New-York tribune., 1910-09-23
FAST AUTO PRACTICE
Fleming Covers the Vanderbl,
Course in Eleven Minutes
INDIAN NAMED TO DRIVE
Won Two Hundred Mile Race :
Texas in One Hundred and
Eighty Minutes.


The biggest gathering since The .,,-.
fhs preliminary prsctics for the vasd.-...
Cup automobile race was a. the "
PARKWAY course yesterday morning ..
the drivers work out their bir ruscs-
The Pope Hartford team again took a..
honors for fast work. Jack Flsrri--
three fast laps. The fastest vas IN II
utes fat which Is equal TO slruass se-.-..
miles an hour for the f2s4 niles Ian -.
other TWO laps were turned in Il ulpr..,
Z seconds and II minutes z seconds n,
time beats the lap made on The dag oss,-,
BY his team mate. Dfngiey
Leland Mitchell did couple % Szz. "a, :,
IN his Simplex FIe had 20 stop n.
third circuit 70 make a magneto sflurl
nent. HIS laps were timed as II riuv,.
20 seconds and II minutes Is seconds.
Ralph MulfOrd. the winner Of tha I-.-I
national stock chassis road race. was Il
the course. driving a Stoddard-Davton al
looking for his Lozier car Charley C-ri,.i
had the car and was searching for N.
ford. but they missed each other
Walter 4. Jones and his AupIex STARE
a fast lap. but did not complete the corr.
as he had a tire blow out Ralph Bsarss
lev. who will drive a Simplex IN the r.cs
ran over the course IN a Buick 9Ia--s,|
Basic had a 1oOk ar the parkway rosf,|
also from the seat % his Marion. WIKI :
entered in the Wheatley Hills race.
Billy Knfpper. who win drive the LAM.
IN the Massapequa Sweepstakss. rad i,
car out yesterday. with boxes for seats n
the chassis. Frank StrO5eI vas ABOARD n
q. passenger. and they id r. niles t..,
looking over the lay OF the laud Eusr,.-
is expected 20 be out for practise Noaaa7
This morning the Warner aut1-a-.
timing instrument will be installed srf
Arthur Interriedin viii handle re clocz-z
for the drivers
Probably The most pIcturesQie drf~s-
who will participate in the Vander9iit rzs
is Tobin De Hyuel. the uineteen-,esT-of
Texas daredevil who VIII pilot Onso, "a
Stoddard- Dayton entries De Hyrnsi Is an
Aztec, and those who have seen hfn frfzs
in road and track events throughmt tns
South and West believe that he is lus y
the most spectacular drivers in AuErica
De HymeTs one ambition since steriss
the racinE game three years ag0 IS 5esn
10 drive IN the classic Vanderbilt. ts has
had this constantly in mind. His ppor-
tunity came last month with The V-,ing
Of the a00-1nile race at Denver Beach Gzl-
weston. when he covered the distsrs n
80 minutes and created a nov w-tfl
record
No racing pilot IN the COUu--y has -
survived a contest against De Hyulsl NJ
out a vivid memory OF his encounter IA
the Indian De Hymsl thinks Only of ~
ming Barney OIdfeld. after the 10-Hs
race at Galveston. said
II have been in the racing zams sis
Il started. have seen all tire great nss
from Florida Beach TO California and bs.
through Indianapolis 70 Brighton Bssc
but the zD9-ruiIe rare az Galveston vss th
most exciting, afforded the hottsSt FMS
and the most daring driving ever ssE
my career. This Is no bOost-it fs fssr
thought I was immune from excitement
over an automobile race, but Whsr =thoss
four cars came into the stretch. lap afsr
lap, almost touching wheels. with De Hy-
mel tearing dirt out OF the TOD Bank. 7 sd-
NIT IL had me- running around ike ths
proverbiaI decapftared chicken.
De Hymel VIII have the distinction q
being the first Texas driver TO drive IN TIE
Vanderbilt He won the tweIve-h0u- grfnd
at the international Fair at san Antonio.
and at that time proved his nlsttls By gOiHs
the entire route without being relieved b-
another driver.
When he captured the 2Da-uiiie event ss
Galveston last month. beating some q ths
best drivers IN the country. there Tss
many who believed that he had reacnad Is
limit II was his spectacular driving ~
this event that caused President C. g.
StOddard OF the Dayton Motor Car Cor
pauy 10 select him as the driver Of ~
Stoddard-Dayton Vanderbilt entry.
Johnny Aitken. Al Livingstone Louis D.
brow and the mechanics who VII ride win
them and their racing machines arrived n
New York yesterday. They took POSSE
sion OF their now quarters on the Jsricn5
Turnpike. near Krugs corner. late N ta
afternoon, and viii be seen in action t0-cAI
Johnny Aitken Is the best known of ~
National drivers. having plotted this mas
OF car IN track and road contests from tnsf
first racing day. Aitken il was who Eos
the much coveted Atlanta Auromobils Clo
trophy or DO miles with hts National -
has q host OF other victories to his c--rt
the most recent being the 3o0-rnils Indsansa-
oils Speedway trophy OF September 5
Al Livingstone. another OF the tear. =
on the road TO fame. His first attempt VII
the National was crowned with victory =
August 26. ar the E1sin road race. He EH
the Illinois trophy. ae.S5 miles. st an a.
erase OF 6I1s miles an hour on the folcs-
ing day. ar the same meet, he fnisnsd
ond in the Elgin National trophy L''
ingstons made mis- debut as racing tri'e'
IN California
Louis Disbrow. the third OF trs- tear, =
well known TO the Eastern aurOTnooiis'>
he already has a number o. vrctories
hts credit with this car Dtsbrow 8 -
OF the most consistent performers n -
ty-four-hOur races His most inlports1i -
tory was the 2Oo-uile Atlanta trophy
Applications for parking space aions -
Vanderbilt Cup course have been Tar -
er this year than ever before Tne ~
Hartford Auto Company has been fof1ais
enough 10 secure loco feet directly eSs'
the Judges stand. and on the north S'oe
the course This Is opposite the
stand and within short distance O.
score boards.