New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-09-27
CARS CRASH IN THE FOG
knipper and Guichard Injured on
Vanderbilt Cup Course.
AUTO A COMPLETE WRECK
Thirty one Machines to Start for
the Coveted Trophy on
Saturday.

Early morning practice for the Wander
bilt Cup race over the Motor Parkway was
marred again yesterday by a serious ac
cident, in which William Knipper and Au-
gust GuiChard, driver and mechanic of the
Lancia car were injured. The machine
was smashed so badly that it will not APP
pear in the Wheatley Hills Sweepstakes.
for which it was a strong favorite and for
which it was being tuned up
There was fog hanging over the course
at the time. which made driving rather
dangerous, Many of the men drove slowly
rather than take chances. with the race
at hand, but a few of the more daring
drivers tore off the miles as if they could
see clear road ahead. Burman and Ding
ley, in Buick and Pope-Hartford cars, re-
spectively, had covered fast laps and were
slowing down. when KHipper and his big
Lancia machine came booming along.
The cars in front were more or less OBJ
scUred by the fog. At any rate, Knipper
caught the left rear wheel of the Buick
and ripped off the hub cap. breaking away
and side-swiping the car. Burman could
not sheer off and the Lancia rose in the
air like balky horse and rolled over. Bur-
man by that time had broken away from
the entanglement. Neither he nor his car
was injured. I.
Both men in the Lancia car were hurled
through the air. Burman described it af-
terward as seeing n man split IN halves fly
ing over him He did not know that two
men were catapulting over the fence.
Knipper and Guichard were picked up In
an unconscious condition. Knipper recov-
cred first and started down the track away
from the car. waving his arms in the air.
Guichard came to a moment later. and
was completely dazed. He tried 10 crawl
under the car TO find Knipper, and even
looked in the battery box and unscrewed
the cap OF the car radiator to find him.
Knipper escaped with only severe bruises.
while Guichard has a severely sprafned
wrist and will be unable to do his work
in the big race
The entries for the three races closed
finally on Saturday at midnight Two that
have not previously been announced,
they were made late by mail, are the Co
Irnbia and the American. The Columbia
will be driven by Harold A. Stone, and
his mechanic will be II. R. Bacon. of
Georgia. The car is 1911 model, and was
built for competition in the Paramount
Park race, at Philadelphia, on October 3
Stone is we'll known in the West where
ished first in the Los Angeles-San Diego
road race and the Burros hill climb at Red
lands He was second in the Los Angeles
Phoenix overland run and won the Fresno
road race.
The American car is the personal prop
erty Of Charles H. J. Schroeder, the motor
boat enthusiast. 1t will be driven by
chauffeur named Wallace.
This gives the Vanderbilt Cup race thir-
ty-one entries. and there VIII be about for
ty-six cars in all on the course. with the
Massapequa and the Wheatley Hills sweep
STAKES finishing at the same time 1t has
been found necessary to build eighteen
more repair pits TO accommodate the ears
Nine will be built at each end OF those al
ready in existence.
The Bosch Magnetic Company has made
a generous offer of additional money prizes
to the cars finishing in the three fixtures
equipped with its magnetos- II has OF
fered through Harlow HYDE $500 10 the
first $3.50 to the second and $50 TO the
third in the Vanderbilt Cup race If they
are Bosch equipped It has also orfered
$50 10 the first and 500 TO the second IN
both the Massapequa and the Wheat'ey
Hills races if they are Bosch equipped
This is A total of s1,4co offered by the
Bosch company.
The Pope Hartford drivers, Fleming ana
Direlev. again took first honors at the
morning practice. Dingley did the l2o4-
mile course in Il minutes q seconds. and
Fleming his teammate. did it in Il min
utes Re seconds The times were as fol
lows: