New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-11-01
FOREIGN DRIVERS HERE
READY FOR SAVANNAH.
NGzsqrTo Glad That State Troops
VII Patrol Grand Prize Course.

g Five of the crack foreign drivers who will pilot
IN the Grand Prize race, be held at Savannah
November - arrived the French Line steamer
La Lorraine yesterday. They were Fece Naz-
Ea-ro and Louis Wagner. OF the Fiat team; CASTOR
Duray, driver Of the Lorraine-Dietrich car, and
R7Esl and Hautwas1 Of the Baya-d Clement team
With the arrival of these men there only few
drivers left 20 cross the ocean Cagno and Pa
ceuza- the italia team, already In TINS city
while the other member Henri Fournier, is due on
Tuesday on she Kaiser Wilhelm Hemery, HanTfot
and Erie the Benz tho. sailed from abroad last
Tuesday.
All OF these dri-ers. with the exception Of Pis-
cenza Hautvast, Rlgal and Erie, have taken part
in races II this country before The best known
OF them here are Navarro, Wagner. Heraery and
Fourier Hernery Won the second Vanderbilt Cup
race IL q Darracq car, while the thiro Went 70
Wagner, in q Of the same make NazzarTo
drove IN both these races and last year became
known as the star OF the foreign drivers by win
80 the Grand pix the Kaiser's Cup and tbs
Tarea F7orio the three big road races abroad heIo
in France, Germany and Italy. respectively. ne
was again victorious IN the Targa Ffor1o race tnls
year making average for the 81 miles OF 80
miles an hour II a Fiat car. new world Te0ot1,
WEI Nyszza-ro and Wagner nine mechanics
e-,r, The Fiat factory ST Turin Navarro WaS unS
FIRST passenger TO leave the steamer Toiio"eo ~
Wagner and both expressed 10Y at haVins 'e
chance 70 race IN this country again 1heS s0Ue--
for particulars regarding the Grand Prize rac1 l-
were pleased 70 learn that troops with power TOM
the state 70 shoot would police the course.
-Yo, know II is q disadvantage 70 a driver WHEN
crowd forces its way on the course s740 ~
I'VE are not So handicapped n the big races aoroa"'
.s-h ~ ro-7-se IS big advantage for better tlIIls
r tr;7r made 7 have been told OF the pe41ect way
the course was poIced BY soldiers az "a a1- -.
ing The road race for stock CARS Aelu nc =
AFa--h an Il ased thai such conditions are ii0
g 80 Grand , ize contest You know thaI nav
had experience IN the way the cro"os AoeA Va -,
course 81 the Vanderbilt Cup races haN4-1s -
;, -vo Il always seemed a miracle 10 ne Wy
80 serious accidents had not occurred II Is 700
- - ,erso-s have no better sense than to 90
iris for they surely know that they are IaAlls
serious chances not only for tneInsefVes' Ou' -0-
the drivers ,.os,w
= -. -,,,-sa- At Savannah over which the
- --zrI -are and with these conditions the
5ne list OF racing cars entered. and the Wen NV
drivers Who xiu pilot she cars the race prOillD97
= rs one that vii stand foremost in Arnerlcan
rad racing history. I glad that an American
- - the ssst Vanderbilt Cup race but an sorTF
= hear 4-or7 YOU that the crowd sfaTrlleo on I10
course and made II necessary 10 stop lhS -
go o7Iz, two cars had finished Such con1lioil7
s1vavs take much Of the interest from rae
ard arouse dissatisfaction What must seem -
,eesi-z 70 YOU Americans Is the fact that one Oh
your sons won the race II is sn honor wen "0i'Hy
70 b proud Of It IS encouraging tnat slch sVoo
roa6 drivers have developed IN this COUNTY, n
.-e last year : have read Of Strangs VICTORIES III
-. szza7rsh F3riarcliff and Lowell road races
Z is also pleasing To know that Ralph DE anna
- IF vo1.r bovs VIII be team mate with Was-
rer eno myself in the Grand Prize race an sure
he viii give good account OF hllASei1' 'ON7---9
from his past performances
N-azz7--o was rsriceut II talking q his Veto
-5es abroad end alluded 70 them as past per
<a-7anoee Il was learned yesterday tflat DaIVlo
17--,re F-ewn the well known driver VINO SCI a
7orj5,s record f-r mile OF 35 10 seconds in a
Fiat car At OrmoEd Beach last winter "ouio N-'e
# rEe Fiat camp 81 Savannah
Z ne condition william K Vanderbilt II 3
health changes II Is thought that be may yet De
--,.=..s n So a. rexeree The race The ser
woes OF Fred J. wagner. official starter OF the
American Autornobile Association have been Cd
tanned a15 he --u start the rare, leaving for Sa-
vannah on November 10
That 2 large number OF persons rom Iais CITY
IN 81 70 Savannah 70 the race seems ap-
-.-e,- @-o-, TIE many applications that have
-,o,-a5 into the Automobile Club o. America IN
ze re auzDicas Ct which the race viii be neo Ior
accommodations on the steamship City OF Sa-
vannah. chartered by the club and me IAN AiiO WI
as the Wall Street Special
Herr AFiobener driver Of the Loz7er car entered
- re -sce is still ct his home in KokoFno Ind,
r cent word that hs fully recovered from
ne accident he met with IN the dartmouth faI
=. z7,:7a5elrFfa and will De in this ctty WITHIN
e.. ,5a1-z n give his car a final tuning Up before
hs5nz shipped South
r----tes fo- the Grand Prize race and the con-
80 - light cars 70 b. held the previous Gay
VII rIoss with the delivery OF the morning mai
-,o--o7v For the light car race seventeen en-
--5sz za7a already been received There are four
.ss,rsu cars entered n the two-cylinder type
The list OF the other cars IN the hghI car Iao7
follows: