The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-07

n tow. and younger. men, possibly fathers
s1no. who couldn't tell . sp4rker from the !
aurora borealis, bun didn't boast about It.
sJTht- derby hated crowd, as distinguished
erom the leather lidded throngs, began to
4nell gasolene long before the electric car
Fad reached the Waldorf. Winding in ana
about the car the passenger saw the cause
az this d0sT osbrated part u a motor Cur
die smefl-n the shape Of staring snor ing
automobiles from stangy two seated run
abouts TO great g%listening touring cars
hat sped aheId OF the electric car, leaving
= trail Of pungIub vapor and crowded 10 the
eun'ls with merry passen gers. all eager TO
let a place in the long line Of machines that
couUbed and 40. t eatlessly from the ferry
tate back TO SecJnd avenue and beyond.
BLOCK or CARS AT THE PERRY.
+: For hoursJ and hours that line u machines
hlockad the foot OF Thirty-fourth street
and vicinity. Almost every big city in the
Smtntry had represent atives among those
waiting motor bugs" Buffalo sent SIX
carloads OF the motor mad. P~ittsburg-
veil. everybody IN Pittsb1rg owns a touring
oar and the town was on the job.
II wasdiFncult to determine in the dark
yeas and excitem ent OF Long Island Clty
whether the derby hatted az gegation, whlch
vent To the race by train, or the leather
Iiddcd crowd, who I%notorec down. sent Uhe
larger following. The derby matters nad
been provided for by the Long lslsnd hal-
road with extra ira ms lL numeraole' ouC
avcn tho, they ciuag % the sides OF the cars
and trust,i II the stick OF the Varnlsh.
But thu rcal way to 20 was to chug aboard
a forrvbo>t on a rnoto- car, wien n police
mar decided it was Jour turn 70 do so,
and oncsoo the 10 az Island side To jump
With n snort eIs tw ari into darkness, log
AMI blias.
There were so m,my mo c. CGr' in that
r,cc DOM through he darS country roads
that Ct first some we're not TO Blanc Tor
thinking Chat the h.r gray INST that hung
oycr everything WIS The result oil all Ih"
cxh~u.t vapor from the bouncing cars,
The mistake wa ln"rncG before Long
kl,rd Civ hcd beet left belL,d by any one
Who drcg an uagloNei hand over hrs face,
Tho mist soon cover2C motor goggles and
everything clso with dampnes IS as If a fine
rain wore falling.
Down through the country roads there
was much singing among the motorists as
thew vent along and shouts and blissful
waving of bottles "a pas seTsby. soon the
automobilists begaI to catch up with even
? EARLIER starters, iii mt black figures that
5 nlodded eastward through the night on
shank,s mare. store and truck farm wagons
Aued with quiet huddled families. who
swung lanterns continually to warn the
chauffeurs against rear end collisions
Stn more silent bicyclists kimmed along
Che roadside.
CONFUSION At, KRUG's CORNER.
, u was when the travellers turned a
.orner among the black trees and were
{ ,uddenlv confronted with the lights. the
standina crowds and the general hubhub
AZ Kings Corner that they began to feel
thev had arrived near the beginning OF
things. Now the racing course was reached
and all along the roadside were thrifty
farmers bawlinR to passing motorists the
advantages of some particular YARN eoge
AS a parking place for the cars. Croucheo
around blazing fires near the fences were
.rm,ns Of standees, W no drove away the
Toe and chill with fire. Overhead were
MANY banners advertising some brand OF
tire or other necessity to the bugs.
There must be 10000 cars along this
nike somebody suggested at a guess.
There seemed to be that many moving
along through the darkness any way one
looked and as many more forming glaring
fences on both sides OF the course.
r When the lucky ones with seats on the
kwrand stand, the starting point, midway
between Mineola and Jericho, reached the
vicinity Of this important spot there was a
blaze Of searchlights and a nun OF EXHAUST
like the buzz OF a machine shop' Anu
should any one ever ask what becomes OF
taIl the old. played out autos you may Salely
answer that they may be seen parked along
the Vanderbilt course at least once a year
cheek" by jowl with the sasslest TWO "eeA
pld touring car in town. ,
For r,pre than five hours that stream oil
go sometimes two and three abreast
moved along in front OF the grahu siam
=. while drivers sought their parking places
OSlv few feet, often only inches, sepa-
rakd a machine from the one ahead OF 1t,
"a through it all squirned the standeeE
the sandwich vendors, officials and the
human hav bales with nickel badges VIII
~p6ra supposed to police the course.
In tha. yellow glare Of lights one could
,nake out bundled figures searching i0
,heir seats on tho stands, although manI
houra df patient waiting must ne gone
: through before day broke, ana from NV
gray mist weird machines would Dcgin u
gllde nIt ~ .nUhingneVss further down TN
2 Co,,sa. with much exploding and Gaso
I lone ctissing and general mechanical ba'
Siapyuagr and then bring up in front OF tn
grand stand with n final snort and nans
In tbs mra ntirBe. the crowd grasped at any
SthinG that promised amusement
fHE EARLY AMUSEMENT.
A the track began to be cleared jus
before dsvrIa7o tlond girls from Lobsterl
amused themselves by yelling, Car com
inc," from the south end of the stand t
some passing standee, and at the same tim
throwing a ~ccrpulent sandwich at the bacI
~ thu passerby. This vas considered
rare lest A blond, boyish looking perso'
1;gz, yced .t,r ough tho stream Of passin
autos brapdishing an empty bottle II
had tho good luck hat attends the souse
These we're exceptions, however.
Just before ds wn a big Seeing New York
truck, stuffed with men of near wealth
Numbered %pompously past the stand like
Ir,eful Of elephants.
Heavens, breathed the Gro wd. the rae
Il on
The standees along the offing we're pickin