The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-08-23
AMONG TIE AUTOMOBLTTS,
ANOTHER PERMISSION FOR VAN
DERBILT CUP RACE.
Highway Commissioners o. North Hemp
stead Consent 10 Use Of stretch OF Road
which They COntrOl-Oidneid Beats
Baih In Big Race AZ philadelphia.

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Tho Highway Commissioner OF the town
OF North Hampstead gave their formal per-
mission yesterday afternoon for the running
Of the Vanderbilt Cup race and American
elimination trials over that part OF the Roslyn
road which they control. Chairman Thomp-
son of the American Automobile Associations
racing board made formal application TO the
North Hampstead Highway Commissioners
for the use OF the Roslyn road from Old West
bury for about three miles In the direction
Of Roslyn. at the same time that he requested
the Nassau county Supervisors to grant per-
mission for the use OF the remainder Of the
thirty mile course. Al told the Nassau county
Supervisors gave permission for the use OF
the course on September 20 and October o
at their regular meeting on Monday last.
The North Hampstead authorities met on
Tuesday and decided not 70 give the desired
permission, though they arranged for an
other meeting yesterday afternoon to con-
slider the matter more fully. The Highway
Commissioners are r. z. Allen, Cliiord Wood
hutt and William Post, Messrs. Allen and Post
saying, after Tuesdays meeting, that they
did not think they had the authority to grant
permission for the race In spite OF the fact
that the Board of'Supervisors had consented
TO the use Of the county roads for the course.
In case the North Hemstead High way
Commissioner had persisted In their refusal
| Mr.. Vanderbilt and his associates on the
A. A A. racing board would have moved the
haily favored. Chairman thompson &C
oordlnsly, arranged to attend the meeting
afternoon. He went first to Mlneola. where
he secured the petition signed by about 1000
I!a,idsn eo of the g, 's Sapeyyi sssih fs , arsns sas peT1
mission FOR the Vanderbilt race and elimina-
ton trials TO be run over a course In Nassau
t the Court house at Mineola since last June.
and the super visors readily allowed MT
Thompson TO load the bulky document e nI into
to win the Highway Commissioner over.
81 The he T Goas IN rs Ssssdf'fRa aifIf ess ln shas 'a svo eIdfas
when cemnissiepers Ailtn ara posI i9 the
s s%insd tie e. o3 petieien and listened t. what
Mr.. Thompson had to, say they gave their
formal permission for that part OF ne course
in the time that INTERVIEWED between their
.sS, msst'nI rs tta soa Il rs sh er asts hay o Sass 3
able influence in their. change Of sentiment.
ne fact that the road is,,9 ,ss, OILED sSs1' n t ai1d sI-
sleeve Is to have control Of the policing and
guarding Of the course were also telling
factors In securing the permission from the
Highway Commissioners.
PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 2?.-The utom obile
races at fOlnt breeze tO-uby WcIS ~ .IuItt,
OF some fast time. Barney Oldield beat
Eddie Bald In a five mile race that was a
spectacular exhibition, The time was 5
trial against the mile track record and 10 wered
ROBERTS, time. 1 minute : As seconds, made
last year. to 1 minute :. seconds. The ten
mile track record was. broken in the hlty
mile endurance race by the Thomas car
whirling of the ten miles ~ ~ minutes q
seconds. beating Ollie Savtn's record OF IL
minutes 20 seconds.
The endurance race was the moet interest
ing Of the day, and II was won by the Thomas
car in the record breaking time Of ! hou5
8 minutes 1879 seconds. Although 1t required
more than an hour to finish the endurance
race the spectators enjoyed II. 1t brought
together six cars, including, g. Stanley steamer.
two Clevelands. a Packard. a Matheson ana
Ali the cars started at a rafting clip. and
Howard Gill. in the steamer, led a., the emo
Of the first five miles. but gave up the chase
after nine miles. Then the Thomas car went
to the front and held the lead all the way.
winning from the Packard, the nearest com
petitor, by more than two miles. W.. w. DAVIS
had trouble in getting his gears TO work and
was on to a bad tart. but coon forged Into
third place. The Packard's time at the finish
was 1 hour 1 minute 1 second ana the lathe
sons / hour 0 minutes So seconds. The times
at the end Of the five miles follow: