Show i I I t CONTESTANTS I I I r FOR VANDERBILT t CUP r Five Chosen by Committee Are Tracy Leblon Harding Lytle Lyte And Christie Christe TWO COMPLETED COURSE 1111 Imi an gm rr of ur Ho H I to I and mil a nil Sheriff SIH SI men rJ IT Mado MadoU mt ailo U cry to II fl Cure Curo rot I I Now New fl Yo rk k Sept A vast ut throng which rushed U the Iha une ourse UI today touy the of o the time ohm elim elimination elm race nice to ci rebeL felt 1 live American racing automobile to take ak i ri In th the therace race nite for forthie the tle Vanderbilt cup tup cUI after ate three of oC the citra mr had completed time the nice nua Joseph Tracy who ho won 01 the race Her Herbert ler bert Jelon lond and ald H ii 1 N Hard Harding lar lag ing third thir wore tore limo tho only who vho teru allowed to 10 cover tIme the entire course They Thoy thus thug qualified their machines for tor forthe forthe the tho cup CUll races and Ind the tue judges Judg selected machines thriven driven by y Herbert lorbert B 13 I Lytle I tu and Walter Salter Christie as the other two Iwo lo to 0 represent American manufacturers in Inthe tho the big race raco When Tracy crossed time the finish line Ino of o the tho 7 mites miles mits Journey after lter a 1 sensa sensational I tonal race in itt II which he ito made one ono circuit t of tIme the th course nl at a 1 rate of a utile mild a 1 minute Including nine nillo turns the Iho groat rot crowd of spectators which greeted grete him hint with wih n a roar rr of cheers cheet thronged down upon the course and engaged lu iii II a n scramble to see tec c anti and congratulate the winner loblon and who were wre pre on the tenth and amid nd last lap lall had to drive their cars almost into Inlo the te throng in older oder to get 11 across the Iho finish line but the tho other oIlier racer who were far behind were unable to force Core their way wa through h Perceiving that the action acton of o thio crowd would prevent a fair finish of the remaining two tIO qualifiers WIlam William K Vanderbilt Jr the loner dotter of o the cup and the Judges ordered the race stopped and held a I meeting to select selet tho the other two cars to qualify LUo and Chris Christie Christie tie le were chosen because beau e they the were In fourth and Rn fifth positions when whon the tho course cUNe was blocked Lawell LJ was A press pressing preS ing lag Christie Christe closet closely for Cor the fifth pool position tion ton Tracys time Um for or the course curse was wall 5 S hours ZT 21 2 minutes and ad 45 4 seconds that Ua of o Leblon Jeb on C hours hour 6 fi 1 minutes and 25 5 seconds s Hording Haring I 6 hours hourI 26 21 minutes and 39 seconds leonds Notwithstanding that the tie course ivaA was regarded as 1 more m re dangerous dan croul than tan that thal over ever which th the cup rate rajo was run rn last year car and the drivers sent lent their power powerful ful fui machines over or It at a speed pee at al times as I high w as A DO 0 O miles mies an nn hour and nud around sharp harp curves cures only one of or the racing racinG cars was reported to havo been een smashed and from that the Iho driver nod and Id Ms Imis JIl escaped without serious Injury Twenty miles from the tho starting line Una the car driven by burst a tire tiro tre and turning out of o the road crashed Into a telegraph pole 1 Ie and was wa badly damaged was thrown out out but Lul landed handed lande safely tafel el There were numerous minor accidents to the tho machines chiefly cien damage to time tho tIres tr to so that the tl racers were trailed out at nt long Ion Intervals over the course CUrO and many man had not half hal completed Iho the distance when the th winner finished Throughout tho tim greater ratE part of o the therace raco race the contest content for first place lay la be bo between between tween Tracy Ta Leblon L blon and Lytia LUo Lylla Lytie led the thA others other in elapsed Nat l time for the Ilia first two to rounds Leblon then took the lead Irad but alternated for the leadership In each Mch round with smith Tr Tracy ey until the tenth and last lap and Tracy Trl duns clung dun to his lead Tracy scored the Ih swiftest word r for Cor forthe Corthe forthe the lap Ilp of th the day dl covering the thA 31 1 miles nilles mies In 79 9 minutes and s seconds This was 11 In the sixth lap lap Never Nevor was Wi there thoro th re a R more moro orderly gath gathering ring ering of spectators than that which the