New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-10-14
DRAW FOR CUP RACE
RACERS REACH P1RKW4Y.
Many Dri0ers WM Begin Work for
Vanderbilt Contest To-day.

The drawing for places at the start or the
twenty cars entered in the Vanderbilt Cup race
on the Long Island Motor Parkway course on DC
tober 81 will be held at the Garden City Hotel TO-
night For the first time in the history Of the race
this part of the arrangement for the big contest
will resolve itself into a of social function,
as a dinner will take place earlier in the evening
at which it is expected that William K. Wander
bilt jr.. Harry Payne Whitney, Clifford V Bro
kaw Foxhall Keene and Robert Graves, all Of
whom have powerful racing cars entered IN the
race, will be present.
Announcement made yesterday that Leon
Pouget has been engaged TO drive Mr. Whitneys
Brazier car in the The racing cars are be-
ginning to arrive at the course and some Of them
are expected to begin practice this morning. The
three Thomas cars, IN charge of Salzman arrived
Long Island yesterday and 1t is expected that
the Locomobile viii arrive at the Loco
mobile quarters the course either to-day OF to-
Joseph Tracy has taken charge Of the
Matheson racing crew. change in the drivers
for these two cars was announced yesterday.
Chevrolet has been engaged to drive the big car,
while J. B. Ryau will pilot the small one No
driver yet has been named for the Hotchkiss
which Elliott F. Shepard drove in the 1896
Fred J. Wagner. the official starter of the Ameri
can Automobile Association. has told the drivers
that they must do all their speeding at practice
between daylight and o'clock In the morning
the entire course. and after that hour they may
practise on the parkway portion OF the circuit all
Il
and state road portion Of the circuit they must be
careful not to exceed the legal OF speed after
the closing OF the morning practice hours
There has been big demand for seats N the
grandstand. Among the prominent box holders at
present William *. Vanderbilt. jr. Harold
Vanderbilt, Harry Payne Whitney. Robert Graves
who has three boxes; b. +. Yoakum. who has two;
Commodore + b. Bourne. Anton Hodenpy Harry
p HolIins, J. Adolph Monenhauer J. H. Dick
August Belmont, Paul Rainey, s r Davis ".
Guggenheim. +. NJ. Gibbs. J. NJ. Carlisle. David
Guggenheim, Il b. JOY. NJ. J. Budlong. J. +. Roose-
Welt J. De Mont Thompson. II 3. BUrras. ". II.
McAdoo Ralph Peters, Mortimer SChIn. Levi G.
Weir, J. {. McCrea. August Heckscher q. T.
Brokaw. H. W Webb. Mrs. Oliver Livingston
Jones' hurry Guggenhein. Windsor White 4. L.
RIker 4. Ross Thomas. Garret A. Hobart, L.
Russell Thomas, Charles }. Giidden. r Lincoln
Lippitt. Isaac Guggenheim. c. b. Mcdonald.
Charles Steele, Truman NcwbcTry. Harry Godfrey,
Henry Zuckernan. James Auerbach Russell Alger,
A. ". Church, Oliver Hartman, q. G. McAurtTy.
jr., II. II. Wood. II. II. Brady. Frederick Edey.
Clair Hamilton. Jacob Rupert. jr.. Richard
Stevens, II. NJ. Hartman. John Parson. ir +.
Coyt Johnson. J. G. Estey. c. Won Utassy A r.
kuser T. $. Van Setback. c. L. Schan, II. Y. r.
Kennedy, +. II Elliott. William II. Hotchhiss. J.
3. Taylor, J. Rainier Benjamin Stern. J. T. Pratt
b. W. Gage. +. SChoonmakeF, Daniel Chauncey,
Charles a. Singer. A. c. Ayres. L. S. Chisholm +.
d. keech, r ID. Garden, H. J. Luce, II. Ba bcock.
x. MandelbauTn. J. W. Garrett, l.. B. Dunno J. D.
Hartman. c. V. Brokaw. +. f. Patterson Walter
Ferguson William Maince II. X. Evans. George
Rose, Payne Whitney and Henry Evans.
1t learned yesterday that the international
hill climb, which was 10 have been held under the
auspices of the New York Automobile Trade Asso-
citation the Fort George hin on Saturday next
has been postponed until Election Day.