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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1908
Page
5
An advertisement for Our Men's Furnishings highlights a Saturday sale on negligee shirts, scarfs, waistcoats, underwear, half hoses and gloves. It promotes a broad, tasteful selection for well dressed men and lists item prices and styles aimed at the York market.
Strang led a grueling Briarcliff race from start to finish as Cedrino chased hard in the last laps. Hard luck struck Murphy and Parker early with cars failing, while Vaughan Lytle and Sartori posted top speeds amid chaos. Five finishers averaged over forty miles per hour in Italy and America’s top stock cars.
Strang led from lap one and held a commanding position through 240 miles of competition. He started fourth, built a large, shrinking gap as Aytle and Vaughn chased, with Cedrino in a red Fiat as the strongest later challenger in the final laps.
A 1900s style notice notes a 50 percent drop in bird life before 1903 and highlights new refuges and wardens funded partly by government stipends. It urges reading René Bache on Harbors for Wild Birds in The Saturday Eventno Post and Beatrice Grimshaw’s Vaiti tale about a stranded island.
Spectators along the Eastview stretch watched a high speed auto contest turn chaotic as cars rushed the S and L hill course. Fiat driven by Cedrino slid, a Simplex crashed at the right angle, and a turtleing wreck followed as Watson’s Simplex flipped.
In a chaotic modern time race the "S and L" and "Right Angle" factions clash. Murphy crashes trying the L and skids earn applause while Simplex 22 and Car 21 struggle with steering and brakes. Mulford's Lozier and Poole's Isotta retire, trains and cars depart as both sides call the event even amid chaos.
Report details a high speed auto race from Kitchawan to Armonk with turns near Pines Bridge Mount Kisco and Mount Kisco control. Drivers reached up to 75 mph beyond the control while motor cycles escorted pace and deputies enforced time limits. Noted crowd presence, altered route through Mount Kisco, and no accidents despite extreme speeds.
The Times used Marconi wireless from Lozier stations at Briarcliff Manor to send a rapid, continuous account of the Briarcliff race. Bulletins began at 5 09 am with Sartori in the Bianchi, ending after 60 bulletins with Strang in the Isotta as winner. News moved to bulletin boards within moments, ahead of telegraph or telephone lines as Lozier and The Times coordinated stations from Briarcliff Manor to Pine Bridge Mount Kisco Newcastle Valhalla and East View to keep crowds informed.
Police in the Bronx early today halted a crowd on the roads to a transit point, arresting about 30 chauffeurs and others linked to a larger operation. Several well known individuals appeared among the detainees, including a magistrate and multiple defendants charged with overspeeding and related offenses. lengthy court records indicate numerous names and addresses in bail and sentencing notes.
A severely injured Whee Strick, returning from his Byce, is listed with serious injuries. Charles Coyne involved, driver identified, case under review. Witnesses report multiple stab-like marks on other children as responders rush to the scene near 26th Street and Port.
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