New-York tribune., 1910-09-24
ROBERTSON FACES D[AIH
His Narrow Escape as Raein.
Car Turns Turtle.
BURMAN MAKES A RECORD
Drivers Take Chances IN Tu.;r.
Up Their Cars for Wander
bit Cup Race.

About two hundred motor enthusiast
I'D IN the cold gray dawn ye~sera.,
rnotored down to the g-andstand q,
Vanderbilt Cup course to see tha s--.
practice Of the season
They saw some ve-y fast tine elo,..,
with the Warner automatic timing d.-.
and they were the unwilling vitn-.z..
George Robertson. the veteran and po,~,.-
racing driver. being lifted from shs c,-
a private owner. who had found hirl u-o.-
HIS big Benz where IL had overturs~s
the turn BY the MassaDequa Lodge s,.
pinned him down
At first il seemed as Il bis fr,r-s..
would be serious. perhaps fataL V-hen :.
was found he was unconscious. and a.
broken steering rod. which snapped W.,
the crash came. had jammed him IN -
chest His left arm seemed Useless and -.
blood was streaming from his face.
About all he could say was -Taks m.
home 10 Brooklyn That alarmed IA,
friends. because they knew that II Robe---
son wanted 70 go home he thought hf-1.or.
seriously hurt
He had started out with the biz Be.z
which landed the day before n .'tun. 80
up" He remarked a. he started orr fh,-
he thought he would not 20 vsrv fast a.
he did not know 4'rer'' very well AZ -.
He took with Rim a newspaper nan
Stephen Reynolds. who yearned 10 feet NJ
sensations Of fying at a mile minute.
His first lap was without incident. IA
a
before long a privately owned car was ss4-
coming down the track The driver ssid
ne had found Robertson partly pinned up-
der the overturned Benz. and his passsazs-.
Reynolds irving TO rise from ths ditrs
about twenty feet from The car.
From what Robertson was able 70 ss-
when he was brought back there rss
some difficulty with the foot brake vhl1h
did not allow him 20 slow down s'IFticsnti-
at the treacherous MassapeIua turn. q1ts
the worst on the course
II Is his custom to coast into his ru-rs
and to leave them At great speed. Ehss
ne found that his car was not stopping ~
evidently tried 10 guide the heavy H1acains
round the arc. and it did not obey ira
wheel but skidded and overturned.
Reynolds was not 20 badly hurt and
shaken as Robertson Re was bruised and
cur. but was quite able 20 walk R06srtsca
was at once taken % rae Nassau County
Hospital at Nineola. and late last evening
the report was most encouraging.
The house physician in charge said rs
was unable TO find anything alarming tbs
matter with Robertson His back had been
wrenched and his arm was badly twisted.
Possibly the 1igameuts were pulled away.
But the doctor prOphesied. loudly seconded
by Robertson. that he would be ou- y
Nondsv. and Robertson SAYS he VII -
quite 1T TO drive in the Vanderbilt rsoA
Later on Mrs Robertson. who had been
sur.rnoued az once. was with her husband
for some time.
The practice YESTERDAY morning was
made the occasion. as Is usual FOR a hrssk.
fast 10 officials. drivers and others con-
nected with the race, AZ the Garden City
Hotel
Robert Burman. driving a Marquette
Buick. made the fastest time yet rla1r n
practice. turning the lap In 18-5&z MS
is faster than Jennings L1:o9 fat Of ths
day before
The installation OF the electrical timing
device seemed 70 demonscrats that PERHAPS
the times taken in the last few days hsTs
not been so fast as they seemed % be. Far
instance. here is the official list OF ti-s
made by the big field Of drivers who vss
on the course for practice