New-York tribune., 1911-03-26
GRANT PREFERS FISHING
Vanderbilt Winner Likes to Drive
Racing Car, but
GETTING ALC0 CAR READY
u,;,, no Little Preliminary Work
Refore Going to indianapolis
s..~ for Big Race.

-. cant fhc racing drive who has
~ Vanderbilt race twice IN success
- ,~,v,,e the same Alco stock car. was
80 York last week looking after tho
,.rich viii be used - an 'he inpor-
-. road races this season. II viii make
a., est annesrance at IrdiaoapodS IN IN"
s,or,le rae or Msy 90
c,a,, falls into class oy himself ns
,nr driver. What other Of the men N
"a. hysirees. for Instance. would acknovi-
edse that What they really hFeo 20 90
-, - all was 20 20 fishing Tho only
,s,nr that is worrying Harry Grant now
.A.. 70 viii have 50 many races 70 drive
simmer that te will not 10 able 10
,osra enough time ~ his bungalow IN
Maine
..r-Ao,eht n. place a. Lioertv, Me Ssys
c-srt after having spent Two summers
.. II contains twenty-five acres. and
-. house is a very comfortable bungalow.
-, four chambers 2 big living room and
6-e9isce that Is mighty pleasant on cold
r,o~r,ncs. Ycuu see me setting out for
t5a- SPOT lust a. soon as Indianapolis =
,rs~ Va usually go down the road from
aoe.on-rrv wife. my two children and nv
s.lf rs the finest place on earth for the
e.i.4-er They car't get into any trouble
except the water. and they both swim like
o-rks
s.'v keep The hours of the chickens down
there and there is never a night that 70
s~ero in bed by O'Clock. I'm alWaNs up
Win the sun. and usually get string of
hsh for breakfast
There are landlocked salmon. square
white perch YOU ever saw NJ. but they
ere zood-fresh out of the cold lake water
bought this place This wear. and it is =
rshty -omfortabie feeling TO know that
have thai place In tho lovely Maine lakes
70 20 % when ] want a thorough rest.
have also iIst bought place IN Cambridge
Mass and nv wife Is hurrying through
,ts furnishing Of it so that she may he
vfth me al Indianapolis. She sees all my
rsces bur she never worries. Perhaps IL is
bscause she knows 7 never take unneces-
ssrv chances.
When We broke our chain IN tho Lowell
rscs i vas reported at the grandstand that
We had overturned. that my n1echsnician
wss killed and that was badly hurt
Thoy tried 10 keep II from Mrs. Grant, but
In some way the news reached her She
ABSOLUTELY refused 20 believe It. saying that
sne knew 70 must he mistake. Almost
idenu--iy 'ho same thing happened ~
savannah
Z was particularly careful to report back
- the grandstsnd exactly what had lap
psred. hut I'm some way mo report sot
sao4r6 that Va rad smashed into a tree.
broken up tho machine and voro both
tsdl- injured She sat through this race
pith t1ts information. bot again she was
not disturbed bv &c. Sho IS ID great assist
snce ~ nm iu the preliminary work or
race. ard gets out cverr morning during
'he practice with stop watct 20 tinio mr
work am has freQVenUv ridden nn4t-
niles an ho-~ with me
Yes. have aad fairly GOOD SUCCESS r.
svaci0~ drtver-f mean financially. as Wei
IS T-o winning of races. y .ot Of he boys.
,sl.. 3 .1vv. u4rticularlv On, Younger fellows.
Ena -saVo econ 0nch more than have.
md # urett. difficult to rang ou to T.. ITS
a case ot oqsr come 9ud easy 60
wouldn't advise rou1S foi0w % get into
ihe r5ei7s Same Du"b beforc he rs 80 enf>
Two wears Old r. s,ands 90 reason that a
nan los comparatively little judgment
below -.7t age. md % is Judgment ami
lead f.af ar, l-eded ON the vacetrac6
Quite r., much as anything else.
Grant aae ae vet done no road work.
and r1. NOT undertake much training untI
about $40 weeks before the Iudianapoh5
faco when be viu 20 20 Indianapolis aat
goo met OF hl- raining on tho track itself.