thronged at Rt vantage points along tie the course cure to witness the running of this raco race Tie Tho start was al scheduled for tor 6 a 1 m rn but bul the spectators hogan to gather even cv e before midnight midnight Before Defore the tho run pun un rose rM almost the entire eUr course e presented a unique spectacle Clustered about abut the th starting sinning line was wa a I great gret party pr of au automobiles and strung It along time the tie crooked croke course cune were cro many Inn hundred more mOo Knowing that It I would woul be hopeless to try tr to secure ure sleeping INIn lions at any an of the local l villages the spectators form torn orated camin along alto he t trad roadside rad Fide for tithes miles mil where they tle found parking places and many man maim even Ien brought camping outfits to prepare breakfast b The ramp camp arp tires and the glaring heed head headlights h d I lights of their ears cars cUI marked mrle the course Ore long hong lon before daylight Hundreds passed 1 the th waiting hour h ur In Insl sl 11 ep el In their cars No o circus ever In ln Invited a flare mor mort molly mot gathering than those assembled nM In the villages along aloni the tho line lne The big grandstand on tho the south side Ihle of the tho course ur t midway between Jericho and was tYas al crowded when the th call cal for the first starter wont neat Ot up up There were 1 12 starters and sn the first nr 1 was 1 sent Int away awa promptly at 6 a I m on with Ernest Keller EdIct driving II it wih Keler I The arrangements made malo by b the man In agers of ot the tho Nassau hospital ho appeared more like preparations for Cor a 1 battle bUle between two armies than provisions In connection with wih a contest of speed I and an skill ki Eight Ambulances worn ere pent tnt early url earl title this morning to 10 various danger poInts along the course ourt Sheriff Frederick n had hod made mad equally elaborate preparations to prevent Injury to spectators and to keep the public from encroaching on 01 the course More WO 3 deputy deput sheriffs and had lied been bee stationed along the roads over er which the thc t e racers were to sr speed ed edIn In drawing for lift tiie th numbers for the I starters the time ie unlucky num aura ter Ler U 13 was a omitted emitted I the first round In ad advance adVance LIttle finished frt rund ld vance d the Ih distance dl n I miles In B 13 1 minutes and M U 3 seconds sri 1 Christie was second In M 32 3 minutes seconds end U I 1 K 1 1 en third thir In II U s minutes n nult U 34 4 L ld fourth in itt II II It S rain min minutes I fifth In K U min minute utes I 3 seconds end II mil ute utu II U seconds Tracy sixth In Ii z rain min minute ute ut U 3 seconds amid Ild Km ell seventh In M r minutes 17 1 seconds sr bt br broke ke kl n a clutch 1 err about Cr IS 1 mil mlIs from time lite th grand grandstand abut 1 stand tand and had to stop Mop f tur r repair repairs I As s Harding end and pas I x tn time the stand tand 1 on tn the first mund there was waA I only about o 0 fet feet between bettt theta them and M each going furiously loth Both oth drivers I were veto wr heartily d herding hlll had started two to minute ahead of o Hewn leMn M po that the Utter latter rained gained Just Ju t that much on hU hi rival on the first nt round I hl car In this Ihl round run dashed duhe Inlo Into a telegraph pole ole and VM was I wreck wrecked wrecked k ked I ed Both the di r rAnd and hi his hll 1 were Score thrown but neither wax was Injured Little Litle hold h ll the tho lead Isail Ia through time the round but ut in iii II in third tAil tab JAh Ion to tho the ac of at honor hav havIng hut trIg Ing Iri covered ocrel time the course threw times In Jr 3 minutes S g Ild lv lvIn In lim the th second CIl several oars ear r panted Christy and Jn in JI the th third t tlc a car broke brok rake down lown Tracy was WR Rs In ill II third place at mit time the tw end of tin time and amid was wnM only a 1 minute bobtail behind the th HI 1 time for the third round WM JO 0 34 H seconds the best time Ime thus far fur made during the race ru Tracy who had td d been going at greet great r 1 ed e for tor tho Iho three round was wan aR In the lead IUd at lt the th of ot tb th fourth mound lound H J lIa this thiN tub round rould at li 14 1 ticking his hil elapsed 19 minutes I l 14 lb seconds Leblon Letina who fourth round lt Ill Ut w wal with elapsed ron thee or of f 1 I 12 minute and K I seconds op