The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1914-03-30

was sent 20 Saint Morltz in Switzer-
land to save him from tuberculosis.
Life has been a golden path for
! yCppg Vincent At fourteen he
went IL E,o1. tie celebrated English
school, which is largely filled with
the sons of dukes and millionaires.
Even there complaint was made of
the extraordinary Injuries he en-
| joyed For instance, he had two
autos constantly at his call The
young Prince of Wales, now at
. OXFORD. does not enjoy equal lux
uries.
At the line of his fathers tragic
/ death he was a freshman at Harvard.
| which he entered in the fall of 1911.
! 1t was Immediately decided that he
! should leave college and not return
at the opening of the next term
Young Astor and his friends think
hat the possessor of sG5,ooo,o0o has
| no need for college course.
At Harvard he occupied five rooms
in Clayerly Hall. which goes by the
name Of the Gold Coast on ac
cunt of the wealth of its occu-
pants He had an allowance Of
$4,000 a year, but this was pure
wasting money. for his father paid
every conceivable bill and expense.
He associated very little with the
other undergraduates. The study
to which he paid most attention was
chemistry
He has a great fondness for ma
chinery of all kinds Automobiling :
his favorite sport. He runs his
own machine and is Intensely fond
Of speeding.
When his father died he came in
20 possession of thirty autos in his
town and country places. But that
vas not enough for him. The day
after he became of age he paid
5000 for the prize winning car be-
longing to Caleb Bragg, of Cincin-
natl which had just made 100
miles an hour in a race.
He owned his first car when he
was fifteen. He has been up in
court several times and has been
warned or fined for speeding. While
running along the road at larry
town he nearly collided with a
man on bicycle and in turning
aside to avoid a disaster he ran
mo tree. The accident nearly
'ost him his life.
At Newport two summers ago the
Youthful chauffeur ran his car into
Mrs. Ogden GoeIet's machine, in
which were the Duke Franz Josef of
}avaria: Mrs Robert Goelet and
Congressman and Mrs. Nicholas
L.ongWorth All these celebrities
had a narrow escape from injury
= death. Young Aston sighted the
machine as it was turning into 2
lila across his path 1t was too
late to avoid a collision, but he
shut off the power and this lessen
ed the shock. The Goelet car was
considerably smashed up.
The summer before last he was
'acing with young Herman Oelrichs
along the shore road. When his car
had reached a terrific speed, ii
wrenched itself from his control and
plunged mo the sea. 1t took five
horses to drag the car from the
grip Of the sand that had packed
about it The same summer he was
brought up before police magls-
trate and reprimanded. His name is
on the records at Fall River, Mass,
for similar reasons.
In spite of these mishaps, INSOFAR
able from running a fast car, there
is no doubt that as a machinist
young Astor would have the best
chance of practical success in life,
Il he did not possess s65,00o,0O0.
He believes in automobiling, be- !
cause he considers it the greatest
preservative of health. 1t helped
him through his sickly childhood
and possibly saved his life. He is
a member of the Motor Touring
Car association, of which Albert
Wheeler Gallatin is president.
Vincent also runs a fast motor
boat. He was fond of cruising on
the two steam yachts which his
father owned successfully. 1t will be
recalled that he was nearly wreck
Il on his fathers first yacht, the
Nourmahal, in 4 great hurricane
in the West Indies.
He plays tennis a little, but not
much golf In fact, he goes In very
little for athletic sports. At Har-
yard he was offered a place in the
sixth freshman boat, but did not
consider this good enough and then
gave up the sport.
Vincent would like to be an in
ventor He is particularly interest
ed in wireless telegraphy and stud
ied thio with his chnm Young Her