Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1910-10-01
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LONG ISLAND MOTOR PARK
AY. Oct. 1.--With dead and wounded
hrkipg nearly every mile of the
ntke. sixth Vanderbilt cup race
day with Harry Grc:1t, driv-
P0- horsepower Alec, winner
the narrow margin Of % seconds
e Dawson, driving a Marmon, was
cond, one minute and six seconds
head of Joseph Aitken, at the wheel
National
BY his victory today Grant repeats
lis exploit of last year. when he cap
ired the cup in car Of the same
AXE.
n0nkA A Race of Fatalities.
nner.s time for the 27S.0S miles
burse was hours Is minutes
seconds, or an average of ,65 1-5
IAN hour. which establishes a new
Hrican record The race was
Hrked by a series OF fatalities and
ccidents' second only to the memor-
. bic Pstris Madrid race and It's tragic
[esults.
Harold stone, of Los Angeles, driver
a Columbia car sustained probable
atal injuries in crash which oc-
urred soon after the race started
10Th his legs are broken and he is in
|iured Niternally. At the hospital to
which he was taken It was said his
Recovery is very doubtful.
Charles Miller. mechanician of the
Marquette Buick car. driven by Louis
Chevrolet. was killed instantly in q
|collision with touring car along the
boute. Ferdinand D'Zubia. New York
Inanager of the Pope Hartford Com
Ioany was killed in snash-up while
|pn his way down to the race. The
number of accidents. short of fatalities,
kan to scores.
From a sporting point of view, alone,
{he race was thrilling. There Is no
kloubt that 1t will go down In the an
kais of automobiling as the most hot
contested long distance event ever
eld over open country roads. Judged
its cost In killed and MANNED, how
yer. the race was a revolving spectacle
I'd severe arraignment of the man.
er in which 1t was conducted.
stones Mechanician Dead.
Almost at once the inadequacy of The
|ecautions taken were tragically made
ain. On the first time around Harold
one dIfying the No. II Columbia, met
not fatal, injury, under his
ID car his mechanician, Mat
Bacon, of Atlanta, Ca, at the
suffering injuries from which
hortly afterward. Those near
he say that the overcrowding
rse forced Stone into a ditch.
nd fatality among the racers
more tragic. Louis Chevrolet,
Marquette-Buick, in which
ID off mile after mile at an
ed of 731a miles an hour, ran
touring car parked at the
road, killing his mechanician,
iller, instantly. Three men
bnen watching the race from
the touring car were hurled
Er,ously hurt. the car itself
like paper. under the ter
Horrors Increase.
of this last tragedy had
I'd when word came that
ncia and then the Mercer
the road and brought up
on against telegraph poles,
four occupants. AS If this
ough, Joe Dawson, going
bn ball in car No. 25, ran
crowd that barred his
Westbury turn and sped on.
apparently lifeless body
cross the road.
Henry Haggerdorn, clerk
local automobile firm. 1t
that his injuries are fatal.
etest secrecy concerning this
t,1t,,,o n life xtra q ma int a In ad
officials during the race.
sace Triple Event.
:. as was the case last year,
s a triple event, not only the
he Vanderbilt cup competing,
in two other detachments as
brought As machines upon
at once, and contributed not
10 the slaughter during the
st of the two subsidiary events.
patley Hills sweepstakes, was
F. Galnaw. driving a Fal car.
peace, also driving Fal car.
second.
Massapequ9 trophy race, the
went to William Endicott, driv-
ole car Mortimer Roberts, driv-
he 81 cars which started in the
krbilt ten were still in the race
the officials declared the contest
Those besides the three first were
rows National No. 81; Mulford's
er. No. 2; Flening's Pope Hart
(continued ON Second Pase.)