New-York tribune., 1908-10-04
RoRERTS0N WINS
BIG AUTO RACE
cuasHES EVERY RECORD
IN FLYING CAR.
ud Fight for Second Place Won
br Lozier Car after Daring
Spurt By Thomas.
rv.L SCORE IN 24-HoUR AUToMo-
BILE RACE

Fr,rfous record Io7s miles
cheering crowd greeted the finish Of the twenty
ho-,- automobile race Of the Motor Racing
,sso,isrson al Brighton Beach track last night
- -Aa Si-plex car. driven by George Robertson,
,,r.s -sst the g-andstand at 1880 O'Clock. with
= lilies 10 its cre1it. The record made three
- ago u-zs 1913 mics. and Robertson-s work
= .r-crryp the present race had been cutting into
- a. tine OF the Iozie- that formerly carried off
= .,-4~s The second car IN last nights race
=. ,As T.ozfs- No .. with record Of l125 miles.
= Thomas six-cylinder third. with LIS
rnss
- e-erts showed that one man had been killed
"a 4ve injured. The property loss was repre-
,-.ss IN the smashing OF half a dozen. valuable
.,s 2 Pickett, the special policeman who
- ~ three cars in the third hour Of the race on
r>1ssv 7ir-t died late yesterday afternoon. The
,sss accident occurred when he Zust car crashed
.,-s the inner fence a e.9 o'clock last night.
rhs-lss Brown. the mechanician. was thrown out.
z-t Natien the driver.
Browns Ieg vas fractured. and Natjen escaped
us+b bruises. The machine travelling al
..--fsce pace the tinie. and q mad rush was
made by many Of the fifteen thousand spectators
- rross the track get to the scene Of the mis-
h.p The excellent police arrangements however,
hsls the crowd rack and prevented further harm.
s.- The Thomas snd Lozier cars were being driven
g lightning speed AZ the time. This was the sec
md
s,ne through the fence in the early hours OF the
struggle
Following the accidents of tie first few hours
-acing e crowd Of perhaps one thousand had
s-aved t the course despite the cold wind and the
high rrices q everything warming. from ham
sandwiches 70 high halls Therefore there was
s-u good sized crowd when at s:45 o'clock in the
rsornnE ali the cars were called OF the track to
Merritt The watering oiIng and rolling Of the
ros5b45 that had beer torn up by the speed eaters
he -=ep-re lasted hour and 70 n1inUtes-a period
losr enough 70 permit the enthusiasts TO go 70
reper Island where there IS stiH lunchroom that
ssls ham and" al reasonable prices
Rr noon when the cars were once more getting
+--. -rsir swing rze crowds began 10 stream in
.,-, srs-bz--sr There were plenty Of automo-
ens ns-ries and Al one time fully eight hundred
c.-s ve-e marked within the track inolosure ana
.he carriage sheds of nearby hotels Inc auto
-,ss1s fraternity had learned that previous records
-. .s+,g Smashed. and tie fact that the temper
.,--s "a ra1e up also operated as an attraction
70 the seaside track
Feeo-e ire middle Of the afternoon the crowd
80 decided that the race had simmereo down 10
szvz- entries and that first place was naileo ana
rive-s5 br George Robertson IN his simplex car.
ne Iozjer driven BY AIulford. and the IheHlas
stx-rrlinser u-ers aghtfng fer second place Thus
Il cane about that the big crowd Sonceh'Ia'eu
rs etrention on these three cars
--e ether surviving entries out Of the fourteen
-Az- ha5 beer listed were the Allen-hlnEsten. TIE
Cleveland. The stearns and tbs Zust THIS Doll
TX down II 1re lot. however, was the resulC q
s717s irving rnishaps Shortly before O'Clock
IeEis Sr-anr drove his Renault out 70 lie 'h7
r,o-s s-= - the earning moment he was put out
= sase The connecting rod snapped and
----1es through the motor base So the car was
v--5s-swn The other RenauIt entry, No. u
crashed through the fence % the backstretch on
F4isv night and was so badly wrecked that It was
Withdrawn
z7--t- ar hour after the passing Of Strang and
rig car g-e Thomas No s, broke its chain ano
zss taken Of for repairs. The Fiat No s. was
-rrss .--o -be maddox because its gear broke
and TIE Acme car, which was 20 T. was Win
Drawn in -he proverbial eleventh hour
V--ue re crowd was s11rging about the rails
ed asking all sorts Of questions the crews OF
rspaire-s IN the various camps Of the PADDOCK
were doing t-e work Of their lives The Thornas
ca- for example was represented by twenty men
tr black sweaters and red skull caps, when mace
then l9ck Ike hockey players
Every few rounds or another sEerVea
INC the tented camp 20 be fed with gasoline,
ee1che6 with water shod with tires Each
trs his ha7pened the crowd that had grown tired
q the brayinE band and the eye wearying Fouha
hs6 guessing contest. to speak Chaureurs'
vho had heretofore been merely servants. rose 10
tae rank u savants because their employers con-
EstaL them as 10 their opinion on the reason fer
certain driver and certain car going INTO ih7
mysterious inner field and losing valuable minutes
A. sEsrnrle q the work was the treatment OF
- Simplex which destined to be the winner
The chuaHy red car. which had been scurrying
soOGt -he red brown course Ike A frightened
chameleon. was brought into the paddock at
tcoek II the afternoon AL four tires were taken
q and new tires were put on, while five men were
o2zy replacing repairing the ''innards' Of the
engine Within fifteen minutes the car was once
hore On Tie course ripping OF q schedule OF
h-fy-nve niles better hour, with a douDie
winged fringe = r1sset dust IN its wake
Al 5'G O'clock yesterday afternoon the race was
Eo1ped for hair an hour while sprinkling cars went
soout n prepare the track for the final spurt The
crowd began q move about. and even the bettihs
--s vas busy place although there We're Ho
f-lEe-rons usIce evidence 10 listen 70 "iidt
'lf verbal bets" might be. II vas after this
oref respite that the finishing hours Of the con
t& began. From that lime until the finish me
ie7 lay three-cornered proposition between
Le Simplex the Thomas six-cylinder ana ihe
Loze-