Bisbee daily review., 1907-01-20

TRACY, FAvoRIrE IN VANDERBILT RAGE driver sitting in his flying chariot calm and cool as chiseled marble The crowd in the road ahead parts quickly to right and left, forming chute from which the racer comes. leaping like a bullet from the mouth of gun. The slightest swerve or slip might spell disaster and often does.
 As an owner, driver. competitor, rec ord holder and patron Mir. yanderbilts interest in the development of the auto mobile in this country was the cause of his offering for competition, open to the clubs of the world, the cup bearing his name.
 The trophy is classical in form and massive In size. with simple decora- tons that help to accentuate the strong lines of this superb piece of silyersmith- ing. The shape of the cup was sug- gested by some of the unique and beau tiful vessels found among the silver treasures of Boscoreale, which date back to T9 A. D. Including the wooden base, 1t stands about thirty y-one inches. The bowl contains 4S1 ounces of ster- ling silver and has capacity of over ten and half gallons. A fine portrait of Mr. Vanderbilt In his ninety horsepower Mercedes at Ormond Beach Is worked up In bold relief on the front of the bowl.
 It Is the general opinion among auto mobIIists that the new Vanderbilt cup course is slower than the one used year ago. While the road surfaces are su- perior to those on last years course, the very few long straightaway stretches, the numerous turns and the grades will tend to keep the average speed down. These very conditions, however. will make both the trials and the big race a more thorough test of cars and drivers.
 There are eleven sharp turns and nearly fifty winding turns, on all of which speed must be reduced. The v shaped turn at Old Westbury will re- Quire almost dead stop.
 Probably the two most important fac tors in a race over the new course will be the ability to change tires quickly and the skill Of the driver The skid ding around turns and getting away quickly afterward furnish the severest strains to which tires are subject in a road race.
 Whether detachable rims. facilitating quick tire changes, will cut any ngure In the race remains to be seen. They did in the Grand Prix won by Szisz. Most of the foreign cars will be fitted with them, but 1t Is doubtful If more than half of the American cars will have the new pattern.
 Ernest Keoler, who will pilot Van derbIlt cup car, has invented detacha- bIe rim, which he will use. Keeler and his mechanIcian, Miller, have changed tires fitted with this rim In thirty sec onds.
 The average horsepower of the Amer lean cars is eighty. while that of the foreign cars Is 120. The experts believe that the lower powered native cars will stand a better chance over the course than the foreigners for the req son that the many turns will necessi- tate frequent shutting down of power, and the American cars can get under way again quicker than the big Euro pean cars.
 The Long Island railroad will place fagmen at the only grade crossing In tke course.
 ". K. Vanderbilt, Jr., will again act as referee this year. assisted by A. R. Pardington and Robert Lee Morreil, last years chairman of the racing beard. There will also be a string of seventeen telephone stations around sse course, in addition to one every fvs miles. which win be used ss tim ing stations.