New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-13
CUP CARS In PRACTICE
ACCIDENT TO OLDsyoor
Herbert LgtIe Makes Ben ~
OUer the Course Yeuer5..

Mineola. Long Island, Sent -
GAVIN this morning seven OF the a-a.s
tered In the American elirnfra.,o- - are
vanderbilt Cup race were On ~. 20
I'D for the trials. which VIII h - ,ouss saas,
SATURDAY II was the first morning ,sss
contestants had the privileges o. 49, 1s q
practice and according to the av~.s. 10ss -
supervisors Of Nassau County ara ,s -. ~
Automobile Association. tho driver, ... -Nas'ss
course at a m. Those far,nx :. Ca
this ruling are liable to a fine >. s-oa Va
qualification s"'o and =
Inc seven cars on tho cours. "a.
We're the l2O-horsspower Pops-ToI.s.
horsepower Loconobfs. the faa-s~ GA
CHRISTIE the two Frayer-srinsr r,.as,e''ss
oo-horsepower Haynes. and the sa-S.-S b
Oldsmobile. ''sscovs
a., tNsre was only one accident during n.
'ice. and this. fortunately. ala not r..-,.
ousiy' Ernest Keller. driving n. o.
car. made two rounds OF the cour,, a, ), 'ss
minutes respectively. but earns 20 x-,.. Has
third round '' % :.
"hiie turning into the Laksvfue po..
speed. near Flaherty's Inn. wbt-b .. u
section OF the LalIevills and Ari,aoI.. - laN
machine skidded and struck a tsla,-.ASa
AeeieF and his machinist Jumped on. 40 -. va
ana We're not hurt. The machine wa, -
out IL Is thought that Il can be rspa,r4s - ~
or two Keller had two narrow escan.. -
this. On the second lap. while taI,,r, - '''''
turn at Bulls Head. he cut the corna- 70 - y
" ana me machine ran Up the ernbanlcrss-. J.
'ne side OF the road. II Just missed a s.ls--..'
poie and hit tree further on. but oplv 49,.
enough TO scrape of some OF the bark
On me same lap, at the Jericho Turnrr,. -,
WINS avenue, he again made bad t,,r,' ,,a =
car Just escaped hitting a harness s+or. !. -
corner Of the road. -
Joe tracy made a good impression r,,s a.
SO-horsepower LocomobIle. and co,a-.s - -. -
round IN thirty-nine minutes. On ,ba -,
Time around he threw a tire and dasbaa ,,,. =.
roush stone topdressing on the Jer,cbo %
-NeAeher ne nor his machinist was. tnt,,-.s i,
1ne car was not harmed in anv wav o..
came IN third in last years race. He sa,. "a.
ne came IN from the course this morning ts,,s.
vas Wei satisfied with the running AZ IA, -.
and was perfectly confident that II wours -.
q Ine showing IN the elimination trials -
herbert Lyle, IN the POpe-ToIa5o' ga. -
me Hrst one or the contestants out ana -
LSLt MS quarters at Bulls Head In va - - >
that he had 70 have two noT,.a-,, J's ~ AK
searcnhshts on his car The showing =, IN. -
IhdGhihe was easily the feature this ,,o--, -
- uS went over the course four times a. So
Speeu. and did not meet with anv tro~s.
CWlns 20 the darkness II took him Longer \. -
me nrsJ round Of the course. a distancs a, "a ;,
mics HIS time for the first round Wa * 49,.
uteS He covered the second round IN S7 r,,1,...
ana the last two IN So minutes each yvbi-5 -
the fastest time made TODAY. VIZ
Lyle finished third IN the first va7da-br, ~.
80. Nhen ne returned 20 the garage mi,
l, lis ne vas 1ull OF enthusiasm He SAID tbA
-udchIhe ran smoothly and without a -,fus 80
Vas easily the best racing car that ~ -.
grove He said also that he could Hava ar;s.
4aSIeI, put old not wish 70 court accidents
waiter Christie, IN his own designed car u,a4.
olle up over me course. Wire and carburettsr
SlooD4e mace II necessary 20 run slowly. He ex-
pectS 20 nave the car in perfect rllnuirs c-sa-
tomorrow morning. This Is the sarna ar -.
ChrlSue mad entered in last years raca y.
made a poor showing but since then \, IA,
undergone many alterations At the aufor-o
pile races at Atlantic City last spring II ver:g
nile IN 50 seconds. which Is the record
the sand course.
Lee Prayer. IN one OF the Frayer-SuIer crn
made circuit Of the course IN 80 minutes wsns
the other car. driven by Frank LawweI ne:
with tire trouble and retired from the COURSE
The Haynes car driven by John Haynes rads
one lap IN At minutes.
After the practice the work OF olling the cours,
was continued, and tonight nearly half OF tbs
course has received sprinkiing. The roads thst
were not sprinkled with oil this morning were
so dusty that fast driving was dangerous
Word was received here to-day that 4.
to-day, and will probably DO on the course o.
morrow. The AppersOn car Is expected on rs
course to-day and the three Thomas cars %
Saturday.