Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-10-06

/ OF his tires. He had a lead OF about
seven minutes at the time he changed
| his tires, and managed to win by ap-
proximately three minutes. Lancia
1 Duray and Clement went thru the raae
! without mishap.
Two Hundred Thousand Spectators.
The race was run under leaden skies
and the start which was scheduled for
/ 6 a. M, was delayed fifteen minutes
7 by-the heavy fog. After this had lift
ed there were occasional riffs and
bursts of sunshine, but the finish was
in a drizzle. The inclement weather
had no effect whatever on the crowd.
1t is estimated that fully 100000 per-
sons lined the course.
| Car Pitches Over Enbankment.
OF the seventeen. cars that started,
| the first to come to grief was the Ital-
| ian racer driven by DR.. Weilschott.
His steering gear broke and the car
went over an embankment The ma
chinist, Colombo, was severely hurt.
| Lawwell, of the American team, drop
ped out after the fourth round. He
had all manner Of difficulties.
Spectator Fatally Injured.
| Elliott Shepard ran into spectator
at Krug's corner, and fatally injured
him. Later the victims name was
4 learned to be Burt Gruner, of Passaic,
N. j. Gruner died shortly after the
accident. Shepard then broke his crank
shaft, and dropped out on the seventh
lap.
Tracy ran down two people at a
| point southeast of Norwich. Herbert
Baldwin had both ankles fractured
and was internally injured
k Band Plays "MarseiIaise."
When Wagner was declared the win
ner the crowd surged about him and
cheered.@ The band played "Marseil-
! laise." There were many minor ac-
| cidents in the great crush leaving the
finish line.
Oetali0 OF the Hace.
Leblon, of the American team, was
the first driver sent away He was
followed at one minute intervals by
ten other cars, representing America.
France, Italy and Germany. The last
| car, driven by Fabry, (Italian). go,
away at 6:31. The cars made the cir
cult of the course ten times, the total
distance being 297.1 miles The elaps-
ed time decided the winner, per no
time allowance of any sort.
The car driven. .by Janatzy, Ger
many, completed the first in 30 min
utes and seconds. Lancia. 1talv,
second, 30:27. Tracy, (American), lost
several minutes by stopping to change
tires Wagner. (France), Shepard
France; Lawwell, (America); and
Nazzaro, Gtaly), completed the first
together followed closely by Luytgen
Germany, and Heath, (France) At
7:4O Wagner (French), was leading.
Lancia, second, and Jenatzy, third
Jenatzy and Lancia completed the
third round first and Second. Wagner
completed the third lap well in the
lead. Elapsed time, S:4.39 3-5.
Weilschott Declared Out.
Weilschott, Gtaly). whose car went
over the embankment, was officially
declared out of the race. Tracy had
more tire trouble on the third round
losing seven minutes He proceeded
with one fiat tire. Lawwell also had
tire and engine trouble, being long do
layed.
Wagner completed the fourth roma
still leading the race by a good mar
gin; Jenatzy second, Lancia. third
Wagner, at s:s5, with nearly half
the race completed, was leading, with
Lancia second, Jenatzy third. Durav
(France) fourth.
Lawwell completed the third round
as the leaders finished the fifth.
Wagner Maintains Bio Lead.
Wagner, on the sixth, elapsed all
leaders. ana was ahead in the race BY