New-York tribune., 1907-09-07
LOZEER CIR IN LED,
Egciting Sport IN Short Contests al
Ef0rris Pari, Track.
m 24-HouR AUTO RACE,

night ,,ben The Norris Pari. Motordrome Club
started nine in the first 81 its twenty four
Tour races. but il was abo.t the only absentee
Every make OF car. every make of man and
-.irnost every MAKE f woman was there There
big cars and little cars. big men and little
and best of all. there was light
.lntllTop Scarritt said something and mne-
,7tliI!. r..n batteries cut loose. AIr. Sca-ritt,
,.ho MAS lie referee. said something else and
the ra:ling guns showed NJ d few feet further
hack. IL looked that Way. but really they had
gone round tie track once A big De Dietrich
was off first and held its lead through the
first lap.
The racers were strung out in line. and
could be seen over every foot Of the journey.
So the first exciting moment OF the contest was
IN plain view That came when Kitchener cut
loose in his Lozier and left the flying De DE
trich IN his dust the fourth lap In q mo-
rGent il Was half a mile ahead.
There wasn't. at first. the excitement pro
duced by the coming together OF t7yo or three
cars at a turn. But presently there was plenty
to stir the pulses. for Ryall, in his Natheson.
had 4 duel with owen. in Packard he out
speeded him in the stretch, but at the turn he
was hack This Matheson was the one car that
belched the old blue flame of the familiar Van
oerbilt Cup race. 1t was a weird scene and a
stirring one and the crowd stayed late to Watch
the cars. in their wild flight.
The Michener-Lozier kept on leading and
gaining. and its fourteenth lap was at least
2 lap ahead Of all but Bcrnin's Renault. which
was tearing along mile behind. The MatheSon
and Packard cars divided third place with the
De Dietrich Michener made the first quarter
century in 81 minutes IS seconds He was
warming up and at the 25-nlile mark was doing
better than fifty miles an hour.
After the first half dozen laps groups began to
tntegrate from the flying line. BY all odds the
r1rettieSt car in the race was Ry2lIs Natheson.
The blue flames shot far from each side, and this
gave to the veterans Of half dozen long morn
ings On the roads Of Hampstead and Mineola
the needed touch 10 assure them that they were
at q real race Of devl wagons.
At Brighton Beach there was fine racing, but
ycu had TO take an awful lot Of the facts on
trust. Last night il different. There was
plenty of light, well distributed, and the race
could really be seen wherever one took up
petition The track was in good condition. with
oiled surface, and was well pcIced- It was a
little bit too well pOliced al the entrance TO the
Judges stand. and some who were entitled 10
admission were kept out, raging, until identified
Then rheir passports were vis6d and they got
Fred Wagner. the starter, worked out a good
idea TO let the drivers know when their lights
went out. He sent an Illuminated glass disk,
bearing the number of the blind car. out on q
string right at the judges stand. and this was
visible a quarter of mile away.
At the end Of the second hour Kitchener, in the
I.ozier car. had a clear lead Of nine miles, his
score being le1 miles. Bernin and Owen were
tied al g miles each. while the other scores
were: Smelser, So; Mack, 50; Fitzpatrick. 50;
Faller, So: RyaIl, a; Campbell, A.
GOOD SPORT IL SHORT RACES.
The shorter races IN the afternoon aroused
much enthusiasm and provided excellent sport
The 50-miie contest was won by George Mack
In 4 60-horsepowcr DE Dietrich car Mack
crossed the finishing line about a mile and two
1fths IL front of -Iauricc Bernn in d 35-4J-
horsepower Renault machine The winners
time Was Sc minutes - - seconds while that
OF Bornin was hour and - seconds \. L.
Allen Kingston. was far in the rucll. his time
being - minutes 8 - seconds. The winner
drove at the rate OF close TO mile minute
The starters included three De Dietrich cars
OF G0-horsepower, q Renault and 6e-horse-
power Stearns. The drivers were s'ut OF TO a
good start The end of the first lap found Mack
leading and hc showed the way for three laps
when Arthur Warren. in the StearnS car, opened
up its throttle and thundeTed by him at light
ming speed 30 the delight OF the spectators
Warren held the lead until the twenty-soventh
lap. when he gave way 10 Mack, who. driving
brilliant. daring finish, kept drawing further and
further away To the end
Il WAS MacK-s second victory of tho afternoon
as he also a fye and = half mile match race
for he Dietrich cars In this contest he drove
. T. Thonas's Go-horsepovycr machine which
had handicap OF FIVE seconds The car covered
the distance in minutes So - seconds, but
fast being overjallen by George Robertson
tn T. r. Thonlas.s 69-horsepozyer car. which
second behind Mack having made W four sec
onds of his handicap.
Robertson in Z p Thomass 90-horsepower
Hotchfiss car a starter in the Vanderbilt Cup
race last year. made attempt to lower the
track record for one mile of % 1-5 seconds for
gasolene cars, held Jointly by Walter Christie
and Louis Chevrolet. The track was not in the
best condition for speeding, however, and the
best he could GO TO cover the mile in 50 10
seconds. The fastest mile ever made the
track is credited to c White Steamer, which
covered tie distance in 4S 3-5 seconds A four
lap match race between J. r. Ryall. in a 60
horsepower Matheson car. and Waly Owen. IN
z z0-horsepower Haynes car. easily
by the former in 6 minutes % seconds.
owens time vas minutes 81 seconds.
PoPE-HARTFORD WINS sCARRITT CUP.
The national fexibility trial at two miles, for
a special silver cup contributed by Winthrop f.
Scarritt, the ex-president OF the Automobile
Club of America, was won by Philip Hines. in
a c. Southwortf's horsepower Pope
Hartford. with a total of 37S points
The contest was for gasoIene stock touring
cars or runabouts stripped or otherwise, Of four
cylinders or fewer. that should FIRST qualify By
raszil;s a mile, standing; start, in not than
so seconds. which should Immediately make the
sIov.est mile on The same drive gear. The
marking Of the contestants follows:
Each contestant was charged with 50 points
plus go a rate of II miles hour. total
OF 800 points. For each second under 50 seconds
on the fast mile there Was given points. For
each second on the slow mile slower than a
nile ia four minutes there was given one point
credit 4 fun stop caused disqualification The
object in view was TO demonstrate the deZibil
it, OF the high speed car On top gear
Einos's time for the fast mile was 77 45 sec
onds, and his slow mile Was made in 9 minutes
IL 2-5 seconds. William Swan, in a 30 So horse
power Stearns car. with 273 IS points, was