Ogden Sun | 1905-09-26 | Page 7 | Auto Races for the Cup

of the machines rone turned turtle on a curve POPE MADE BEST TIME shineola neola L I 1 sept 23 in ahe elimination automobile races today by which five american cars were to bo selected to enter the W K vanderbilt cup race on october A L pape sixty horsepower horse power car driven by albert 0 dingley made the best time over ane miles course going the distance in 2 hours and 50 seconds this time is 3 miles ah hour better than was made by heath who won the cup last year in his ninety horsepower horse power machine the four other fiera were dr H B thomas E D shurman elwood haynes and H S houp v myneola Ml neola L I 1 sept 23 the start in the elimination trial yaco to select a beam ot five automobiles of american build to compete for the vander wt cup on october was made at this mornings every hotel in the vicinity of the course was crowded last night and thousands of spectators saw the racers off on their journey starting from here the course was through jericho east norwich brook ville greendale greenvale Green vale alberson Al berdon and hyde park to the grand stand at this place the distance was four rounds of miles the total distance covered being 1132 mile A L popes sixty horsepower horse power machine finished the race in 2 hours and 60 seconds II 11 H whites machine went off the course at bulls head at richard haynes car finished in 2 hours 23 minutes 32 seconds dr H E thomas car in 2 hours 1 minute 49 seconds E D Shur mans car in 19 minute 18 seconds H S horsepower machine in 2 hours 29 minutes and 40 seconds H D Shur mans forty horsepower horse power car turned turtle at the junction of tho glencove Glen cove and the old searing pond road east of aldersons Alber sons the accident occurred while the machine was making the third lap robert jardine who was steering approached the short turn at this spot under full head it is the most dangerous point on course cinders and sand had been put on the roadway to keep the racers from skidding at this place when the car turned overa over a shout went up fromme spectators who feared that jardine and his machinist were killed abo machinist however jumped as the car turned he ftak somewhat shaken up but was not injured jardine managed to shut oft tho power before he was pitched out of the car he also escaped injury jumping to his acet jardine called bystanders to his the machine was quickly righted the steer ing wheel and rod were bent but this was soon remedied and the race was the accident caused a delay of only three minutes colonel A A popes ninety horsepower machine broke its frame and was withdrawn from the race