The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-09
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Philadelphia, October s.-By the mar
row space OF six seconds-,he time 1t
takes an unflurr!ed man to inhale and
exhalc his brcath-Len Zengle. pilot
ing a Chadwick car. won the third
Paramount Park automobile race this
afternoon. Ralph Milford. veteran
round the-c!ock champion. was second
in the low white Lozier. which ran
like a grandfather's clock through the
2oS-mile contest. A quarter of mil
lion peIsok.s saw the race. Not ono o.
them-what contrast to the Van
derbilt-was killed or injured.
Thirty-two drivers and the same
number OF mechaniclans started-on a
little eight-mile course--and the sole
arm. sustained by Glenn Ethridge.
seat-mate OF Ralph Beardsley. who
drove a Simplex. This was the one
hospital case, unless-and perhaps
this should be stated-there is counted
the incident of small boy who suf-
Tered acute gastritls from eating
q rankfurters and sauer kraut-
some Difference.
In the Vanderbilt: four dead. twenty
some hurt. In the Paramount Park:
none dead; one jolted. one :yith pain
In the stomach. Quite some difference.
eh! The differences Is this: In the Long
Island classic the promoters paid their
policemen to keep people oft OF the
enclosures where money was changed.
In the Park affair here the city
turned out 400 policemen. who de-
voted their energy To keeping people
out Of danger. And they did keep
them out.
1t wasn't slow race. either. For
the EOS miles an average speed of 5S.46
miles per hour was maintained by the
winning car; and by the second, too,
for that matter, since only that trife
OF six seconds separated them. But no
one crossed the track, unless escorted
by policeman. and no one stood dan
gerously near to curve.
Tonight all Philadelphia is demand
ing that the grand prize race, called
of for Long Island because Of the
Vanderbilt slaughter. be held here.
Mayor Reyburn, at the conclusion Of
this afternoons contest, said:
Tell the folks In New York to have
their big affair over here. We have
the stands up and We'll give them the
policing and guarantee them an abso-
lutely clear course for 100 miles an
hour il they can make IT.
Referee Ross. on behalf OF the
Quaker City Motor Club said:
"Tell Mr.. Vanderbilt and the rest
that we'll be glad to accommodate
them. They can go as far and as fast
as they like and be safe"
This goes, II tho Long island racing
authorities want 1t. ms a formal offer.
Philadelphia has outclassed New York
In Its conduct Of automobile races
(this is the third year without a sin
gle fatality or bad INJURY. and Sc
riously extends its-courtesies.
Really Five Races.
The Paramount Park race to-day
was really Ave races. Tho thirty-two
cars were split up. according to their
piston displacements into classes 20,
so, 40, so and so, They ranged from
the tiniest OF Fords, which looked like
cigar boxes mounted on set of
wheels, to the biggest of Benz, and
resembled young battleship firing all
Its gun ports at the same time,
oflclally, therefore. there were five
scontests.. But the spectators would
have none of this. and they didn't
bother with difterentinting the classes,
What they wanted to see---and did see
was a lot of cars running fast and
close. The Lozier. with the same wh!te-