tuttle Little win taa u Jim him 11 elapsed time at e f the taid j of the fourth round lund was wan Al II and 1 sevenths seconds Oar Or number 7 driven by Roberts gt get getas t tas tI as I fur far hr as n on the first round and run ant titan U lad had hal lu to t go Into Ito a garage for CI or re rc repairs pairs 1 1 ire r Car lar Cr number nUm 1 16 driven by b 1 ld broke re don denim at itt t Hulls huhs lull Head Hat during durn tile the round At t time tho end of the Ihl fIfth round both bolh Leblon and Ind Little hid had got ot ah d of oC Tracy TI anti and Leblon III Ion was wa In the lead with wih lila his elapsed time line its 1 minutes anti and 6 seconds eDds for fol the live five I rounds round littie was his hll elapsed Jp r time for the time five tle rounds being m 16 minute initiates cud and alt Si fee Tracy was third with Uh hi his clap elapsed d time line minutes minute 16 6 second At the Ule end of the tho sixth round rund Tracy Trl loath bad taken takou tae the bead trad from roam anti ami finished 1 the sixth round roune In 13 1 minutes minute 46 63 34 see sec seconds f cads Leblon finished time sixth round rund rundIn In III minutes JS seconds s Tracy eon cov 0 red cred time the sixth lap ini Il In the Ih fastest tints time tm made anode today tol It I was wa 29 minutes SO 20 25 seconds sends In Itt the time sixth round rund Little lost a n tire lire at lt huhs Hul Head I d and lot lost several Mv ml min Ule putting on ou a new IIO one On the time fifth round rund Trecy stopped at mt It Jericho to take on ou gasoline and water In the time round ro nd Christie stopped at FAst Bast FA l Norwich and amid an lout J t some ome time putting pul tn on a new nl tire Irl finished the fourth round In minutes 1236 I 32 35 34 seconds 1 Harding In the fifth round In 1St lar minutes 40 to seconds and ani nl the time sixth round In US 5 minutes 7 seconds 5 Cahoots completed the fifth round In 20 minutes IS 35 Ia wol fin finished tn I time the fifth fth round In minute anti and hl 22 2 seconds and am Christie the fifth nUh In Its 16 and 55 sec ec ends ld Little completed complete his sixth round rund In IntS tS minutes 6 seconds the seventh round In Tracy Trae completed cm lele rund 31 mInutes 1 U 12 seconds Leblon Lebbon blon however was wan wal ahead of ot Tracy at the finish of ot the seventh round Lob J b blon Ions lonn lon time lime for the Iho seven rounds runds was 8 9 minutes and ami 6 9 seconds Leblon was 3 also aho ahead at the end of the tho eighth completing that roun noun in 4 haute houlf 21 I and 3 35 seconds Tracy finished tho the eighth round rund In four tour hours or 22 minutes and U 11 24 seconds Tracy Tay got by I eblon again in tho Ule ninth round and completed that round In four hours hour IS LI 5 minutes and IS 3 aI sec seconds le oath ond while Leblon completed It In five 6 hours hour S 8 minutes and n fl seconds londs LUl e the E S hours hOUN 11 1 minutes 21 33 2 leoni lIned Hard HardInK lag InK In finished the seventh round rund In 4 t hours hours a l minutes and 3 I Seconds second and Id the eighth In 5 hours M f 4 minutes minute finished hl his sixth round In 4 hours hours 15 minutes minute and Ind 2 I H 35 seconds Lawell finished the sixth round in 4 t hours bour IS if 1 minutes 1 IV 35 3 seconds In the meantime Roberts Robert had got ht hIs hIscar car ear out of o the garage and entered the therace therace race again He Ito finished the first round In 3 hours hOUN 56 66 49 4 sec eec seconds ec ends and his third round In 5 hours hour 6 minutes S 35 seconds After Tracy Trac Leblon Lellon and Harding had bad finished t the race In the Ihl order named narel William K K Vanderbilt Jr doner of o the cup ordered the time race stopped owing to the crowding of o the course and the other drivers were stopped as ns soon ns as I they the could be noti notified fled fied ted Mr Ir Vanderbilt took tok this thi action Uon 1 be because cause C USA the crowd which surged on the tho tho course In front of o the quarter ot of f Tracy lI the winner Inner prevented the other ears cars car from posting passing A meeting of or the waH wa then called to s select le t time the five fe men to qualify for the tho cup race The machines selected lel ted by b the Judge to take part In the Vanderbilt cup rice raco wore were those tho driven today toa by b Tracy TIe ree Lebbon Harding Lytle and nn titus Mine for tor the Ibe race was waa WS 6 5 I 26 5 seconds hours hour il U minutes lond |