New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-04-25
STRANG'S AUTO RACE
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- s1a IF the racegoers remain forever in
so4,,hern Westchester County. but finally gave
,,n The struggle and took them back The camps
If TIE various entrants will be vacated To-Day
and thus viii close the golden harvest OF the
natives
Although the race brought the largest crowd
ever gathered in that section, the farmers hao
evidently expected tha- half the population OF
eater New York would attend In expectation
Of this there were private grandstands all ABOUT
the course. and because many of these were
only rar1lv filed it appeared il some places as
r III race were not fully attended However
7be official grandstand was entirely taken. ana
81 ali the best points the course the croNdS
were held back from danger only by the efforts
If The force Of Pinkertons, three hundred spe-
81 seDutv sheriffs and one thousand marshaIs
made I'D Of members of the national guard.
The last soon won the name Of 'near-cS.'s-
SMALL ARMY ON THE COURSE.
II the misty dawn yesterday il looked as II
an army had bivouacked among the Pocanuco
E5ls II fields near the starting point at Br1ar-
cliff and At other good places along the line
automobile parties that had hired parking spaces
in fields for the night began to build fires for
The early breakfast Some Of them had carried
-enrs Of every size from the big striped pavilion
10 the simple A" shape From these emerged
rather weary and disheveled looking women to
ioin the men folk. VINO had slept in their rub
Der motor coats in the open air BY this time
too a great throng Of sleepy men, with very
few women began TO tramp from the stopping
places Of the special trains
A. the early special trains crept out and at
many points ran close the course the pas
s=nrz-s might have imagined they had come
into 2 vast picnic ground. The tents scattered
among the cars and ranged in some places one
behind the other UP the sides Of the hills con-
1rasted sharply with the rough stone or hedge
fences in the early sunlight. Then, TOO, there
were glinapses Of lakes and rivers skirted by
The course And when the cars. brilliant in
colors and polished brass. began the race there
was no doubt. even in the minds Of those who
had saved UP all night 10 be there, that no
rret-ier picture could be found about New York
tn race was scheduled TO begin at I: As o'clock
and tre erandstand and the road the start
and finish lire in Briarclif began 10 I'LL long be
fore this time Very soon the near cops start
ed 70 earn their name, About the grandstani
most OF them were from the 22d Regiment and
carried heavy canes with crook handles These
youths showed more vim than discretion when
1hev sought 10 clear the track District Attor-
neg jerome and Magistrate Kernochan were in
The crowd when one Of the ''narshals' tried to
rap the magistrate with his cane. Somebody
recognized Nj Jerome. however. and the young
dogs o.. war were called off
II was : o'clock before car No. l. the Bianchi,
with Paul Sartorf at the wheel, came Swapping
and splitting 40 the road, and at 5:o7 o'clock
Fred Wagner, the official starter. sent il of on
the long race for the trophy The other cars
began 10 roll up through the low hanging mists
and Al one inu intervals we're sent on their
vav Sartori. Cedrino and Lyle got mild ap-
rls1see hut there was an outburst for Strang,
lie coy7-N viCr(1
a Savannah was fresh in the minds Of the
SPECTATORS. and he caused the first display OF
Wild enthusiasm. There was even more noise
when Barney OldfeId. in a green Stearns. took
his position The car WIS numbered H. and
This. too attracted attention it made its debut
in TIE contest When the Simplex No. % had
shot away the crowd settled back TO wait de-
Velop-ents
Teere was q good deal Of betting done
quietly and there was keen rivalry between the
srezrns and The Thomas hackers Therefore
the first rear Of Peter Pruntz. the announcer,
made the crowd sit up He said that Oldfeld. in
2 Srearnz had passed Roberts who started No
i fr a Thomas More bulletins began TO come
n, showing how the cars were struggling for
position out among the hills that we're now
cleared q the morning fogs. Strang was cheered
as he sped past the grandstand in the lead in
IRE first lap. which he had done in So minutes
= seconds From then onward Strang kept
his place and If the crowd didn't stand up on
lis hind legs until he came in winner II was
because his position had become accepted as
q matter OF course.
BARNEY OLDFIELDS CLOSE CALL
L vas during the first lap that Barney Old
fed shaved the 'cowcatcher Of an engine
a. The state road crossing Of the Putnam divs-
ion of the New York Central. half & mile from
Kirchawan. There IS q sharp curve at the ap-
preach 10 the track. and since the fagman did
no; hear the whistle Of the engine until he heard
the roar os the Stearns car he could DO nothing
C.5deld. Is he swept around the turn and saw
The oneoning engine. which had just been I'M
coupled from a special train. put on more speed
ard shot ahead. The tip Of the engines pilot
just crazed the wheels and sent he car leap
ing into the air BY some chance il landed
safely and Oldf1eld kept right on.
IS the reports Of escapes and slight accidents
and the position OF the cars began to grow IA
rlllliar the takers that had saooped into Brian
lth and Mount kisco started do business A
dozen Hey, Rube," gambling games sucn as
thc she'll and bottle. were started back Of the