The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-16
Long Island Parkway Will
Be Used in Vanderbilt
Race Trials.
AMERICAN MODELS
IN PRELIMINARIES
Cup Course Over Trian. ular High
way 25.4 Miles in Leng5h-Ac-
commodations for Visitors.

While the fame of the william X
Vanderbilt, Jr., Cup race is probably
greater than that OF any Of the automo-
bile races of Europe, with the possible
exception of the Grand Prx. very little
is yet known about the new cement
course. on Long Island. over which the
1908 race is TO be run on October "a
II is fitting that the big American
motor classic should now come into
what might be termed its permanent
course on historic and picturesque Long
Island. over the public roads OF which
u has been run three times.
Eleven miles of the Long Island motor
parkway. headed 10y William *. Van
derbilt. IT,. donor of the cup, will be
completed early in October for elimina-
zion trials of the American cars, which
are going TO try for the cup. This
eleven miles IS not sufficient for the en-
tire course, but It is situated on the
great plateaus of the famous Hemp
stead plains. which are crossed by
many public highways. with surfaces
almost rs level as that of the cement
parkway Itself.
Ideal Triangular Course.
Through the cooperation of the super
vlsors of Nassau county the Vanderbilt
Gun commission has been given per-
mission 10 use fourteen miles of these
excellent county and State roads, which,
coined TO the parkway at either end,
make an Ideal triangular race course OF
about 25.4 miles.
Never before have such complete ar
langAments been made for the accom-
mediation of visitors 10 an automobile
race There will be eleven miles of eie-
giant parking space on either side of the
cement way, under the control of the
Vanderbilt Cup commission. Heavy steel
wire fences will line the parkway from
beginning 10 end so il will be impossible
for cars to pack al any particular spot.
They will be admitted at the Whale
neck avenue entrance, which is the
eastern entrance and beginning OF the
parkway, and lined single file, in ac-
CordancC with the official parking space
diagrams.
Cement Highway.
The cement portion of the new Van
derbilt Cup course will be twenty-eight
feet wide; crossing all intersecting rail-
roads and highways overhead by cement
viaducts. now in course of construction.
These ViaduCts and bridges are the most
expensive portions OF the new motor
highway. They must be fully twenty
feet above the level of the Interpreting
dirt and rail roads. The approaches must
be tapered down so that the racing cars
can take them at full speed. All of
the turns on the cement highway are
symetrically rounded and banked, per-
hitting a maintenance of the same
speed which the cars attain on the level
stretches.
After leaving the grandstand the racers
viii have a very fast run over the ce-
ment for sIx or eight miles eastward to
J3ethpage, where the parkway Joins
what is known as the Round Swamp
road, which runs north, on slight
grade. to the beginning Of the Plainvlc y
road. Following this road the car con-
tinues ON north IL its intersection with
q new extension of the Jericho turn
pike. At this point the course bends
CiIeCIIT west. AROUND what has been
dubbed the "FIatiTOn turn" The cars
have a very speedy stretch, nearly all
down grade. westward along the Jericho
turnpike extension TO Jericho, one of tho
Turns on the 1906 VanderyiIe course
From there the new course is Owe.
The old Jericho road TO its intersection
with the Old Westbury road; thence
south across a very fiat country TO the
Hampstead plains; thence TO the begin
ming of the cement way and eastward
over this TO the granGstand, tie starr
and finish. Near the beginning Of tht
parkway portion Of the new Vanderbilt
Cup course IS the famous Meadow
Brook Hunt Club. To the west of thi;
famous society rendezvous, along the
old country road is the town of Mine
ola West OF town. and about soul
miles from the entrance TO the parkway
is the Garden City Hotel. which will bt
the headquarters for the Vanderbilt CuI
commission.
II is a short run from this v-eil-knOwI
hosiery down the OLD country road e.,
the cement parkway and along this Il
The gTaudstand. so it will lie pOssibl,
for visitors to the cup race TO renal,
as heretofore in the Garden City Hote
over night and travel 10 the gTandstanC
by motor early in the morning