Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-27
BIG SIX DAY GRIND ON
Motor Cyclists Begin Long
Ride at Brighton Beach.
FIRST RACE OF ITS KIND
Contestants Expect to Break Some
Auto Records.
ACCIDENTS MAR THE START
One Man Thrown Through Fence; ;
Another Into Sand Bank.
No Fatalities.
FIRST RACE OF ITS KIND
ACCIDENTS MAR THE START

NEW YORK, September 2I.-The first
six-day motor cycle race ever held began
at the Brighton Beach race track at 1901
am. today. to continue until 10 pm. Sat
urday. Five teams started.
The track had dried out thoroughly since
the rain Of Friday and was in good condi-
ton for fast work. The riders believe
that they will be able to beat the twenty
four-hour automobile record Of LIT miles.
made last year by Robertson over this
track
The first accident to any of the riders
occurred shortly after IL o'clock last night
while the men were taking practice spins.
In rounding turn A. G. Chappelle OF the
New York Motor Cycle Club team fell and
sustained painful injury to his left arm.
He was hurried to the hospital tent, where
the wound was dressed.
The New York Motor Cycle Club repre-
sentative was quickest away when the
start was made, and led the Harlem rider
by 100 yards at the end of the first mile.
which he covered in LILO 3-5.
Teams Entered in Race.
The teams that entered for the long
race were:
Harlem Motor Cycle Club-L A. Gu
tcrman, William L. Coursen, Fred Mer-
cier.
New York Motor Cycle Club-A. G.
Bedford Park Motor Cycle Club-Al
Garfield, Frank Aue. Arthur Lundberg.
Brooklyn-Frank Erickson, Ben Ruder-
man. c. NJ. Sullivan.
Flatbush-Mac Christoffer. r. Bennett,
Fl. Fends.
Al! the competitors are classed as
amateurs. but during the week there will
be several short races between profess
SIGNALS, among them being Jake De
Roster Of France, F. J. Wilson, Albany;
Charles Turviile. Providence, and Frank
Calvin Of Boston.
Only Four Now Left.
At 8 this morning only four teams re-
manned In the race. Five of the nine
teams entered kept chugging around for
five hours and then the Brooklyn team
riders. Devine, Ericsen and Sullivan drop
ped out Of the contest. They had two
machines but both were rendered useless
by the bucklng of the steel bearings and
1t was impossible to repair either SO as to
have one ready for use again today.
From the beginning Of the race the
New York and Harlem teams led the
others by a margin which increased con-
siderably as the contest progressed.
The New York teams fastest man, X.
G. Chapel. who had his left arm and
knee injured in a spill during practice
last night. was the first to cut out the
pace, and at the end of half an hour he
which was ahead of anything accom-
plished since motor racing was started
here a year ago.
The Now York team covered 561s miles
in the first hour. breaking the track rec
ord of IS miles, made by the Simplex and
Acme cars in the Neutrality-suspicious. race.
The team was penalized three miles for
having two men on the track for reliev-
ing longer than the time allowed for
that purpose. This gave them 531 miles,
team.
Thrown Through q Fence.
During the second hour William Wray
Of the New York team was thrown heav-
lily through the fence on the back
stretch. owing to the breaking of chain.
He was not injured, beyond a bad shak-
Ing up, but the mishap lost the team
fully four miles.
The Harlem men led for the next two
hours. but at the end of the fourth the
two leading teams were on equal terms
with 200 miles each. At o'clock the
Harlem riders were six miles in the lead
within two miles of them. According to
the schedule. recess of two hours was
taken from to o'clock. for the pur-
pose of repairing the track. and this is
to be repeated each morning while the
race lasts.
The score for the sixth hour follows:
Harlem, 800; New York, 307; Bedford
Park, 254; Flatbush. 1873.
Harlem Man Is Hurt.
The race was resumed at o'clock. On
the first lap, as L. H. Gutterman of the
Harlem team was coming to the turn into
the stretch, his wheel skidded. and he
was thrown to the sandbank. He was
able to walk back to the camp.
The IL o'clock score. ninth hour, was:
New York Observation-Disclosures. $50 miles
Harlem Observation-Disclosures. 400 -