New-York tribune., 1908-07-08
GERMAN AUTO VICTORY
~uo KILLED AT DIEPPE.
49,, Crushed Under Machine
Hard Luck for Strang.
rrencn Cable to The Tribune

French Cab.e 70 4he iiiooiie.I
-.,st 1905 by The Tribune Association
1,,v The result of to-day's race
D'@' .-,uuph for German automobile con-
-. first. second, third, fifth and sixth
s11 ..,np won respectively. by cars made by
p ,.s Benz Benz. Mercedes and Opel, while
'1''' .n gayard-C Clement car took fourth
rautenschlager, the short, thickset
- ,be winning Mercedes. was loudlyl
he shot like rocket across the win
- his once white, but now cinder
aAe o.r completing the 40 kilometres in
co''eS = minutes z3 AS seconds. The French
hand played the German national an
}A ~rt.il Dir am Siegerkrantz, which
iasD- ia,-5 followed by The Marseillaise," when
.,ose of the race Baron de Zuylen: pres
che Automobile Club Of France, pre-
~ - the Under Secretary of the Interior,
,-eeented Premier Clenaenceau, the win
s;z,er Iautenschlager. and also Herr
1Ae ,sanager of the Mercedes establishment.
director Herr Daimler. Immediately
".,3 Baron de Zuylen sent in behalf of the
..u,hl, Club of France = telegram of con-
.,..ion 10 Emperor William and another
10 the German Automobile Club.
= r.sr7ran drivers, although black as Goals,
,rof, fresher than most Of their competi-
- ahs.s5,se they were a sort Of leather divers
- IN which glasses were fixed to enable
-, 20 sse Lautenschlager said TO your cor
respondent:
q attribute my victory solely TO the superior
-. ~ ,,,y car. which is as solid as a steel can
- hal The course at some of the curves had
-, loossned by the voiturette race yesterday
.,a had TO change my Michelin tires twelve
,t-,es during the race. 1 did my utmost from
80 stsrt, but l hardly expected to win
When asked about American cars, he said:
u, ,sa pity that only one of them figured in
.As -sce The American built cars which I have
sssn are first rate for cheaply built, all-round
,,rs for popular use, but they do not have the
rrver and elaborate finish of the great racing
rscbipes turned out by the best makers in
GERMANY. France or Italy
+e-aerv. driver of the German Benz car, which
rsme in second in reply TO my questions said
,hs- bs had to change his Michelin tires fifteen
times during the race. The veteran tiremaker,
Nchelin. who was walking about in the
Automobile Club inclosure with his three sons,
vys highly elated at the result of the victory of
his tires and pointed out the fact to your corre-
sDou5ent that the five cars that won the first
sv. places were all provided with his tires.
The field ambulance, admirably arranged On
The grounds by Baron Henry de Rothschild, rem
6s-s5 excellent service Cissac. the driver of the
Panhard car who was killed in the race, was
taken there, and also Heath, the American
d-Ts. Of another Panhard car, who became
temporarily blind owing to the coal tar dust
during the race II was wild and curious
sight in this tent hospital after the race, when
fourteen drivers black and sooty as imps. were
al lying on their backs and having their eyes
held open and washed by trained nurses as they
roaned with pain.
The only American car in the race, the
Thomas conducted with great pluck and skill
fy Louis strang, the American driver, made a
tnf start but had no chance against the more
powerful racing cars Strang sped around the
circuit four times making q distance Of 3)S kilo-
metres which he completed in 3 hours - min
ties and IS seconds c. / B.