The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-28
AMONG The AUTOMOBTLISTS.
GOOD FINISH IN 100 NILE RACE
AT EMPIRE CITY.
Eoehler wins by o Yards From Keeler.
whose Tire Troubles Lost the Lead FOR
1 Hin accident Puts Tom Cooper
4 Out EarIy-CedrinO's international.

ain Accident Puts Tom Cooper
Out EarIy-CedrinO's international.
There we're no signs to bear out the truth
bf the assertion that automobile track racing
IA dead yesterday afternoon at the Empire
City track IN EOnkcrs. though IL may be that
the 100 mile race was the magnet that drew
spectators. H. had been predicted that the
Princeton Cornell football game. the only
big one which New Workers are to have an
opportunity Of seeing. would keep away q
great many who otherwise might go to the
automobile races. This might be true, but IL
Ia also a fact that several parties with their
ears bearing flags Of the two universities
went to the Nonkers track when their original
destination hld been the Polo Grounds. The
officials worked hard and ran the contests of
unusually rapidly. but the track mana gemen
was very lax, rs several reckless motorcyclists
we're allowed to chase around the track during
the races. two of them making temporary
hunchbacks Of themselves while Cedrino was
starting on his attempt to reduce the former
niddlcweight class record for ten miles.
Tom Cooper, who was driving the Matheson
stripped touring car that he did so well with
at Atlantic city last month. had an accident
when he led into the stretch at the end OF his
eighteenth mile which might easily have had
fatal consequences hut for the presence OF MIND
and duickncss OF action OF Keller and Emble-
ton, who were following directly behind him.
lie was driving close to the pole as he rounded
the last turn into the homestretch and Just
after he had Strengthened out his car the
q left rear wheel on the machine few OF. pitch
ing Cooper's mechanic. Frank Irving. over
the fence into the infeld. The mishsp forced
the car out toward the middle OF the track
but Cooper managed TO keep a straight course.
80 that both Keller and Embleton we're able
to pass the damaged racer in safety. Cooper
was uniniured. but after a physician had said
that Irving was not hurt Birdie Munger. an
nld tipop rariny pvfliaf diacOyprad that IryinRfa
collarbone was broken and had it set. Irving
was sent home and Cooper remained as a
spectator for the rest OF the afternoon.
Though the 100 mile race had been scheduled
to start at ~ o'clock. il was three-Quarters
Of an hour later before the eight starters
we're sent away. Peter FoRarty withdrew
his Richard-Brasier and Guy Vaughan did
not compete with tho Stearns. The starters,
from the pole out. we're c. q. Wridgway. as
horsepower Peerless; Maurice q. Bcrntn,
in W. Gould Brokaw's 80 horsepower Mer-
codes; Tom Cooper, 90 horsepower Matheson;
Ernest Keeler. in the 40 horsepower Olds-
mobile which was built to try for a place
on the American team in the Vanderbilt cup
race: H.. A. Roberts. 80 horsepower Cadillac:
c. j.. Embleton. 80 horsepower Packard;
II. J. Koehler. - horsepower Buick; and l.. r.
Burnc. 80 horsepower Cadillac. Cooper was
the quickest away from the standing start.
followed by Keeier and Embleton. bernin
. was the slowest in getting under way. the
leading trio being almost half a mile In ad-
vance OF him az they completed the hrst
mile. Both Keller and Embleton would seem
10 gain very fast on Cooper as they rounded
the turns but the latter was for years a cham
pIon racing cyclist and knew how to take
advantage OF his position on the pole 30
that neither could take the lead away from
him. Part Of the lime Keeler would be In
second place and the rest OF the time Emble-
ton would be second. The leading trio had
-. .nA vnHa an EAohIaN aa fhaU Aniahnd
o. miles and they had overhauled Bernin
at the end OF another mile. Cooper held the
lead for the first - miles but Keller was first
over the line at the end Of the fourteenth
mile. Cooper took the lead away from him
in the next mile. however. and held i il until
his accident rs he neared the end OF the
eighteenth mile. Keeler took up the lead
then and held it until the end OF the nifty
eighth mile when he had to stop TO replace
the tire on the right front wheel OF his ma
and Embleton. Is miles; Burne. % miles:
Eoehler. q miles; Roberta. p miles and BeTnLn
out compietinS ten miles. At 50 miles. Keeler
was & miles ahead Of the second man, Emble.
tom tone T ~ m hse fEG Gehi sI % IS Sale soR BaTse. na Il
miles and Bernin 80 miles kmoleton stopped
and did not get going again until Keller had
made almost ten miles more. keelers time
" IL took j? minutes to change the tire on
Keeler's car. so that kOehler led at the end
Of the aft fity 81 mihu mlie as k secoHd s sRd k SGS IS
seconds. Keeler. finished his Hfty-ninth mile
tsnce and regained the lead by passing Koch
. Ter Just beyond the half mile post, on the
Circuit Of the track. After Keller had taken
the lead away from him. Koehler stopped for
several minutes on the backstretch. where |
the tire repair stations were located. Emble-
ton had TO stop for a punctured tire on his
right front wheel "a he finished his siNty-nfth
mile At rs miles Keller led. his time being
no minutes SO seconds. The scores or the
others at that time EeFGo hoenieT; IL mlIe E
Burne. 80 miles, Roberts having. retired at
the end Of his hrty-ninth mile. Keller con-
mile, in his eight -eighth mile ~scOringI minute
] as seconds for the circuit Of the course.
Ter had been seven miles ahead Of koehler
when he stopped 70 replace the tire on the
10 make the replacement. allowing koehier
70 again secure the lead. keelers time for
20 miles was loS ni IN ~ ioS s tGS miSH ana
2 rs seconds. when Keller finally got going
again KoehhleT ws1 S knsISr t 5I9 FL miief Se ahead Sd
could not make up all Of his lost ground, |
as Koebier was still ALMOST 400 yards ahead
time for the 100 miles was ? hours 5 minutes
III S-5 seconds. and Keeler's was , hours s
ing covered 90 miles when the others finished
and the race was stopped by Referee Robert
at $3.50 or less was won by Koehler in. Z
minutes II is seconds. The five mile race for |
stock cars selling from $500 to 5000 had
but two starters. Montague Roberts in a 90
horsepower Thomas touring car and c. q. !
Wridgway In a As horsepower Peerless run
about. The led unit the last half mile. |
when Roberts opened. up. and the Thomas
won by thirty yards in minutes 40 As seconds.
The five mile CONTEST for AMERICAN manu-
featured cars only was won by Keller With
In S minutes 80 3-S seconds; c, g. Wridgway
being second with his Peerless runabout. |
half a mile behind; The Aye, mile event for
foreign cars only had T.. CedriRO. "a horse
power Fiat Junior, and Maurice G.. Bernin.
W. Gould BrOkawis 90 horsepower Renault,
"a starters. They made one false rolling
rtart and the next time BernIn got away in the
lead. He held the lead for the first mile
: only. as CedrinO passed him IN the second mile
and finally won the race with a Quarter OF a
mile TO spare. Cedrino's third mile was made
n So 2-S seconds, which wiped out the former
middleweiRht mile record OF 80 seconds, \
, held by Bernin; Cedrino's time for the i've
miles was I minute SO as seconds, which
was also a new class record. In the five mile
handicap, Montague Roberts, 80 horsepower
Thomas, was on scratch: j. c.. McCaherty, |
ss Horsepower Glide. had 10 seconds. and
est Keller, 26-2s horsepower Oldsmobtle. |
had 20 seconds. Roberts led at the end OF