New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-06
no DRIVERS
FATALLY HURT
m AUTO RACE
n.arborn and Mccarthy
dragged from Seat as
Car Hits Fence.
De PALMA STAR OF
THRILLING MATINEE
s..sh from Triumphs at Elgin,
He Wins Three Events Out
of Four in Mercedes.

al Dearborn and Harold MeCar-
professional automobile drivers,
i.tter acting as mechanic for Dear
~. we've fatally injured when their
- p.ngeot racing machine crashed
~ ~ TIE outer fence on the FIRST
~sVNs tho last race Of the matinee
VT. .nrnc Al the old Brighton Beach
aestrsek YESTERDAY ,a s.o,,
~ two men were dragged from
A. seats in the big races when the
N.,i;ne hit the top rail OF the fence:
o.s,horn. who is thirty-two years OF
and whose home vs. at S26 Free
- :; Long island c ", sustained
,..s,nre Of the skull, McCsrthy,
49, are Is nineteen, and who lives
,oos East 162d St. The Bronx, sut-
srsS puncture Of ono lung.
soon rs the accident occurred
uen we're hurriedly examined by
Wvnki,tr.ck. the physician in at
70 1880 at the track, and by his
$50 ,--s rushed 20 the Coney Island Re-
49, Hosr tai. it was said there
spm;5rieht last night that while pre-
.io,s were being made to operate
Sa,b men. IL was feared that Meth
~ rsnld survive the night. Dear
SornS condition was SAID 70 De deS-
perate. s,octator st
~ aces. and was leaning against the
',,Ssss' stand when the omlnous roar
.fAs bursting tire warned her OF pos
~ danger to her husband. whose car
- inst passed her As the car
'...,ysd into the grass she ShrieHed,
- r.;.h the crash against the renee
s,;rted IN the arms OF q woman VINO
ras with her. -, H. NJ
IN had appeared as the driver OF
y. pS,ceo. which wa one OF the cars
ovcr by The famous French factory
-. rq,nc for the 5O0-mile race ut
L,;s,,sroNs last Memorial Day. For
~ fonrth and 18th races Dearborn
- tbe wheel with Mccarthy as his
Tss ff,h and las; race, ffty-mile
49,. for-aU was the one IN which the
.'.;Jsr. occurred Three of the seven
'..rtSrs- Palph &c Palma. Dearborn
~ Frspk lie Cain, with Chevrolet
- were in the hunt from the start.
Througbout inc afternoon the feu-
- bqd been giving the Mercedes
80. for bonors, and il was realized
~ ~ the long race there was a good
I.u.n az turning the tables. Dear
-. 90 tho worst OF the break, but
- optstripped De Palma in the FIRST
Islf mile and led him by half dozen
ltpgths as he turned into the nome
,,rsteh. Here q nasty skid overlook
Inc French car. causing II 10 turn IN
,iysl,. and il was BY the greatest luck
and kssdwork that Ralph managed to
pass by. swerving into the grass on the
outside and threading his way safely
hack 10 the track.
This lost half a mile for Dearborn
but he pluckily went after the Mer-
eedes. and at the end of five miles was
avain in the lead. In the nineteenth
lsp the car blew tire, and when II
r.t out again was a mile and half IN
IL rear Of De Palma. On the thirty
Eth lap the Mercedes also blew tire
ana the same thing happened on rae
lhirty-seyenth.
In the meantime the Chevrolet had
Dlugged along without any one resllz-
ng that il was even a factor, and when
he Peugeot's second blowout occurred
On its thirty eighth lap lie Cain found
himself SHOWING the way to the Tor
sign speed creations,
The Peugeot's third and disastrous
Llcv.out occurred at the end Of forty
niles. The tire gave way just as the
zr passed. the clubhouse, and the
crowd gasped as it darted from one
Hde to the other, finally smashing
through the fence,
With his strongest competitor out OF
he way, De Palma set sail for the
Ibsyrolet, and picked it up just three
hilsi from the finish The old Buick
Bag, with Frank Calvin. the erstwhile
Ii1-day rider, at the wheel, and Arthur
Sasppelle, the champion motorcycle
tidsr, as his mechanic, took third
honey. De Palma's time was 5o:42 10;
The 25.mile free-fOr-all also found
De Palma a winner, but it was in
siVss finish with the Peugeot, the win
ner finishing in 24:0S 2-5, as against
the A:i0 Of the second car, with Berg
coll third, the better part of mile in
tie rear. Bergdoll, driving the Berg-
doll special in this race, gave q me
ambition Of how not to drive safely.
Twice, in passing De Palma on the
clubhouse turn, he darted into the rail
y close TO the other car that women