Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-31

ously with the days chief event, re-
spectively, the Massapaquea sweep
stakes and the Wheatley Hills sweep
stakes, were won, the first by Joe Mat
SON. driving 25-horsepower Chalmers
Detroit, and the second by r. w. Har-
roun, driving a 32-horsepower Harmon.
Race Starts Promptly
The race, reduced to the level of an
ordinary stock car contest, was start
ed promptly at o'clock in conjunc-
tion with the Wheatley Hills sweep
stakes and the Massapequa stakes,
two short-distance races for small
cars. The weather conditions We're
ideal and served to bring q crowd of
nearly 100000 persons.
The twenty-five cars entered in the
three races were sent away in three
detachments. The first of these con-
sisted of six cars, ranging from 20 to
20 horsepower, and competing for the
Massapequa trophy. The entrants for
the FWheatley Hills sweepstakes, four
in number, followed next in a class Of
their own. The fifteen contestants for
the Vanderbilt cup made up the third
division.
The starters in the three events
were as follows:
Massapequa sweepstakes, 10 laps, 126.4O
miles
No. Car and Driver.
41-Chalmers; B. Brown.
42-Hudson; G. Ainslee
43-Chalmers; j. Matson.
44-MaXwell; A See.
45-MaxweI; T. Costello.
46-Maxwel; NJ. Dorley
wheatley Hills sweepstakes, is laps,
1880 miles
31-Marion; A. Munson.
32-Marmon; r. W. Harroun.
33-Columbia; R. W. Wilcox. a
34-Moon; p. Wells
Vanderbilt cup race, 20 laps, 27S0S miles.
Fiat; L. Strang.
3-Simplex; l.. A. Mitchell
4-Fiat; e. A. Hearne.
5-Atlas: e. Knox.
6-Apperson; H. N Harding.
7-Chalmers w. Knipper.
8-Alco; II. F. Grant.
9-Chalmers; L. r. Lorrimer.
10-National; ]. D. Aitken
11-National: c. c. Merz.
12-Marmon; H. Stillman.
14-Fiat: e. H. Parker.
15-Buick; L. Chevrolet.
16-Mercedes: s. C. Wishart
17-Isottai j. Seymour.
At the tick Of 8 No. Al, Browns
Chalmers Detroit, was off. A great
shout went up as the little blue car dis
appeared down the course. At inter-
walls of fifteen seconds the other cars
tore across the tape.
There was an interval of forty-five
seconds to mark the separation between
the cars of class 4 and those of class 3.
The Marion, IN the Wheatley Hills
sweepstakes, caught fire on the second
round and was stopped at the repair
pit.
The last car was barely out of sight
when the bugles announced the coming
of the first car to complete the round
This proved to be Joe Matsons Chal-
mers- Detroit, which had passed both
Brown and Ainslee.
Many Accidents Occur
OF the Vanderbilt entries, Mitchell s
Simplex was the first to finish the cir
cult. His time was 1921 1-5, equal to
sixty miles an hour
Seymour, in his Isotta, withdrew
from the race in the fifth lap, while in
the fifth position, because of a broken
steering knuckle.
Hearne's Fiat was ont in the fifth
lap on account of a broken crankshaft.
After nearly two hours absence from
the race it was discovered that Strang' S
disappearance was due to the fact that
a large rock had torn through his radi-
ator as he was sweeping past Hicks
vile on his second lap.
At the conclusion of the sixth lap
Knipper led the big car division. with
Wishart in the Mercedes second and
Harding in the Apperson third
While the big fellows were finishing
their sixth lap the smaller fry in class
and class were barely entering their
fifth lap.
In class 4 Matson led with margin
of nearly six minutes over Brown
Ainslee was third.
In class 4, the first to complete the
fifth lap, was Harround with Wilcox