New-York tribune., 1910-10-02
SPEED MAN|ACS REVtL
Crew of Lancia Car Saved by
Timely Leap for Life.
pADULA BREAKS AN AXLE
Crowd of Surging Humanity
Blocks Massapequa Turn
Many Narrowly Escape.

-r-,.x III +bs saxsrness Of the speei
- ,ooLfna for sensational sights and
accidents. over FIVE thousand persons m
,,.or,obfIsa carriages and afoot. Hooked
ear,,, yesterday morning 10 watch the Van
.o-t,ir+ (,,,n race at the Massapequs turn.
7,bera The Long Island Motor PARKWAY
,oses ftself IN Nassau County dirt roada
-r,e,, were there for the electric thrills and
acton. and they got plenty Of tnen- tney
ssvr one man raunned against the mood or
a touring car by a racing rnacnihs anu
three Of the time annihilatinS hyers tsa">
the course and go plung1nz to"srn -'ns
mass of human beings. VINO sSenh>0 "
.,,,.t,, racked that they could not naoTs
70 escape death They did, however am
20, = single fatality marked the days run
ming at that point
The first excitement came when. A. aoo1t
: 40 O'Clock IN the morning. Fred Belcher.
driving the Knox. pulled up az the side o
the- road before reaching the bend and
started with the aid OF his uechanician to
A. q broken cylinder valve. Instantly ne
crv, somebody hurt - attracted hundreds
~ neonIe who came running across tas
.-acl. an as TO get their I'll Of aFonv. de-
sri,s the best efforts OF the police 20 stop
then, II was false alarm. out tney
matched Belcher. who got of again aiier
hfteen minutes delay
" Sherwood. driving q Mercer. vas
the next to come 70 GRIEF az tniS p'ln''
and he did so IN sUch manner tnat none
~ the excitement loving enthusiasts OF
the game felt that they had been slishted
sherwood was making the turn at q ter
rfrc cIfp. when suddenly. with roar 81 ex-
r1odinp rasoIene and zip of tires cutting
gravel that sent chiI1s Of apprehension 70
everv heart near II. one OF his ures oteV
/ out. That was at one minute after clocA
! Again II was the magic OF quick repair.
! and six minutes later, chee-ed ~ the
} crowd. Sherwood and his mechanicia1 -
/ entered the race About a quarter OF sn
! hour later Burman. handling a Marquefte-
/ Ruick missed corfding with a telegraph
/ mole. As he sped bv the crowd eheereo
/ him. and HIS assistant turned and waved
his hand as the machine disappeared z 4
/ cloud of burning vapOr and dust
1 At 7-40 o'clock the first tremendous
I thriller Of the dav came One of The Abbott-
| Detroit cars driven by Padula- siOdded as
II took the toprnost edge Of the Dip st t1s
? turn. and cavorted at lightning spsAd into
! a crowd Of more than Eve hundred persons.
who were watching the race around the
bend. Still the god OF chance was kind.
( and no one was hurt. When the dust blew
away PaduIs found that broken axe
/ would keep him out OF the running
/ The laundering big Simplex. No . driven
/ b,- Pea rdsIev. served for a nerve rackins
/ moment shortly after as II took fvins
rIunge into the same territory invaded b
the Aboott-Detroit- The crowd melted
auav before II. and no one was even
/ bruised. for the people had learned 20 run
/ like rabbits.
The third u1elodramattc feature Of tn9
morning at Massapequa came when the
doughty little Lancfa. which had caused
| the crowd TO go into mysteries OF joy every
/ time Il passed. on account of the fine way II
took the bad turn. met its waterloo at the
/ top and plunged into a parking spacs-
/ Knfpper and his mechanician saved them
/ selves by jumping. but a bystander was
| pinned against the hood Of a touring car
| The police were unable TO do anything
with the men and boys. As each car
/ passed and SKINNED down the track num-
/ bers of spectators would clear the road
with hop. skip and jump in their efforts
l TO get better points of view. They paid no
l attention whatever TO the shouting officers
/ At one time a crowd that threatened 20
I block the race ran on the track az a large
I strip OF rubber flew OFF a rear tire on ths
Pope-Hartford. driven b. Bert Dinglsy-
i The mob. crazy for souvenirs. pOunCed on
/ the dirty strip and II was torn into a hun
dred bits. The police Gnally cleared ths
proachins machine gave warning thar 4
4 car was coming.