Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-26
VANDERBILT CUP
RACE WATCHED
BY 10000
Harry Grant First Of Fifteen to
7 Start-Crowds Line Track
at Dawn

SANTA MONICA RACE COURSE.
CALIFORNIA. Feb 26-With 10000
bersons packing the graudstaud and
lining the race course, chiefly ~ the
most dangerous turns Harry Grant
in a big lzetta ear. got away prompt
" al 10 o'clock to-day 10 the VAN
derbilt Cup Race. The RED foreign
ear was followed q intervals OF ~
seconds by the other fourteen en-
tries In the biggest auto race ever
staged on the Pacific Coast
oldfeld Favorite.
As the motors Of the big race cars
were popping and the starter was
waving away the entrants in order.
Mrs Barney Oldneld wife of the vet
erAn driver who was the sixth i'
start. pushed o ten-iucu cigar between
the lips she had just kissed and leaN-
ing the track waved good bye as his
car nosed up 10 the starting line
,Ol6feld Is the favOrite in the betting
and with the crowd In to-day $ race
"Bnl Pickens. formerly Oidfcld $
manager. now ruled out Of thc Amer
lean Auto Association for evasion Of
the racing rules was discovered in
the grandstand just before the race
started An A. A, official ordered
him to leave the grounds and detail
of policemen was sent to the gate
with him
At the end Of the first lap Spencer
Wishart, the young millionaire Mer
Ger driver was leading, having Bego-
tiated the eight and four-tenths miles
in six minutes and twenty seconds
,s(il Anderson in StutZ took second
place a few seconds behind him ed
Pullen in a Mercer was third, and
Rarney D1dngId fourth
Crowds Line Track.
The ds dawncd on IN unusual
sight in Santa Monica to-day. When
the sun pushed up the auto course
was dotted with the tents OF militia
men fringed with thousands OF early
arrived spectators. Parked along the
back stretch we're nearly 1000 auto
mobiles, which had been used AS tenn
porary hotels during the night for
their owners
All night great force OF men
worked under arc lights examining
every foot OF the course and putting
IL in perfect condition
!. To patrol the course three compa-
MES OF National Guard smen were ems
ployed In addition to the 220 mill
3tiamen and 100 police officers from
'1.os Angeles 500 special police and
deputy sheriffs were on duty.
A few drivers were allowed to make
nnal practice runs between 80 and
80. The busiest Of all the drivers
in the hours preceding the race was
Harry Grant twice Vanderbilt cup
winner, and favorlte in to-daNs
race whose machine was badly Grip
pied yesterday. Grants lsotta ear
has a piston that had been welded
and there is doubt about its holding
Through the 294 mile grind
The entries follow.
Car ls0tta: Harry Grant, driver:
Emilio ,landelH, mechaniciau
Car. Mercer, Spencer Wishart, driver;
Jack Jenter. mechanician.
Car. Stutz CT Anderson, driver. Tom
Rooney meChanicau.
/. Car, Mercer. Ed Pullen, driver. 4,
holman, mcchanician
Car, Mason. Il Blchcnhacher, driver;
Eddie Aruett, mechanician.
Car. Mercer; Barney Oldheld, driver.
George Hin. mechanician.
5 Car. StutE, Earl Cooper. driver; Both
Auert, mechanlcisn.
Car. Fiat; Frank Nerbeck driver,
Henry Moller. mechanician
Car. Mason w Carlson, driver, +, T.,
Allen, mechanictan.
Car, Appcrson; Frank Good. driver.
George Storck. mcchanician.
Car Mercedes Ralph DcPalma. drl
Ner Tom Alley, mechaniclan
Car. Sunbeam; j " Marquis, driver.
Harry Haugh. mechaniciau
Car. Marmon; Guy Bail, driver: Harry
Sohnsr. mcchauician
Car, Touraine, George Joerimann,
driver.
Car. Aleo, Tony tanettc driver. Bert
Hooper mechanician