Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-24
VANDERBILT CUP
RACE RUN TO-DAY
Early Morning Fogs Have Prevented
Any Record Speed in the Try
outs-Fast Time Is
Expected
rnu AasonIa,ed Press. J


NEW YORK, Oct. 23.-Daylight to-
morrow morning is the time that mas
been chosen for starting the Nanoer
bilt cup race and nearly a score OF
starters have been promised.
The cars will probably be sent away
at half minute intervals as, II they
were separated by full minute inter-
walls, as is usually the case' the nrst
car would complete the course peIore
the crowd could be cleared from the
track. AS there is always crowd
around the cars as they are sent away
, IL Is Cunsloeleu too dangerous 10 al
low of the longer interval
The race will be held on the new
-ong Island parkway, wnich Is 2S.4o
miles long About one-third OF the
course is a cement driveway twenty
feet wide and permits of very high
speed.
whe drivers have been out for the
past four or FIVE mornings trying out
the cars, but on account OF the dense
fog that prevails up to o'clock they
have been unable to set any new rec
ords for the course. The acetylene
lamps seem to be unable to penetrate
the fog to any extent ana tast orlElhs
I, is impossible.
On the opening event at the park
way the lower powered cars In the
| shorter events prevented the high pow
cred racers from making as fast time
| as it is expected they Will do tomor-
/ row.
Total Distance 30 Miles
The race will consist of eleven laps,
making total distance of 5S miles.
Strang, Lyttle and Robertson tne
| trio upon whom centers much or the
interest of tomorrow's race, each had
his car out for final squirt around
the circuit, however, and while all
| three as by a common accord, avolded
speeding for full laps, the cars were
| let out for fast miles at the Westbury
turn, which is perhaps the most olIn-
cult of the entire course.
| Strang, in particular, seems to nave
estimated to nicely the maximum
speed at which 1t Is safe to negotiate
each corner. The keenest rivalry ex-
lists between Strang and Lyttle Lyt-
| tie drives the Italian car with which
Strang won .Ae Savannah, Briarcliff
and Lowell races, and Strang, now
| that he drives r of different ma
tionality and is determined that the
car he has thrice piloted to victory
shall this time go down to defeat. He
| defeated Strang two weeks ago over
! this course. While the fiercest strug-
gle of the day promises to be between
| these two--the one representing Italy
| and the other France-a- third factoI
may be injected into the battle in the
person of Robertson, representing
america.
In addition to a wonderfully fast
| car Robertson obtained the master
ship and daring which have made such
drivers as Lancia, Duray and Nazzarc
famous In both hemispheres. Among
his more recent exploits are the win
ming of the Quaker City Motor club 2O'
miles race at Philadelphia two weeks
| 90 hn Fl
at Bridgeport.
New York Is almost overrun Will
motorists and the big hotels wher'
out-of-town automobile lovers are IL
the habit of stopping are filed to over
flowing A half dozen OF the big up
town hotels announce this morning tha
standing room is at a premium, anC
all the vacant spaces about the hotel:
are filed with motor cars, the large
garages having been overffowed. The
visitors are here for the Vanderbilt
cup race, which takes place on Long
Is1..nd tomorrow morning. Hundreds
of them have motored into the city
from various nearby cities, and some
have come hundreds of-miles IN then
cars.
mere seems to be every prospec'
/ that the largest crowd ever brought
out by .he blue ribbon event of the
American club will line the course
when the cars get away at daylight
Saturday morning.
One of the big hotels. when 1t opened
this morning, announced that 1t hac
s600,.J in cash in it's safes for ths
purpose of cashing checks for its guests
who may bet on the races or run short
of ready money during their stay II
the city.
The official starting numbers of the
Vanderbilt cup cars together with the
names of their drivers are as follows
No. 1-Locomobile Florida.
No 2-Knnx. Rasle.