New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-14
SCORE FOR THIRD HOUR IN
LONG AUTO RACE.

two Buick cars, Burlnan ana ohe'i"iOr
marked the first part Of the twenty-lour-
hour automobile race at Brighton beacn
last night
After the first half mile, when hopeI'
Burnan jumped into the lead he set
terrific pace. pulling along his running mate
in the other car mile after mile Round
the turns. scarce shutting off power ana
ToUinsy down the stretches like quicksilver
on an incline he showed the way lap after
Ian a Fiat car, with Parker at the wheel
was a close third. and in this oroer uhey
hsttled for the honor Of setting a score Tor
the srsf hour an honor which fell 10 Bur
man. who equalled the world RECORD OF
Nftv-six miles established year ago pE
another Buick car
shortly after midnight the Marion car
crashed through the fence at the turn near
the renair camp. and William F. Bradley,
the mechanic. was badly injured His skun
nrol,s blv was fractured, but the surgeon In
the bospital tent reported that the injury
was moi necessarily fatal. The driver, Gil
bert Anderson, who had shortly before
taken Lewis Strang's place, was not hurt
in any way
The accident was caused by Inc car
striking the fence on a close turn. ne
machine turned over three times. but was
not badly damaged. 1t was announced that
the car would be back in an hour and
half with Strang driving
Al the end Of the third hour the Buick
car. with Chevrolet at the wheel. showed
the way 10 the others with lbs miles, 1hls
zas I'VE miles behind the record Burnlan.
in Buick car Ne. . lost the lead When
forced TO leave the track TO make an ad-
5ustment. The two Stearns cars followed
rbe,rolet's Buick. being tied with Bur
.,,,,,-e I2,,ici- at leo miles.
A. 1870 O'Clock this morning the danger
signals were set and the hlaNon hornS
screeched a warning 10 the drivers 10
Stop. and after lap or two they al came
10 the tape. The judges announced lhdl
no one was hurt, but that the string OF
signal lights at the start were sagging ana
The men were in danger Of being injured
h. their falling. The race was stopped
for ten minutes and then continued.
Never in the history Of twenty-four-hour
races at Brighton Beach has such crowd
Aocked TO the course. The officials of the
MOTOR Racing Association promoting the
event said that more than twenty-five
thousand persons passed through the gates
Nor less remarkable was the congestion OF
automobiles Fully two thousand were ad-
fnitfed before the gate was closed against
them. Three hundred cars were left Out
side with their disa ppointed drivers 10
guard them.
clear skies and q moderately warm night
sent thousands TO the track for the largest
attendance ever recorded for a twenty-fouT-
hour race in the East The crowd began 10
arrive as early as 6 80 o'clock. Trains deliv-
cred their loads at the gate every ten mn
utes. but even this service was hardly ade-
ouate TO accommodate persons who wanted
TO see the beginning of the long grind and
az 9G
50 many daring deeds on track and road.
As the hour Tor the start drew near the
roads leading 10 the track were black with
a slow moving mass Of automobiles, their
huge lights peering through the overhang-
ing dust cloud. Excellent parking space was
provided alongside the rail and behind the
stand Many parties OF fashionable peo-
pie saw the event from their cars. The
number who stayed on into the morning
was unusually large and a great many took
advantage Of the time TO look for the
comet
carefully planned lighting system,
worked out along scientific lines, made the
track far lighter than at any previous sim
liar contest Batteries Of searchlights were
concentrated on the turns and everything
possible done 10 make the event safe.
Block signals were also employed.
racing exhausts. the purring OF the valves,
the swish of the tires. the following and
sometimes enveloping dust canopy, the wav-
ing beams OF the searchlights. the eager
strainins forward Of the drivers, the hand
kerchiefs whipping straight from the tops
Of the racing caps, where they may be
handy for the dusty goggles. the changing
of the score hour by hour. and, above all,
the frenzy of speed and the lurking Of dan
ger. and possible death so close TO each
driver made up picture which keyed the
spectators 10 the highest pitch Of excite
nlent-
Across the track the white city offered
interest for the curious Each crew had
its own camp with mechanics. attendants.
rubbers and trainers Here. too was the
hospital and equipment for all possible
emergencies.
For an hour before the start the cars
were paraded. each being announced and
circling the track twice. Then Ralph De
Palma was called on to the track, and
horseshoe OF flowers was given him by the
other drivers, TO celebrate his return TO the
track after his accident
The cars We're lined up III two squads Of
seven and five, the largest field ever start
ing il similar event. The drivers for the
first three-hour period were: !, Stearns No
J. milford: ., Stearns No . Howard; 3,
Buick No. ], Louis Chevrolet; 4, Buick No
. Burman; 5, Marion, Strang; G. Cole En-
dicott; z, Houpt-RockWeIl, Roberts; g. Sim
pick, Basic. taking place Of George Robert
son; 8. Fiat, Parker; 10, Selden, Mack; Il.
Rainier DiSbrow; T. Croxton-Keeton, Lund
When the thirteenth mile began--the fate
ful thirteenth nile-on the 18th night of the
month. and Friday at that. they were in
this order. Buick > Buick /, Fiat Simplex,
Stearns =, Houpt and Rainier
Selden left the track al the fifteenth mile
scurrying into camp. and was instantly
surrounded by crowd of attendants. Fiat
and Stearns had pretty fight for place,
alternating back and forth. and Selden re-
turned at the twentieth mile, after making
repairs. Stearns ] was Tapped, and the
order Of the leaders was not changed.
Marion and Cole followed the leaders
znout half q mile behind. At the thirty
NTH mile the leaders were the two Bucks,
Fiat and Steams . The little Cole 80,
although six miles behind the leaders. re-
fused 70 be shaken of and came around
smiling al each flash pest the stands
Buick , led at the 5e-rnile marx, the time
Eutck ! passed Burrnan in Buick ., at the
kD when he fell back again