New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-31
Continued from mage I

never before been seen in an American
race. should come here and finish FIRST ana
third. the winner being driver who saw
the speedway for the first time three
weeks ago. was. OF course. sensational.
But tho glitterIng feature OF the day was
the amazing speed OF the Peugeot team
as a whole and in particular the amazing
fight for the big end OF the purse made
by the tiny machine driven by Duray.
Most people are OF the opinion that
Ford car gets close TO the limit In the
smallness OF its motor. The Ford motor
has a piston displacement of about 223
cubic inches, and 1t is among the very
smallest engines fitted In any we'll known
make Of a car.
Yet here was Duray's car. with dis
placement Of only 1888 inches. out In the
van right from the start. fighting 1t out
with twenty-nine other cars that were
nearly all built up to the limit OF 40
inches.
Not only did the baby" keep the big
Delage hustling when the other contend
ers had dropped out Of the race. but 1t
finished only six and fraction minutes
back OF the winner, after running like
clockwork for the entire FIVE hundred
miles. II made only two stops.
Georges Boillot. concededly the worlds
greatest road race driver. made his bow
In America In to-day's race and followed
an impressive showing for nearly 4"
miles by an inglorious retirement. even
while his car was still posted as the leader
in the field. Up to the time he went out
his car had averaged more than 81 miles
an hour. and he was five miles ahead Oh
Thomas; the eventual winner
Few saw Boillots mishap, as 1t occurred
or the backstretch. but II was real trag-
edy. He was making close to 90 miles an
hour on the long stretch when 'reao
whipped of one Of his rear tires and MT
Linn on the shoulder and neck. IN
stinctIvely he lodged. twisting the front
wheels around as ne did so. In the bump
ing and straning that followed the frame
OF the car snapped in the rear.
Bolllot stopped, looked over the damage
and then drove slowly around to his pit.
AS soon as the tire was placed he jumped
in and headed the machine for the garage
Either IN the grandstands or In their
cars parked in the inteld there were
more than 5000 persons looking on wnen
the field of starters moved away from
he line at 10 o'clock this morning. IL
Is a greater throng than was present at
noon in last years race and the specta-
tors We're still massed outside.
When the attendance was at its height
to-day there were probably $4,000 per-
song in the speedway Enclosure, easily the
greatest crowd that has ever witnessed
a sporting event of any kind in America.
The scenes attending the start were
the same as in previous years. Drivers
and spectators alike wore a tense eX-
preston as the minutes wore on TO the
minute of starting. almost as If the re-
suit could be affected by what might
happen in the initial lap OF the 200 that
had to be covered.
Trouble started almost as soon as the
race was officially under way In the
fourth lap the Ray car broke cam shaft
and was declared out, with Chassagne's
accident following a few laps later. 1t is
recalled that at Santa Monica a few
weeks ago a Sunbeam car would probably
have won tho grand prize had 1t not met
with the same kind of an accident.
Thomass blue Delage was gradually
picking up the various cars, and at 10
miles he was leading. having covered the
distance in 81 minutes 6 seconds. lie
reached the 1oO-mile mark in 69l2 minutes.
For being first at 100 miles, Thomas
captured the $3.50 G.. and j. trophy; at
200 miles he became possessor or the
s.. 800 Remy Brassard trophy; at 300 miles
he had picked up the s2,75o Prestoilte
trophy. and at 400 miles the sloVV
Wheeler e. Scheber was his.
For the first 800 miles it seemed that
the Mercer cars, driven by Spencer Wis
hart and Caleb Bragg. would be the prln-
cipal dependence of American industry,
as the former was running strongly in