New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-11-27

S4-Beny ............... Hemery
IRe Telegraph 90 The Tribune
Savannah. Ga. Nov 6.-With tho open
ius or the road race carnival only a fev
hours away. Ssvanuans LEADING hotel the
10 Sor' Tonight took ON tho appearance
OF the Garden City Hotel as n used % oc
on tho night before the Vanderbilt Cup
racp Prominent automobile r.en from all
parts ~ t.c country thronced the corridors
and tae outlook for m, great classic of to-
morrow was the enc subject Of conversa-
ZION Outside the hotel automobiles puffed
and sno-ted. bringing in visitors from all
parts Of the South. and as the night grew
op the backing of opinions with real money
became general
New York contingent for the great races
Wa augmented during the afternoon by ne
arrival ot the Vanderbilt Cup special from
New York. bringing I'm about one hundred
Of the men who sell cars and accessories
O. Automobile Row InclUded in the
crowd were several Of the dealers whose
fsctories are represented in the Vanderbilt
Gun tho chef contest Of the dav. Sim
Deua. a we'll known figure on New York
rscecourses before they ceased TO improyA
tho breed. anne in to-day and by evening
amy one interested was able 20 find slip
- o. paper showing "one-two-thres' odds on
al the cars in the two big races Of the
week AS the odds were not made up until
the form and condition OF every car in the
-acs had been ascertained as infinitely as
POSSIBLE. tire figures serve 20 show as we'll
as ANYTHING how they are expected 10 finish.
The leading entrants in the Vanderbilt
cor gre quoted as follows.
Mercedes dc Palma. 20 /. Mercedes
0rIeharu and Fiat bruce Browm, 8 10 T.
Fiat Parker, and Fiat O1atscnl, . TO 81
Lozier Grant and Lozier (Nlulfordl, 10 L.:
Narmou (Burmam. 10 10 I; Marmon
Patschkel and Mercer (Hughesl, 20 to I.
For the Grand Prize race To- bo run on
Thanksgiving Day. the early figures are as
follows.
Benz CHemeryl. N +. Fiat CWaEner),
8 90 4. Plat tBruce-BrownJ and Benz
. fBergdoIu. 70 4. Benz OHeaneD. TO T.
and Fiat Bragg. 6 20 .. Ralph Milford
Lozierl is next az 10 % !. with the Mar
mon pair AT 20 10 I apiece These figures
will undoubtedly be revised. as tire savan-
nan Automobile Club has definitely accepted
the addition 10 the Grand Prize Of the pair
different con1plexion ON the race.
Tho representative of the favorite teams
IN the contest were also on the ground to
hack their opinions. Jesse Froellch, of he
BEN nut ur 81 600 against a similar
amount with T. r Hollander. Of the Fiat
comra~v Asa Gambler jr. Of Atlanta.
was another Fiat enthusiast on the ground,
ard ~ several bets he managed to spread
around $500 in favor Of the Fiat team
10 beat The LEM.
All day the wide. oiled circuit over which
the cars viii H. tomorrow was covered
with cars filed with eager spectators. No
practice was allowed bv the entrants in the
race s, of whom finished up their pre-
l.n'rar spinning on saturday Thousands
Of cars however. were around to-day. and
the camps scattered around the 11hl-mile
circuit we're inspected as closely as the
regulations would admit
II is admitted on all sides tonight that
ne course viii not ne as fast tomorrow as
90 vas Iset year. and there is even doubt
ths, the Vanderbilt cup record made on
Long Island Of G51S miles an hour year
ago nv Grant in tho Alec VIII be beaten by
an" great margin Due 10 late oiling, the
circuit white not exactly slUshy. Is soft,
and was renderned more so to-day by the
hear NJ the sun which blazed from a cloud
less .sr
olt 40 the camps tonight the lights
were or early and an the drivers were IN
Doe % he ready for the strenuous doings
ahead As far as the entrants for to-
morrow Trio 7f races are concerned no
ene "in have 0ur excuse on the ground
no