New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-14
Rickenbacher First
In Big Auto Race

and one Of these was tagged before IL
Rad completed the $50 miles. Ricken-
bacher's share Of the prize money vas
$4,000 DE Vgne won $4,000 for sec
ond place: Vail. $4,000 for third;
Adams. 1900 for fourth. and Watson
was awarded fifth prize. of 81 900.
The Coney Island Cup.
John Aiken. in his big blue Pengect,
won the Coney Island Cup race, at
twenty miles. in the worlds record time
of II minutes IS seconds. rate OF
l06.54 miles an hour. As was expect
ed, this short distance race kept the
crowd OF edge, for records began to
fall carly.
A preliminary lap was run. ard ~
he signal TO 20 milford. in his Peu-
geot. shot ahead. but Aiken tackled in
behind him, and at a burning speed ct
nearly ITO miles on hour the two rival
pilots kept their throttles wide open.
Evidences Of the terrific speed began
20 show early in the race. Chandler. in
q Crawford. being the first to drop out
after going only two miles. He ex-
pericnced spark plug trouble.
In the sixteenth mile, milford, who
was never able 20 get more than a cara
length ahead Of Aiken. came to the
pits for a right rear tire. When at
tempting TO start, however. he found
that his engine also had felt the tex
rife pace. and the adjustments neces-
sary made K impossible for him 20 re-
start N the race and gain position.
Sunbeam Shows Here. -
rL-s-..- -. p.ro:.- -ro.1 L,n~
who had Jumped 70 third position ~
fifteen miles. by terrific burst ~
speed easily put his siX-cylinder Eng
lish Sunbeam into second position, M.
ishing in Il minutes 26 seconds, while
Limberg. who was gwen the pole in the
first line of six cars 20 cross the tape.
gained third position FOR his French
Delage. finishing handily in IL minutes
27 seconds.
The "also rams" were Rickenbacher
in his Maxwell Henderson in a similar
car and De Viqne in a French Delsge.
The record made BY Aiken and his
French Peugeot. 1864 miles an hour.
betters the previous time for the dis
tance al the Sheepshcad track by s.e7
seconds.
The Queens Cup Race.
The second event OF the day was the
Queens Cup race. over distance OF
fifty miles. Milford. who had shown
such splendid form in the earlier race
for the Coney Island Cup. again had
his teammate. Aiken. 20 v,nquish. Al
the start Aiken shot his big racer 10
the front. with milford less than half
2 length behind.
shsken. ard when entering the back
strech on the eighth mile coaxed
such 2 burst of speed from his roaring
Feugeot that T. shot to the front. never
20 be headed again. milford finished
we'll in the lead covering twenty-five
circuits Of the two-mile oval In
2S:45:o4. en- average Of l04.34 miles
an hour. This was a somewhat slower
speed thar that made last year on tbs
same course over the same distance. a
circumstance which may be accounted
for by the fact that Athens 81 eec
demon was ysnquished b. the treme.
dous speed in the early stages OF th'
race. and dropped out in the twenty
eighth mile with burned out connect
ing rod bearing. thus rendering er
tremely fact going on the part Of Null
ford unnecessary.
Following the winner came Devlin, IN
Deusenberg. an American car, IN
3O:l5:9s. with Franchi. in the Pesun. n
foreign combination car. finishing third
in 30:l6:27. The ALSO rams" were
Limberg and De Vigne. in Delages.
Christians failed 20 start in this
race because Of burned out bearing
caused BY the terrific speed he msds
in attempting 20 gain the lead in the
first race of the day.
The two shorter races were speed
battles OF tho first water. in conse
ouence Of which more than the ususl
amount OF tire changes we're made
Limber7 calling AZ the pits on thres
occasion for right rear tire.