The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-04-24

broken, and he sustained internal In
iuries, He was taken TO the East
View hospital near the course.
The indefinite postponement and
even possible annulment or the race
was narrowly averted only few
hours before the time set for the race
this morning, after sensational meet
Ing OF the committee OF mannfactur-
ers directly In charge of the race.
This committee. headed by Robert
Lee Morrell, cautioned by State En-
gineer Skeene and Sheriff Lane, OF
Westchester county that they must
furnish security against damage To
the roads over which the cars were
TO run. had obtained a bond OF indem.
nifty from Lloyd. London Insurance
Agency. No American company would
undertake such a peculiar risk. IL
was only discovered late yesterday
that this bond did not include the lit
tie hamlet OF Greenburg, on the route.
The Greenburgers made a vigorous
stand and announced their intention
OF setting the towns steam roller In
the roadway and keeping II there to
prevent the contest. --------
Finally Henry Laws came forward
and agreed TO become personally re-
sponsible to the extent Of $4,000.
Soldiers and Ambuiances.
Many spectators, discovering the
prohibitive rates charged by the coun-
try folk for bed. lodging and entertain
ment, had spent most OF the night In
their trim. but cramped conveyances.
Like mushrooms in a field In heavy
dew, another class of humans had also
come upon the, scene. Forty-fve ofi-
GERS and "a men from the Ninth.
Thirteenth and Twenty-second regi-
ments were on duty before daylight,
policing the course, the most twisting
and dangerous ever negotiated by
automobiiists In such a race.
With considerable foresight, recog-
nizing the unusually dangerous course.
with It's many curved narrow road
ways, on which the passing at any
point whatever OF two fast moving
cars seemed to the casual observer
a perilous and nerve-racking expert
ment. the committee had called Into
service number OF easy-springed wa
CONS and doctors were on hand at fire.
guent points along the course 80 at
tend to the injured. These ambulances
Immediately had work to do In advance
of the race. Several minor accidents
were reported In the dark hours OF
the morning when the carloads Of In
coming spectators crowded the course
Most Of these consisted Of persons
knocked down.
When, at last, an attempt WAS
made to clear the track, veritable
riot occurred. The soldiers who had
canes for their arms In place Of guns.
went from one extreme to the other
and using poor judgment tried to
rudely shove many individuals.
order OF the start:
1--Bianchi. 40. Percy owen. SArtorl,
Italy.
2--Fiat, 60. f. r. HolIander. Cedrino.
Italy.
s--Apperson. so. s. b. Bowman. Lyle.
4-Isotta, SO. J. Fl. Tyson. strang.
Italy.
6-stearns, SO. F. b. stearns. Leland.
America.
s--Flat. 60. f. r. Hollander. Parker.
Italy.
7---Lozier. 46. II. A. Lozier, Kitchener,
s--stearns. 60. A, w. Church. Waugh
an, America.
s-Lozier. IS. H. A. I.ozier. milford.
America
io--Maja. IS. J. J. Brown, Murphy.
Il--lsotta, 90. c. Hamilton. Poole,
Thomas. so. M Roberts. Roberts.
America
ls--stearns. so. H w. whippie. Old
is-Renanit. So. p Lacroix. Bernin,
is--Panhard. so. A. Masenet. Robert
son, France.
16-- HoI-Tan. 40. G. H. Tangeman,
billiard, America.
17-Allen- Kingston, 40. A. Hemmer-
stein. DePalma, America.
is--Renault. IS. II. Guggenheim.
is-Isotta. so. C. Hamilton Harding,
2c-Benz. 60 l. j. Bergdoll. Bergdoll.
Germany.
2i-Simpiex. SO. NJ j. Seymour. Sey-
mour America.
22-simpiex, so. C. A. Singer. Watson.
America.
The word was given TO Sartori at
exactly minutes after five o'clock.
His big machine had been throbbing
like human being. 1t shot away like
an arrow and In almost an instant
was out of sight to the eastward.
Almost exactly at one minute inter
walls the cars followed the Italian like
so many greyhounds let loose after
fox
Barney Oldfeld," In the Stearns
car. which bore the hoodo No. 13. was
grinning and smoking cigarette
when he came to the scratch. He
seemed the most popular OF all the
racers and was loudly cheered
In order of their start, the cars rep
resented the following countries:
United States-Nos 8, s, Z, 8, 9, II,
10. 16. IL, Fl and %.
Italy--Nos. 1, 2. 4, 6. IL and 10.
France--Nos. IA. Is and Is.
Austria--No. TO-
Germany-No. 20.
Car No. 4. Isotta, Strang driver. was
the first to complete the lap, In the
splendid time of 80 minutes and ~
seconds.
No 8, Apperson. Lyle driver. came
second almost Immediately. His time
was Al minutes fat.
Cedrino in the Flat. No. 2. passed
next, having made the lap In 81 min
utes and one second, deducting ten
minutes for the control at Mt Ksco;
official time, "A minutes and one sec
ond.
Car No. 8. Stearns, passed the stand
at 6:04 and 16 seconds. oflcial time
for lap as minutes and 16 seconds.
At 6:1S the megaphone man an
nounced that car 20, the Simplex car,