New-York tribune., 1909-10-10
RnRERTS0N WINS AGAIN
VaNDERBILT CUP VICTOR
REPEATS TRIUMPH. =.
cantures FairmOunt Park AUTO
Race in Philadelphia for Second
Time. Beating a Big Field.


:, .,,ed over the eight-rlile eircui; in Paramount
80 this afternoon. George Robertson. the hero
= --snv classic automobile contest and winner
!. ,he vanderbilt Cup year ago. won the 2oO-mile
.so,k chassis road race here to-day in a Simplex
=, sr0n q field of twenty-one automobiles handled
- rou,e OF the most expert drivers in the country
the complete result OF the was follows:
vy-st prize. & 900 cup and $3.50 won by George
rsbsrson, IN 4-cylinder So-horsepower Simplex;
tsas tsss.,S5 Prize s. $50 won by Bert Dineley. in &
,Flndsr 4o-horsepower Chalmers-Detroit; time.
4s.rd prize, $50, by Il. I. Harding. in =
crsdsT ss ss2horsepoWer Apperson; time, S52:lT 40
a.ss- sl-horsepower Chadwick: time. SIS 81 Is
Fsnh place mo prizel. Lewis Strang. in 4-cylin-
ssr sAhorsePower Isotta; time, S:5s:54 e-5
sSssr,son's fastest lap was the second. SIS.
80 sastest lap OF the race the third. by ). F.
psz vas made IN e 4-cylinder 4o-horsepower Sim
,,.. che tire being 7.S
psbsrtson seemed 20 have an easy time with his
~ sH she way but Bert Dinglev. in Chalmers
n.roii was also going well and the leader
n permitted cneck his pace al any stage OF
a. race The winners car worked perfectly, and
ssiy once during the long contest did Robertson
hsgs 70 come 10 stop That was at the end Of the
fasenth lap when he replaced g couple OF tires
rrs repienished his gasolene and oil tanks Hard
az n a. Apperson, also drove beautiful race
Ne Ftsyed well up with the leading cars and pushed
mn fhi-d place on the eighteenth Ian where he
saved 70 she finish
p ir estimated that more than quarter Of a
-nli0n persons crowded both sides OF the eight
niles Of roadway, said 10 be one OF the most dan
ssFous courses in the country. The weather was
perfect fo- the sport, and not serious accident
-sarTed the race. F. O. HAYNES. in an American
ssr, struck 2 telegraph pole on the eighth lap at
the dangerous ''hsirpin'' curve Sweet Briar,
snd he and his mechanician were thrown out. but
only slightly hurt The only other accident re-
ported was when Malin Leinau was approaching
ihs Ersndstsnd IN Acme car A rear tire few
a.. went Up IN the air and then shot into the
stand striking boy. The voungster was rem
6sred unconscious, but was quickly brought around
by member % the emergency medical corps and
none the worse for the mishap.
The race was run under the auspices Of the
Quaker City Motor Club with the official cooper
s-ion cf me city OF Philadelphia and was the
second affair OF the kind held by the club. The
tine made to-day by Robertson. who also won the
ace fere last year. was . minutes faster than in
rhe first contest. The money derived from the
ss of and parking privileges for autorno-
hles netred a handsome sum and viii be distrlb-
g:ed among four local charitable institutions
The course was cleared a. Il a. m. when 800
poicenen. assisted by nearly the entire force OF
psrk guards took charge OF the eight miles of
roadway. Mayor Reyburn and other distinguished
Of the city were early on hand and the
ace was started on the stroke OF u The cars
were sent away a. intervals OF & seconds and the
lsst was well its way when the first car
American driven by Robert Drach. made its
appearance At the upper turn half mile from the
grsndstand. Drach had started second and he re
eeired 4 cheer he passed the stand FIRST, but ne
ErsduaIy dropped behind
The first incident Of tho race came when a tire
-GzE out the first lap on the seden car, driven
Echsrles Young. He soon got under way again
y did not figure among the leaders at any time.
