The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-09-30
30 sURPAss PREDECESSORS
Tng GAME COURSE WHICH WAS
\ MAPPED OUT ON LONG ISLAND
LAST YEAR WILL Dc SCENE
TOMORROW.

New York. Sept. 30.-Over . twelve
I'D Q fraction mile course. situated In
~ heart Of Long Island. a score OF au-
- drivers. representing America.
France, Italy and Germany, will to-
morrow contest In the sixth Internal
,tooal auto race for the Vanderbilt cup.
kombjematic Of the American road rae
| ing championship. That the race this
|yeas 10 bound to surpass all OF its pre-
1ecessors In interest. speed and per-
oooality n the unanimous opinion OF
~ Of the experts identified with the
| ocntest. The fact that the motor park
|bWoepstakes II to be run the same day
has added considerably to the popular
Interest manifested In the main event.
\ The course for the Vanderbilt cup
Aoutest IL the same ~ last year. the
1rcuit being 1864 miles In extent. and
- race will be twenty-five laps. or
Nos miles. the same ~ last fall. The
3cbit consists OF the Motor Parkway.
A1apeQua road and Old Country
fX Outside the parkway. which has
bal racing surface. the roads are
" Aand have been well oiled. There
Ny four turns. which have been
fbGnked 20 that they can be taken at
opeed.
The Vanderbilt cup race will be
ntArtsd at nine o'clock tomorrow morn.
lng and for the first hour there will
10 no other cars ON the course except
k3nlo e II expected win eliminate the
oBoat confusion that occurred last
| year when the Motor Parkway sweep
&6&akoo classes were started simultane-
ouely with the Vanderbilt cup cars.
The Motor Parkway sweepstakes, to
~ started at ten O'Clock. will include
|tWo CLASSES. the MassapeQua and the
Wbeatley Hills sweepstakes for tro-
D1loe and $1,000 cash In each. and
noon 10 cars In class b OF the A. A. A.
Doatest rules. This class II for stock
ooss with piston displacement and
mlnimum weight restrictions. The
1easoapeQua sweepstakes will be open
- stock cars Of 161 to $50 cubic in.
ooes piston displacement and 400
Dounds minimum weight. The Wheat.
- Hills sweepstakes will be open to
n1Gpk cars Of 231 to 800 cubic inches
11eo6 displacement and 100 pounds
nIonlmum weight For the Massapequa
CWoopstakes tho circuit will be cover.
~. ten times, making the race 1864
l1Des. Tor the Wheatley Hills sweep
60kes the circuit win be covered III.
- times. making the total distance
&e miles.
ne worlds most prominent and
Wing drivers are represented In the
Qtry list for the Vanderbilt cup race
~ yoae and for the past two weeks
~ besn preparing and tuning up
~ machines. Unless there are one
more eleventh-hour Withdrawals.
ntsen and possibly twenty cars will
ut In the mad dash around the
toaty.two-lap circuit In an attempt to
1o1lc OF the auto championship. The
o1o9ity Of the cars named to compete
~ Of American manufacture, the per
2tAge OF foreign.built autos being
paeiderably smaller than In previous
nru,
A0oorge Robertson. who won the
3nderbilt cup two years ago. will
Ne . Bens car In the big race. The
w members Of the Benz team will
Bdward A. Hearne and David
loo-Drown. Harry f. Grant, winner
at years race. will pilot an Alec.
Pope-Hartford team will consist
peming and Dingley: the Marmon
Harroun and Dawson: the Nat.
6ool team. Aitken and Livingstone;
~ Simplex team, Mitchell and
loQrdsley: the Marquette Buick team
Leeds Chevrolet. Arthur Chevrolet and
J6oort Burman. The jackson car
o0A Of the, new entrants in the cup
ooatests. WIN BE- driven by e. F.
DAelfler. who has never appeared in
- east before. but who has reputa.
Nm In the west for skin and daring
1unong the other cars entered for the
40 contest are the Apperson. with
1ngS1s Hanshue ~ driver and the Lo
~. With Ralph Mulford.