Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-10
ESQ MILES MADE IN 3.39.10
Averages Sixty-Four Miles an Hour
for Entire Distance.
VICTORS IN OTHER CONTESTS
Hughes Leads Exciting Struggle in
Meadowbrook Sweepstakes on
Long Island.

motor Parkway sweepstakes. the big
race of the day. His time was 5
hours 81 minutes 10 seconds.
Strang's time in second place was :;
hours 80 minutes p seconds Lech-
leitner. car P. ~, was third; time,
hours IL minutes seconds. Les
cault. car P. AZ. was fourth; time, 4
hours Is minutes IL seconds
The Nassau sweepstakes was won
by Easter, car n. 3, completing the
100 miles at II: O5 am. in hours.
minutes, 80 seconds. Cameron, n. 4.
was second.
William II. Sharpe. car G. ~. won
the Garden City sweepstakes: time. ::
hours 10 minutes, 81 seconds. Bourque.
car G. 81 was second; time. hours, 3
minutes. II seconds.
Burns, in car ]. II. scored an easy
victory in the Jericho sweepstakes.
covering the $50 miles In hours. =
minutes. 36 seconds. j. G. Ainslie. in
car J. 16, was second, in hours, l.
minutes.
The only exciting race of the day
was the Meadowbrook sweepstakes.
which was won by II. Hughes in
hours. AZ seconds. l.. A Disbrow fin
ished second. minutes and 45 sec
onds behind the winner. after a keen
struggle lasting throughout the great
er part Of the 90 miles.
MOTOR PARKWAY. L. l.. October TO-
Herbert Lyle, driving the Isotta car.
won the Motor Parkway sweepstakes this
afternoon. the big race of the day. COW
ering the $50 miles in hours 30 minutes
10 seconds. thereby creating a new Amer
lean record for the distance.
His average for the entire distance was
sixty-four miles an hour.
Car P46. Renault. driven by Strang,
was second. Time. hours 40 minutes
% seconds.
The one relieving feature of the dead
monotony from a spectators point of
view in the Long Island Motor Parkway
sweepstakes was speculation as to
whether the terrific pace begun by
Lyle in his italian car would be held.
without accident to the machine and
without some slow up which would cut
down his pace average.
But he was able to maintain his high
powered drive to the end. His record
stands as the fastest in the country.
The nearest approach to it was Hem
ery's in the Vanderbilt race of 1905. ap-
proximately 300 miles, at the rate of 40
miles per hour. Europe has the world s
record of 66.25 miles.
Lytle's record Is notable not only as
showing his skill. but demonstrating the
suitability of the track for high time
work. The track also showed special
freedom from causes of minor accidents.
Reports from the course showed that
excepting for the overturning Of Karl
Wrght's machine In the Jericho and the
broken arm sustained by Miller's me-
chanic. no one was hurt. There were only
trifling troubles with machinery and tires.
There were no collisions or even narrow
escapes.
List Of Casualties.
Two men were hurt. at the Jericho
Westbury turn by a piece Of metal flying
from one Of the cars as 1t sped around
the turn. The names of the injured were
given as Myron Albin Of Oyster Bay and
Ebert Matthews of Hampstead.
Albin was said to have suffered injury
to his skull. Matthews a severe scalp
wound. Both walked a quarter mile to
an ambulance and were taken to the
Nassau Hospital.
A. G. Miller (G-2D was the first driver
to receive injuries as the result: of an
accident.
LIE Motto, the mechanic Of car Cpl,
was badly shaken up and one Of his arms
was broken in the accident al Plaln-
view Miller, the driver, escaped injury,
and as the car was not badly damaged
it continued In the race, Miller at the
steering wheel.
Attendance Was Small.
Though the attendance this forenoon
was surprisingly small. the races them
selves were good. The outlook was for
Increasingly interesting work during the
Nassau and the Motor Parkway sweep
stakes
The small cars OF the former were
doing spunky execution and elected ad-
miration In the star class the M s.
flashed by the grandstand meteorically.
I ,ttIn in machine.
flashed a lap in 22.11, approximately I'll
miles an hour.
The wind had abated somewhat by
noon. An overcast sky and increasing
fog had narrowed the field OF vision.
Either end OF the grand stretch was. now
ever visible The missile-like projection
of the cars from the homestretch turn
and their quick disapr earance in the out
going pathway was eagerly watched.
Greatest speed was usually maintained at
the stands.
Az the race progressed the smaller cars
began to fall behind. was TO be eX-
pected. Tire trouble and similar ailments
became more frequent.
Five miles eastward from Garden City
and about an hours train ride from
broadway. at the middle OF clear. three
mile straightaway. cement-fOored stretch
Of the new milIion-dollar motor park
way" which. in its tXenty-three and one
half miles outline of racing way, incloses
Carolina thirty-four various powered con-
vsrted stock motor cars were sent away
early this morning in the five classes of
81 900 prize sweepstakes: the motor park
way sweepstakes. 80 miles, for cars sell
ing at 81 OGU or over: the Meadowbrook,
ri miles, selling at $1,000 to $1,000: Gar
den City, 20O miles. $2.OOl to $1,000: Jeri-
cho. 100 miles. S1.O91 to 5000. and the
Nassau sweepstake, 100 miles, $1,000 and
under.
The day was clear. with a raw wind
which made furs necessary for comfort.
so that the stands were slow in filling
The new nine-mile section of concrete
promised great possibilities for speed. but
for accidents as well. The roadway is
but twenty-five feet wide, and greatest
nicely of muscle and eye was necessary
when three cars got side by side.
Strong wire fences set thirty-fve feet
back shut in the course on either side.
and within the Enclosure are parking
places for cars. The repaired section OF
track, fourteen miles. is wider. and has
been put in prime condition by rolling and
nearly 5000 gallons of OIL The entire
circuit Is practically dustless.
Just before o'clock the cars for the
various sweepstakes We're lined up back
of the starting point. The race was ready
for the series of half-minute send-aways
of the five classes, the band was playing.
but the audience was lacking. In the
grandstand there were hardly 300 people.
with. but a half hundred Or so cars in
the parking places. The stiff breeze of
~ -, ,l;ar morning had become a wind