Show MILE A MINUTE IN TRIAL RACE Ralph Crashes into Telegraph Pole and Car CarIs CarIs CarIs 0 Is Wrecked Wr cl ed New York Sept 22 A vast throng rushed upon the course today pre prevented prevented vented the completion of the elimination race to select five American racing auto automobiles automobiles automobiles mobiles to take part in the race for the Vanderbilt cup after three of the tho cars had completed th t the race Joseph JoEeph To eph Tracy v vho ho won the race Herbert Herb rt Leblon sec see second second ond oncI and H N Harding third were the ouR racers who were allowed to cover the entire course I They thus qualified their machines s for up Un races and nud the th judges selected machines n by Herbert H L Lythi and 11 1 Walter Waller WaH r Christie as a the tue other ther two to represent repreSent sent American manufacturers in the big race ra t I Winner Greeted With Cheers Cheer When Tracy crossed cro cros sed d the finish line Une of or i the 2 7 miles journey journe after a 8 sensational race r Ce in which he made a n circuit of the course ur at a rate rat of a mile a minute in inch inI I ch cit ding nine turns the great crowd of spectators which greeted him with a roar I of cheers h ers thronged down upon the course and engaged in a scramble to see and con congratulate i the winner Leblon and Hard Hardi Harding i j ing in who were on the tenth and last lap lapi I i hail had to drive their cars almost into the 0 throng in order to get across the finish I line Un but the other racers who were far I through behind were unable to force their way I Race Is Stopped Perceiving that the action of the crowd I would prevent a n fair finish of the remain remaining remaining ing two qualifiers William K Vander Tander Vanderbilt Vanderbilt bilt but jr the donor of the cup and tho the judges ordered ord red the race stopped and held helda a meeting to select the other two cars to qualify Lylle Lytle and Christie were chosen because b cause they the were iu Iq fourth and und fifth po positions when the course was blocked La Lawell Lawen Lawell well wen was pressing Christie closely for tho the fifth position 0 Tracys time for the time entire course was 5 hours hou 27 minutes and 45 15 seconds that of ot Leblon 5 hours 51 minutes and 26 25 sec see seconds seconds Harding Har 6 hours 25 minutes and 39 seconds 0 Smashes Car CarS S Notwithstanding that the course was regarded as a more dangerous than that over oer which the th cup race was run last lost year ear and the drivers sent their powerful machines over it at a B speed at times as high as ninety miles an hour and around sharp curves only one of ot the racing cars was reported to have been smashed and an from rom that the driver and his escaped without serious In Injury Injury Injury jury Twenty miles from the starting line the i car driven by burst a tire tiro and turned out of the road crashing Into tel telephone telephone telephone I ephone poles and was badly damaged was thrown out but landed safely Many There were numerous minor accidents to the machines chiefly damage to the time tires so that the tho racers were trailed out at long Intervals over the course and many had luul not half completed the distance when hen time the winner finished Throughout the greater start part of the race ruce the contest con ts t for first fIr t place lay between Tracy Leblon and Lytle Lytle led the others in elapsed time for the first two rounds Leblon then took the time lead but alternated for the leadership in each round with Tracy J racy until the tenth and anti last lap when Tracy Truey clung to his lead l ad Tracy Makes Record Tracy scored the tIme swiftest record for the lap of the day dllY covering the 2971 2071 miles in 29 minutes and 29 35 seconds This was in inthe Inthe inthe the sixth lap Never was there a more more orderly gather gathering gathering ing jug of spectators their thon that which I thronged at vantage points along the course to witness the running of this I race The start was scheduled for tor 6 G a m jn but the spectators began be to gather even be before before before fore midnight Before the sun rose al si almost almost most the entire course presented an unique spectacle Clustered about the starting line was ws a R great party part of of auto automobiles automobiles automobiles mobiles and strung along the time crooked course were many hundreds more Spectators Camp Along Route Knowing that it would be hopeless to try to secure sleeping accommodations at any of the local villages the spectators formed camps along the roadside e for formil miles mil s where whore they found parking places and arid many even brought camping outfits to prepare breakfast The rho campfires and the th glaring headlights of their cars marked the course C long before daylight Hundreds passed the waiting hours in iu sleep in their cars No circus ever eer invited a more motley gathering than those as assembled assembled in the villages along the line The big grand stand on the south side Ide of or the course midway between Jericho and Mineola was crowded when the call for the first starter went up There were twelve starters and time the first was sent away promptly at 6 G n a t m with Ernest rnest Keller driving It |