The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-10-04
ONLY SIX CARS
FINISHED RACE
George Robertson in Simplex,
No. 6, Winner at Brigh-
ten Beach Track.

bf5Snfon Beach Race Track. n. Y, Oct
a-Afisid the widest scenes. George Rob
e-tson. driving Simplex ear No 8. flashed
ntscss the finish line at the Brighton
Beach race trnek at 1870 O'Clock tonight.
the winner Of the second international
Neutrality-suspicious. automobile race for
motoring association Harry CObe.
driving a nfty-horsepower Losier ma
chine, was second and Montague Rob-
erts, at the wheel Of a seventy-two-horse-
power Thomas, was third. Six care fin-
sssed, all Of them being Americans. The
foreign cars, two French and two Ital-
ian, were put out Of the contest by acct
dents, az were three American cars. The
Ne. S-Simplex; Robertson and Lecault,
drivers; ! III miles
No. z-LOsier; CODE and Milford, driv-
No. s-Thomas: Roberts and Winter.
drivers LIS miles.
No. l1-Allen- kingston Lahweu and
PeppeTday. drivers; s07 miles
Ma 9-Clevelsnd; Chevrolet and Miller.
driverS: 623 miles
Nc l-stearns; Laurent and Marquis,
drivers SIS miles.
The best previous record was l.107 miles,
Exciting Struggle.
The struggle for second place threw
both Srandstands into the widest tumult.
Roberts driving like ane possessed. again
and again caught up with and passed the
car driven BY Cobe, cutting down the lat
teT's lead from nine TO four miles in the
tweaty-third hour, But Roberts car could
not stand the strain and Just as
IL seemed as II second place was his.
the motors went wrong and he had to
retire 10 his camp for new rubbers. When
he returned to the track the Losier car
had improved the opportunity ard the
zap between the two was eight miles. At
this iuncture the referee ordered the
Cleveland and Stearns cars to turn in
and give the leaders clear field to fin
iSh the race
One Killed; Five Injured.
one dead and five injured. half a dozen
racing automobiles smashed into worth
less sses, records for a circular track
Shattered-this tells the story OF the great
Neutrality-suspicious. automobile race which
ended tonight.
As the DEMONSTRATING contest drew TO a
close crowd OF more than $1,000 persons
gathered at the little race course by the
sea, There was excitement a-plenty from
start to finish of the race, for hardly
an hour went by without an accident hap
pening. The terrific speed maintained by
the racers cut the soft track into deep
ruts and every now and then the auto
mobiles would swerve into the low
fences.
There was keen disappointment in the
crowd this evening when No. 5, driv-
en- by the team of Strang and Basic, was
put out of the race by a mishap. AL
most from the start the Renault car had
been the contender for first hOnOrS. being
equal terms and sometimes ahead OF
car No. 6. which car during the closing
hours Of the race was fifty of more miles
ahead Of the other racers.
Winner Killed the Man.
With victory apparently assured by the
mishap TO No .. Lescault. who had sue
ceeded Robertson as driver of the Sim
pick No. 8, slackened speed ana drove
his car carefully so as to avoid a mis-
hap. 1t was the Simplex that was re-
sponsible for the death of Thomas F.
Pickett. the special policeman who
run down last night he was trying to
drive some boys off the track. and it was
impossible for the crowd to forget this
incident as the Simplex spun along in
the lead. Pickett died today in hos
pitai
After the Renault was knocked out Of
the race chief interest was as to which
would get second place. The struggle
for this honor was between No. 3 a Lo-
sier. and No. S. Thomas car. Roberts,
driver of the Thomas. kept the spectators
in A state of excitement by his daring
driving. He took the Thomas around the
mile track al the rate or fifty miles an
hour, but unfortunately for him his car
was followed by persistent bad luck, the
motors working poorly and shoes re-
peatedly getting out of order In the last
half of the twenty-third hour the i'll
fated car driven by Gratjen dashed
through the outer fence and turned tur-
tie. Gratjen's mechanic sustained bro
ken leg and possibly internal injuries.
Gratjen escaped with slight bruises
New Record Made.
The Simplex was given an ovation when
IL darted by the grand stand on the thou
sandth lap of the race. having made
new record for the thousand miles. 1t
covered the distance IN 20 hours 9 min
utes g. seconds. the best previous record
for the same performance having been
927 miles.
The hourly scores showed that the for
eign-rnade automobiles had been gradual
" eliminated from the until the final
struggle was left entirely to the Ameri-
cars.
NEW YORK WINS GOLF TROPHY.
Garden City, l.. l.. Oct. 3.-In the inter
city golf tournament here today New
York won from Boston in the B-hOle
match by TO 3 Boston yesterday de-
feated Philadelphia TO = The trophy
presented by z. w. Lesley of Philadel-
phia for supremacy in these contests Will
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