New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-04-25

grandstand. and for time several rather young
men who didn't know what ''capper'' was be-
gan 10 take part But officials of the course
heard of what su.ne on. ana the Pinkertons
were called. they drove the men out of town
aud amused t'lo lr... IS fishing the rough
pine t4Dies of the gamblers with axes
Another diversion in the intervals between the
arrival of cars occurred when two of the track
marshals became involved in dispute with a
chauffeur The ex-officio militiamen were armed
With canes. as has been said and one of them
struck the chauffeur over the head. The latter
started fight with his fists, and while the two
pounded him they set UP the cry, Twenty
second, Twenty second,' About thirty of
their set swarmed about the unarmed man, and
with the swinging of canes and yells 1t seemed
fair imitation of the traditional Donnybrook
Fair. Women in the grandstand screamed and
officials of the course tried the chauffeur.
Finally somebody hit upon the subterfuge Of
sounding the bugle-the signal of approach
ing This was tried three times and just
as a car really did come in sight the band of
'marshals' melted into the side lines as the
uniformed Pinkertons charged them. Later
they gave their yell. which consisted in count
ing up to twenty-five, but person who had
seen the fight shouted: Count one more and
take the cuer' This sort of spoiled the effect.
WHEN THE FINISH CAME.
At the seventh lap nearly everybody in the
widespread hills felt reasonably certain to
the cars that would be the first three" At the
mega phone announcement that Strang had
passed the Eastview Almshouse his eighth
lap the thousands stood up and pressed as far
forward as the lines would allow. They waited
until off around the dangerous So turn that
marked the end of the homestretch the red
flung itself into sight. bounced across the bridge
and swept down through the yelling crowd.
Mr.. Morrell was in the middle of the road
swinging white sweater about his head. and
he leaped to one side The passed along
Strang waved hand and disappeared in
cloud of dust among the hills. The Briarclif
trophy had been
Before the other cars in the remaining few
minutes of time had begun to come in more
than half the crowd starting away.
Cedrino in the Fiat was the favorite be-
fore the race started. He drove carefully at the
beginning. but increased the speed as the race
progressed. From thirteenth position at the end
of the first lap he forged his way into sixth
place in the next circuit and the fifth round
found him third in the contest. It was in the
seventh lap that he gained second position
Lytle in the Appersor car was never worse than
fifth, making the second best time in the open
ing lap Guy Vaughan in the Stearns car had
q most OF 1rlenoS- and he was applauded several
times when he passed the stand He was fourth
in the race in the second lap and second in the
sixth. but then fell back to third place
Paul Sartori. who drove the Banchi car and
finished fifth, was Handicapped somewhat as he
not familiar with the course having been
engaged only q few days ago to pilot the ma
chine. From away back among the traiers he
steadily gained the leaders. OldfeId failed
show the daredevil driving in the other
Stearns car that characterized his work on the
track
Seymour in the Simplex had matters much his
own way at the start, holding second place in
the second and third rounds.
Louis Strang handled his car without a fault
and drove daring but skilful race He was as
cool iceboX. and did not appear to know
what fear was He has now earned forward
place among the best drivers in the world