Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-07
Secure First Three Places in
Auto Race at Oieppe.
TWO MEN KILLED OUTRIGHT
Victor's Time, 6 Hours IS Minutes
and 43 IS Seconds.
NEARLY MILLION SEE EVENT
Record Cut l Hour and As MinuteA
Most Exciting Since Grand Prix
Was Inaugurated.

DIEpPE. July Tine grand pix, inc
blue ribbon Of the automobile world. was
won today by a German, LautenschlaEer.
driving a Mercedes car. His time was
6 hours 53 minutes 43 )4-5 seconds. Hem
cry. in a Benz, was second, and Hanriot,
also in a Benz. was third. The German
victory was not popular, but still the
crowd cheered Lautenschlager with
right good will.
There were numerous accidents and two
men were killed outright. Cissac and his
engineer. Schaub. were the victims. While
finishing the final round the tire OF their
machine, a Panhard. was torn on. the
car was thrown on top Of the two men
and they were horribly crushed We1gei
car, driven by Harrison. an Eneifshman.
turned a somersault at dangerous point
in the road near Eu and Harrison was
badly crushed. The surgeons say MS IN
juries are not mortal. When Strang turned
up after the race he explained that he had
had tire trouble at every round and that
finally his cylinder was washed out.
Lautenschlager's time was hours 50
minutes 43 seconds. Hemery. driving q
Benz was second. in Z hours minutes
| and "a seconds, and Hanriot, also drv-
ing Benz car, was third, In hours ,
| minutes and Is seconds. The average
speed Of the winner was 111.2 kilometers'
or 69O5 miles. an hour.
Almost a million people today saw Ger
| man drivers capture the automobile hon
ors OF 1908. They got the hrst three
places in the Grand Prix race, while an
other German cut down the Dieppe track
record by one hour and forty-ive min
utes The race today was the most ex-
citing since the Grand Prix was inaugu-
| rated
| Terrific Pace at the Start.
| A terrific pace was set at the start. and
three Frenchmen-Szisz. Thery and Bah
lot-and Wagner. an Italian. and Salzer
German. beat the lap record made
last year in the first round. In the Sec
ond round Navarro. driving a Fiat forged
| to the lead, but the strain soon began to
| tell on the leaders. Tire trouble then
developed, and a strong wind. at times
| reaching the proportions Of half gale.
| that blew straight In the faces Of the
drivers as they came down the sea lex
| Of the triangular course, forced q reduc-
ton Of speed and put an end to the hope
entertained earlier in the day that the
record OF last year would Be broken.
| Lautenschlager in his Mercedes drove
steadily, and took the lead in the fourth
round, when Navarro dropped back. owing
to q jammed clutch, and he maintained
this position to the finish
The English drivers never were promi
nent from the beginning, and Strang, the
American. driving . Thomas car. after
4 finishing the fourth round next to the
leader, disappeared. After tho fourth
round the Italians also dropped out and
never were in the race.
The Old Veteran, Thery.
The French. however. kept UP the strua-
gle, but one by one their crack drivers.
like Szisz in a Renault and Duray in .
Lorraine, succumbed and left only Thery.
in Brasier. to see the fight out. Thery
Is the old veteran who won the Gordon
Bennett cup in 1903 He was closely
pressed by Hemery ana Handiot. two
other French veterans, driving Benzes
German cars. In the fourth and fifth
rounds these five cars swept around the
course with the regularity OF clockwork.
In the next round, however. Thery had a
tire accident, and the last hope Of the
French witnesses was gone.
The Frenchmen found much consolation
in the gallant conduct Of Hemery, who
finished second. When the race was about
half over a stone thrown by flying wheel
struck and broke his goggles, and a piece
Of glass was driven into his eye. He con-
tinued to the tribune. and there his acci-
dent was made known. But he refused to
quit. After a surgeon had given him an
injection Of cocaine to kill the pain he re-
sumed his wheel and continued to the
end. The German victory is naturally not
very popular with the French. but never
theless thousands cheered Lautenschiager
as he came in q winner.
AS Lautenschlager was escorted to the
presidential box. where he was congrat-
ulated by NJ. Maujan, under secretary oil
the interior, who represented President
Fallieres. the band played the "Wacht|
Am Rhein." Baron Won Zuylen, president
OF the Automobile Club Of France, sent al
| telegram to Emperor William announcins|
the success of the German drivers.