New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-09-13

miles 10 win from splendid field of eleven start
ers Driving the Lozier car No p he had shat
tered all previous records for such race, the
best previous distance having been 1.o74 miles
In second place. with 1092 miles to its credit,
came the first I1ozier car with Kitchener at the
wheel This had also broken the record and
the Fiat in third place. was only five miles behlnd
the old mark. with 1914 circuits of the mile track
In fourth place a Stearns car, driven by
Laurent which covered 1050 miles.
The last hour Of the race was marked by
splendid fight between the Simplex and Allen
Kingston cars for fifth place, which was finally
won by Robertson in the Simplex by two miles,
his being 1Os 1.c7 for the Allen Kingston
driven by Crane The had started the last
hour on terms.
Lewis Strang showed tremendous speed in the
last hour, covering ffty-eight miles and jumping
into sixth place ahead Of Roberts's Thomas car
which had TO slow up. Strangs work was the
fastest OF the Hopelessly beaten were the
S. p O. and the Garford and they were hundreds
Of miles behind the leaders.
More than twenty-five thousand persons cheered
Mulford as the big gray he drove sped across
the line before the grandstand for the last time
and Lewis Strang also received an ovation for his
fine squirt
Dawn found the Enclosure still crowded. Those
who had fallen asleep after the exciting events that
preceded and followed the crush that put Sartori
and the Renault Out Of the race began TO look 1or
something eat perchance for something to
drink that would take the chill off the morning
air OF course il wasn't really cold, ubt down at
tie track with the breeze right of the ocean, il
wasn't very until the sun had been up fur
while
sleep seemed impossible to rovices for there was
never moment when the were not whizzed
by with the sharp explosion Of the motors, and the
occasional cracking roar as an engine that mao
beer cut for a got into action gain. How
ever this latter sound heard Very seldom for
most Of drivers preferred take the turns at
full speed.
The terrific pace very hard on the track, and
1=3o O'Clock in the afternoon, after seventeen
hours Of gruelling work, in which the leaders had
rnaintsined a pace OF more than 1orty-seven miles
hour, the race was stopped 10 allow repairs 10
he made the cars being ordered off the track
The order was welcome TO the drivers. who
eagerly seized the opportunity TO snatch br1ef
rest although would consent to take that rest
before looking his and giving orders as
10 adjustments 10 be made 10 the motors and
bodies strained as they by the terribly severe
test TO which they being subjected.
Two and a half hours were allowed for repairs TO
N the track. and match race between the Fiat
Cyclone and B L. ". racer, which by the
former. with two heats 10 one for the that is
entered in the Vanderbilt Cup The delay
meant that the race would not end until i o'clock
Some OF the most daring driving done by
Robinson. in the Simplex car when the long race
vas resumed In the eighteenth and nineteenth
hours he drove his machine miles He had been
setting the pace from almost the start the race.
having held the lead from the second the sixth
hour. In the seventh hour. however the tra-
mendous speed he sending the about the
circuit told the machine OF its cylinders
cracked when he ten miles ahead Of the Allen
Kingston which second in the race at the
time.
The time the first six hours showed that Rob
inson had travelled 2e4 miles. eighteen miles better
than the previous record. The rrshap gave the
lead the Kingston. but in the ninth hour IT
came grief account of leaking radiator,
which caused long delay for repairs.
Then the 5o-horsepower Dozier car, No. :. driven
by Milford. took command. with the 4o-ho' sepower
Fiat next only three miles behind. The Fiat car
had met with misfortune during the nigf II hav-
ing lost more than twenty-seven miles wing to
being stopped TO have its lamps lighted
The consistent running Of the Steals aroused
much interest II had been running smoothly since
the start OF the race, and was always among the
leaders.
Paul sartori driver Of the Renault car and Rene
c5ourand his mechancian, who were both serf-
cusly hurt by running into the fence in the early
pert OF race, both reported as getting along
nsossy nj the Coney Island Reception Hospital last
night
Robert Lee Morrell. vice-president of the Auto
mobile Club Of America. and chairman Of the con-
test committee the organization, in commenting
On the success of the meeting yesterday afternoon.
said:
..-h. Brighton Beach meet of the Motor Racing
Association in my opinion is the most successful
track meet ] have ever attended or of1clateo at
II has demonstrated 10 me that although many OF
-f,e Anne
uexe that the number Of big races should be cur
.,,.s "a three or four. there are still plenty OF
manufacturers who welcome competitors Ihat
-. ,t.,,c has an intense interest in the sport Is
- ~ the enormous attendance at this meet.
,,-oyd 70 have had the honor of being an
Official. -, .. ,.ber o,d
soor after dark the crowd began TO gamer ano
= -. hours before the finish of the race the
a,Sstand and FIELD Enclosures were 1afnnleo win
seo,.tors On the lawns in front Of the stanos IL
- or dff9culty that could elbow way
W -, s,ba mass of humanity. The crowd
Ia e, ,sa-er than at the start Of the race on
-, ,,,.h+ when il estimated that twenty
- .to,,ssn5 rersons attended There was always
-, - excitement 10 keep the crowd in the wild
=. s,a ~ enthusiasm especially when two or 'llree
= -. d.,,,ers took the turns al the same time at
epct seemingly reckless speed that snlash-uP
looked certain. -, -,
= sigh Of relief wens up from the crowd "heh
- IN stored INTO the stretch after making The
- -,,to,,+ disaster After these mad dashes
were made by those drivers who had met with
.,tles earlier in TIE race and stood absolutely
- ,ha,ce cf being among the leaders AZ the
fnish.
ssontncr4 Roberts the veteran driver OF IN
--;,.n,as car hac q host Of admirers and seemed
"a be satisfied with just plugging along al a good
mace Shortly before O'Clock II was announced
that Milford In the Lozier. was the first TO com
,,,e,e the one thousand miles in p .3siS Then he
tvsr some more wild dashes with Robertson I'm
tho simplex
--t,e ozier car No ? was twenty-one miles ahead
., ,bc record at The tventy-second hour. having
fonfneved 1fIe miles. The Lozier No. was next
,,b m, miles and The Fiat third. with Ss5 miles
The e,ear,ss car WAS SUI in fourth place. Win
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