The sun., 1910-10-02

Hearne. Benz. finished eighth in I hours
81 minutes 25 seconds Hugh y Harding.
Stodd, ri Dayton. finished ninth IN.
hours 81 minutes - seconds
rHt MINoR RACES
J = G.lnaw. Fal-car. won the lse q
miles Wheat..y Hills Sweepstakes race
IN ; hours ~ minutes 10 seconds ". II
Pearc-. Fal-car. was second IN the Wheat
lay Hills race IN hours 25 minutes
second.
William Endicott Cote won the Ics
miles Massapequa Sweepstakes race IA
hours ~ minutes ?-I0o seconds. Morti-
mer Roberts. Abbott Detroit. was second
IN hours - minutes : seconds. LOUIS
Edmunds. Cole was third IN hours -
minutes IS seconds
Harry r. Grant gets a cash prize Of
$3.50 for winning the Vanderbilt cup
race IN addition u a number of prizes
offered bv accessory makers GelnaW
gets 81 90 Tor winning the Wheatley Hills
race and Endcott i.OpO for winning the
Massapequa race
The unprecedented number ot entries
for the Vanderbilt cup race and the two
sweepStake events that were run in con
junction With u served ~ arouse tire
mendous interest m the -Nth race for the
trophy presented by William X Wander
| hiIt. Jr Mr. Vanderbilt acted as referee
, for yesterdays race and - president ~
the Motor cups Holding Company, which
ran the race yesterday and - scheduled
20 conduct the second race a week from
nsNt Saturday Tor tho Automobile club
. Of America grand prize gold cup
/ PERHAPS so GRAND PRIZE.
! The race enthusiasts who gathered
AT the Garden city Hotel after the cup
race Yesterday afternoon we're doubtful
of the probability of any grand prize
race on Long Island on October 10. The
many INJURIES and deaths around the
circuit u was said might cause the board
~ governors of the Automobile Club ~
America to withdraw their sanction
for the International struggle scheduled
for October IS even " the Motor Cups
Holding Company wished ~ conduct
the contest according to arrangements
A. the automobile Club ~ America j. the
court of lat resort on International
automobile affair." IN this country. the
grand prile race could not be run Y the
4 T. McMu1ria. chairman of the
technical COMMITTEES ~ the Automobile
! club ~ America and ons Of m. last TO
! Ia.v. the course. said lasi night h" had
heard nothing about the abandonment of
the Grand Prize race II ~ tn" duty of
Mr. McMurtri. COMMITTEES 10 examine
the cars before they enter the race and
he said tha, he had received no In-truc-
-. Na..0a
RECORD CROWD ~ CARS
! II IL altogether likely that another
record was made 50 far as the number
81 AUTOMOBILES parked around th" circuit
was concerned. and men who drove around
the course Iusy before u was closed said
there were NOR" than iO."oO cars there.
/ Al night long from every direction.
motor cars moved toward the course
or grand stand and along every available
road and long befor. midnight the cars
we're running two or three abreast on
-, erv road from New York that was wide
enough for more than one car to move
IN safety
Thousands - automobil" owners had
made careful preparations 20 spend
th" night near the Four-e IN order 20 avoid
the confusion and .ianger attendant upon
trying to reach anv point IN IA" race zone
~ tn. early morning hours. During the
night the lights of hundreds of bonfires
could b~ seen and all available ro omz
~ hotel- and r"Sidencs~ IN that part Of
Nassau county had been engaged weeks
before the rnc.
Beginning at midnight all the roads
leading 20 the grand stand and 20 the
various parking spaces along the Motor
Park way were Jammed Nth Solld lines ~
ears There were not as many accidents
among the cars ~ spectators IA the early
morning hours as had been feared. but
This was due to the fact that there were
~ many cars along the roads that even
rh. most reckless ones among the drivers
- them bad no chance To speed their
machines.
Beyond any question the unusually
largo number Of different makes of cars
ant"red ior the cup races and the sweep
staks - events was responsible for the great
ont pouring 81 spsrtatOrs a. many a man
who might not otherwi@s have thought
~ going drove down tn the course 20
watch the performance ~ n car that was
= duplicats Of the one b" drives himself
Sor an INTERNATIONAL RACE.
In yesterdays race there were nineteen
different makes 81 cars in tbs thirty that