New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-15


II .,-n,nsted at s:l5 last night. He sent his
\ ssrplex car LIS miles in twenty-four
So being fifty-one miles behind the
-.-ls's record made last year by Ralph
,s,lfors in 9 Lozier. AIulfords team mate
i : his year. cyrus Patschke. finished sec
I - last night in q Stearns, having COW
s-ss 1i29 miles. The Fiat car. driven by
l pslnb De Palma, was third. with 1,107
Il niles 10 its credit.
The race VAS generally regarded as one
4 If the most gruelling. both on men and
-scbiDes. ever ridden in this country. The
i f.Hure 70 equal the record was disap-
noiptrnent but thirty-five thousand people
ssw the event in whole or in part.
after the accident 10 the Buick car.
which sent Jack Towers through the upper
fence. The crowd settled down TO get
eFough the early morning hours. A re-
nsrkebly large percentage of those in at
tendance stayed on and OF, dopning fur
coats and budding under the heavy robes,
/ creuchtng n the tonneau bellows
Buick No. l. deprived OF the assistance
Of its stable mate, still persistently held
;hs lead hour after hour, while the gray
4 dawn grew INTO rose and the chill of morn
/ ing Erpped the drivers. The thinning crowd
/ IN the stands and in the clubhouse huddled
/ close together and forgot 10 cheer when
/ tire Buick returned to the track al ! O'Clock,
Il after an absence Of three hours and a half.
Al that hour the crowd was enlarged by
many night watchers, snatching brief bit
CT excitement before going TO bed
sEl through these hours the Fiat. driven
| fy Parker and DE Palma, had been eating
/ r. the distance that separated it from the
/ red tar lights Of Buick No. / When the
| O'Clock score went I'd the Fiat had
! jumped into the lead. Wally owen and
/ Louis DisbroW had gradually forced the
| Rainier Up ov clever and daring driving
INTO second place.
For Two hours he parade past the stands
vas in this order. Fiat. Rainier. Simplex
shich a. that period began TO assert itself
/ IS a dominant factor in the race-with the
tVo Stearns cars. driven by Patschke. Nui-
t1rd Howard and Dearborn.
Il became gradually probable that these
Il esx would battle for first place But at s
1 O'clock Stesrns No dropped out with q
4 tracked cylinder and the W c P. entry
4 Tss supported solely by Patschke and Null
1ord. who last year drove the Lozier car to
4 success and q worlds record.
Al Z O'Clock the Buick No. l, which had
h4sn DE- curing the miles al a phenomenal
tate, Demonstrated its ability TO hoid fifth
pace. and a. about 2 O'Clock il crept I'D
anothe~ notch mast the Rainier The Buick
vas racing under the protest that II had vio-
kted the rules Of the contest N making re-
pairs, and this Referee Whiting allowed
bur II continued with the right of appeal to
ne contest board OF the American Automo-
he Association.
II became evident early in the day that
t'e race was 2 rarely trying one 20 the
cT1Ters. and before night had come and the
bghfs were turned on. the Fiat entry had
esed ~ I've men De PaInaa's men went
mack On him. Jared into excruciating pain
o. the rutted surface Of the track, which
1ooked - if gigantic disk harrow had
Peen dragged around il. Parker was put on
Z crlFe and his wrists soon failed. the deep
''ins shaking The steering gear so that il
VAS almost Impossible fer hin, 10 hold the
Noeel nhysicisn was sent for and was
sole n give both these men considerab BILE
Ts,ief
Meanwhile The dfsa bIed Etearns camp had
.s2l their idle drivers. Dearborn and
reNsrd- Bit Dearborn was compelled TO
- Inc seat soon. his eyes being very
.aa'- HaWiey was then pat I'D. and his
Inns III turn failed him so he could not
i.'ll ne HheeI with security. Disbrow, OF
- halnler camp. was near the end of his
e'llty also. and This left wally Owen 70
80 lae orunt OF the work in the big car.
no haledle morning hours were notable
~ number e accidents. At $50 o'clock
-ol- Went through the fence at the
NsHtp Turn, tossing Endicott and his mech
Asa- Elmer II Gruder into the air.
me- were injured only slightly. Endicott
-iii--2 his leg, but returning quickly to
-.--- before aaybrcak the turns became
cut ana with each mile the dust
deeper and deeper and the cars
- e'aq skld6ed. often narrowly miss
- '-S renee each miss meaning another
e. ron injury The Houpt car broke
=. so.|- Anuekie and was off the track
- 0Doot o'clock that The Simplex
sra =. y Base definitely asserted itself
:. o The front. For four hours
-. N gradually cutting down the
1ss5 margin Then il grasped the
e. ''0H placed itself five miles ahead
est follower. Fiat. Then. for
S''ef hour, IL was never headed. and
o'''ele Or the race became a recital
position or Simplex in relation 20
for Instance at o'clock the
g "42- Simplex SAG; Fiat. Gal: Stearns,
'er el6. and Buick. cog. The next
- showed them unchanged, save that
ana Buick had changed places
hac placed an eight-nlle lead TO
-'s Made itself known as the real
'iloi Of siraplex al Il O'Clock. Patsch-
'--a FACE that has seldom been
su lot hesdwork and clever adapta-
eoAaiticn to his uses. Fiat was
Ddlk 10 third and gradually lest
- And more ground
- contest became a bitter. heartbreak-
asel- O motors. tires and brains be-
Ies-e aad Poole, in the Simplex. and
IKE sd Milford. Ia the Stearns Tie
q simplex varied hour after hour in
nHes. 90 % -0 anu .
"nen stearns. ny extraordinarily clever
- cut The leaders margin down ID
s-l,eel niles. the loyal II. =. T. follow
leit sure that they would have a
'-'e 20 celebrate ana toast q two-time
inner Tor Milford drove the Lezier car
F2cIory last year. BY this time the af-
ION ereVd had arrived. which grew and
-GniH "a dusk the stands we're again
tsskeoE The meas CT the duel between
eEasns and Simplex raa through the