Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-30
10 minutes 81 40 seconds.

IL minutes JJ 40 SECONDS.
Spencer Wishart, who led in No. Is at
the end of the fifth lap. lost his lead on
the sixth circuit of the course. No. ..
driven by Lee Lorimer. was second. his
time being ] hour 20 minutes 30 seconds.
Hugh Harding. at the wheel of No. q.
was third. in l hour q minutes % 10
seconds. Charles Merz. driving No. IL,
utes 30 10 seconds. Fifth place was held
by Harry Grant in No. S; time. 1 hour rs
minutes Is seconds.
The first report of an accident of i'm
portance reached the stands at 1l:1o
O'Clock, when it was announced that
Hugh Hardings car. No. 8. in the
Vanderbilt cup contest, had turned over
at the Massapequa Lodge. 1t was said
that neither Harding nor his mechanician,
+. W. Clifton, were injured, aside from a
few bruises
The standing of the leading cars in the
Vanderbilt race at the completion of the
twelfth lap, which was one round over
the halfway mark. shower that 1.orimer,
driving No. p. had wrested the lead from
knipper. Lorimer'S time was hours II
minutes % seconds.
knipper held second place, with . hours
20 minutes II a-5 seconds. Merz. in No.
IL, was third, in hours oS minutes 30 So
seconds.
On the next round Lorimer'S car blew
out cylinder head between Westbury
and MaSsapequa Lodge. While it was
of capturing the auto classic went glm-
mering with the mishap.
Knipper Regains Lead.
The field in the big event had been re-
duced from the original fifteen starters
to seven. OF these several were far
behind as to be factors of no Importance
in the final dash for the prize.
Knipper had just finished his fifteenth
q nd drty ING r0n G.
He stopped to put on a new tire and then
rushed away again with lead of a lap
over his nearest competitor, Parker, in
car No. II.
Knipper. still leader, stopped at his re-
pair pit at the end of the eighteesth lap.
He took on water and oil. Pit attend
ants passed out the big cans with I'M
usual rapidly.
'Bluebird'' whirled away. amid great
ovation from tire stations. Knipper's time
for the eighteen laps was hours 33 min
utes 80 So seconds.
Ed Parker. the nearest competitor, at
the wheel of No. a. had not completed
his eighteenth lap when Knipper set out
on his nineteenth circuit of the speed
way. Parkers time for the seventeen
laps was ) hours 81 minutes 10 % sec
onds
At the conclusion of the eighteenth lap
Knipper led by the generous margin of
eight miles, with Grants Alec in second
place. E. III. Parker's Fiat was third,
Wishart's Mercedes fourth, and the At
las which had run off the course at Hicks
vile turn, but again re-entered the race,
fifth
At 1 o'clock Knipper was on his TWEEN
tieth lap. having reeed off nineteen
rounds in 3 hours so minutes AZ seconds.
Parker. driving car No. H. was 4 min
utes 35 seconds behind the leader and
going fast
The next nearest competitor was Grant,
in car No. 8. He finished nineteen laps
in hours minutes 10 10 seconds, which
put him minutes 50 Is seconds behind
Parker.
On the next round, the twentieth. Knip-
per lost his lead to Parker, who, with
but two laps to go. had reeled off 252. so
miles In hours minutes II 3-5 seconds
Grant also had moved up in second
place. his time being hours Is minutes
seconds.
The cause of Knippers delay was a
word Lad been received Of his car after
he passed the stands on his nineteenth
lap.
a big row arose at this period in the
race The American Loco Company.
entrants of the Alec No driven by
Harry Grant, which was officially in
second place. protested that the timers
had lost lap on the car. There was a
hurried conference among the officials,
and then came the statement that the
protest was we'll taken.
Hardly was the announcement made
before Grant hove In sight. Starter
Wagner, grabbing up the flag, waved it
frantically in front of the oncoming car
Amusement stunned the assemolage.
Grant crossed the line, winner of the
Vanderbilt cup. with hardly a cheer to
greet his work.
The result of the race was forgotten
in contemplation of the astounding con-
ditfon of affairs.
The Fiat Automobile Company. entrants
Of Parker's car, Immediately entered a
protest against awarding the race to
Grants car. The stands were in an up
roar.
The announcement was that the judges
had held meeting directly following
the close of the contest to consider the
protest.
Parker, driving Fiat, No. 81. finished
second. His time was hours 30 minutes
and 81 80 seconds. Grants time was 4
hours % minutes and AZ seconds.