The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-22
TRIALS ON COURSE.
Workouts Slow, Due to Recent ly Oiled Roads, Which Halt
 Practice.
LARGE CROWD PRESENT
Machines Rnd Drivers Bcsmirched With Greasy Muck-Scycntee
 Cars Weigh in.

Motor Parkway, L. I. oct 2f.-prac., tiee work over the Vanderbilt cup clr- cult this morning was most unsatisfao- tory for the half score drivers who had their cars out It was a dark, cheer less morning and the wheemen appear ed to have little ambition The time about tho circuit, with one or two ex- captions, was the poorest on record, the one great drawback to fast going be- Ing a half mile of roadway north of the western end of the Motor Parkway. The oilers of this stretch of the road way were SO generous in the use of the black crude mixture employed that a thickness of several inches of dust and oil covered the surface of the road for the machines to scoot through. Result, each car, each driver and each me- chanician was covered with q coat of paint-like muck by the time the half mile stretch had been covered.
 Several drivers gave IL up without going full lap. and Pouget in the Bra zier No. 10 was the only driver who cared to make the round twice. Tho best time of tho morning was credited 10 the smallest car entered for the race, tho Knox No 20 though this ma chine did not complete a lap Bourgue drove this car from tho grand stand to the Westbury road, Q distance of scv- enteen miles, in 15 minutes and 10 sec- onds. Tho best complete lap was made by George Robertson in 21 minutes and 30 seconds. The No Knox started off bravely, but ploughed through the oil until Denison. the driver received a cake of dirt on the head, influencing him to take the nearest short cut for the camp at Krug's Corner
 The Brazler's two laps were done Tn % min. 4 sec. and 25 min. r sec, re- spectively. The Acme was content to jog about In i9 min S6 sec Luttgen, in the Mercedes No 5. covered the circuit in 23 min. 10 sec. Salzman was out in his Thomas and Foxhall Keene in his Mercedes, but because of the oil nelth- CT driver was anxious to keep up high speed. Willie Haupt in the Chadwick No. jogged about in Sl minutes The machine started out with tho body painted red and returned with fresh coat of black Willie's face was the same color, due to the oil.
 Although it was dark and cold, the biggest crowd of the week was scatter ed about the course to watch the prac- tlce spins. Herbert Lytle decided to take rest, and was among the specta- tors at the old Wesibury turn
 Al Poole, who was hurt just previous to the Lowell race, was among those present, too. Robert Graves owner Of the Mercedes, No. 3, which was dltchcd at Jericho on Sunday morning, an- nounced today that he would have his car back on the course for practice toe morrow morning Emil Stricleer who was Injured in the accident, left the Nassau hospital in Mineola this morn ing and said that he would certainly | be in the race.
 Andrew Murray, who was stricker's mechanician, and who had his skull fractured when the Mercedes ran wild passed a comfortable night at the hos pital He was able to take some solid nourishment for the first time, al- though he could not answer questions put to him. The physicians were more hopeful for his recovery Murray has a strong vitality and 1t is now hoped that he will survive the accident.