New-York tribune., 1907-09-28

| Under a staress sky, with rain threatening
| to fall at any moment, nineteen cars started IL
! the second twenty-four hour race held ufloeI
| the auspices of the Morris Park Motordrome
| Club on the Morris Park track at S:21 O'Clock
| last night cheer went up from the CROWD
| when the snorting cars sent away owing
| To the large number of starters il was deemed
| advisable to send them off in divisions 1hefe
were four lines of cars to face the starter ana
each row was sent off at five second intervals
The 4O-horseloxer Lozier car. driven by
Michener, became stalled at the start, and the
other machines gained nearly a lap before IL
could be started The machines were soon
strevn in single file around the track going at
hair raising speed. to the bowling cheers Of the
crowd
RyaIl. in the 5o-horsepower Matheson car.
came within q few inches Of going over the en-
banlznent on the outer side of the track on the
first turn in the second mile The car skidded
several times before Ryau could straighten it
out. 1t was the same place where Schilipps
went through the fence in the 25-mile race In
the afternoon. Schilipps's machine was repaired
in time 10 allow him 10 start In the twenty -four
hour race
Mack led the big field at the twenty-ffth mile.
His time was % minutes 1875 seconds. Smelzer,
in the 4O-horsepower Lozier car. No. 3. was sec
ond. Many OF the cars had fallen behind at
this stage of the race. The Welch car. driven
by Truwin. was one Of the first cars TO be
stopped by order OF the referee, owing 10 it's
rear light going out.
The Renault car, No !. which won the last
race at Morris Park, withdrawn owing to
an injury Maurice Bernin. who drove the car
TO victory three weeks ago. It was reported that
Bernin broke his wrist his way from Chi
cago to New York ir an attempt to break the
present record.
Although rain threatened TO fall any
ment throughout the day. the grandstand was
we'll filed while hundreds gathered around the
inner rail of the track found seats in the
many automobiles parked on the lawn. The
track was brightly Illuminated, and the onlook-
ers appreciated the innovation Of having the
drivers wear different colors.
At the end OF the second hour the Simplex
car. driven by George Robertson. was in the
lead having covered 1o1 miles. The Lozier ma
chine driven by Smelser, was second, with 100
miles. while Guy Vaughan. in a Stearns, and
AIichener's Lozier followed, with ninety-seven
miles each. Wale Owens Packard was well up
with ninety-fiYe miles. while George Mack's De
Dietrich came next with nnety-three.
Some excitement was caused just before II
O'Clock when the WeICh car, driven by Trewin
and Greenwood. burst 4 tire ard skidded
through the inner rail, just missing running
down a number Of persons gathered at the
point Bunting is used instead of wood for
the rail. which probably prevented q serious
accident The car was not damaged and
soon running again.
Arthur Warren's Stearns car broke a con-
Meeting rod shortly after 10 o'clock and could
continue.
At the end of the third hour the two Lozier
cars had a good lead on the others, as the
Simplex had met with tire trouble and dropped
back to eleventh place. Emanuel Cedrino. the
Vanderbilt cup driver had brought the Fiat
car into fourth place with 134 miles its credit
The leading scores. just before midnight, follow: