New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-10-03
o9 Marks Shattered in Start of the
TTenty-f0ur-HOur Race.
-r7H HOUR SCORE IN TwENTY-FoUR
HOUR AUTOMOBILE RACE.
Previous Best score. e2T miles

More than three thousand men and women sat or
stood or stamped about 10 keep warm long after
re tine for cGrfew at the Brighton Beach track
last night 10 watch the beginning Of the second
-uen1y-foI.- hour automobile race OF the Motor
PscinE Association Despite the singing wind
thst whipped II from the ocean the crowd soon
warmed up as the cars rushed by In the prern-
faaries before the big event which will not end
untl 1oa clock tonight. the spectators had seen
Ire mile track record smashed by Ralph De Palma
y q Fiar Cyclone and they had witnessed the ri
unph Of she placid. cigar chewing Barney Od6eId
Fl r7ro o. the afternoon events. Also as sort Of
20 the twice round the clock race two Of
TIE that we've being tried out for it coIlided
snd we're 50 badly unused up that they could not
Re entered.
b o'clock yesterday afternoon when the races
scheduled to start there were proba bly, close
u sou- thousand persons at the track spd al
though the sur vas shining. most of the visitors
were dressed for winter weather and were not IN
comfortable The first event fortunately served
as r hra0er. for il was the mile time trial and
Ralph De Palma beat the best previous record bv
- seconds making the distance in 30 Is seconds
II Tie nsf dozen other afternoon events Barney
od1eid. with his Stearns car. and his inevitable
unlghted cigar and his old linen surtout added
% his record by carrying of first honors in both
The races in which he staTted-the hfty-rniIe race
sn6 the hve-rliIe race
Several Of the cars for the big race were being
driven around the track. and Tom Moore the
No J. vas al stRndstill opposite the exit OF the
paddock He ordered It back and as he afterward
described it. 30 Young and Bach. who were in
he car. turned around with wide swing and
made FOR the entrance Just then the Lozier No /
VII Nichuer driving. tore down the track Moore
shouted 10 thu Ga-foTd's crew, but they did not
hear and IN the fraction Of z second the Iozier's
-Ehr rear wheel had sidewiped the left rear wheel
Of -he fsarford- The L0zier's wheel was ripped of
and The car would undoubtedly have turned turtle
ssve FOR lie sklfL driving OF Afichner who turned
i toward the fence and thus counterbalanced the
drag until he managed 10 stop. about ona hundred
yards further Both cars we're so torn and
Vre0ched that repairs were out OF the question and
they were Withdrawn from The list When the news
frs reached the dinner seeking crowd the ranor-
vas 1hei both drivers Rad been injured The er-
7-fse Was even greater when the fact was learned
that T-a men had ESCAPED without even q b-r,iee
= biz Simplex car took Al early lead once the
~ rare vas CT. and - the end Of the second
hour had covered l5 niles. which was four miles
better Than the CID record
n the fourth hour Lewis S4r77r 5ssa,, - ,-,-
good lis promise To some IF his friends -rz- =,
te1 re wss going m mir RE high places exclusively
~ - niles MS Renau't No ; was leading and
ne Iille was hours - minutes and - seconds
IRIS left the Loz=r second. the Sir7p5sx third
and E17 niE Thomas fourth After the collision If
T7@ Simplex with the Stearns in the third to,,r
T7H Simplex lost the lead il had held from, the
start ~ "
ABOUT e25 o'clock the Lozis~ car NTH r4s---.
'0oe a. re Wheel. had its front right tire o,,-C+
E-4d and rhe car smashed through the outside
enoe on the lower turn Just before II reached the
F0r7e stretch The car smashed three fence noe-s
and stopped IN the ditch the inside Of the fence
'4 car vas pulled ont of me ditch and the Tozfer
Tnen E0r II going again in about fifteen minutes
3@i'he- Cobe no- his mechanic was Injured
The short races IL the afternoon furnished lots
~ excitement Barney 0ldfeid. in the six-cvlinder
s'ea-ns car covered himself with glory by COMING
n trst in two OF the contests He won by almost
= nile tle ffty-nlile race which was looked on
sS tie CHIEF contest. in % minutes - seconds a
Ted Of SIX started in this contest. second place
gong ~ the four-crIinder Stearns car driven hv
seVeli. with Steinmetz in a Mercedes car third
some dis-arce behind The other starters we're
fitzpatrick i1 ne Hotchkiss; Pepperday IN 2
Mercedes. and Howard. in the P-S
Hdfeia held the lead from the start Of the race
and his clever driving called forth round after
round = applause.
edfe'd ~as again victorious in the fve-rnile race
Tor sE-cTlinder stripped stocl. cars in minutes
- seconds Only three cars started in this
contest. the Hotchkiss driven by Fitzpatrick being
second and the PaIuler-Singer. driven by Howard
thi-U
IN -Ee 1-e-rliIe f7ee-fo--aE OIdield Withdrew in
ne fourth mile Three cars started in this con-
Test 1-st prize. sg9. going TO the Fiat Cyclone
criTen ay Ralph De Palma, with the Fiat Tornado
driven oT George Robertson, second. The time
O. ne aiming car was $40 3-5 De Palma again
ca-ae iu first in The ten-nile <ree-for-aU in min
u'es g seconds Of the other two starters in this
contest. the Fiat Tornado broke a gasoIene pipe
drawn.