The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-13
TWO RtEES ron WISH ART.
tie Has nm Easy Time With llis Mercedes
Ia the Mount Nrrnoa Auto Meet.

After two post pon~m-nrS because OF
bad weather the Mount Vernon Automobile
club held 10 second annual race meet
nj the Empire city racetrack, innarr-.
Yesterday, The gods even Yesterday did
not favor the club with good weather. n
fiurrY Of snow falling before the starting
of the nrsr race. and again A. the second
event was about to b. run Despite the
adverse conditions more than :. ;6o persons
saw N" rhc"4. and more than cn1 auto
mobiles ver. parked back OF the grand
stand and along thr inside fence Of the
track. cold wind blew acros< tho track
and warm wraps werr appreciated
spencer Wi>hnrt, an amateur driver
~ N"s'chest-s who droV" Mercedes
car ia the Vanderbilt cup races OF inO9
and this year. was IN" star among the
drivers. winning the Two events he entered
The firSt event on the programme was
the on" hour race for the Splitdorf ma gnet o
trophy ana $3.50 in cash or plate. with a
second prize nj SIS in cash or plate and =
third award Of S. ia cash or plate The
Splitdorf trophy. which il valued a. S;5o
must hc won tire. times 20 become rhe
perma nent properly OF q siCCesAful anfran'
The honr race was the fea'ur. event of the
day and was the rrs' to he run.
Lacsay- signal They w.r. Keo ,Hay-
,ockp. Hupmohil. DAM. Huprnobll. Lib
bcy,. hia. trow Bost, Maxwell Iowa.
Bar'mer. The pnpe Hartford WAS IN"
Uuicss ~ the - lrt and led a, he fIr~i turn
wrh III. o'her ears bun"hrd. IN. two iit'i-
Hupmobile- forming the relr of the pro-
---i"n he-seIs IN the Pope Iiarr ford
hrd hulc 'ilrlculIv keeping hrs car 20 the
three ana a quarter miles from the Man we'll.
whirh was quarter OF y milc IN front oi
he hiack crow when the hour ,elap-.d
the Pope Hartford Competed under protest
and the first Prize went TO the MAXWELL
y" bIacL 'ro~ was second and IN" BnicS
ON the 'h.rd mile OF the race th- spe~r1-
tOrs ware trer ed To he only real thrill NJ he
day when one of the wheels Of the Reo "ar
came on a. "a WIS entering the hofne~tr".Ch
III" Car was taken into the intseld and the
wheel r ~, led u .on n1. N ihe rae.
- nIl.--sio it, credit.
tve cars started IN the second event Of
m" dLN. ten mile race for cnrs with PTS
ton di+ila "m-n' ~ over po cubh inche.
They We're as follows Mcrcie- ,Ni-hsrtI. .
,Il,'n.k rnE-;on ,orm>byI M-rr-,,s. Men
d"l'. hslTr"r~ toulon' and St"Arns Nj,
Brd-' IA" ,ncn-k lng>'on -',llcd ~
cngin" ~ q" - lrt and ia" r.~t ~ The Held
rr1il, got started Fnr - tim" the ~'-rrn-
CAV" Hghf 10 Mi-h-r' 4. Mrr' -de- but he
Tor. IA" 'hIrd m,I" was p'--ad the Litter
hid "a ng~ ~ hand Rnf won "t>Iy N l"jrc-i
la" hlim"rs 'Itnt on The 'hird mile and 'be
Allen, livingston was lhpI-d on IN" tenth
small ear n.ld forth IN the third -vent
ten mls rr"r for stock chassis ears ia
las u. DIVISION -, Of the ! \ 1910
The REQ ard 'h" Buick "n-'rsd. The Nv"
starters w.r. 70" Hsy""cE', HupmobiIe
Iowa and BuicE Won i.artm"r, Th..
hulck got On In IN" head with ne he" 81 '-',Iy
,."%,nE ID" "sI q s e" nr.t mil. he
until the end. though ~ 'rncS loss than :
l:ncth ,~"pnrated II from ~" buic. Inc
fnp".r,',, r,.%h -, ,', ', hfn a n'i',l
passing III" iittl" req ear
The fiye mile fr'.e for ~ handicap was won
L. -. n
OF eleven starters. consisting III Sic3rn-
.licBrde' Nll.n- KINGSTON ,ormsbyi,
M.r."d rar MsndG a,ies sSieA aGss t ss.k
Hartford IE.--.Isi. ", ron rrh-baud. Ir ;.
nupmohil. Libby and hupn"hllc Dam
WishPrt who with McRrid" AND Mcnd.I.
started from scratch. caught rho taid on the
SECOND tap and from then on there sa-
noIhinG to hn' WL.har' lie hn..hsd ~.
.,t-arn- wa second and M"nd~l> Mercedes
'h,ri
IN" two ten mi" races tina w.r" rrs"Iysd
for members Of th" Mount Vernon club
w"rH confined, w''h m" APPROVE Of N.
handicap and four car- started Mercedes
'M.ndrl. Stearn. rHas-,; Blics D.
wa. ne limit car. receiving ,hir,r-n -iy-
re"n'hs Of n mile. and the Buick al
lowed half a m,ie The s,.arns and
Strsrn- caught both the Buick and Black
row before the fourth mile aud then led
Tor the rf-~F 81 'he Oi-tansp, Npmpt1slt
Iappiny the Buick by the ninth mile The |
Ne r-de- was second and Tho Black Crow
third The time was 10 minutes 81 seconds. |
IN" lnst two miles of this race was run In
the dark. The summaries
Ono Hour Rare-For Splitdorf magnetic trophy
Won by Pope Hartford tHcsssssl: second. |
Maxwell Iowa, and third. Black Crow fFsostj |
Distance. tJs. miles. Porc Hartford disqualified !
md Maxwell put Hr~t
Ten Miles For cars with piston displacement ,
,yrY 10 cubic Inrh~~ Won by Mercedes wish I,
m, second. ~tearnS 'MrBrtde,. AMI third. /
Mercedes 'M-ndel. Time. ~ minutes 20 !
rronrs /,
Ten Miles St0ck rrasslS cars In class n. divi |
ton one two Won by Reo hayco-k srroud. J
+,fick Won Bartrncri, and third Maxwell Iowa /
Time ~ rrinuvs Sc s-ronds
rive Mil-~-FT- for all handIrap Won by :
Mercedes 'WIShaTT srTlirh. Second. Sirarn~ I
MrIyrsIp, S-ratrh. nrd ihlrh. Mercedes 'Neudrh. |
rr,trh r me. . Ini1y'rs y @crOnd~.
Ten MIS- FIRE for all. club handicap. open I
> car, yn-d rs members Of he Mount Vernon
I'd iorroisilr Club Won by SirnEnS Weber /
1ratrh. 4--oud. Mercedes fMepdrl, ,rra'rh. ,
nd thlrh. BIsrs Crow Page. ~ u niir Time. ,
- minutes - SrrOnis.