The sun., 1908-06-06
AMONG THE AUTOMOBILISTS
HOTCHkISS CAR WINS JANATC4
FREE FOR ALL EVENTS.
Harry Levey's Old Vanderbilt Cup Racer
Attains Rate OF 83 Miles an Hour In
One Mile Trial-C. v. BrOkaw' 3 Isotta.
FraschiDi Takes stock Chassis Prizes.


Harry Levey of this city spent very pleas
ant afternoon yesterday at Jamaica H. l.
watching his l?O horsepower Hotchkiss
racer make the fastest time in all of the three
distances at which the time trials on Uillside
avenue were run by the automobile race COM
lnlttee OF the Long Island subway Celebra-
ton.
h. fitzpatrick, who was one of the drivers
mat drove Charles +. Stoppani's Hotchkiss
in one OF the Morris Park twcnty-four hour
races last fall. drove Mr. Ieveys racer. which
Is the same car that Elliott F. Shepard drove in
IN" 1909 Vanderbilt cup race. special
trophy has been offered for me fastest record
attempt at each OF the three distances md
Fitzpatrick won all three OF them with the big
yellow painted Hotchkiss which bore No. q
Yesterday. the same number 1t had in the IN6
Vanderbilt cup race
The official grand stand built to provide
seating accommodations for ,, 900 spectators
was not anywhere near filled. but the three
mile portion OF Hillside avenue used for the
time trials was thickly lined with spcct tat ora
along each side OF the roadway. Officials
who had driven up and down the course
estimated that about 2i,ON persons watched
the record attempts. The band did not turn
up until the affair was about an hour and n
half old. but IL Was very industrious from
then on. invariably being engaged In some
Announcer
Prnnty was trying to tell the crowd the time
of some car that had just run over the electric
timing tape al the finish line
Much sympathy was expressed for Walter
christie. who had worked pll night in nm
effort to get his front wheel direct drive racer
into commission and spent 500 in making
hurried repairs after the accident Seymour
had with it on Thursday He could not fix
mp the radiator. but Seymour drove IL in tho
kllOmntnr
losing to the l.evey Hotchkiss by . seconds.
[. A. Patchske won three events with en-
Acme. Leonard Xengle won three with his
pennsylvania and {. F. Alcott took three
firsts with cylinder Stearns Clifford
v Brokaws Isotta-Fraschni. John Lang
driving. also won three events
The Hotchkiss attained rate of M miles
an hour in travelling the mile in rs s-5 seconds.
There were no accidents to mar the sport.
The two mile trials were run first and tho
,ITs event vas for for gasolsns cars selling under
the first trial in 2 minutes ~ seconds, C.PP.
skinner, Mitchell, did tho distance in : min.
amnutss 81 seconds and X. j. Johnson Ford
minutes 10 seconds
ssDs Ths feSUnd sro exen ss for yas9cDs
worth: Haynes. made the first trial in min
ntss pu 2s ,1,, seconds and was followed by j. ID.
ToeTk paacbnR' psaadb1Rae' n @ four see9nds SLOWER time
II 2 minutss seconds X, R. Manvlc
painer singer vas timed in 2 minutes
NTH trial IN minutes 81 seconds Bob Bur
man. yacksons was timed in ? minutes 20
Robert Morton, Pullman. made the first
trial In the third event for gasoene cars
selling from s2,ooi to $4,000. making the dis
starters in this event and their times were
90 follows In the order they started; Leonard
J. y. Swan, Corbin, minute Is IS seconds
Philip Hines, Pope. Hartford, minutes X 3-5
seconds; ..oJOS. JOsSsph kenny Ford miputes
minutes IS seconds ii, it, Tredweii, imp.riai,, ii,
minutes ts seconds; J. A. Kline. Pullman.
$500 a%TH % iRs RurHss Gsrs selling sn oSnSe9 rG
sseonds MeGa aas tre Ma6ermo st S h %nuSs 5
onds w. Woodss GleveIamd I"H'es made Dc 1fSe the
owen, American; Jack Rutherford. Peerless.
and Walter C.. Allen Allen. gston were
disqualified In this event by Referee 1homp-
n the fifth event. for four cylinder cars
son also disqualified the following cars s"o for
sng assss
vsr's Mercedes: Reieree Thompson then
offered a special cup for the disqualified
Clifford Y. Brokaws Isotta-Frasohni made
the first trial In ] minute 2S As seconds fol-
lowed by R. De Palma in the Allen X gston
in minute As seconds, W, II. Owen. Ameri-
can. followed In 1 minute 40 AS seconds.
Harry Leyey's 40 horsepower Hotchkiss
driven by Elliott F. Shepard In the last VAN
derbilt race in 1905. was the next to appear.
H. Fitzpatrick was at the wheel and he finished
the two miles In 1 minute 20 LIS seconds. or
Just one-tlftn OF second slower than 6n
average speed Of ninety miles an hour. G.. p.
Parker, Fiat, was next to pass. his time being
/ minute 81 seconds. II. Z. Trevor Mer-
cedes. did the distance in 2 minutes 2 As
seconds. and Jack Rutherford, Peerless, was
timed In minute SO t-5 seconds
E. Russell Thomas's Mercedes. driven by
II. Johnson, was the first car to be sent away
In the fifth event. for four cylinder cars SELF
ing for more than - 900, its time being 1
minute 81 seconds. The times OF the other
cars were as follows; ID. u. Farrell, Stearns.
I minute 10 seconds James Doig, Stearns, /
minute 65 seconds. Arthur Warren, Stearns,
2 minutes seconds; Halstead Swan, Stearns,
1 minute az seconds. and Caleb Bragg, DE
Dietrich, I minute 81 seconds.
In the sixth event for six cylinder cars
selling for more than 81, 500, F., i. Buchanan
a Wall street broker, drove his own Thomas
His time was minute 40 lis seconds. The
times Of tho other com petitors were as follows:
Q. b. Rogers, Acme, minute Sc second j. "
Dowd. Mora. 2 minutes - lzS seconds; j. p.
Disbrow, Ford, 2 minutes and s-5 second;
@. r. Alcott, 9tearns. minute 40 2-5 seconds,
and Stephen Carousso. In Charles r. Stop
pani 3 Hotchklss, minute 90 seconds =
81 The seventh event was the free Tor all.