New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-10-01
NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDING.
TIMELY AUTO TOPICS
GRAND PRIZE ENTRIES.
LocomObae Racers Named for the
Vanderbilt Cup Race.

The Automobile Club of America received by
mail from the Automobile Club o. France
frmation OF the entries of De Dietrich. Clement
Bayard and Renault in the Grand Prize race
at Savannah Thanksgiving Day. The De Diet
rich car. which is a regular racing model. will be
driven by Albert Duray. famous racing driver
in Europe and America The Clement Bayard
racer viii be driven by Hautyast and the Renault.
a u5-horsepower car. OF a type similar to that
which took part in the French Grand Prix race.
viii be driven by Szisz. This RenauIt
entered by Renaut Freres direct and by the
American selling agency. which made the Wander
bilt cup entry, naming Lewis Strang its driver.
That is 9o-horsepower car. built for track work,
according 10 report.
The entry of two 120-horsepower ItaIas to be
driven by Cagno and FoUrnier, was also confirmed
by the Automobile Club Of Italy.
With a month left before the entries close, the
following cars and drivers already named for
the main race: Fiat Navarro: Fiat Wagner; Fiat.
De Palma: Benz. Heu1ery; Benz Henriot; Benz.
Erie; Mercedes. Salzer: Mercedes, Poege; De Die
trch Duray; Clement Bayard Hautvast: Reuault,
Sziz; Itala, Fournier; italia, Cagno; B. l. NJ,
Buckley; American Locomotive. BergdoH; Mathe-
son. driver not named; Lozer, Mtchener and
Acme. Rodgers or Patschke.
In the light car race fourteen entries have been
made far. including two horoscopes. three
Bucks. three De DIons, three Maxwells, an Aris-
tocrat, a Chalrners-Detroit and Cameron.
A telegram was received in this city last night
bridgeport Conn announcing that the concern
had entered two Of its 1886 racing cars in the
Vanderbilt Cup race. to be held on the Long Isl
aad Parkway on October a. entries Tor which
close with the American Automobile Association
TODAY It was in one Of these cars that Joe Tracy
won the elimination to choose the American
team for the big race in 1896. In the big race
Itself Tracy carried off the distinction Of making
the fastest lap in the race.
= second Renault was entered yesterday by
Martin Beck for the twenty-four-hour race at the
Brighton Beach track which will be started at
O'clock tomorrow evening. Every effort IS being
made by the management OF the meeting to make
I Che race a still greater success than the contest
held few weeks ago The Fiat car which vas
named Immediately after the announcement OF a
second twenty -four-hoUr race Is not the BTarcln
model E R HoIlander, who has entered the car,
saws that this entry viii be a regular Fiat car,
without special qualifications.
Sharp rivalry has been developed between the
Fiat Toronto and the Fiat Cyclone which will meet
in a match race at the track tomorrow afternoon
Tho Toronto has been purchased by c. A Schroe-
der owner Of the motor boat Dixie II The short
races on Friday afternoon will begin at o'clock.
The most recent entry in the short contests is
55-horsepower Hotchkiss Of six-cylinder stock
model which viii compete In the I'VE ana nIty H4lS
free-for-aH races
The closing Of entries for the 2Oo-rniIe to be
held in Paramount Park. Philadelphia on October TO-
.borye that sixteen cars have been named to start
in the contest Arrangements have been made by
Dr. H r. owen chief surgeon Of the city Of
pbiIadeIphia for the taking care Of any accidents
which may occur during the races Dr. Owen has
organized an emergency corps OF twenty-five sur
seoDs who will be stationed at the danger points
along the course. Two hospital tents will also be
erected and equipped, near the start and an
other ar the hairpin turn the course. The en-
tries follow: Two LsOziers. two Locomotives, an
American Locomotive, a Maxwell, Peerless an
.--a-eo, = stUdebaker. an Acme, a Chadwick, a
Pullman a Pennsylvania. a WEIGH "A Stoddard-
DAYTON and Palmer Singer.
The American Automobile Association VIII comply
to-day with the conditions exacted by the Nassau
r,,,r+v Supervisors for holding OF the motor
sv,aepstakes over the Long Island Parkway course
on October 10 and the Vanderbilt cup race on Oc-
,ohr q Domestic bonds for $50 Co., SIS 600 for each
-ece will be filed to-day. and next week a binder
9 GOO 200 issued by I-loy1s. London, Will be
- This means that IIoVds has written on the