The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-25
COVERS 25s MILES IN FIVE HOURS
 FOURTEEN MINUTES.
Cedrino Runs Second and ""s Vaughan Third--Great Crowds
 at BrIarcliR to Witness the

Briar Cliff Apr 24-Louis strans the fifty horse power Italian car won ria ? ass miles auto race over the dn sn Ss'H HItsiisn % car. was second and Guy of smerican make, was third tsn
 Herbert Lyttle and Pa4i cSSsIIv Sd finish fha long tourney, finished respectively in fourth and fifth positions. Lyttaee ae drove a fifty horse power stor, a American manuIactpTTte', Tts,,sn ana machine.
 Three other cars of the twenty-tww,oo which started would have oeen ace to complete the journey out tne ss Was oficially declared or as soon as inc fifth car had crossed the nnisn {. line. to avoid any possible acciorns ..Hs to the spectators. who overhowed the The time made by the racers was was comparatIvely slow and to thls ians . is probably due the absence oL ser.uS~ ,.e,sN accidents There were numerous ms or mishaps resulting in the witnorsw. hui in no case was any one serious iv hurt The course has been recog- nized as one of the most dangerous eVst strsnr took the lead early in the race and at no time was his position in danger.
 The position and time of tne nNc leading cars follow: os ,,r,a
 Strang, frst;. No; 4 Elapsed sime. z. 5:14:1s 1-5. Cedrino. second NO NO <: <, I;Il;Se SiapSed tin time. 5:as:sS 2-5. Lyttle, fourth; No. 8; Elapsed time, 5;zs.l6; 2-5. Sartori, fifth; No. 1. Elapsed time 5:53:45 S5.
 Beginning of the Race.
 Briar Clfff. N. Y.-Twenty two auIo. e. mobiles of the finest American ana foreign type started St dawn Tn If tos ihe most hazardous courses ever cnosen for a motor car speed contest .,,,o
 For just a little oyer .bsn,iS tnirtS nsc. n%o turcsoue country in North West Ches- ter county. Almost every turn of the course Is a dangerous spot and thefe had been many predictions or r,,e SesiTSs TSs danger of the course ana the possibii. ity of serious mishaps had added tremendously to the interest usual ln the hour scheduled for the start the course was lined with autos filled with AS carly as 3 o'clock this morning, II ,O90 autos were parked along the
 The start had been scheduled for 4:25 o'clock but 1t was forty minui es later before preparations for the be- ginning of tho race had been complet, ed. At exactly 5o7 the starters pistol rang out and car No 1 with, Sartori started away on the long, perllous Journey The other cars followed at intervals of one minute without the slightest untoward incident to mar the
 The veteran Barney oldheld. who braved the fate associated with the No. 13 by driving car bearing those figures. was given rousfng cheer when he stood at the starting line awaiting the signal. He accepted the greeting with confidence and sent back a grateful look to the shouting thou sands as he sped across the line.
 At SPA o'clock. seventeen minutes point. word came back from Armonk that four cars already had passed that place, seventeen miles away. One or these four cars had been only thirteen minutes on the road. another fourten. a third Afteen. and another seventeen
 That the drivers found it impossible to maintain this great speed over the entire length of crooked, hilly, course became apparent before the end of the " strans. in No. 4. the. first to conn plete the circuit was on the lead at the end of the third round. which was made in 29 minutes 1S seconds. Lyt- tie in No. g the second.
 The First Accident.
 Watson in No. 22, was the trst man to come to grief. His machine col lided with a post at EastVtew and was so badly disabled that 1t was three hours after the. start before he had made repairs and finished.
 Between Pine Bridge and Mount Kisco there were four turns which tried the nerves of the drivers, put in the early stages oS me ,,,haS,e ra1e
 At the seconr turn from Pine Bridge