The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-10-30

Along the unleSefNeu anu
section of the course thousands had
stood through half the night and were
crowded at the turns, where danger
1urked.
At the starting line the crowd was
slower In assembling, those having
seats reserved for them In the grand
stand taking advantage Of the late
starting Of the race to journey to the
course by daylight.
w. X. Vanderbilt, jr., donor of the
cup aDd>referee of the race. was among
the first to arrive. With him were the
three Judges of the course. S. M. But
Ter. Harry Payne Whitney and Henry
Sanderson: Fred J. Wagner, starter OF
the race, and A. r.. Pardington. direc-
tor Of the contest. BY eight o'clock the
grands stand had filed comfortably. only
a few of the boxes remaining unoccu-
pied. Among the leaders of the social
and financial world were Sir Thomas
Upton, August Belmont, e. H.. Gary,
A. G.. Vanderbilt. +. C. Havemeyer,
Frederick G.. Bourne, Charles q. Gates
and Edwin Gould.
AS the time for the start approached
the scene at the grand stand and in the
sunken supply pits Immediately 'front.'
ing 1t ooh on the aspect of activity.
One by one the contesting cars were
rrundled up the starting line and
ed two abreast. The low powered en-
tries in class four for the Massapequa
trophy which were to get away first
were given the head of the line. I'm
mediately following these came the me-
dunn powered contestants for the
Wheatley Hills trophy. and bringing up
the real the cars participating In the
race for the Vanderbilt cup took up
their positions.
Chalmers-Detroit OF First.
At the tick of nine No. Al, Browns
Chalmers-Detroi was off. A great
shout went up as the little blue car dis
appeared down the course.
Fifteen seconds later No. AZ, Ainjlee's
Hudson. was off. In the place left va
cant by these Matson and See, driving
the No. 43, Chalmers, and No. A. Max
well, were moved to the tape and one
after the other sent off. No. 40, the
Maxwell of Costello, baked at the line
for the fraction of a second, but quickly
recovered itself and followed the others
down the course. The No. 46 Max
we'll, the last Of the Glass 4 cars to
get away, tore across the tape at
9:01:15.
There was an interval of forty-five
seconds I o mark the separation between
the cars of Glass 4, and those of Glass
8. Al. Munson, driving the No. 81 Mar
ion, threw in his clutch and was off.
Punctually to the SECOND the other
three cars of this class dashed away,
and another interval. this time Of one
minute, was counted off to mark the
distinction between the class 3 racers
end the fifteen real contestants Of the
day. the high-powered contenders for
the Vanderbilt trophy.
At 9:0S Lewis Strang started away,
cheered to the echo. Quickly his Fiat
became a sliding dot on the horizon,
ard No. 3. Mitchell simplex, set out
after him.
The others followed fifteen seconds
apart, Chevrolet. in the Buick, receiv.
ing a big ovation.
f. A. Hearne, the young amateur
racer from Chicago, crept around &c
the grand stand on the first round and
stopped at the repair pit. Something
had gone wrong with his Fiat.
Mntson Makes First Round.
The last car was barely out of sight
when the busles announced the com-
liS VI Tue lISl CdI W NolIlpittN lic
round. This proved TO be Joe Mat
sons Chalmers, which had passed botl!
Brown and Ainslee. The first of class
. cars TO come was No. so, Marmon,
which had passed 81, Munson's Marion,
at westbury. OF the Vanderbilt en-
tries Mitchell's Simplex was the frs;
to finish the circuit. His time was
1881 1-5, equal to sixty miles an hour,
On the second round Matson held the
lead in the small car class, while
Harroun held first position in the
class 3 went. In the Vanderbilt, Knip-
per, in the No. Z Chalmers-D Detroit, led,
followed closely by Mitchell In the Sim.
rlex and Harding in the Apperson.
The Simplex, while in second position
In the race in the third lap. suffered
q broken crank shaft and was taker
out of the way.
Hearne's delay at the repair pit was
brief.
Aitken and Merz In Nationals, Chev
folet In the Buick and Knox in the big
yellow Atlas electrified the crowd by
sweeping past the grand stand with
only inches separating them.
The first serious mishap occurred tC
the Simplex in the second lap as &
was speeding on the straight away neal
Massapequa. The car snapped a cranl
shaft, but fortunately did not leave
the course.
Chevrolet, by Keeling off his fourth
lap in 8 minutes 81 seconds. or bette,
than 70 miles an hour, had replaced
Strang. hopelessly beaten before tn,
hrst lap had been completed. in popu
lar favor, and, barring accidents, ap,
peored q sure winner.
Knipper Tnkes the Lead.
At the conclusion of the sixth la,
Knipper led the big car division witt
Wishart In the Mercedes second anC
Harding In the Apperson third. Lori
mer was fourth with No. 8 n Gran
nth.
Chevrolet, who had moved up to sec
ond place in the fourth round, wal
reported in trouble at Hicksville.
While h big fellows ware finishin,
their sixth circuit the smaller fry ii
class 4 and 3 were barely entering thei
fifth.
In class 4 Matson led with a margin
OF nearly six minutes over Brown.
Ainslee was third. In class 3 tn
first to complete the fifth lap was Har
roun, with Wilcox in the Columbia sec
ond. The others were hopelessly dis
tanced.
The early promise of fast time giyel