The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-23
now THE RACE WAS WON.
Lyttie he Early Leader, Gives Way "a
Tracy and LIE BIOa.


Tracy and lie BIOa.
GARDEN CITY, Sept. 22.-In spite OF the
misgivLngs OF the misanthropes, the second
annual occasion upon which an elimination
trial was necessary TO select the American
team in the Vanderbilt cup race was not
marred by,any~ connection with the hoodoo
number -, as, after all, there were but an
even dozen Of cars sent away this morning.
OF the twelve drivers, MOngini made the
most sensational start, while Belden in
Frayer=Miher No. 3, which was 10 in the
official list, was the slowest to leave the
mark after Starter F. j. Wagner had
counted ten backward in his ear.
Joe. Tracy was about the only driver
who received much, of an ovation when he
droye up to the starting line, but the reoep-
ton accorded him then was a mere trine
compared to the outburst Of applause when
the Locomobile driver went over the tape
a victor. Caillois and lie Blon had a little
difficulty in getting away, Caillois being
delayed for Is seconds and his ~compatriot
one second longer. Roberts took Q seconds
70 get ava y after receiving the word.
w. H. Owen, the Maxwell pilot, was the
driver whose withdrawal brought the field
down TO a dozen. j. d. Maxw ell, who
9nDeTo1 Tic TdCcIt ochN a lCbbGI ~ ia
Thompson very late last night making a
formal declaration hat his car would not
start in the contest.
Disaster began to overtake the machines
in the very first round. Lee A. Prayer,
driving one OF the three Frayer-Miller cars.
was eliminated in the first round and had
to stop at Roslyn because one of the radius.
rods on his machine was broken. The
NH.th-.oo had nDpA h,tf about QOO VA r1a
further than the twenty mile point Of the
first round when il smashed into a tree
Mongini was rather badly shaken up after
the accident and could not give a very
| coherent account of what happened. He
did. not think he was going faster tn an
fifty miles an hour up the Manhasset hill
! and said he had not been trying to pass
Lyttle, as was reported. One Of. the rear
tires on his racer was punctured and this
no doubt was a c~ontributory cause OF his
running into a telegraph pole. The me-
chanic was not at all hurt when he and
Mongini we're thrown out Of the racer.
Mongini, however, was projected up into
the air but does not remember striking
the wires strung overhead. He fell on his
right wrist, which he sprained a few days
ago and he was very badly bruised. He was
taken to the Garden City Hotel, where a
doctor attended him.
Joe Tracy lost "a minutes on the first
round while a punctured tire was being
! replaced. When the damaged tire vas
removed from the rim it was discovered
that the tube had been pinched when the
tire had been put on the car on Thursday
night.
Lyttle, who had started second, was
the frst to pass the stand again, and his
time Of 81 minutes 50 seconds was the fastest
for the first round. lie Blon followed
him. and then came Christie, Belden and
Harding. Tracy was the sixth driver to
pass the stand on the first round, and he
was followed at considerable intervals by
Lawwell and Caillois. Keller did not COM
plete his first round until s14 O'Clock, or
more than twice the time required by the
other contestants. Roberts was the slowest
one in covering the circuit, his time being
3 hours S minutes and 40 seconds.
Lyttle led again the second tune past
the stand and also led in total elapsed time.
lie Bion, Tracy and Harding followed after
Lyttle In the order named. Lyttle's total
time was 1 hour 4 minutes ~ seconds, his time
for the second round being. 80 minutes 0
seconds. Ernest Keller and his Oldsmo-
| bile had to retire in the second lap, as the
/ carbuPetor caught fire.
Though Lyttle was first past the grand
stand al the end OF the third lap lie Blon
was the leader 80 far as total elapsed time
went, having made the round in 81 minute
IS seconds. ,LyttDe and lie .Blon both
passed the stand before Tracy on the fourth
round, which Tracy covered in 10 minutes
"a rs seconds. just after Tracy ON
pleted his fourth rOund the report came
that Roberts had stopped at Mineola with
out finishing his first round ana was so
bitterly disappointed that he was crying
Ikea child.
Lyttle was again the first TO finish a
round, when he passed the stand for the
NTH time, but Le Bio was leading in the
time score, having made the round In 80
minutes II seconds. Though they did
not complete their fourth rounds until
very much later, these were the last rounds
Tor Roberts and Beiden. CaillOis managed
10 keep his car going in spite OF a baIky
ma for one round more than Roberts.
"a Blon finished the sixth round ahead
Of Tracy, but the latter displaced him in
the time score, having mad the course
for tina round in 70 minutes 10 3-S seconds.
Le Blon kept his place az leader past the
stand for the seventh round and was the
leader in time as well, his time for this trip
over the course having been IS minutes
~ seconds. Le BIon was first for both
1 place and tina In the eighth round, his
Time for the round being 81 minutes % SIS