New-York tribune., 1907-07-01
READY FOR GRAND PRIX
BIG AUTO RACE ABROAD.
Ne7o Rule Regarding Height of
Cors-Nany Machines Entered.

Dieppe France. June 3O-Preparations have
oeen completed for the Grand Prix contest of
the Automobile Club of France on Tuesday.
which promises to be the hardest fought and
fastest race yet run
The Madrid-Paris competition last wear when
the cars were driven half the time through a.
surglng sea of people was the death blow to
straightaway speed racing in France This
year beautiful, closed triangular course the
angles being at Depre, Eu and Londinfares. one
Vi "'ich skirts the sea, has been selected It
measures seventy Kilometres and nust he cr
'"lueu ten tlnes. The roadway is in perfect
condition, undulatng with a few 6anrero,,e
turhllSs and many rapid curves 1t is expected
that Durays record for speed over the Ardennes
course will be broken
The most aborate ARA n pen,o,+s Ill, -,
made TO prevent mObs from invading the track
tlght thousand soldiers will he stationed o+
lor'y ieet intervals along the course and no
person within the inclosure will be allowed to
cross till the race is finished
The club this year has discarded the rula ra
gardtng the weight of cars. substituting = limit
OF essence consumption to so ltres per 100 kilo-
metres i''''
There are thirty-eight entries. representing
fifteen firms, including twenty-four French five
I'ahan' three Belgian, three German. two Eng
hsh, one Swiss and two Americans Elliott F
shepard and W. c. Christie The latter will
drive his own car which is the highest pow
cred OF all those entered, having 135 horsepower
with motors driving direct TO the front wheels
shepard viii drive Bayard- Clement Two
English cars and of the French cars have
eight cylinders The pilots include practically
all the worlds sta's, among them being Ma
zarro Szisz, Lancia, Wagner Jenatzy. Rougier
Duray and Henery
In the preliminary trials NaZarro has made the
fastest circuit-forty-two minutes-in a Christie
while Lancia an1 Wagner have done the best
work at the curves, and have made the fastest
spurts. The latter timed going al the rate
of 100 kilometres an hour. The chances favor
the French retaining the cup, on account of
their preponderating numbers.
About one hundred thousand visitors are ex-
pected here on Tuesday. Dieppe is already
overcrowded. The fetes have already begun
with torchlight professions and fireworks As
the hotels at this and the neighboring water
resorts are not capable of accommodating the
crowds. fabulous prices are being charged for
rooms. and tents are being erected along the
course to shelter the overflow. Prominent auto
mobilists from America, Great Britain and the
Continent are bound for Dieppe 70 witness the
spectacle Jefferson De Mont Thompson. chair
man Of the racing board of the American Auto
mobile Association. has arrived here to gather
ideas for the Long Island parkway.
President FaIlieres and the Cabinet ministers
will watch the race from tribune in the grand
stand. The Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg
Schwerin and her suite have already arrived
here
Elliott Fitch Shepard. of New York. who will
be one Of the two American contestants in the
race for the Grand Prix, is a If the late
Colonel Elliott F Shepard Of New York. and a
grandson Of the late William H Vanderbilt. He
Is well known in automobile circles, and I'm
ished fourth IN the first half and fourth in the
second half Of the Grand PrIX race June 26.
1906 He competed in the Vanderbilt Cup Race
on Long Island on October Of the same year.
w c Christie drove n car for James l.. Breese
in the Vanderbilt Cup Race OF October II. 1908.
and on October e. 1906 but did not finish in
either event.
Felice Nazzaro. who for years has driven n
Fiat car is an italian lie finished third in the
International Automobile cup Race in France
on July :. 1903. and competed in the Wander
bOf Gun Race of October IA 1909. and octoh"r
6 1905 falling 10 finish on both occasions He
won the Florio cup. at Palermo on April a. OF
the rresent wear and on June II last he won the
German Fmperors Cup over the Taunus circuit.
Francois Szisz was born in France He drove
RenauIt car and did not finish in the van
derhilt cup contest on October u, Il'. On June
D 1000 szisz won the Grand Prix. for which he
vae CONGRATULATED by Minister % Public Works
Barshon. -,
louis wagner was also born in France. He
was contestant in the Vanderbilt Cup race
October a 1905 and did not finish, hut October
G last Wagner won the Vanderbilt cup
camille Jenatzy is a Belgian. He won the In
+crna,ional cup race in Ireland in 1903, did not
finish in the Vanderbilt Cup race or october.
1906. and was NTH in the Vanderbilt contest OF
October last.
G. Duray is a Frenchman. He finished third
in the elimination trial TO pick a French team
for the James Gordon Bennett international
race and did not finish in the Nanderhlt race
of October 1905. Duray finished eighth In the
race for the Grand Prlx June -, 1906 won tho
international race over the Ardennes course.
Belgium. August IA. 1906. establishing a speed