Show ONLY SIX CARS FINISHED FIN RACE George Robertson in n Simplex No 6 Winner at Brighton Brighton Brighton ton Beach Track Brighton t n Bench ee Race Re Track N Y Oct AmM mM the wildest 8 enes George Georgre Rob Roberta Robett erta ett driving Simplex car No NI 6 flashed lashed the finish line fine at the Brighton P race at 1030 tonight the winner win of 0 the second International t automobile race rare for tor torI I association Harrr Cobe a tI ma maM M was I tt and Montague Rob Hob Hobat rip at the wheel of ot a II por port r Thoma was wall think J Six care fin finall all of or them being Americans American The Ther r ears carsy CIU two French and anI two Ital ItalIAn lan IAn were weN put out of ot the contest by acci dents 1 its as 1111 were ere three American cars car The final CON Feora was wasN wasN N v ft Simplex Robertson and Lecault driver miles ml e fo 2 Cobe and Mulford fr 4 I t 1125 1123 mlle mile mileS S Thomas Roberts and Winter 1115 11 miles 11 ton and drivers miles N v J Cleveland Chevrolet t and Miller Uner 63 miles No Ne 4 Stearns Laurent and Marquis drivers SIS miles mile The Th best previous record was vas 1107 miles Exciting Struggle The Th struggle for tor second place threw thre both x th grandstands Into the wildest tumult Roberts Roberta Ro rt driving like ike ane possessed again and again caught up with and passed pas ed the thear ear car ar driven b bi Cobe cutting down tho the lat bit bitters lead nine to four tour miles in tho the hour But Roberts car c r could not stand the strain and just as asIt asIt asit It s seemed K med m as a If it second place was his hili the motors went wrong wron and he hall had to to his camp for new rubbers When hen fp Jio t returned to the track the Losier car had Improved the opportunity and the rap gap between the two was eight miles At this Juncture the referee ordered the tho loveland Cleveland and Stearns cars to turn In Inand InAnd inand and give alv the leaders lenders a clear field to flu fin In lab ish I h the th race rac One Killed Five Injured On One dead and anti five Injured halt half a dozen racing automobiles automobile smashed Into worth less masses ma records for tor a circular track shattered this tells the story stor of at the great automobile race rac which ended tonight As the contest drew to a a crowd of more than persons gathered at the little race ce course by the thesa sa sim There was as excitement aplenty from start It art to finish of ot the race for tor hardly an hour went by b without an accident hap happening hapPening pening The terrific speed maintained by bythe bythe bythe the cut the soft sott track Into deep ruts rut and every now and then the auto automobiles automobiles mobiles s would swerve Into the low fences There was keen disappointment In the crowd this evening when car Xo No 5 driven en by the team of ot Strang Strung and Basle was put out of ot the race by a mishap Al Almost Almost Almost most from the start the Renault car had been he en the th contender for tor first honors being on equal terms torms and sometimes ahead of ot otar ear car ar No Xo G C which car during the closing hours of the race was fifty of ot more miles ahead of oC the other racers Winner Killed the Man With victory victor apparently assured by the mishap to Xo No C 6 Lescault who had suc sue succeeded Robertson as n driver of at the Sim Simplex Simplex Simplex plex Xo No o 6 slackened speed and drove his car ear carefully 80 BO as fiS to avoid a mis mishap mishap mishap hap It was the Simplex that was re responsible for the death of ot Thomas F FIckett the special policeman who was run down last night as he was trying to drive some boys bos off the track and it was Impossible for tor the crowd to forget torget this incident as the Simplex spun along alo J in inthe the tle lead Fickett died today toda In a hos hospital hospital pital pita After the Renault was knocked 1 out of or orthe the race chief Interest was as to which would ouM get second place The struggle for tor this honor was between Xo No 2 a Lo Lol Losier sier ler l and No S a R Thomas car Roberts driver of the Thomas kept the spectators n r 1 a I state of or excitement by his daring driving He lIe took the Thomas around the mile track at the rate of ot fifty miles an anLou 1 Lou but unfortunately for tor him his ht ear car ar arliS was liS followed by persistent bad ball luck the working poorly and shoes re repeatedly repeatedly prated getting out of order In the last half of ot the hour the Ill fated car ar driven by b dashed through the outer fence tence and aurl turned tur turtle turtle tle th mechanic sustained a bro brokon brokon kon tn leg le and possibly internal injuries escaped with slight alight bruises New Record Made The Simplex was wall given an ovation when it darted by the th grand stand on the thou thousandth thousandth thousandth lap of the race having made a R anew new nw nc record for tor the thousand miles It r vered the distance In 20 O hours 9 utes 4 45 15 seconds the best previous record for tor the same performance having been 92 2 mites miles The hourly hourI scores cores showed that the for tor automobiles had been gradual gradually ly h l eliminated from the race until the final struggle was as left entirely to the Amen Ameri American can cars |