m. The day had daWned cloudy
nd dark. and the racers as they lined up for
be word presented a weird sight Most Of the
zrs were painted dun slate color. ana the
rivers and Techanicians wore sonlbre garb. with
e single exception of Iytle and Dingley in the
pe-Toledo who were all in white
WAITING FOR THE FIRST CAR ROUND.
The cars were started 10y els. and then the
Dectators settled down TO wait for the first
ar around. The teiephone service was good
pa the official announcer usually had a bulletin
very minute.
no. has stopped AZ Jericho" 'NSo . has
'assed Bulls Head" 40 has tire trouble /
II Mineola-' 'No. 9 and No 4 are approaching 1
krug's on even terms" So came the reports a /
Iontinuous bulletin. as 81 were. and sooner than
|ecmed possible there was a bugle blast down
oward iMneola, a frantic waving Of red eaps
nd then the cry car coming" taken IN by /
7n thousand throats and quickly passed down /
ae line a moment - eager expectancy fol- |
Ned, while every neck was craned
soon cloud of dust appeared and out ~ :,
loi l-}tie Ike white streak. Round the curve
| low the stand the car swung. and then. with a..
- IKE a mighty furnace and belchirR sheets
ie, the monster with SIS precious human
dashed down the narrow black road
Fh as billiard table Numbered past the
and was lost 10 sight I'm the distance As
ar rushed by Dingley. the rnechaniciau had
| 20 Tar out % see the score board which
stored 81 minutes 33 seconds cra5,,a,,a
| Z round
one hy one Mo demon wagons" passed
racy and tho Locomobile had encountered lire
roube and required - minutes 59 seconds "a
make the round. while Le Blon and the ,rlo,,ss
ook 80 minutes - 30 seconds Though ,tis
vas only the frsi round. the crowd had ALREADY.
ineied out Lytlo and Tracy and lie Blon as the
'ea ooniouders. with Csllois and Christie as dark
horses All wished Harding and the HAYNES
good luck, hut few looked for the brilliant per /
-ormance which this car MADE
TRACY AND LE BLoN PASS LYTLE
Tho wise ones had guessed right when they
2icFod Tracy and Ly'le and L. Blon 10 fght n
h.,rr--
'ognos these Illree alternated iu the lead Nv 1
he time tfe race was half over ~ the end 1
~ 80 hfth lap L. Blon was first. Lytle second 1
Tracy 'hrd, and the total elapsed times Of
1ree did nor offer hy much as two min
Le itl7n had taken hours - minutes and .
onds. Lyle = hours 43 minutes and - - +
ds. and Tracy > hours - minutes and IL
ids These three cars had now covered
miles each.
L'te hove in sight - the graudstand for
hfth tIn.o. however. his car was seen 10 skid
sadly. Indeed ir looked as u b. had nearly gone
over. and "a shout ~ fear went up. J., rfghted
itself however. and Numbered on From its
passage There arose pungent odor OF burning
rubbsr which the eKper's az once recognized as
-omiug from. "A fat tire. which was literally 2
being burned ur Iv the speed a. which the car .
xas going There was no surprise. therefore. d
s-hen the message came over The wire shortly \
.nor from Jericho. 30. = has stopped with
ire .rolb.e"
This marked Iytle's downfall II took him .
.A,c-u u.iuat~s 10 have new tire pat on and .
q .are .coiug ave miles IL WAS fat again. lie
.ad RAISED tLe eoutlol 81 Easr NorWich, and he y
.as 10 f-ln 70 Bulls Head 10 MAKE repairs THIS \
IN. mace on The rim, rached rhe whole car 70 ,
yiercs ]; took more than an ho-r 20 make re-
ls.r- aue Lvtle was foroed 20 drive the les; al
&c race WIKI only r single speeG available I