New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-10-16
AUTOS In MAD DASH
pECORD 1T THE START.
Dr. Cook Sends Cars 4soay in the
Tsuenty-fOHr Hour Race.
.,oRE m FOURTH HOUR OF a4-HouR
AUTO RACE


Palmer-siuEer, Howard and Lesoauit.-......... 2os
Iozier Cole and seynour. -................. aO7
1orier Patsc-ke and milford. ............... Goa
: Bu.ck Buruan and Hughes. ................... POS
3 buick Chevrolet ana Chevrolet. ......-......,. al7
I Rainier. owen and B0wen. .................... 30
! Rsirier DishTow and Lund ........ 1ss
u Marion. s--aag James and utz....-....... Iss
n Mstheson. Basle and Whalen. ............. Ie5
Previous record 2ll miles.
one hour after Dr. Frederick A. Cook. who re-
irs the freedom Of the city earlier in the dan, as
he dsooverer Of the North Pole had fred the gun
ths started them in their wild career around the
Brighton Beach track for twenty-four hours OF
,artnuOus racing, the first OF nine flying automo-
Mes had est" iished new record for such races
having cove . hfty-siX miles. This breaks not
oy the record for The first hour, but gives Louis
rhsvroei. who, in Buick car had seized an early
ssi in The race credit for the greatest mileage in
sny one hour in such contest. both marks having
sod previously at dfty-ave miles
Brighton Beach and the Brighton Beach race
rack summary places, in the general estima-
don and last night was a long way from being
s-mneTy. the Thermometer goes. But perhaps
hose Who might otherwise have been deferred by
he chill in the air thought Of DR.. Cook and certain
more or less recent experiences OF his and no
natter What the reason. a crowd that amazed
every ore except the promoters who said they ex-
rscted just such turnout, appeared. Fur coats
were much in evidence. and pocket TASKS and other
warmth producing devices. but ore complained.
and there were fully ten thousand persons on hand
s.ore the race very old.
some features that have come 10 be inseparable,
II .le general estimation, from these twenty-four-
,-r races were missing last night. In the first
rscs. there wasn't any blaze Of glory from Coney
sand - lend an Oriental brilliancy 10 the scene,
8 is usually the case, the Oriental effect being
atainej better AZ Brighton Beach than at Coney
Island, because the insistent and prevailing Occi-
srtaism Of COrey Island itself is lost in the haze
sfs 7a u.s. I'M fr--r
I'm getting into form for the Vanderbilt Cup
H,e said one siu 10 the man IN whose car she
-z5 ridden down. When ] sec those Internal ma
chimes SO Uiizzing by, and hear the motors bark
-g and Swapping like pack OF hungry dogs the
.1ng seems 10 get into my blood. It takes good
del 81 ts-ritude 70 get UP and go 10 Long Island
Che radd.a OF the night but this thing rather
ifFs think Its cocktail. so 10 speak"
There was plenty Of excitement last night, plenty
incident enough 10 enable the race to stand on
Is oVn feet Starting the cars with gun from
De judEe~ stand is a new way Of sending them
& and there little confusion right at the
s1r- which was no fault OF DR.. Cooks, however
lle L0zler team was responsible for this, because
lltschha. VINO al the wheel OF the first car,
81 away before The sun aud travelled about a
l-5r.5 yards alone Then he stopped but as he
81 50 the gun was fired. and the rest Of the pack
Tsi after him, leaving CODE, in the second car.
MO evidently expected the first machine TO be re-
a-a5 at the post. He lost half a lap, but soon
1z5e un the difference
Chevrolet. who won The CODE Trophy race in
Indiana and The recent Long Island Derby cut
og, tremendous pace AT the start, and covered
the first mile in l.lO 40 which meant quick in
crease Of speed after the cars were off. Ray
Howard. In The Palmer * Singer machine soon
gave clase to the Buick. and the spectators were
thrilled from the outset by the neck and neck
Elssie-t automobiles have necks-betWeen the
Do Cars
aoValds work in the chase soon began to tell,
l1a at aee miles tie Palmer & Singer was in the
ed GOVERNS The distance ia 5:l5 Ia. speed only
rae less than mile a minute. Howard kept
- increasing h-s pace, spurred by the desperate
--''Ls ~ chevrolet VINO was never far behind,
al1 covered Zen miles in 1895 %. Faster and
ts,sf Ae sped, and the pace was soon better than
q nile minute. for the time FIR the twenty miles
sas s.9l-5, and for the second ten miles 9.54 49,
Chevrolet held his ground. and soon after the
Aeilei- mile was passed Howard had TO stop
lTlssse rs lamps went out. While he was of the
RACK Chevrolet took the lead. and held it, with
sEian il second place, when the first hour of
A iaoe was over. He had covered Sc miles, with
5--Han o1ly trife behind him. less than a lap
inward held ih-ro houOrs, with hfty-three miles
s11 then came CODE, ia the first Lozer and Wally
y'el' ID q Rainier, with y miles Patshcke, in
@ o'-er L9zer car, had covered IS miles, Strang
Z l1e Marion. z7,- and Dearborn, in the second
ls--lei, e The Matheson. the added starter
'1- Charles Basic, who won the last Of these con-
'@.s al the wheel, brought up the rear, with 90
--es 10 IFS credit for the first sixty minutes.
L4eFen cars We're entered for the race, but the
-~t was Withdrawn account Of the injuries
STAINED by Ralph de Palma who 10 have
'el H. last Saturday, and the American was
- out ~ tae race f<fore il began.
lie uaek appeared 70 be in excellent condition,
~ ram u Thursday night having helped rather
ian hurt H. The lighting was better than ever
~-'ie and gave drivers and spectators alike
-alee 10 see what was going on. q
"ltn the inolosure the tents Of the various
e-As camps were busy all evening. Brilliantly
tleo' tbs miniature village pleased those IN the
% slaid and on the lawn immensely.