| Show Nfl NE RACE ON ITS WAY Six Autos Representing Four Countries Start Longest Race in Worlds History New Nev Ne York Feb 12 The six automobiles contesting in the New York to Paris race started from Times square street and Broadway at 1115 today cheer cheered ed by b a throng of several thousand peo people pie Accompanied by more than 00 mo motors motors motors tors of ot all descriptions the racing ma machines machines machines chines made their way up Broadway and Riverside drive to the city limits where they turned north on the road ta to Al Albany Albany Albany bany From rom that city the route to San Fran Francisco Francisco Francisco cisco which Is the objective point of the first stage of the trip lies across New NewYork NewYork NewYork York state to Buffalo thence through Cleveland and Toledo to Chicago to Omaha Cheyenne Ogden Reno Beno Goldfield San Luis Obispo and San Francisco Mayor McClellan was to have given the word to start but was delayed and Col Cot Colgate Colgate gate Hoyt of the Automobile Club of f America took his place Broadway Blocked All traffic in the neighborhood of Times square was stopped half hour before the start Automobiles clogged the Intersect Intersecting ing streets and blocked the route for many blocks up Broadway No such ag aggregation aggregation o olt oi machines has hils been seen in inor inor inor or about New York since the last Vander VanderbIlt but bIlt cup race was run A band In the official grandstand played the anthems of the nations as uS the cars lined up Ul for the start A pistol shot sent the contestants I away amid the cheering of the people and the hoarse hooting of hundreds of automobile horns The contesting cars are the queerest qu erest looking machines ever devised for motoring purposes With their heavy equipment of stores and camp utensils utensils sils sits several of them were a modern rep representation representation of the old prairie schooner One resembled reS a hook and ladder truck with long running boards on either side equipped with axes hovels shovels ropes and a dozen other articles The clothing of the drivers varied from black bearskins to a apure apure apure pure fur outfit and headdress worn wora by a French team Only Two Americans Three French cars one ona on German one Italian and one American started in the therace therace therace race Three men constituted the crews of the foreign machines but there were only two In the American car The three French cars are steered by b G Bourcier St M lI 1 Godard and M 31 Pons the German car by b Lieutenant Koeppen of the Prussian army the Italian car by Antonio and the American car by b Mon Montague Montague Montague tague Roberts Each machine carried the flag of its own nation and that of the United States They were plentifully decorated with signs and placards so there could be no mistaking their Identity wherever seen The buildings surrounding Times square were decorated with flags and bunting and the start was quite spectacular Estimates vary as to the length of time the rate will require From six to nine months it is believed will be consumed All the drivers are confident of reach reaching reachIng reaching ing their destination through the frozen fields of Alaska and Siberia Steamers will transport the machines from San Francisco Francisca to Valdez Alaska and from Nome to East Cape Siberia across Bering straits straUs |
