Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-10-07
FRANCE TAKES CUP RACE
Vanderbilt Trophy Won BY L'uis Wagner
on Long Island Course.
AMERICAN CAR MAKES THE FASTEST LAP
French Cars in First, Third aud
Fourth Places, Italian second,
German Fiuh-Others
Are Di-tanced.

CONNECTING the distance OF 2g11 miles In
80 minutes 1913 seconds, or at the rate VI
more tnan Al mic minute. Nmcense
Lancia in l9v-horse power Italian car
was second in s3 minutes 2S.s seconds
Antoninlne Duray in l20-horse power
French car was third in 2sS minutes AI'S
seconds. Albert Clement In lvV-horSe
power French car was fourth in oJI min
utes 59t6 SECONDS Camille Jenatzy In a
l%-horse power German car was NTH In
S04 minutes IS seconds.
Lancia actually nnished the course about
three minutes ahead OF Wagner, who, how
ever, started six minutes later tnan mis-
rival and had that much margin at the
finish.
Only five cars finished the race, but
there were fourteen of the seventeen cars
THAI started running at the time that the
race was declared finished, which was done
as soon as Clement had won fourth place.
1t was win ,nr greatest difficulty that
the crowds were kept back from the couIse
during the last lap. Without regard to
personal safety they swarmed uyer the
roads, giving way only when the fast
flying racing machines were a hundred
yards away.
While France carried away the premier
honors of the race, Joseph Tracy Of the
American team had the satisfaction of
registering the fastest lap made. on his
NTH round Tracy drove the 29.7 miles in
the remarkable time OF &c minutes Il sec
onds. Tracy suffered severe difficulty from
tire troubles in the first few rounds and
this cost him dear He was on his ninth
lap when the race was ended.
Wagner who held the lead from the very
first round, came very near to losing the
race when twenty miles from the finish,
one of his tires exploding. He had lead
OF some seven miles al the time changed
| tires and managed to win by approxima tely
/ three minutes. Lancia, Duray and Clen-
ent went through the race without mishap.
The race was run under baden skies and
the start, scheduled for a. M, was de-
layed fifteen minutes by heavy fog.
After this had lifted there were occa-
sional riffs and bursts of sunshine, but the
finish was i'm a drizzle. The Indictment
weather had no effect whatever on tho
crowd. 1t is estimated that fully 100000
persons lined the course.
or the seventeen cars that started the
! first to come to grief was the Italian racer
driven by DIR. Weilschott. His steering
gear broke and the car went over an enl-
bankment The machnist, Colombo, was
severely hurt Lawwell of the American
team dropped out after the fourth round
lie had all manner of difficulties.
One Spectator Killed.
/ One~of the more than 100000 spectators
| who lined the course paid with his lif,
/ the penalty of too great curiosity He
was near the dangerous turn I'm the course
known I<rugs corner. Two cars had
| flashed by when the man ventured out
! on the road TO get a better view OF the
| others coming with the rush and roar
of throbbing engines the French car, driven
| by Elliot f. Shepard. an American, dashed
| into the man, who, in the view of thou
sands, was hurled nigh into the air When
| picked up many yards from the scene OF
! the accident the man was dead. His skull
! had been fractured, both legs broken and
he was frightfully crushed. After a few
minutes ne was identified as Kurt L.
! Gruner Of Passaic, n. ]. Shepard plunged
/ ahead at ninety miles an hour along the
straight stretch leading to the judges
stand. He was completely unnerved, how.
! ever, and did not finish his seventh lap
I 1t was given out that he had broken a
chrank shaft. Shepard was running sixth
and was I'm contending position when the
accident occurred.
/ or the fourteen cars that were running
! at the time the race was called of all had
completed the eighth, eight had complete
the ninth and five finished the tenth and
! last.
When Wagner was declared the winner
the crowd surged about him and cheered
The band played the "Marseillaise."
| There were many minor accidents in the
great crush leaving the finish line. The
time OF the cars that finished the ninth
round, In addition to the five which fin.
| ished the race, were: Navarro, Italian
292 :5sSS; Cagno, Italian, 306:2s%; Leblon
American, 312 :263s.
The start and finish OF the five car.
which completed the entire distance fol
lows:
No. 1o-Wagner, French; start, s:24 a. m.
hnish n;14:lo2s; elapsed time. 4:501O2s.
| No. 4-Lanca, Italian; start. 6:ls; finish
IL IL :2Sts; elapsed time. 4:53:2SH.
| No. 1S-Duray, French: start, 6:3l; finish
! II ;24:i44s: elapsed time, 1888 :i4t6.
/ No. i5-Ciement French: start. Cos: fin.
ish, IL :29:5s4t; elapsed time. 500 :5s.k
No: S-Jenatsey. German: start 6l7; fin.
ism, u:2l;36; elapsed time, 5s04:&.
Those. I'm the Race.
The race was started at 6:l5. Leblon Of
the American team, flashed away from the
starting line exactly on the signal at Sis
and the race was on amid wild cheering
From the long line of waiting racers came
a roar OF engines like the rapid fire of a
thousand small cannon. Starting time fol-
others follows:
Heath. in Car No .. of the French team
followed promptly at SIG q. m.
| JenatZy, in No. 3. was away at 6l7
| Lancia, in No. 4, received an ovation al
| he sped away at 6:lS
Lswwell OF the American team In No.
started at 6:19.
Shepard, French, in No 6. was away al
Luttgen, No. :, German, was sent ava,
at 6:H. His engines sent out a fearful
cloud of smoke as he tore away from the
Navarro. No. s. Italian. was next ava,
II 6:E.
There was wild cheering for Tracy, No
g. American, he got away at 6:23.
/ Wagner, No. 90 French. started at 6:4
Car No. II, (keene), Withdrawn.
Car No Il, Cagno, italian. away at 6:26
one minute being dropped for the missing
car.
There was no No. IS car.
No. IA. Haynes, American, left at 6:27.
Clement Car No. is, French, away a
CPS
Weitschott No. 16 Italian. away at 6:a9
Christie. No II, American, was OF at 80
Dursy No. Is, French, started at 6:sl.
No 49, Fabry. Italian, was last away
6:32
No More Races at Garden city.
GARDEN CITY. L. l., Oct. 6-After tn,
race for the Vanderbilt cup today TN,
racing board OF the American Automobile
association held a meeting here and de
cided that no more races should be hell
under the auspices OF the association owe
the course used today.