Evening journal., 1910-09-24
THIRTY-SIX CARS
In THREE RACES
Vanderbilt Cup and Two
Smaller Events Are Fill
ing With Entries

NEW YORK, Sept. 24-More entries
have been made for the Vanderbilt
cup race and the two sweepstakes
events to be run in CONJUNCTION with II
on Saturday next, the total number Of
cars named for the three races now
being thirty-six. The new entries
that we're announced from the local
Office of the Motor Cups Holding Com
pany in the Longacre Building are a
Stoddard- Dayton, a Mercer. Knox
and three Abbott-Detroit machines.
The STANDARDIZATION entry was
made by the United States Motor
Company. and Tobin De Hymel, who
is described as an Aztec, has been
named TO drive the car. He has
driven the car with success in some
local events In Texas. The Stod-
dard- Dayton will bear % as its official
practice number The Mercer is the
second car Of this make to be entered
by the Mercer Automobile Company
in the Wheatley Hills Sweepstakes
aud its practice number will be u.
No driver has been selected for it as
yet The Knox, siX-cyinder
machinue, was entered by c. H. Ter
ry, OF New York, who has named
Fred Belcher as his driver. The car
will carry No. "A in the practice.
All three Abott-Detroit cars We're
entered for the Massapequa Sweep
stakes. The cars will be known as
the Red, White and Blue Squadron, "
each car being painted one of the
three cOlors Lee Oldfeld will drive
the one that viii carry practice mum
Der AZ. Mortimer Roberts, brother
Of the more famous Montague Rob-
erts. will drive the one that will bear
practice number As aud V. Padula OF
! Philadelphia viii drive the car with
! No. 46 on it,. Montague Roberts will
be in action on October / as we'll as
his brother, for j. Mora Boyle has
engaged him to drive his Correja
entry in the Wheatley Hills Sweep
stakes.
Ralph milford. winner of the ma
tional stock chassis championship at
klgin, was expected out for practice
yesterday morning in the Lozier he
drove at Elgin, but missed connec-
tion with c. A. Emise, who had the
car. milford studied the circuit I'm
a Stoddard-Dayton and will be out
this morning. Ralph T. Reardsley,
who will drive the Simplex in the
cup race, was out yesterday morn
ing IN a Buick. Walter Jones was
out with the Amplex, but was not
timed for a round of the circuit.
Leland A. Mitchell was out with the
Simplex entered by Henry B. Harris
and made two rounds in II minutes
30 seconds and II minutes 26 seconds
He made a third round during which
he stopped TO adjust his magnetic and
was not timed. Jack Fleming, the
Californian. made three fast rounds
in one of the Pope-Hartford cars in ii
minutes fat, II minutes Z seconds and
IL minutes IL seconds His fastest
round was at an average of almost
siXty-nine miles an hour. Bert Ding
| ley was timed two rounds in IL min
utes 26 seconds and IL minutes 81
seconds
Joe Dawson, winner OF many events
on the indianapolis Motor Speedway
was out in a Marmon for the FRS
time. He was timed for three rounds
in II minutes 80 seconds, 12 minutes
Hat and 13 minutes 8 seconds. Marce
Basle made two rounds in the Marion
he will drive in the Wheately Hill
Sweepstakes in Ia minutes 27 second,
and 16 minutes As seconds.
The Warner automatic timins
instrument will be used for timinf
the cars that are out for practice this
morning with A. J. Interreiden in
charge. The Marquette-B Buick cars
driven by Louis Chevrolet are expect
ed out this morning as are the three
Benz cars driven by George Robert
son, David Bruce-Brown and Edward
A. Hearne. II is also likely that the
three National cars WIN be out this
morning with Louis A. Disbrow, Al
Livingstone and ]. d. Aitken at the