Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-04-24
COURSE DANGEROUS,


For just little over 50 miles the
curse winds through picturesque coun-
try in northern Westchester county.
About every turn of the course Is a
dangerous spot and there had been
many predictions of serious accidents
before the race was run. The danger
Of the course, and the possibility of
serious mishaps, had added tremen-
dously TO the interest usual In contests
Of this kind and long before the hour
scheduled for the start, the course was
med with automobiles filed with Spec-
lators. As early as o'clock this morn
,hS IT was estimated that not less than
u, 900 autos were packing the course.
Thousands of persons crowded the
vantage points ana when the first racer
was sent away he entered course
lined with humanity on either side,
from end to end
The start had been scheduled for 4:25
o'clock, but 1t was 40 minutes later be-
Tore preparations for the beginning
Of the race had been completed.
THE START.
AT Exactly SOY the starters. pistol
rang out and car No. / with Sartori
al the wheel, shot across the line and
started away ON the long journey. The
other cars followed at intervals of one
minute without the slightest untoward
incident to mar the start. The veteran
Barney Oldheld, Who braved the fate
associated with the No. Is by driving
car carrying those figures, was given
a rousins cheer when he stood at the
starting line waiting FOR the signal, He
accepted the greeting with confidence
nnd sent grateful look to the shout
ing thousands as he sped across the
iue. II BECAME apparent within a very
lew minutes after the start. that de-
spite predictions to the contrary, tree
mendously high speed was to be made
over at least some portions of the
course. Forty-two minutes had been
reported as the best time over the 81
mile course I'm the trials and many be-
lieved that no better time than this
could be expected during the race. Al
b:H o'clock, II minutes after the first
EAR had left the starting point, how
ever word came back from Armonk
that four cars already had passed that
place, II miles away.
One Of these four cars had only been
IL minutes on the road, another "A, n
third IL and another u minutes. That
the drivers found IT impossible to
maintain this geat speed over the en-
tire length of the crooked billy coure.
became apparent before the end OF the
llst round. Strang IN car No. 4, the
tlrst TO complete the circuit, crossed the
Inc IN 80 minutes, ~ seconds. He was
l'uhlNg l-yllle' III cur NO. d, only ny
Few seconds, but he maintained his adj
vantage through the second round,
which he completed in IS minutes, IS
seconds, with n lead of minutes, "a
seconds over Byttle. and also was i'm
the lead at the end of the third round.
which was made in 30 minutes. is Sec
ogds
POSITION or CONTESTANTS.
Aside from the leaders the other
contestants held TO their positions fair
lyl We'll in the initial round, the order
az the finish of that round being
sirang I'm No 4, Lyttle In No. 3, &C.
uilno In No, 2, Leland In No. ;, Sartorl
IN No !, Parker In No. G, Vaughan
~ No S, Murphy In No. 10, Poole IN
NO II, Milford In No. .. Kitchener in
10 Z oldheld in No. 10. DePalma In
no Y, Seymour In No. "a, billiard I'm
10 l6 Robertson In No. Is, Harding in
no 10, Roberts In No. n, Bloch in No.
~ bergdoll I'm No 20, Barnin IN No. n.
watson In car No. %, was the first
man to come 10 grief HIS machine
eolllded with post at East View and
was 80 badly disabled that II was
three hours after the start before he
nod made repairs and finished the first
round.
SOME DIFFICULTIES.
some OF the difficulties with Mhlrh
the drivers had To contend became
more and more apparent as the rae"
progressed. Between Pine bridge ana
NOUN kisco there were four tullH
which tried tho nerves of the drivers,
nut IN the early stages OF the race,
car after car was sent around without
a mlshap, At the second turn noln
Pine bridge, ana about mile FROM,
the rlace there Is hllly spot In the