New-York tribune., 1910-08-21

mechanical mishap sent it back to the
camps
Then ii was that Stanley Martin saw his
CHARGE and determined TO lay out a good
gap and make himself a strong third. He
was clocked for mile after mile in less
than sixty seconds. The order of Stearns.
Natheson, Houpt, Cole was maintained
without change all through the sunny az
ternoon At $50 O'Clock the Midland which
had suffered several different kinds of
hardship, once sitting patiently for four
hours till its nurses found a new tuning
pin to replace the one 1t carelessly dropped
or the backStretch, declared itself out of
the race. This left foir to finish, the fight
being for third place.
The attendance during the afternoon was
n.cst isappointing-probably somewhat di
verted by the aviation meet at Sleeps
lead. Several of the aviators took pecks
into the motordome when their aeroplanes
veered toward the ocean But at that.
there were about six thousand persons in
the inclosure, and these were largely aus
n,ented by constan+ arrivals. so that about
ten thousand persons saw the finish at $50
clock.
At $50 the Houpt car plunged through
The hacktield fence, taking ten lengths out
by the posts. A steering knuclile had
broken. and the car was out for fifty min
utes 1t was roundly cheered when it came
back in the race. Neither Martin nor his
mechanic was hurt. At the tWenty-Second
hour the four in the race had reeled OFF
these rnieages: Stearns. Las. ffty-two
miles ahead of the Lozier record; Matheson,
LOS; IIoupt, 9l7. and Cole, s21.
Stanley Martins pluckiness and the re
rnarkable performance of the Houpt car in
coming back into the race after fifty min
utes absence were the sensations Of the
latter part of the race. Martin still held
his place a third, and the last hour vas
cnlivened by some spirited brushing be
tween the Houpt and the Stearns- Even
before the last hour of the grind began the
Stearns car equalled the distance for the
crtire rwenty-four hours, 1876 miles, made
by the Lozier last year.
An interesting feature Of the record was
that Cyrus Patschke, whose brilliant driv-
ing made the new marks possible. was the
alternative driver with Ralph Mulford. who
established the previous mark Patschhe
said:
Il am net al all tired and the track is
excellent. and the whole twenty-four hours
+ as been a Joy ride. We've had no trouble
with the car of any kind, save a little
wear on the chains.
As the time grew short and the tired
drivers began to dream Of baths and soft
beds the crowds pressed close against the
barrier.
At last Fred Wagner signalled the last
lap with the green flag. and then there
Vas a fun minute of silence before he
stepped on the track with the black and
white checkerboard flag which means the
end
Then such roar went UP as startled the
plscid COW in the inf1eld. The company
making the winning entry bought copious
champagne for all and sundry, and the
race was over.
The manufacturers of the Houpt- Rock
well car, which finished third In the twenty
fa,,r-hour race at Brighton Beach yester-
day, have challenged the Stearns car, win
ner of the long race! to a ten-mile race
straightaWay. for a wager OF 5000. The
Stearns Company, as the challenged party,
will have choice of courses. The stipulation
is that the - me car be used and the race
be driven inside of two weeks