New-York tribune., 1907-08-11
THOMAS CAR AHEAD.
LOZIER COMES NEXT.
Nea Record Made an 24-HOur 4utC
Race at Brighton Beach.

She Thomas car. driven by Roberts and Nc
Iilried. won great victory in the 24-hour auto
race at Brighton Beach. When the race was
stopped ct IL o'clock last night the Thomas car
had covered 997 miles. The Lozier car was sec
ond. with 972 miles. while the Jackson machine
finished third. with 966 miles
The other three cars that completed the long.
nerve wracking were the Mitchell. t44 the
Darracc, 720; the Delehaye. $50. The old record
SS3 miles.
Until the last hour the Jackson car had been
leading from the fourth hour. set screw.
which dropped out of the timing gear. COM
PEELED Cobe. the driver Of the car. to Withdra"
from the race. He had made 966 miles.
At the 231A hour the Thomas car had lead
of ten miles over the Jackson, with score OF
s7s. The Jackson car was second, with seo'
and the L.ozier car third. with s47
A big crowd gathered on the track after Rob
erts had the race. and the plucky driver was
cheered to the echo. Much sympathy was ex-
pressed for Cobe the driver of the Jackson car
after the great showing he had made The work
of the Lozier car. driven by Smeizer. was oe-
serving of all the enthusiasm 1t received
At 9:10 o'clock, when the score at this time
Of the race was given out Roberts had lost
another mile on account of being compelled
to light the tail lights of his car The Jackson
car was leading the field. with score OF J@o
miles, and the Thomas second with 913- The
four other cars remaining in the race at THIS
stage of the contest follows: Lozier'
No. g. SS7 miles; Mitchell. 6S1 miles; Oar
| racq 676 miles, and Deehaye 544 miles.
| The Jackson car was tagged by mistake and
| came TO a stop at 9:05 o'clock 2. The ma
| chine running three cylinders and Cooe
| was compelled to go into the repair statioh'
losing three minutes Roberts, in the Ihomas
car. was again ordered to make more stops
| on account of his rear lights going out. The
22Jh-h hour score at 9:4O:30 showed the jackson
car TO have increased it's lead to ten miles over
/. the Thomas, which second with 934 miles
| and the Lozier. third. 9o5. Roberts threatened
| 10 retire owing TO the many times he had been
| stopped.
| At the end If the twenty-second hour the
/ Jackson car was 145 miles ahead of the record
| made by Bauman in a Jackson car at st Louis
| last July.
| More than two thousand persons remained at
| the track during the early morning hours. and
| at dawn there stu was plenty of activity. Ihe
/ terrible strain of the race on the drivers was
| plainly shown, when one Of them went 10 tne
| Judges stand and asked the doctor to bandage
| his arms during the fffty-fve minutes the cars
/ were stopped. shortly after o'clock in the
| evening.
| Christie made an attempt 10 lower the track
| record of ~ 3-5 seconds for the mile. made by
| himself on Friday afternoon. but failed HIS
| time Yesterday 01-5 seconds
| t4.22 a m the spectators were thrown into
| excitement when the Frayer-Miller car, driven
| bx Frank Knepper. which had been leading the
! field since the second hour and running heau-
| fifullv skidded on the first turn and before II
| could he Strengthened CraSneu tllouSH 'AV IL
| The frame was so badly bent that the car had
! 20 he Withdrawn Neither Knepper nor his
! rnecTanfciar was injured The accident 10 the
| p'raver- Miller car found the Jackson car, driven
| hv II H. Cobe leading. when the seventh hour
| score was announced at so a m. with a dis
| ,scca ~ 3ns miles The Thomas was sec
| ond with 293 miles and the Lozier car with
| snelzer AZ the wheel, third, with 2s1 miles The
| score at the end Of the twentieth hour found
| the Jackson still I'm the lead with S4S miles the
! Thomas second. with $50. and the Lozier third
| with sos.
| The piIani car which skidded into the fence
| when one Of its rear wheels collapsed az 2:S
| IN the morning. seriously injuring six people,
| was declared out OF the race several hours iatsI
| bv Louis strang the driver % the machine