Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-30
MOTOR CARS SPEED
OVER CUP COURSE
Accidents Predicted at the
Hairpin Turn in Next Sat-
urday's Race.
Special Dispatch to The Star

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, September CIV c. Lutt-
gen. driver of George McKesson Browns
10 horsepower Mercedes Vanderbilt cup
candidate. "slde- wiped" Cagnos ITALIA
racer this morning on the old Westbury
road, and did considerable damage to the
ITALIA machine. Cagno was driving along
this stretch Of road. which is one Of the
narrowest bits Of the Nassau county cir
cult, when Luttgen rushed up from behind
and started to pass him. One of the rear
wheels OF Luttgen's Mercedes struck the
left front one of the italia. breaking the
hub of Cagne's racer and twisting the wheel
out of shape The collision also bent the
left side of the chassis in front SO that it
will be very difficult task to straighten it
out again. The italia people at once notified
the chairman of the A. A. A. racing board
that they intended to file protest against
Luttgen. claiming reckless driving.
President E. ]. Conill of the Cuban Auto
mobile Association was one Of the enthusi-
asts who watched the practice this morn
ing He was driving his 80 horsepower Mer-
cedes, which won the first Havana-San
Christobal road race with Carricaburo as
driver. He drove to the "Hairpin" turn at
Old Westbury to see how the cup candidates
swung around there He says that the turn
is bad one and will undoubtedly cause
some accidents on next Saturday.
Mr.. W. K. Vanderbilt jr.. was on the
Mercedes runabout.
Fast Time Next Saturday.
Jenatzy. who will drive Robert Graves
Mercedes next Saturday as member of
the German team, said today that he was
of the opinion that the 2o71 miles of the
circuit would be covered during the race
to, ,ipin To hrxy
of the Italian team agrees with the ia
nous Belgian. Jenatzy said he thought that
the winner of the race this year would av-
erage about sixty-five miles an hour for the
cup distance of 297.1 miles. Jenatzy seemed
to think that neither Lancia nor Duray had
covered the full course on their fast
rounds but there was a lot Of talk today
that several of the drivers did not make
complete rounds of the course between the
short periods that elapsed between the time
they passed Krug's. The announcement
was made today that the Diamond people
would offer the following prizes for Ameri-
can cars in the cup contest: $500 for first
place 1880 for second. and $500 for third.
No practice will be allowed tomorrow by
racing cars.
Twelve Machines on the Course.
Twelve machines, the largest number out
so far on any one morning. appeared dur
ing the practice hours of 8 and o'clock
this morning. Cagno passed Krug's twice.
Al and Az minutes elapsing between the
times he was on the course. Heath's time
for two rounds was 1914 and SO minutes.
Luttgen made one round in 3S1x minutes,
and Duray one in 30 minutes Fabry made
two rounds in 1874 and 81 minutes. Joe
Tracy, driving his reserve racer and trying
out a new radiator, made three rounds in
BIZ, 3Ols and % minutes. Jenatzy made but
one complete round. which he did in 80
minutes Dr. WeillSchot made two rounds
IN nd IN
the fastest one to date. as the stories that
Mr. Vanderbilt had made round In %
minutes We're canards. Elliott F. Shepard
made one round with his Hotchkiss in 35h
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