New-York tribune., 1908-10-11

Brook Sweepstakes, next to the main event the
most important the programme. was DisbroW
Rainier 2 minutes and 55 seconds behind the win
nar. and third the little but powerful Lancla
car which had all sorts of minor trouble TO bother
IiIllard. It was a hard luck car all through the
| race and was beaten by the Rainier by more than
twenty minutes.
LYTLE TOOK LEAD IN FIRST LAP.
Iytle took the lead in the big race in the first
lap ana was never danger of being headed He
stopped the big red Isotta once just as he ended
the seventh lap when he came 70 halt in front of
the grandstand for a couple of minutes TO repenish
his supply OF gasolene but that the~only suS-
ricion Of a half. That stop cut his average down
TO less than sixty-ive miles hour, the remark
able speed he had been able to keep for six laps
of the course, but was not enough 10 give Strang
a chance 10 pull up with the Rcnoult.
Strang and Fitzpatrick, who was driving the
HOtchkiss car, had terrific duel for six laps,
with Strang just about holding lead OF minute
gained the first lap. As it became more and
more obvious with the terrific pace Lytlo was SO
easily maintaining that he would win the race. in
teTest gradually focused this stirring hght
for second place but in the sixth lap broken sXle
put Fitzpatrick OF the running. and Strang then
had secure hold second place as Lytle dld
the leading position
Lyle loudly cheered every time he came
around after the first two laps, and his victory
The triple victor of Savannah, Briarcif and Lowell
had started the race 5 a popular favOrtte, on &C
count Of his recent triumphs but as the race wore
on many remembered the gallant fights Lytle had
made previous contests particularly his superb
struggle the first Vanderbilt Cup race, in 1903.
when he drove the American Pope-Toledo car into
third place, beating many OF the fastest racing ma
chimes of Europe. AS he stormed by in the flying
red monster on the eighth and ninth laps he was
greeted with storm of cheers and wild waving
fha AMIDST faDd
With the announcement of his approach the
last round ovation began that did not end until
he had flown out OF sight
The cheers for Strang scarcely less loud,
and the plucky drivers of the ITALIA Chadwick and
Simplex cars all of which finished before the race
was called Of were not forgotten. All these cars.
wei the Knox and Hotchkss cars which
stopped tefore the end. had slight trouble at one
time another that enough TO put Them out
of the
After the race William X Vanderbilt r. the
donor Of the Vanderbilt cup and the referee OF yes
terdays contest, said he Vas more than delighted
with the and the fine speed II had made pos
sibIe. Both he and jefferson De Mont Thompson
said they had feared that the cement might be hard
tires but there was remarkably little tire trou-
ble any part Of the course. and neither Strang
nor Lyte had TO stop from this cause.
This IS the fastest course in the world" said
Mr.. Vanderbilt. and that IS a fact that has been
conclusively proved by the splendid times these
stock cars have made. The conduct of the races
has been absolutely satisfactory, and the cup race
weeks from to-day should be the greatest con-
test this country has ever seen"
Mr Vanderbilt plainly delighted at the ful-
flment OF the promise OF the parkway and seemed
not . all cast down at the comparatively small at
tendance at the grandstand, He said that &C
counted by the usual failure Of stock aces
to attract great crowds.
Especially attractive TO many the bridges
made over the course. where the public roads had
been carried the parkway concrete arches.
AS a rule those who gathered at these points had
sweep Of the flying they tore along the
white strip Of road.
The jericho turn. westbury. where the car.
turned almost at right angle from the Jericho
Turnpike toward the cement stretch that led down
TO the grendstand. attracted the greatest crowd Of
any Of the turns. This spot the direct
route from Long Island City, and before the race
started fully a hundred and fifty automobiles were
parked in the pike just behind the The
sation seekers rewarded the first by
the upsett:ng OF the Stoddard- Dayton small car,
bat there little trouble thereafter, although
many a came 10 a crash.
The policing Of the effective. There
deputy sherifs Of Nassau County enough 10
look after every bit Of the uufenced roads and the
whole course was patroled by special guards on
motor cycles, who kept the fenced-in parkway sec
tion free from encroachment. The deputy sheriRs
were sworn in for the occasion. and knew their
looking for chance to make a little extra money
possible precaution was taken against accident.