The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-24
GEORGE ROBERTSON INJURED.
auto Driver. Ira, eilins Nd Miles IN EiOar.
Meets With AsrAnsnf.

NeeA Wttn ASAN0H0t.
George Robertson. the automoble race
driver who has been nAnIOd to pilot Benz
car~ in the Vanderbilt cup rAes and the
contest for the Automobile club OF Americas
Grand Prize gold cup. Was injured early
Yesterday morning when his racing car
/ erturned on what IL known A. the MAasa-
pequa turn of the race circuit in Nassau
county. l.. l.
The first reports that came from MineolA
were that Robertson had been very badly
injured and that one Of his arms had been
ports were exaggerated and II Is expected
J that Robertson will he able to leave the hos
, pital to-morrow ar Monday.
, The drivers of cars that have been for
mAIly entered for the Vanderbilt cup race
on October have been permitted TO prac-
| tise on the race circuit between daylight
and O'Clock 4 VI since Tuesday OF this
week Yesterday was the FIRST time Robert
son had been on the circuit with the Is
horse power Hem machine he was TO drive
IN the cap rae" week from to-day. He
made one round Of the /: a. miles course
Il IN - minutes - seconds. beng timed from
the Ncstbury turn. and then another round
for which no wa> not timed lie started
away from ~" Ne~thury turn on his third
I round hut stopped ~ the grand stand to
I take stephen REYNOLDS. newspaper man.
with htm m the mechanics seat Of hts car.
/ Robertson had herA warned by Jesse
} FroehliCh. snirant Of the car. TO take things
easily until he became accustomed to the
machine. a. Mr. Er"ehlich told Robertson
the car was very fast lie either forgot
! this adVic oT disregaTded II. a. the machine
I was travelling ~ about eighty miles an hour
a. n approached thu Massape1ua turn.
I where the race circuit leaves the Cemsn'
surface ~ tho Long l,lanh Motor Parkway
and -WerVe- IN 80 the left onto one of the
highways of Nassau county
~ NuN .NuN NaaA Lad
for last YEAR cup race, but Ralph DE Palma,
Robertson and some OF The other drivers
pany. Whlch Will conduct the two raCes
to have the bank lng removed. a. they be-
lieved the turn would really he safer with
ditch about three feet deep on the right
hand side OF the turn at the outside OF the
Robertson tried TO steer his machine
around the turn. hut II was going 30 fast
that u slid over toward the right until the
two heels on the right hand side Of the
car dropped into the ditch The car turned
completely over and landed on its wheels
Z AGAIN Robertson held onto the steering
wheel when the car began to SweTye, but
/ REYNOLDS was thrown out al once. Robert
son was thrown out when the machine
turned over.
REYNOLDS o-caped with = severe shaking
ny. hut Robertson was badly bruised. al
mohilsi who had his car at the turn put
Robertson 'nto has machine and took him
10 The grand stand Shr5e pr Madsworth
examined him and recommended that he
be taken at once Ia the Nassau Hospital ~
Mineola Robertson was put into an auto
mobile and hurried to the hospital after
Dr. Warren had attended to him as much
Robertson told the people at the hospital
/ he had he.n there before, a. he had been
taken there whom he and Arthur Warren
had been injured IN lt-S We passed a puiet
dsy and Mr froehlich heard yesterday
afternoon thar Robertson would probably
he out q, 49,. ne hosn'iSl e t.9 days .I,s.
telephon-d 10 hI~ Young Wife in Brooklyn
that her husband had been taken 10 the
I hospral and she went down here 10 -ee him.
/ Tn" ar survived the aU, dent IN -urpri--
7 ing condition The steering wheel Vas
. broken aud ne sa-olen" tank ami radiator
Vere ~'Iu"eI"d IA. nut neither he ga-olene
tank nor rad aior had sprung leaks Mr.
/ tTDehlI'h "a "a IN" total damage could ~
nNed Tor SUI and that The frame and eng ne
| had not been damaged hit Ne sad he
would haH" q new radiator and gs-olrne
tank puf on tho ,ar a. we'll a. a ne ~ steering
: wheel a. " would take less time to A new
radiator and fuel tank then to repair the
Nr ) roehrh said he car would he ready
I for Robertson 10 Use m the early morning
I pra"tFe on Monday morning " the driver
I feel~ like going out With " then He said
| he expected Robertson would pilot the car
. IN the cup race neNf saturday. but " he feli
have = famous European driver AZ it, heel
kolserfson~ prev tou- VISIT "a The Nassau
H0-pi'a Wa m N" fall ~ l'ss. whom he and
NTrUr Warren. M me- h1ut'. we're IN Iured
" hen he Apt"rS"n racer Robertson Was
driving -trurk a telephone Uo.e and Was
rs rs,ked IA prartt,r hefor. the American
elimination trial to select the team for he
D l-N vanderbilt cup race Roth Robertson
/ and Warren we're IA the hospital for several
weeks
Rnher son began driving racing car IN
iPi- In l,WS he won both the Vanderbilt
'up rae" and the Fairmount Park road race
Last wear he ~ on the nat ional stock 'haS~e-
championships a. Lowell and the second
annual tairmouni Park road race Tie has
also been member of he team hat has " on
. q number Of ~ entv- four hour track ra'
A. Poole having been hts team mate on some
o'Ca-ions Ne Wh- to have raced against
Ralph lie Palma TODAY ~ Philadel phia
~ a rack match for a o. 80 purse He -
schedule ~ drive Benz Carg m The Grand
prtge race ussf cher Is Long Island