The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-10
24=HOUR CONTEST
FIFTEEN CARS COMPETING
AT BEACH TRACK.
Frazer-Miller Led at End Of Fourth
Hour, with 1876 3-5 Miles
Behind It.

NEW YORK, Aug. 10.+Fifteen cars,
carefully groomed and trimmed for a
desperate struggle. lined up at the
starting point of the Brighton Beach
race track at 1920 o'clock last night
for the 24-hour endurance contest.
They were attended by a crowd of me-
chanics and chauffeurs, who hustled
here and there, touching spark plugs
and other parts that were all right, and
told each other that they were all
right. Then they climbed aboard, alert
and tense, and at, the crack Of the start
er's pistol they sprang forward like a
bunch of country schoolboys diving
into the old swimming hole. They
were off on a 24-hour race, hurting
through a deluge of dust and fog and
darkness.
They tool the first turn with a dizzy
skid that brought a sticky feeling be-
meath the ribs of the spectators, despite
the theatrical setting of the death de-
flying contest. Then began that melo-
dramatic rush out of the darknes into
the lighted space in front of the grand
stand and back into darkness again.
The tense tirelessness of car and en-
CINE, the armor-clad stoical indiffer-
ence of the drivers and the kaledes-
copic swirl of fear, ecstasy. wonder,
alarm and applause are in the souls of
the spectators.
Lawwell took the lead in his Prayer
Miller car and covered the first mile in
1921 AS.
Time was when the speed of the
chugging car was reckoned by stand
ards of horse travel. But last night
the daring drivers raced over a course
tina was recently vacated by equine
thoroughbreds and the poor horses
record was made to look sick in com
p~arison. The chauffeurs measured
speed with animals of the air, and car
ried a haunting chip on their shoulders
while doing 1t.
Elliott, in a Packard, won the Coney
Island special event, which was cut
from so to % miles because of the late
ness of the hour. The time was 1927.
Dittman. in a Studebaker, was second.
Line up:
No. 2-Thomas M. Roberts, B.. McElried,
| 60-horsepower
No. S-Lozler. Smelser, Lynch, 4o-horse-
power.
No. 4-Lozier, Kitchener, Milford, so
horsepower.
No. 5Mitchell, Zerbles, Hudson, 40
horsepower.
No. 6-Frayer-Miller. Lawwell. Knepper
50~-horsepower.
No. jackson, Burman, Cole, 4O-horse-
power.
No. s-welch, Trewin, Greenwood, so
No. eDelahaye, Mongini, Smith, As
horsepower.
No. 1O-Pllain, strang, Anderson, %
No. 14-Oldsmobile Steurwald. Anderson.
35-horsepower. 46 miles.
No. 15-Oldsmobile, Light, Light, 49,
horsepower, SO miles.
No. T-Stoddard-Dayto Howard. Thorn.
aSon. 35-horsepower 10 miles.
No. 3O-Matheson Ryall. Reiffenburg, So
horsepower, 80 miles.
No. 11-Darracq, Huneman, McCalla, 90
No. 12-De Dietrich, Fuller. 5o-horse-
power.
No. 14-oldsmoblle. Steurwald, Andar-
son. 35-horsepower.
No. 15-oldsmobile, Light, Light, %
horsepower.
No. I,,stoddard- Dayton, Howard. Thorn.
ason, 3S-horsepower.
Score end first hour finished first hour in
No. 2-Thomas. Monty Roberts, B. Me
Illrid. 10 miles.
No. 3-Lozier. Smelzer, Lynch, 40-horse.
power, 43 miles.
No. 4-Lozier. Kitchener, Milford. so
horsepower. As miles.
No. 5-Mitchell. Zerbies. Hudson, 40
horsepower. 80 miles.
No. 6-Frayer-M Miller. Lawwell, Knepper
50-horsepower. 43 miles.
No. Jackson. Burman, Cobe, A-horse
power. 43 miles.
No. S-welch. Trewin, Greenwood, 80
horsepower. Al miles.
4 No. 9-Delahaye. Mongini. Smith. As
horsepower. 43 miles.
No. 10-Pilain. Strang. Anderson, 2S-32
horsepower. IA miles.
No. 11-Darracq, Huneman, Mccalla, 50
horsepower, II miles.
No 12-De Dietrich, Fuller, 5O-horsepow
er. q miles.
At the end of the fourth nour the Fray
er-Miller was leading. having covered Is
30 miles. A. Jackson was second. Will
(For later reports of race see Page y.