New-York tribune., 1910-10-02

Fully five thousand persons gathered at
the Iiicksvile turn, the point fuTthest east
on the Motor Parkway course OF the van
derbilt Cup race and while there We're no
fatal accidents at that point, there were
many narrow escapes. and one that was
almost miraculous This is a portion OF
the course that is known as the back
stretch" and the turn itself is almost
right angle 4 strong wooden fence closed
broadway TO the north. and an extension
of the fence also closed what IL known as
the country road, which would be con-
tinuation of the course. The cars race
to the turn from the south. and roundins
il, go west.
Behind the fence and on both SIDES OF
the roads the eager sightseers stood yen
deep. and behind them as close as poSs'ole
N -be course were upward of one nun
drcd touring and other cars. Hicksvlll7
clocks had barely struck when Here
tbev come - was the cry from the south
, hi- b.Ie ear came dashing through the
-,arroD lane OF humanity and past the way
ing red fags II was the National car
No driven by Al Livingston Skldd1hs
a moment. Il plunged close around the sharp
t,,rr a telephone pole forming the apex oil
-, anqIe Al 500 80 Ralph Milford sent
,,ts T.oziar car. No. . whizzing around, just
e. seconds later. Arthur CheYrolets Mar
,,atte F2tlicll car. No. ;, followed III twenty =
.s,-e seconds. with the Mercedes, NO. 4, drlF-
=, ~ s,encar yTishert. only FIVE seconds
behind.
T, tho succeeding hour and after there
,-ere thrills every minute rs the tmrty-l"o
cars negotiated this dangerous MANICURE
which became more dangerous with the
cor,,nietion Of every lap, for each car aug
. ifs right wheels into the soft earth anu
nebhIas until the surface Of the roao vas
fairrz- rloughed up to height of Two leet
II, snite of repeated warnings by hass allU
cries careless persons who insisted Oh
crossing the course would escape being nit
on,,d into a panic for few moments "dn
only by inches. -,
Tho first great excitement which deNei-
the miraculous escape from instant de''n
of II. +. Frey. driving the Mercer car ~ ~
i i'm the race for the Nh"auE 'ilI.7
-v-eaustalles and his mechanlclah' - ~
EittreU II was at 30 o'clock NneH ,,,e
Vanderbilt Cup cars were on the" "t't
Ian. that the Mercer car then on ilS "lii" "
tour of the course and the Icadef IL 'i''-' =
..r,,c,o1o came tearing along for the turn
at what seemed top speed. W h@n 'le "a,
s+r,,cz the soft bank of earth it skiddea
al
r,ebbIes over the throns pressed mp against
!. Throwing on his speed. Frey attempted
! =, o1ir,b ont on 10 the hard track At that
moment his right rear tire exploded.
In a second his car made bee line 1or
49,, ,,ror,d on the north side Of the track
/ A great wall of fear went mp as the
/ Mercer. with a crash that could be hearo
/ above the din of the other approaching
! cars. struck a telegraph pole In front OF
/ Frank Marr's house.
That both men were mortaly ihJureu' Il
! not killed, seemed certain The frohl IiSl'
wheel and the body Of the car on that
| eide u-ere smashed 10 pieces, and the steer
| ing wheel was cut in two as cleanly as II
| nv a circular saw. To the utter surprise
| Of the panicstricken crowd that ran from
| ALI sides. Frey and Kittren climbed out
of the wrecked machine and called LOT
assistance to lift the car out of the zone OF