New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-27
AUTOS MAKE FAST Time
Livingstone Averages a Mile
Minute Over EIgin Course,
WINS ILLINOIS TROPHY
Takes Lead at Start and I
Never Headed for Two
Hundred Miles.

Elgin, III, Aug zs--o-I- e a potDou--s ii
road races over the new eight and IA.
mile Elgin course to-day. three drivers as
three cars emerged with dastin zutss.
horors- A Livingstone. spinning a u,il.,
minute for 2o3 % miles. annexed the MAJ.
event, the Illinois trophy, With a Eatscus,
c. D. Buck, who drove half % his "a.
with one spring suspension broken. ar.
ured the Kane County trophy, covering u.
169 As miles in 3-04:45-79-
Hearne, who drove his Own entry N
Benz. in the small car contest. took ~
Fox River trophy. His time for the xrI
miles was 2.30.O425. Livingstone avsraz-
600 miles an hour. Buck 50 miles an
Hearne 81. The pilot Of the National MAJ.
the entire trip without sropping-withou
even hesitating. in fact Hearne was SIN.
larry fortunate. Buck stopped for a sns-
time when his spring suspension brooks.
Ned Crane suffered a heartbreakfnS a..
perience His Staver-Chicago car had ccr
sistently worked from fourth place 70 81
ond. for which place he had a lead os-k
Miller. the Warren-Detroit pilot On =
fifteenth lap. with only ono more TO 20, n
machine was disqualified because. as Wa
ner, the starter. explained. Cranes meck$
nician had failed TO look behind him TO "a
l. IL were necessary 10 make way for son
driver desiring to pass him Greiner. dr-S
ing National, was the man irnmediates
behind. and ne had 70 swerve violently u
avoid hitting the Staver-Chicago.
There was only one accident, and 10
not serious Fritsche. who WIS az -
wheel Of Cino. skidded into ditch a
vrenched hts shoulder. The mechanical
also was slightly hurt A motor aur4
lance did good work IN keeping away fru-4
the racers while taking the injured ~
down the course 10 the emergency hes4
pitaL
A crowd estimated at from so oGs ~
10000 saw the contest The first amend
them arrived at dawn. and BY the time II
sun had taken the frost out OF the atrrozj
phere they filed the stands and park,ud
spaces The attendance and the speed "A
the road. which surprised even the nos4
sanSulne, are believed 10 assure the az
nuaI renewal OF the races.
The three contests were run slraultans4
ously. which made hard work for the scOs2
ers- The latter. who had 20 figure ~
elapsed time, were anywhere from five q
ten laps behind on their time The sms
=
the fifth Iap-the first third of the race
were available III
Fred J. Wagner, who starts all the b4
races, sent the first car away ar 10 oclo&
10 the second Fifteen cars. entered =
the Illinois and Kane County tropfiaH
faced the tape and were sent away ath&
terVaIs OF thirty seconds Before the x
man had sped away the first one TO std
Ii ha1
lap. Twenty minutes later the Fox RE
trophy cars were started As they cod
not line up IN the road they were 50
away from the platform in front Of d
repair pits
Great interest centred in the big 80
Livingstone started in the lead and va
never headed He gained a little each VI
and at the finish was nearly thirteen ME
ahead Of the field After the race he al
that he had not pressed his machine durnH
the last six laps. He saw that he had Il
race in hand and remained conts-
avoiding any unnecessary strain on the n
chine. Greiner's car was the counterxt
of Livingstone's. but the former lost a IN
and half when his gasoIene feed psh
broke He finished fourth in 3.i2Iaz, 4
q 07:10 behind the winner
Dawson. who drove a lIarmon. a
PeaTCe. plotting q FalCar. bartled for seos
place during the greater part OF the 7s#
PeaTce secured this position in the fifth "a
and held II for fifty-sjx miles. On e
twelfth lap he dropped TO fourth place, g
nawp a FalCaT driver, and Dawson paSs1sS
him The next round saw him back ag7
In the Kane County trophy race DrTsE
Schoeneck was compelled by b-eaksge
withdraw before half the distance rad bss
covered. <. Chenev'S SJavsT-C' hIragO - ,
disabled after covering forty miles II 9
small car race
The summaries follow
ILLINOIS TROPHY