Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-02

| DIEPPE, July with a wonderful dis
play of GOODNESS. nerve and endurance Naz-
FARO, the italian champion. today captured
the automobile grand priX at an average
speed of 113 kilometers GOO meters pei
hour, breaking the worlds record. The
pace was killing from the start, leaving a
score of cars hopelessly beaten before the
| second round was ended. The race was full
| of surprises. Nazzaro was not prominent
| early in the contest. Lancia took the first
| three laps, but when he broke down at the
| third and surrendered the lead to Duray
the latter, as he reeled off lap after lap
under forty minutes. looked an easy win
ner; but on entering the ninth round a
| broken bearing put his car out of action
| and he forced to retire amid the plau-
dts of the crowds. In the meantime Naz-
| FARO, riding like a demon but cool and
| steady, overhaued Lancia, and when Duray
| dropped out ne continued on, unheaded, to
the finish. Szisz came up from the ruck
| and made gallant but unavailing effort
during the last two laps to overtake the
flying leader.
Lancia's petrol gave out in the final
round, permitting Baras to finish third.
| Nazzaro's brilliant victory was acknowl-
| edged by all, but the heart had been taken
| out of the crowd by Duray's accident and
| the French thousands received the news
| coldly
| Only nine of the contestants finished.
| Shepard doggedly persevered to the end fin
! ishing last in Z hours. 80 minutes and So
| seconds. The English, Belgian and German
| racers made almost as poor a showing as
| Christie.
| Contrary to expectation, President Fall
Heres was not present. The cabinet was
represented by Minister of Public Works
! Barthou.
| Limited on Gasoline
Glorious sunshine favored the start to-
| day. Fifty thousand persons massed in
and around the tribune saw the machines
bolt forward on their dizzy journey. while
| 10000 were concentrated in other villages
| along tie route to view the race.
The roadway dried up nicely during the
| night and the start was made looked to
| be very fast Before going to the post the
pilots of several of the most powerful ma
| chimes were doubtful as to whether they
would be able to complete the course with
the, amount of gasoline allowed them. The
betting odds on the Fiat cars heightened on
this account. Some of the experts even
went so far as to predict that one-third of
|
side before the race was finished.
| Christie, one of the American competitors
! talked confidently before the race. He said
| his machine and he declared that If his
| gasoline held out he would show Europe a
, clean pair of heels
| The signal to start was given by six small
salutng cannons mounted opposite the tri-
| bune. With the sound of the first report
| Lancia, in a Fiat car. shot by the stand
| the first away. He was sent off with a
roar of applause. The other competitors
| followed al minute intervals. Duray in a
| Lorraine De Dietrich. fourth; Szisz,
| driving for the Renaults, was ninth; w. C.
| Christie in his American machine, was
| twelfth; Nazzaro in another Fiat was
! eighteenth; Heath, another American, driv-
| ing Panhard, was twenty-ffth. and Elliot
| F. Shepard. also an American, was the
thirty-second man TO get away.
View of the Course.
| The lodges at the tribune were crowded
with nOtables, including Count Forcez, COM
| handing the Sd Army Corps, the troops of
| which kept the roadway clear; Prince and
| Princess Orloff Dairof Baron Rothschild
| and scores of prominent Automobiles from
both sides of the Atlantic
From the tribune almost a third of the
| course was visible. the red dots where the
| French soldiers stood marking the route
| through the green landscape. From the
| starting point the flying racers shot ahead
| like arrows for half a mile, where they
| doubled back sharply, skimming over the
| undulatng road past the forest of Argues
| where Henry ~ defeated the English, be-
lore entering the narrow, dangerous-sh
| chute to the bridge at Ancourt Thence
the road is a succession of low hills to
| Londinierles, but here is found the fastest
| portion of the course to Eu whence a beau
| tifui stretch of level road along the sea
! takes the racers back to the starting point
| Lancia set very high pace in the first
| round but Duray nevertheless soon over
hauIed MIN. wagner, however, passed both
before the first round was completed He
| eventually completed .the first round of
| about sxty-nine miles in 80 minutes SO sec
| onds and steadily maintained his place in
the front, leading Duray by one minute and
| twenty seconds at the end of the third
| round
Troubles Commence.
By this time accidents had already be-
| gun. Eight contestants were soon reported
as having been crippled and having dropped
out of the race. Christie was having more
trouble and was considered as being igno-
mlniousy beaten. but he was bravely try.
ing to patch up his machicne for another
start Duray, one of the favorites of the
race also had his measure of bad luck
While reprovisioning he overtipped his re-
ceptacle and lost quite a quantity of the
| precious petrol.
Wagner was in difficulty in the fourth
| round. and was ocmpeAed to surrender the
lead, which was taken by Duray, and Lam
cia obtained second place. The race at this
stage seemed, barring accidents. to have
| narrowed down TO Duray and Lancia
| AT the end of the fifth round Duray was