lt first car 20 drop out OF the race was a Lozier.
tsren oy Joseph Seymour. This car met with
rdden- half way around the first lap and was
lsole continue
The third lap proved thriller for the immense
oolcourse Of spectators. J. ?. Betz 3D. an amateur
diver n : Simplex. had fallen slightly behind be-
cause o. tire trouble and in order 10 make up for
~ ioss ~ time let his big Se-horsepower machine
70 the limit He took the curves Al hair
raising speed and shot by the grandstand like
hurricane When his tine put up II showed
mt he had gone over the course Of eight miles in
sever minutes and ffty-four seconds better than
nile minute, and the crowd in the stand gave
Erssi chee~ but Betz did not hear il. he
OF G. sight. His time for the lap proved 10 be the
best O. the race.
b. This tine Robertson began 10 attract arten-
I'm H took the lead on the second lap. closely
followed tv Drach, In the American, and Betz.
lhslroet in q Buick vas also coming up strong.
B'-nd and round Robertson went. each lap placing
teW more seconds between himself and his near
81 competitor On the sixth lap Dngley took
sscoro pace. with Betz third but Dngley held il
~ oly Two lsps when Len Zerglein, IN Chad
F1ak took his place The contest for second posi-
21 as koenly fought until the fourteenth lap.
-'as- Dngey again went into second place and
-e'ff lost II again. Harding moved up 20 third
PACE on the eighteenth lap and held It 10 the end
-he'roet dropped OUT Of the race on the twelfth
-7p because q broken valve.
EoberIsor's eyes were glued 10 the course ahead
g be PASSED the grandstand on each round but
-lh necharician waved his hand as they passed
-'F crowd gave them cheer when they stopped
- nre. OF and fuel on the fifteenth lap and were
= again Vith little loss Of time. When the TWEEN
.sh a. had been completed il was realized that
s an acclcent could prevent Robertson from
'-Ilng he steadily increased his lead until the
- llrse laps. when he slowed up slightly
"hen tle race ended with Robertson q winner
Fl "- congratulsted by the Mayor and cheered by
- crowd After the hfth car had finished the
80 was stopped, and the great crowd sWarIned
"E tae track
N'oer'ser's time by laps was as follows: First
- -. go second. s.25. third, %. fourth. s:5I;
- e79. sixth, So; seventh. s.S4; eighth. s:Ss:
t- sssi tenth, g. 36; eleventh s:46; twelfth
~, thirteenth, s.3l fourteenth. s:37; fifteenth
a. sixteenth, s-s5; seventeenth, s:3s; eighteenth
t~- nineteenth. SO twentieth s.32, twenty-hrst
i"enfy-second s.58: twenty-thrd. s;4s
's-iourth, $50; twenty-hfth sO3 80
- ears other han those that finished dropped
L. 'oAoEs; First lap. Lozier Seymour; selden.
&C. Third WEIGH. Z. r. Bergdol; Columbia.
rs Fourth Thomas. Haupt Firth Chalmers
49, LoFtner Eighth. American. Haynes.
~ Acme Lenau Twelfth. Buick. Chevrolet
rs-la Thomas. II. J. Bergdol. Seventeenth
- Zengie Eighteenth. Buick. Burman.
TV.-.y -ilift American, Drach Simplex. Betz
ss,1s miro. Benz. Howard. Twenty-hfth. Pal
singer. Wslaoe
ne list q entrants ana the order IN .h,ch ,ns,,
's7sd follow. ''-'' - "''ie" ''eV
l-sr-S--4Ie HI Driver
s-srsr' -----.-..-..-... 80 ....-.. J. + Betz Sd
@-Esr1 ------.-.-..--- 90 ....... Robert Drsch
tgFar,. .------..-.--sO Cllas Howard
-.-----.---30 .-.-... Geofge R0bsTtEos
s-ghouse Detfolt -------- 80 .--.--. Bert Dingley