New-York tribune., 1908-10-11
RACE At A MILE
A MINUTE SPEED
LYTLE DRIVES HIS CAR
TO VICTORY.
T5gO or Three Machines Wrecked,
BAT No Serious accidents in
automobile S7ceepstaItes.

Driving at better than a mile a minute Herbert
Iytle steered the -Fraschini car that tn
Savannah, Briarclif and Lowell stock races, to
victory yesterday in the Motor Parkway Sweep
satkes that was The feature Of the five sweep
stakes that the feature Of the FIVE sweep
Long Island Motor Parkway. the new course,
with its eleven miles of fenced-in cement speed
ing ground, by making the fastest time ever re
corded American road race His time for the
circuit Of 25460 miles WAS hours 29 minutes and
10 seconds, and he maintained the remarkable
average speed Of C428 miles hour, which was
faster than in any one Of the three Vanderbilt Cup
races held Long Island in 19oi, 1895 and 1895
Just a few seconds than eleven minutes
behind the winner in the big race OF the day was
Lewis Strang. driving q Renault Strang drove
rhe Isotla that yesterday 10 victory At Sa-
vann2h. Briarein and Lowell and he drove a
magnificent race yesterday in the RenauIt making
an average speed Of just over sixty miles an hour
and completing the long circuit without stop. In
third place ITALIA car driven BY LechleIt-
ner- Both he and Lytle, the first Of all American
road drivers TO win great fame. handled their cars
with skin and daring that have never been exceled
in such race and their fast time speaks louder
Ter The merit of their work than anything that
be said here.
IN the other events the winners were q Buick. in
the class for the cheapest cars. and. going up
$500 class in price, the Chalmers-Detroit the
Sharp-Arrow. making its first appearance in any
sort Of a race, and the Auen-Kingston
NO SERIOUS ACCIDENTS IN RACE.
Despite the terrific pace maintained by the cars
The race was remarkably free from accidents. The
most serious Of TIE day that in which flying
piece OF metal from the tooIbo Of Of the racers
struck Myron Albert, Of Oyster Bay, as he watched
the race at Westbury. His skull was fractured
and he was taken 10 the Nineoia Hospital where
II said late last night that his condition while
serious, not considered dangerous. Albert
Mathews, OF Hampstead, was struck also, and sus-
tained a scalp wound.
The most serious mshap 70 any one engaged in
The race WAS that in which Ia Motto, the mechanic
Of one Of the Stod5art-Dayton cars sustained a
broken when Miller drove the car into the
ernbankuent at Tlainfeld- One other car also
Stoddart-Dayton. turned turtle at Westbury on the
first round. but no one was hurt In this smash.
Several cars reported minor troubles with tires
and parts of their engines but these troubles were
amazingly few. considering the number Of cars
always the road
1t was generally felt that faster time would
have been made by the high powered cars in the
chief race had there not been many small and
comparatively slow cars 10 clog the roads. This
made constant slowing up necessary.
The crowd much smaller than expected.
not more than fifteen thousand persons being on
hand, although accurate estimates were made diff
cult by the extent of the course. Many parties
made the trip to the course by automobile and
took Up positions al scattered points along the
circuit. and many more would undoubtedly have
been present except for the threat OF rain that
persisted all through the night and early morning
The race Ia cold gray mist, and the
dismal aspect Of tie countryside was increased
by the great clouds Ct dust raised IN the dry roads
by the automobiles that t,ayersed th@m on their
way TO the course
Astonishing speed was made by the cars in all
classes, and the new course amply justified all
that its origiuators and builders have had TO say
about Il The Isotta car that shattered every
American road record Is q stock model like every
other car IN the race, while the Daracq car, that
won the Vanderbilt Cup in 1st5 driven by Henery,
which had the best previous record for road rae
ing here, was a specially built racer, intended
purely speeding machine
SMALLER CARS RUN WELL
In the classes for the smaller and cheaper cars
there We're some fine performances. The Nassau
SWEEPSTAKES, open cars selling for less than
slooH, was tv B-Icl machine driven by
living Easter This The third Of the thirty
three starters TO set away. and finished the first
round first % al, ia the excellent time for small
a car. Of 81 minutes 52 seconds. Few would have
been disappointed had that been the tine for
OF the biggest cars in TIE race. and when the fig
ures were announced "a gasp of surprise went up
and there was general feeling that the
sure 10 cevelo0 sensa tional speed.
The winning Buick made the four circuits OF
the course 1t was required 10 complete IN hours
minutes and e seconds and less than eight min
utes behind, Cameron car. driven by F. F Cam
eron. was second Mitchell third and
fourth with another BHick fifth and q Cadillac
sixth
In the Jericho Sweepstakes the class for cars sell
Ing between $1,000 and $1,000 which had to cover
six laps or 1876 miles three cars ont Of the seven
tnat started finished before the race was called of
AZ 1:30 O'Clock. " r Burns and ". II. Bowers
drove Chalmers Detroit machines into
ord pace. st-ik'usiy good performance for drivers
and cars The tine Of the winning car was hours
2 minutes and sS seconds, and the second machine
was barely zen minutes slower. The third to
finish was Mitchell, driven by Frank Zirbes
WRECK OF THE sTODDARD-DAYTON
The first accident e the race occurred 10 2 car
in this class the first Z p when c. Wright driv-
ing 2 Stoddard-Iayton. shidjed and turned turtle
al the Jericho turn Westbury Neither the
driver nor his mechanic vas hurt but the car was
total wreck.
One OF the surprises Of the race vas developed
il the next class, the Garden city Sweepstakes,
for cars selling for from 800 5000 The prize
by the dark horse" a Sharp-Arr
car. driven by its designer William Il. Sharp. The
time. hours y minutes "a seconds for eight laps or
1916 miles, 4 good performance and gave it
the victory by margin Of nearly fifty minutes over
BourQUes Knox. the second car. The hoodoo that
hung over the Stoddart- Dayton car was working
make. which finished third. less than three minutes
behind the Knox. would have made q much better
showing had IL not been for accident the most
serious Of the race that delayed II badly on the
afth lap.
The accident came on the Parkway proper. at
Piainfed, and Ia Note. the mechanic was
thrown cut when the car was forced into the bank
Ia Notes was broken, and there was a mild
sensation {: the stand when the big White steamer
that served az an ambulance sped OF 10 lend help
Miller got another mechanic. his car being unIn
jured, and made fDe attempt TO pick UP the lost
ground.
sharp's tine n this class was SO good that IL
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