The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-10
AUTOMOBILE RACES Detroit Tigers Who WM Again
Thirty-seven Cars to Hum Over Vanderbilt Course on Long
 Island To day,
GREAT EVENTS PREDICTED
Drivers of iIigh-Classcd Machines Will Try to Set New Marks--Track
 Remodelcd With Great Care.

Garden City, N r., oct. 9.-Thirty- seven cars of American and foreign make are entered in the five sweep stake automobile races to be run to- morrow over the remodeled Wander bilt cup course on Long Island, under conditions that bid fair to mark the beginning of new era in automobile road racing in this country and not improbably make automobile history in the matter of broken records all along the line in this department of motoring. The first ear will be sent away from the starting tape at 9 o'clock and the other cars at brief ln- tervals
 Preparations for the event nave been made on scale of completeness probably unequalled in the records of 1 American road racing. During the past week the various entrants have established camps an along the course while the drivers have kept at the task of famliarlzing themselves with the turns and hills on the twenty-five mile circuit.
 The course has been made as near ly perfect as possible Nine miles of cement track have been laid during the summer, this section being the completed part of the new Long Is land motor parkway, while the other sixteen miles have been transformel from ordinary country highways into a continuous stretch If thoroughly packed and oiled macadam Grade crossings have been eliminated and the turns made as safe as possible.
 Only two dangerous turns remain the "Halrpin" a Woodhury and the old Westbury bend. lt is here that accidents arc looked for f any occur
 An ample guard of uniformed dep uties has been provided for the entire circuit to keep me course clear ana 10 guard the spectators as far as pas sibe from accident The parkway course is lined on either side with strong wire fence. held by strong posts the two fences being 100 feet apart the width of the parkway right of way Within this limit parking spaces have been reserved for spectators in automobiles, while hundreds of tenn porary automobile stalls and tempo rary repair ships have been built for the convenience of those who motor 10 the scene of the race A perman- ent grandstand 600 feet in length and seating 5000 persons has been erected opposite the starting point
 The principal interest is in tho mo- tor parkway sweepstakes, not only be- cause of the severe test of driving skill and endurance afforded by the distance 250 miles. The entrants in- clude such well nown drivers as Lewis Strang, Herbert Lytle, Lescault and Lechleitner.
 Tn way the Parkway is tryout for tho Vanderbilt cup race which has for years been the premier auto mobile event and which will be held over the same course on october 24 Many of these same drivers and cars are entered in the cup races.
 Following are the events to be con tested tomorrow:
 Motor Parkway sweepstakes for cars selling over 5000; distance, ten laps (about 250 miles). Entry fee $50. Prize, sl,00O in cash or plate to the winner.
 MeadowbrooS sweepstakes, for cars selling from S3,Ooi to s40OO; distance nine laps (about 225 miles); entry feet, S125; prize. $l,0OO in cash or plate to the winner
 Garden City sweepstakes, for cars selling from S2.oO1 to $3,O00; distance eight laps (about 200 miles); entry fee $100 prizes $1,O00 in cash or | plate to the winner.
 Jerich sweepstakes, for cars selling from $1001 to s200O, distance, six laps (about 150 miles); entry feet $75 prize, $1,0OO in cash or plate to l the winner.
 Nassau sweepstakes, for cars sell ing for Sf,000 and under; distance four laps Cabout 100 mles); entry fee, $50; prize, $l,oOo in cash or plate l to the winner.