The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-14
AMONG THE AUTOMOBILISTS
A SEASON OF THE CLOSPSS
POSSIBLE RACES.
Almost All the Rix Autumn Contests
Have Been Won by a Minute or Less.
ami Usually Less-Death Of the Pic
ture-aue DE Hymel-New Jersey Biii

ture-,lue DE Hymel-New Jersey Biil
This has certainly been the year OF close
finishes IN The automobile racing world
Since October there have been five races
all of importance. in which The largest mar
gin he' N""n the nrst car and the second
has been u minute or less chiefly less. The
rae" for n" Grand PrIyn AZ savannah on
Sal urday comes as a fitting close TO the
! season. because IN it Bruce Brown and his
BenZ defeated Hemery and hi- Benz In
what mus, be the closest finish on record.
II takes an el"c' rIcl! timing device 10
de- ide things when his troph. race ia
won or lost hy e. seCond= l. was just
another h,' of hard luck for Hemery. who
In lHnS was beaten IN his race by Wagner
IN m" Fla' by ~ seconds hut at this rate
Hern"rv : bound 20 win the next race bv
about - seconds
IN" savannah road contest was irnn1a-
da'"ly pres "ded by two thrilling track races
az Atlanta In IA. "onre~' for tho Atlanta
/ trophy II 100 miles Dawson driving Mar
mon won from milford and tn" I,o7ier bv
four seconds Thai seemed very little Il
was followed by 'he 50 mile race FOR the
Atlanta Speedway Grand Prize which Horan
IN tho lolier won from Burman in the
Marquette Buck hv mlnu'" This prov
:" hay" h""n tn" largest margin 70 separate
any Two cars IN 'hs autumn = racing
on October / The Vanderbilt cup race was
run on Long Island and won by Gran, and
the Alco nv - seconds from Dav son in tn.
Ma rTnon This - isn'' much OF margin
for contest Of 49, miles Then "ame the
:'o mile race IN Philadelphia for the Fair
mount Park trophy IsnsIe IN blS Chad
wick won II by =. - seconds from milford
in Lozier
Taken all in all .hsss races have been
exciting enough In N. point Of time 20
satisfy any on" And a. a rule Il may be-
said that they wor" victories not 50 niue h
81 cars A. ~ IRE. " long A. he tire.
hold oar N" drivers ran xu along accord
luE +" Tho schedules they have framed
In mos ras"- b" inning cars had Mrh-lin
tires - T. nar b" sird ma they start On
"Gual ground IN this respect
What makes lh" difference them II
mus h'' ~" Hsv ~" cars are built and the
handling E"t receive from the drivers. A
man who sends btS ar around TURN So
that III" Tres are burned of almost will
gc' mt" '-ouhI" probably all IN" way The
moro careful driver thT IL the man who
makes ~ -r,e~d On The stretches and not
on he bend. i likely to keep going all The
time
The famous example ~ - rang who drove
the l-ot'a In 'wn winning races several
years ago without ever having aav iir.
trouble ~ siEn Of wha' man may do
with n ""rhina' ION o. good driving and
-ffils' kpttl INT' me II IL nor 20 ne denied
that here j. an element AZ buck in the per
formnn"" of a 'lr". hgt then again i, IL
usual" found hat no most adep, driver
has Tho ha-t iucn
Bru"" Brown had ," make only one tire
chang" la H. rae" on SATURDAY. and even
though III" 'ir" hanging - don" very fast
a. " va- WIN n" Marquette Buick AZ any
even - H. nm" lost when a car IL being
driven NJ 'Ee rate II seventy miles an hour
{ L. g..
'hn' has to h" repeated half a dozen time.
"r ru"r" a. the rlfs. - bound 20 count Mp
Grants steady driving in the Vanderbilt
cup race which has become proverbial
through 'hc two WINS Of the Airo WAS
helped ont by minimum NJ tire trouble
IN" result 81 n race Of the automobiles
nay easily bc hinged rom rlrt"ly because
Of % -roppnge for tires for instance.
Icngl. IN rhe Chadwick had 70 stop only
Once IN IN" Paramount Park race. and thai
in the Last round bee au-e 81 trouble with
ht- FIrsstOnc tires IL looked as IL he hadn = |
a .hau"" tn get Milford. but the replace
rneur was made in time for him To hold hi. |
narrow margin Of less than six seconds |
In. uarc-t slip hy the r~parera and the |
uhol" race would have gon" 70 pot.
Thc-. contests. whether on road or track, |
do prove something then about all sides Of |
racing. II the car IL designed |
rixhI and rhe driver handles 4. we'll and the |
tires hold up and the Igni'ion doesn't fail |
and tho rnachne stands M In all parts /, |
should win II ~ develops the speed. But the |
p0nr Of II Ia that all conditions must b. |
right When car wins one 81 ihas. big !
races or j. cln-e up 20 tho winner 10 IN "A ,
urr'iv. good sign that 10 IL u good car. Tho !
taking and strain Of racing ~ a harder
test than ~" av"rag" car gets IN months ~ /
touring III IN" man who gs.'- one Of thc-..
cnr- can 10 shown that ~ u a "lna" approx
tnHtrou ~ IN" racing Typ" h" can rest as.
.uT"d that he has a workable" automobile.
Track RACING requires a Different sort of
car ~ "A rule. from tho road contest 4
shorter wheel hn 4s' - generally dn-trahls
swinging constantly around turns ~ fnp
much flr tho tires and wears Them ont very
oni,t,lf That vn- N" experience of on..
COMPANY. Whr.h entered "ar IN track
rund rno~- only y" find that "a biIl of o. OOO
for rir... followed highly un-nI""r--fri
venture Fach -urt ~ rae" under each set
II conditions has ~ -'I'arn'" -isniil"an'".
IT,. dDa'h ~ TobIn u" Hyrn"I ns the
S'"d'Iard DAYTON driver killed ~ San IN
ngurr ~" Iyfnaf- real hr-'
ram'. wns Alfred lie was called Tnhsn
after hi; NJ, "n'TII@.Ict. Gh"rlH I2hn Iohln
his TTs' nI'Otn"htl" u" W mel acted NJ his
chauffeur and rot ~ ~. kr0wu ~ 'Tobtn'.
man. and -non after becnr1e T"hn De
n vfn"l
-. lI,rn"l Vas m il'",' Indian. and a pub
li'.tty man Htn" hiu ~" Hl'Ln me 81
Mht-'Iiux Wind 81 any event h. got
and although ne spn = lot ~ rn".~ m levas
h.a hOfu" - ifa 10 WIS not much known
outzid" untl las' wear. whom ne took q ten
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