The sun., 1915-10-03
MANY DISAPPOINTED
AS RACE Is PUT OFF
Weeks PostpOnemcnt Of Auto
Event Fires Anger Among
Visitors From Afar.
THRONGS WAR on Il. II. 7.

There was no race at the huge new
Sheepshead Buy Motor Speedway yes
terday After weeks of whizzing tryouts
by the drivers on the two mile track
and OF anxious waiting by many thou
sands OF speed fans throughout the
that fell all day Friday and until a
short time before the Astor Cup race
was scheduled Yesterday for'ed the
management TO postpone the date for
week.
Although II had been announced that
the Astor Cup contest was conditional
upon the weather. the 2ostponement
caused great in'nnvcn.cu," to u multi
tudc Of would-he p1trou>. mary OF whom
had travelled hundreds OF miles to wit
ness the nrs, event on the new track.
More than Loco. it was estimated. came
from distar' parts of the United states
and Canada only to spend the day in
their hotels or taking in the more con-
ventional pleasures Of the city that were
not dependent on the weather man.
Among the notables who came to New
York for the sole purpose Of seeing the
race were Gov. and Mrs. Charles =
Whitman. who registered ut the 81
Regis. Mr.. and Mrs. James T.. Eoosa-
welt came from their home at iiyd"
Park. staying ~ the same hotel rs did
MIR. and Mrs. Vincent Astor. who came
from Rhinebeck benjamin brewster
of Newport and many others were among
the disappointed. The Hotel belmont
had about 350 OF them. and other hotels.
including the Biltmore. McAlpin. RITZ
Carlton and Waldorf-Astoria estimated
that they had 100 or more each. Sorle
had come from the Far West There
were several parties from San Fran
cisco. with scattering representatives
from Houston and Fort Worth. Tex :
Denver and Chicago, while one or two
had travelled from Toronto and other
points In Canada.
Will. all of the disappointed ones
realized that the postponcment OF the
race was unavoidable after the soaking
that the track had received. there were
many who protested vehrmentlr against
putting IL on until next saturday. Oc-
tobcr .. For many OF them II VIII be
out of the question to remain In New
York for a whole week. They could
have stayed over to-day and attended a
| race tomorrow. but under the present
! arrangements they will have 10 return
to their homes without seeing the event
! for which they spent considerable
| amounts In railroad fares and hotel ac-
| commodatons. II was believed by many
| IN a position to estimate accurately. that
! the attendance at the contest when II
! finally is run of. will be affected con-
sidcrahly by those who were unable to
/ sacrifice an entire week TO be present.
Not only did the fans from out OF
! town suffer. but there Were thousa nds
! ir-m New York who, In spite of weather
conditions, fioCked to the speedway early
| in the day by train and ear. orly TO be
! informed wnen they got there that they
| would have 10 return. There were many
| fiery outbreaks AZ the ~ Y. I. statioi.
/ At the track, built specially for the
event. when trainloads of fans who had
! bees, jdnmcd into ov.rcrOwded cars on
: the "trip We're advised 10 return Guard f,
/ We're threatened and the company was
denounced for not letting II b" known
at the New York end OF the line thar
/ there would he no race.
: Some of the minor sufferers were ten
walters who had been engaged from the
New York luJ.l Of the Walters Union 10
serve in the bar ard carry sandwiches
through tine blcachers al the track. The
ten got out e. Sheepshead Ray at 2 :3c
o'cl,ch yesterday morning while !, was
stll dark They We're told that there
would be no work for them and Were
! curdiug to their St ry. They refused
7 demanding the full wages that had been
promised them. and when this was de-
MED an iuc.pient rio. started wh!ct
ended only when the walters had been
/ = uted.
The food situation caused another
disappointment FOR tho pleasure seek
crs. At many OF the hotels the ticket
holders not trusting to the accommo-
tdtlCns AZ the track. ordered elaborate
lunchcous to he put up for them IL
! baskets. Some were only moderately
expensive and others were epicuNan de-
lights With all the hx!ngs of wine and
pastries. but all OF them were loss.
Tnrre IL one advantage that prob
ably VIII result from the delay 10 partly
offset the d'sappointments. This Is tina,
the cars entered In the contest will be
IN better shape, Many Of the entr.f,
w"r" not quite up To the mark anl
tine aGdliinnal week will allow them I,
. tune NJ to their best. The postpone
men, aiso viii he welcome To the drivers
, who VIII he glad Of the chance to got
additional practice on the unaccustomed
track, The grounds and seating arrange.
montS too Will be ia better shape foi