The sun., 1908-07-05
RACING AUTOS COME TO GRIEF

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DhAVE"S AND MEcHANioo Hc"A
IN LONG BRANCH RACES.
Accidents Are bad Enoush' nut NO FaSaA
Results Are Expeoted-James Crsw'
ford Loses Leg sPoOlo In Isotta-Fras-
chini Wins Splendid 100 Mile Race.
LoSo bhAHcH. D.. yu'y & sw,IEers s M
experienced IN track OK, racing caused a, Two % so-
u,os%I' moeIs meet meet managed "a ' by Tom Moore. Ia
~. 70 mia svsnt after a rood start the stearns.
driysu ens ny by Arthur Warren got into thu soft
The sutocar driven by Clarence r. Fishsr
of East oranse. N, J.. was following closely
and ran into the wreck with terrible s,s crash
W. msm nsmaht Iu IN TaaSs .Ss wrsck Warren aot a
fractured rib and collar bone; while % Crawford ray
s%SDsa amp Sos II .as sas amsasnss in 0sS
r, Dr. Edwin % stsrnbsrssr @ took care 9 of the men.
The stearps was a total wreck. bu. The
Au.oosI got o with 1s bent steering knu'kl'
Ihia put 1t out % Of the race. h0weysr ~ ,S .,.
ninth 'miI mile 1is' Of the same race. Not swsnsy
nards from whsrs the stearns smashup took
p.aoe Bert Bellows in NJ. R. Gussenhelm's
Renault hussed the rail too closely. Ihs
u,a,. rneu wrsct rsS Roth men we're thrown high
in the air, Bellows landing unhurt. The
mechanic. Ar.hur Meyers, however. got a
annhIs Sr.ctnra ~ his arm THESE aeoidepts
sSs,,,S na, hn chsrasd IN against nrofes-
sional track racing. as none or the men had
had experience on the track.
The track ttsel was ass as near @e PnEsd as and
q con Gallons Of oil combined with the rain
thst fsIi at intervals during the afternoon
made tns sS sSd ed staSd WeTe jsmmed
sdhth ara thoSsands T lined the fence. IL Is esti-
the ws1 'Fexs Peos bot6
S,ivers Of long experience In track and
road sori declared that not, only was Elk
~SEn The 'aG fnsnoiSl success Of the meet was In
suIsd 3 sSs LONDON floSds vF.I.oG Rain il s tSs
the msss tor ts ao an to a0ST she
MonnousS Msmoria! Hospital a. e Long
sSssd Sas h;s e ss saes to Gov fort Oh new
erai Ihe 81 nss HS fEsn Ave- stasters o' Al Poole in
Rris rcii9 isotta. Al bellows in a Renault,
wTTsH |. ma RsnR bs Ssma Eots n sa
n n an hImeonh KIns.ton @ Pools Stalled his motor
twenty went yards from the tape and had further
Ssa IIok miIs hso"fh was az I'm in
tSs lead on the first mile and maintained 1t
Ss ne f.S s. Of e. ff mRRns %ss Pe in hoa
thITd ains[OAA ".' ''''' ' ~. Wv -.
only. for a silver trophy, over distance OF
ten miles, brought Welsh: stearns Packard
and AmefGmenp mp,t cars 70 @ ne tape psrioan 90, AWAY
last 'gM bnt he psssed the stearns on the back
stretch and came past the grandstand In
;nc,eesed inc Sis lead slightly during the second
mile and then steadily opened g gap p,s whss hsis
of IS miles an hour. The Stearns was second
and the Packard third.
4 boy who climbed an apple tree here
:Tss scsd ea4s rns OF Sf Sa equipped field hospital TOOK
The p%S o. om
struck n ! the track. The rainsau all proved
oi ths Ken r.ee se wss
Ths msnasemsnt put On the fifty mile oz,ss race
Weieh. stearns American. AlleH';;kSinssstoa9 len; Snasoa
accidens p1 70 The stearns put and the Autocsr
! out OF The race. For the first mile the Amer
eh ' and Ta aual The in s'nfq
order was unchanged until the third mile,
when the I.ozier passed the WEIGH The
| Allen Kingston took the lead at the sixth
mile the American stopped for ignition trou-
| ble losing 9 lap.
| At the end OF ten miles the cars were in the
| following order: Allen Kingston. American,
Lozier Welch and Renault, neck and neck
| race was on between the American and the
Allen X in gston for four miles until the Amer
lean was forced to retire permanently with with
| the Allen Kingston was lap ahead, the
| I,ozier second and the Renault third. The
| time was ~ minutes 30 seconds A pretty
| race followed. the four cars being punched.
| IL was during this race that the Renault cap
| sized through trying to hug the fence too
| oiosely The Allen Kingst ons time for thirty
| Ave miles was 80 minutes The I.ozer and the
F, Welch were lap behind At the forty-frst
! mile the Lozier stopped for minor trouble but
Continued in time TO prevent second place
being taken from it.
| the end, finishing the fifty miles In 55 minutes
| 20 as seconds without making a stop. The
1 i,oxier had covered forty-sev miles and tho
| Weich forty-fo,ir miles The Weloh also was
| n NON stop car and performed remarkably
SonsId ering the fact that Il was the only car
fitted with a full touring body, The Allen
| Kinsston broke the track record by 4 minutes
"a second
ri@s trials were next In order. J. Morton
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