The Washington times., 1910-10-01
Dawson, in Marmon, Fin
ishes Only IS Seconds
After Winner.
CONTEST WATCHED
BY VAST CROWDS
Morbid ThTongs Gather at Points
of Greatest Danger Society
Folk Line Course.

MOTOR PARKWAY. / L, Oct l.
After three lives had been sacrificed
and more than a score Of participants
and spectators desperately injured, Har-
~ Grant in an AIco car. vas returned
the winner Of the Vanderbilt Cup race
here today. duplicating his victory Of
last year in the same event, with The
same car
His time for the 27s0S miles was
g-I5-5S 81, an average Of s. I-I3 miles per
hour Joe Dawson. driving a AaTmOn
car. was second. just twenty-five sec
onds behind the vtcror, and Joe Aiken
in a National. was third
The two other races run simuItaneoIs-
Is. the NassspeQuz Trophy and The
WhestIey Hills Trophy, were won by
the Cole - % and Falcar, respectively
Despite the appalling list Of casualties,
Willie Vanderbilt. jr- manager Of the
race and donor Of the trophy, annognced
at the conclusion OF the contest that the
biz international race. IRE Grand Prix,
TO be run on Octoher.I5- vii not be IN
tesTerad with
Mr. Vanderbilt expressed the belief
that today-s race. which was Witnessed
nv between 40e9la and 51O.U0 persons.
:
the annual contest for the CUP
Crowd Forms At Midnight
The desperate chances taken and the
hair-raising exhibitions given in the
preliminary workouts BY the partici-
pants in today's contest, served 10 draw
one OF the largest crowds that has ever
thronged the motor parkway and from
Iast midnight until daybTeak the pro-
cesslCn OF auto parties from New York
to IN course was practically unbrOken-
Apprc xfnateIy 20,000 cars were lined uD
on the course when the first car was
sent away al a. m
Society. whose interest IN the event
took decided slump last year. was
gain out in force and the show OF
fall gowns and millinery IN the grand
stand would have rivaIed that Of horse
show in the old days.
An early morning rain served TO ma ke
the course soft and dangerous, and Ar
the various turns ruts foot deep were
cut IN the track
Although scores Of PinkeTtOH detec-
tiVes and deputy sheTiffs patrOlied the
course, the morbid interest OF the spec
tatOrs drew thousands to every danger
Gus turn. where fatalities were I1keheSt,
and il was at these points that most
of the injuries to spectators occurred
Grants victory was the result OF the
same sort Of a plugging contest as he
drove last year when he was also the
winner Of the big event
During the early stages Of the race
his car did little in the way Of spectaC-
ular stunts but he reeled OF lap after
lap with perfect consistency, and at the
eighteenth lap took the lead and held it
90 the end
The Marmon car finished just = sec
olds behind the winner, and, in the
opinion Of William X Vanderbilt. lr-.
and other officials OF the contest, the
marked a long-disJanCe event OF this
magnitude
Fully half n million people. the
greatest crowd that ever attended an
automobile race in America. saw the
start Of the sixth renewal Of the Van
dCrbilt Cup race on the Long Island
motor parkway at daybTeak today.
From , a. m on the Long ISIanC
railroad carried train after train
packed to the course. and a constant
stream Of automobiles brought mum
beTieSs thousands 70 the track The
glare OF myriad lamps flashing along
the Long island road as the auto par
ties made their way to the course pre-
Sented almost a fairyljke spectacle.
AT 5.45. fifteen minutes before the
race was scheduled 10 begin. il was an
nounced that It was raining hard at
Westbury- on The course ncI tn OF the
stand Rain was also threatening to
fall all over the course but Il was an
nOunCed that rain would cause 10
delay
The thfrty-one big stock cars that
were due to start in tie Vanderbilt be
San arriving at the otis in front Of
the Ersndstand at 5-a0, taking up places
selected by the pTesid, ut. William X
Vanderbilt, ir-- and Starter Fred WaE-
ne Half an hour before daybreak an
the big cars were in position waiting
the starter
The cars were scheduled to start Al
fifteen second intervals The first car
10 get away was the National. with Al
Livingston at the wheel Livingston
flashed across the starting line AZ 5
O'Clock, and the big race was on
Chevrolet Halted
he was followed by Ralph Nulfdrd
in the Lozier Louis Chevrolet. in the
Marquette-Bu No. .. to get avav
Killed his motor at tire starting line
and was forced to crank again. start
ing finally with the Royal. and a great
race resulted from the start
Tire first car 30 conapleJe the first lap
was Muifard's Lozier- Arthur Chevro-
let. in a Marquette f3uiC5s.- WAS second,
Continued on Second PaEe0