New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-08-02
FOR VANDERBILT CUP 1
CHANCE FOR HIGH SPEED.
Flat Country and Leuel Roads
Likely to Tempt Daring. DriUers.

rs,a,ied information regarding the course for the
Vanderbilt Cup race in October. as announced yes
,eraay from the Offices of the American Autonoone
Association. shows that the course Is one OF inc
best ever selected for such event
1t will be possible for the winning car TO attain
an average speed of fully seventy miles an hour.
There are hills OF any considerable grade, ana
more one-half of the circuit is slightly down
HILL other half s practically dead level IN
Guiding eleven miles Of specially laid cement hish-
way more than twenty feet wide at Its narrowesl
point banked and dished upon all turns, with easy
grades approaching railroad and public highway
crossings The rest of the circuit is made up OF
state and county roads, which in the best OF
condition. and over which the racing cars can
travel as fast the cement parkway.
The northern boundary of the course Is the well
known Jericho Turnpike, beginning at the old
.'Westbury road. about three miles east OF krug
Corner and running miles east to the ntersec-
ton of the Woodbury. and Hicksville macadam
road The western boundary OF the course is COM
posed a portion of the old Westbury road, run
ming south from the Jericho Turnpike to the Old
Country road. and along the Old Country road
about eighth of mile to Whaleneck avenue,
thence south to the beginning of the motor park
way.
The southern boundary is composed entirely OF
the cement parkway. beginning at Whaleneck
avenue and parallelling abandoned branch of the
Long Island Railroad. known the Hampstead
branch, for distance Of nearly eleven miles to
small settlement called Bethpage. The eastern
boundary of the course begins at the termination
north along Round Swamp road to its intersec-
ton with Plain View road, and along that thor
oughfare to its intersection with the Woodbury. and
Hicksvile macadam road, along which it continues
to the Jericho Turnpike, where there Is a sharp
left turn. known as the "Flatiron-' From this turn
the course practically coasts westward In Jericho
Turnpike for ten miles back to the old Westbury
road. and thence south to the beginning of the
parkway.
There are eight sharp turns on the state and
rinre oft he n ne u
way turns are all beautifully rounded and banked.
The surface of the cement is as smooth as city
street. and the possibilities for high speed are quite
enough TO satisfy the ambition of the most daring
racing drivers in the world.
1t is proposed by the motor parkway corpora
ton to erect great steel grandstand on the
south side of the cement roadway. about four miles
from it's beginning. From this stand spectators
will have a bird s-eye view to the east and west
for the entire eleven miles that IL will be pos
sible to the they attain their highest
speed on the beautiful 81 turns. and as they
pass over graded viaducts crossing the railroad
and intersecting public highways. In extent this
grandstand view will be about ten times greater
than at any previous Vanderbilt race
Beginning at the Jericho Turnpike and the Old
Westbury road, the course sweeps through the
famous Hampstead Plain country, where there Is
not a vestige Of shrubbery or any wood TO mar
the vision All of the cement way passes through
country Of the Misunderstanding Is IN
sight save the low meadow grass and an occasional
COW grazing upon the same
After the course leaves the cement way and comes
back to the public highway at Bethpage, there IL
what has been termed in the past Mannetto H1h'
but it is such slight affair 1t is hardly worthy the
name The foliage along the Round swamp anu
Plain View roads quite thick and If there Is any
dangerous part of the course it would be in this
section where the turns frequent and where
the view ahead is generally Of short range For
the most part the racing cars will be tearing
through either beating rain, according as
the day may happen to be. The only shade is
along Jericho Turnpike. where the trees are tan
A r Pardington vice president and general man
ager of the motor parkway corporation, who has
active charge of tie building of the parkway, says
the eleven miles which are to be used for this
event will be completed in plenty of time for the
American cars entered In the elimination race. on
October TO- to have few days practice There are
several contractors engaged upon the work. and
their sections are so it will be perfectly easy
for them to finish in the time allotted All OF the
crushed stone and the cement necessary in the con-
struction is upon the ground. together with the
steel netting which forms the foundation for the
cement roadbed. The wire fencing which is to run
along both edges has been contracted for. This
fencing is about FIVE feet high. and composed Of
ten naraIleI wires set close together and held in
nosttion v vertical wires about twelve inches apart
There are within the eleven miles two three
cement bridges and one steel span to carry the
The steel span is 80 in length and is located at
end OF the parkway.