New-York tribune., 1910-10-02
GRANT AUTO RACE KINGI
Alert Brain and Iron Nerve Con-,
jured Car to Victory.
DRIVERS STIRRING DUELS
Vanderbilt Cup Contest IN Every
Phase a Marvellous Speed
Achievement.


rator OF the same car. painted black, yes
.erdav about l0:l5 O'Clock. and almost liter
ally lifted the huge billet ot steel across
Che raDe a winner for the second time of
the trophy on Long Island, ne won what
was probablv the most remarkable auto
mobile contest ever held anywhere.
T-n.H the last lap Of the twenty-tWo
rounds Of the 1854 mile course no one
knew definitely who would win. II was
anxhodv.s race 10 the last. hearthreakinE
10 drivers entr,unts and spectators alike
The race was won by combination OF
1hres thinEs-the man. his brain hgur-
,rg. planning. almost Conjurtng victory :
stsrchness o. car construction which
could stand the terrific strain on metal and
adjustments. and an engine generous
.nof,rb "a sl,prlv power that turned Itself
into speed.
~ot ,be least remarkable feature Of the
-sce mas its start exactly on time,
o'clock. At $50 O'Clock. when the dawn was
-eauv ccnae. Fred Wagner marshaiied the
rig ma chimes hack OF the tape, the ODD
numbers near the pole and the even num-
hers outside
Then bcean his counting OF the seconds
MO the ear of the first driver. Al LIVING
stone From fifteen the count fell 70 ten
70 eight. 10 FIVE. 10 four. 10 three, 20 tWo.
and then came me sap Niil1i 0e'' ''ii
awav. In exactly fifteen seconds Mulford
was sent after him. in the iozier with
which he won the Elgin national stock
chassis race in August
L had been annosInced that the Correja
.csr would moi start il the Wheatley Hills
Sweepstakes. having been disqualified by
-he technical committee OF the American
Automobile. Association. The entrant, =
--srs Rox5e could not comply with the
provision insisting on the making OF Ger
-sin number Of cars of the same pattern
This VAS disappointment as u removed
from The contest Monty Roberts. who drove
the Thomas car from New York 10 OheE-
emo in the New York 10 Paris race. One
Of the OldsmohIe was scratched also'
owing 10 mechanical trouble
Al this Ras told hefore the men started
stone started with a half burned cigar IN
his r7outi-pocr stone. who never appeared
ecsir - the thousands who waited 10
check him at the grandstand- There Was d
cheer for Grant as he Was sent on
Bobby Rurman. winner of the Speedway
helmet sal l1nconcelned. and took time at
The IO-second period 10 wipe his goggles
But he was away like q startled deer "hen
he feIt the s1ap-,he signal Of the starter
I,oals Chevrolet, in one # the big 100
l7o-sepove- .2uicks h designed himself.
fr-4r.e seconds. He said things to his me-
chanjc-
IN SIX minutes from the time the first OF
7na racers LETT the tape the entire field of
thirty cars had started cleanly and per
fectly
A+tbe end Of the first lap the three lead
ing men. in the order they started, were
checked They were Mulford, Arthur Chev-
,oler and Livingstone. Livingstone had been
,,assed hy both Milford and A Chevrolet.
t1lt his time WIS equal 10 Milford and
was exceeded by Chevrolet. who did the
lap in Il minutes seconds.
H-ishsrt's tirst lap was notable one. He
drove his own car-the Mercedes which he
grove last ycar-and oid The lap in II
minutes . seconds. Then came Hearle, his
inevitable Canadian hsbitant cap stream
ing into she wind. Helms, the substitute
Tor Robertson. followed next The valve
less Amplex. driven by Walter Jones. the
twenty -year-old boy, made purr Of its
own. distinctly different from all the other
--oIleyinEs Of exhausts- They tTailed past
the stand at fairly regular intervals, Mat
son IN his Corbin. Bruce-B Brown in the Benz
h drives because he likes the sport. Hard
ing in the Stoddard-D Dayton and Grant in
tie Aiso.
The stand got to its feet when Bvardsley
end ms Simplex gave battle 10 Fleming.
driving one Of the Pope -Hartfords They
fought # out along the stretch, radiator
larping rear wheel Louis Chevrolet ap-
peared. sending his Buick in the way he
always drives-absolutely reckless Of ma
chine self or course. He got a yell
De Hyma, The Indian, flashed past. his
face se4 in heavy lines, and Belcher and
Disbrow brought up the rear. Relcher hav-
snE passed Dssbrow on the back.
From the first of the race Il was evident
shat Mulford had formulated a careful
speed plan and schedule. For instance, his
first seven laps were timed on the score
hoard opposite the officials stand AT an
even eleven minutes. the figures appearing:
j minutes, . minutes. 33 minutes. - min
isItes - minutes, &C minutes and . minutes
30 such instance of a thorough knowledge
Of what he was doing and ability to ride
exactly as fast as he wished was ever given
before In a similar contest
Tie racing manager OF the Lozier camp,
Charles Emise. was perhaps quite as re
Eponsible for this performance as Nulford
himself.
IN the second lap Living had tire
trouble a. Hicksvine, and Wishart was de-
sayed with adjustments at Meadow Brook
This gave EIearne. in the Benz. a chance
60 assert himself. and ne swept past the
Stands IN the second lap some distance be
hind Milford. but within striking distance.
Aitken and Helms had pretty brush in
this lap a the tape. Fleming showed the
ptuff he Was made Of. and began TO manoeu-
N-re for place and the position from which
40 20 10 the front in this lap. Beardsley,
the young amateur driver. was also shoN-
ing his Simplex well toward the lead
Then there came a blur up the course
which resolved itself into five cars almost
together. They we're the Pope-Hartford.
with Dingley up; the Marnon, with Daw-
son up the Buick. with Burman up; the
American, with Wallace up, and another
Buack. S!th Louis Chevrolet up. Before
she Illusion Of one monstrous piece of
rnecila nism could be grasped the i've were
gone into the distance.
The performance OF the Houpt car was
distinctly pleasing TO fits friends. II has
started in 80 many races this summer, and
with such reasonable hopes Of success, only
20 disappoiut its admirers, that its steady
grind and logical performance yesterday
were a welcome change TO the programme
The American car gave the first eKhibi-
iioE Of what pit men could do. They made
q tire change in less time than Ii takes T.
write about it. and the car was OF again.
The pits this year were excellent, and the
s.fticials watched most carefully 10 enforce