The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-04-23
DEATH Turks IN
BR|ARCL|FF WHILE
CARS FINISH SPINS
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could hardly avoid it, whirling around a
sharp curve or skidding down q Slip
perry hill.
From Mount Kisco the racers sped
on to Wampds Lake, our miles over a
road so winding thai a change of gears
is necessary. The road broadens mere
so that one racer car pass another
without jumping into the ditch.
The course to Armonk, n and one
half miles from Wanpus Lake, is made
-treacherous by one L turn and sew
eral wide, sweeping curves. The sur
face of the road is good.
! From Armonk to Valhalla, five miles
off, there is one curve so sharp that the
racers come to a practical stop. 1t was
on this curve that the Allen-kingston
car turned turtle.
The cars bounced and tossed about
on the road from Valhalla to East
View, three ald three-fourths miles;
leaped down abrupt dips and around
sharp turns. but met with a fine road
for the next two miles on to Haw-
thorne. There is one sharp turn here.
but the racers T~oited by the expert
ence of the Mathesen car. which rolled
owe in making the half circle.
Course Narrows mt Finish.
There is a fine road and easy turns
from Hawthorne TO Briarcliff. but there
are two bridges and a railroad cross
ing, and the course is narrow as it ap-
%proaches the grandstand.
Here is where the racers hope to
male the greatest speed in the race to-
morrow. What is feared most is that
cars will @empt to pass each other in
kls- .,@ It.t,z ~ paa1TFTox and If
they do an accident is almost certain.
The speed tests thisl morning We're
of the Notwithstanding, ~hair-curling sort.
A. L. Campbell and Ralph de Palma,
before their accident at Armonk yes
terday, traversed the course in about
forty-eight minutes, which is regarded
as record time, and today's racers were
endeavoring to break this record.
1t is estimated today that more than
two hundred thousand persons will
Journey from New York to witness the
race. Small grand-stands have been
erected along the course.
There are at least thirty turns where
drivers who rave any value for their
lives will shut off all power. There
are fifteen where the most reckless
must stop power or be MANNED or
hlllGb- liti0 l Abi < 81 10 N
the ordinary method of meeting a turn
by skidding must be volde because
of the narrowness of the road.
The racers must send their cars ten
times over the course. This may cause
a shortening of the race.
Today 1t looked as though the entry
list would be made up of these men and
the following stock cars:
Prossen, Bianchi; Cedrino, Flat;
Lytle, Apperson; Strang, ~Isotta; Lee
land, Stearns; Kitchener, Lozier;
Vaughan, S%tearns: milford, Lozier,
Murphy, Maja; Poole, ~Isotta; Roberts,
Thomas; Oldfeld, Stearns; Bernin, Re-
nault; Robertson, Panhard; Hilliare,
Hol-Tan; Bloch, Renault; Harding,
Isotta; Bergdoll, Benz; Seymour, Sim
pick; Watson, Simplex; w. Allen, AL
len-Kingston.
The committee in charge of the race
announced last night that several
weeks ago insurance to the amount of
1921 900 had been taken out to indem-
Nifty the towns through which the an-
tomobiles will pass in case of accident.
The course will be policed by SS5
guards. 300 fagmen and forty deputy
sheriffs.