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[IBINEWS
, WEATHER FORECAST.
i
For ,Norwalk and vicinity:
showers tonight and Sunday.
turbance control this morning near
Chicago is pro uclng cloudy and
rainy weather iiom .tho Mississippi
1iver eastwaid t1 the coast. The tem-
pcrature' is high in the. Lake region
and New England, Conditions favor
for this vicinity local showers with
mild temperature, followed by clear-
ing and cooler ‘unday afternoon or
night.
Local
A dis-
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Ernest; 0,31Gre ry‘,'21of Norwalk. en-
Joyed theVandirbllt cup race today
on Long Island.
Mr. and Mrs. John C. McCuryan. of
Boston, Mass. will swnd a few days
with friends 111 1N01 walk
——-I1iasketball, 3 Norwalk Armory,
Team F vs. To. many Hall, Monday
night. Dancing.‘ Preliminary game at
8 o‘clock. '
Lawrence Healy and Frank Grind-
10d. of Norwalk spent yesterday at-
ternoon and are ing in Bridgeport.
Miss Alice B. owns, of Bridgeport,
is a guest of3 has Ida Kramer, of
North Main street, forever Sunday.
~—Dancing at Aiditorium tonight.
Mrs. Winfield ilcott has 'moved from
her home in Norwalk to reside with
her mother Mrs Samuel Stevens. to
Ridgofield.
Samuel Bertlne. J11, of No. 19 Ravi]-
and street, is now‘employed by the
National Oyster Carrier Company, of
Water street. , «
-—Yacnt and Golf Caps. O’Brien.
The local trolleymen were represent,
ed at the Vanderbilt auto race, this
morning, by Max Malnio, Bert. Coutu,
and Tommy Smith. 1 _
A son was‘boi'n to Mr. and Mrs.
George E. Becker, of Bethel. formerly
of South Norwal31. Tuesday; Mother
and child are do 111; nicely.
Charles chlcr clerk in George
Raymond‘s gmce'y. store, Is ill at his
3 home in East avianue. Walton Flynn
is substituting nt‘hls duties for him;
--Dor'1't leave l30111' engine in your
launch all white ‘to‘rnst, but let us
take it: out. make be necessary repairs
and keep it. for y1u until spring. The
Specialty Mtg. 00., 40 Water street.
South Norwalk.
About 150 peop c boarded the Pitts-
fiold excursion twin this morning at
Norwalk. The cars of the long train
were filled to then‘ utmost seating ca-
pacity.
Charles 1.111dcturg. of South Nor~
walk went across the sound to the
Vanderbilt auto race, last night. with
a party‘ of friends, who set out in a
launch from Stamford.
r01 8: K. Hats. O'Brien.
Driver William McPherson, of the
r'Old'Wcll truck, is spending a day’s
1 vacation at the Vanderbilt cup race.
‘ and 'i‘lllerman Sanuel‘l'lolmes is look-
ing after the 1111 er’s seat.
Eben Hill took a party of friends
"to Long Island, esterday afternoon,
in. his new laun h 1ecently built at
the Anderson La 1nch Works Oyster
Shell Point, to witness the Vanderbilt
auto race.
' ~Fresh or Corned Side Pork,
1b.: Fresh Hocks,10c. "IIayes‘Mkt.
There will be a subscription dance,
3 this evening, at. the Norwaik Country
Club, and a hug attendance is ex-
potted, both for this and a table d'
hote dinner whicl will be served by
Steward Williams.
Fred Bedlent 111 Clayton Holmes,
of the Norwalk Methodist church, will
conduct the meeting tonight. at the
Bridge Rescue iission, where hot
clam chowder wl be served free.
Good 3 singing. Come.
—Dancing at Auditorium tonight.
.The Entermise‘ ublisbing Company,
of Bridgeport bar tiled articles of in
corporation in th. office of the state
secretary The urpose of the com-
pany is to go a 1 serial printing and
1 publishing busln'ass, more. especially
the publishing of the Bridgeport En-
terprise. a newstapci. 1The capital
stock 13516.250. The incorpor'atms
are J A Goldsuith. -W. D. Bishop,
Howard Coulson ME. A. Murphy, all
of Bridgeport.
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AFTER 30 YE RS experience mil-
lions of users '0 I... & M'. PAINTS,
claim—First, it 31 cars 10 to 15 years
-—Second, it only‘ costs ,81. 20 a gallon
——'I‘hird. its the out they have ever
used—Fourth, ‘slxteen thousand
agents certify to i see facts
Chas. 33E; Do 3'3 South Norwalk;
Hubbell tin Stapl s Hdwe. Co.. Nor-
. walk' W3 8. Guy r & Son. Westport;
Northrup‘ 81708.3. , .
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TAYLOR 11 comes
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BAXTER'S .
Compound Syrup of Sarsaporilla.
A remedy for Pimple! oo
Tether or Bait Rheum. Bioiohgl'l‘am titles:
on, Boilo, Ringworm, moon.
is and Blood Diseases. .
75c BOTTLE.
ANDERSON '5
Launch Works.
Boat Frames set up and ready to
11 Ink.
All kinds of repair work.
Launches of all sizes built to order
by competent workmen. -1
avatar Shell Point. Norwalk
Miss Ethel Robins, of France street,
Norwulk. has been visiting M1s. Alice
.Iudd, of Hartford. Miss Robins at-
tended the Baptist Convention during
her stay in Hartford. and visited many
points of interest while there.
———Loln of Pork to roast, 121: 11).;
Pork Chops, 1.20; Sausage, 12c. iiayes'
Mkt.
The Oiiicers’ Association of the
South Norwalk fire department, held
a meeting, last evening, at the Putnam
“039 (Illill'IOrB, and talked over chang-
es in the by-laws, in connection with
the department fund. Another meet-
Illg in connection with the same mat-
ter will be held next Wednesday night.
which is to playat the Armory Mon-
day evening for the opening game. is
to play the Seventeenth Separate Coni-
.pany at Flushing. I. 1., this evening.
Last night they defeated the Wa ultas
in New York city. a team which was
defeated hoic last. season.
~t‘hoicc Native .,i"owls,
I-layes’ NM.
The commissioners of the estate of
the late John Ciersch, who are James
T. Hubbcil. Levi Warner and Daniel
Dunlop. who were appointed by Judge
Gregory October 10, will hold a meet-
ing at 10 o'clock November 5. at the
Norwalk Town Court room, at which
time all claims should be presented
against the estate.
1 ~Umbrsllas & Yacht Caps. O‘Brien.
The newly (iiganl'acd basketball
team of the Sixth Company, ‘onst Ar-
tillely, held a practice game at the
Armory, last evening, which was 111111
satisfactory. A game was played with
the. Nuimcgs. The leanrused last
night will probably be. thr1 regular line;
1111. They will be Ilincs and Nadia.
forwards; llooncy, center; Hill and
Cnbill, guards, and Jerry Dornev, sub
stltute.
—I’ork to roast, small loins, 12l/tc
lb. Public Market. 32 South Main St.
CLinton Commendery, No. 3. Knight
Templars, held ‘a special conclave, last
evening. at ,the Masonic Temple, in
Wall street, when the Temple degree
was conferred on James Ii. ltuudlc.
Many other business limiters were
talked up 1111.1 the matter of attend
ing the .11111lvers111y of the Ridgeiiclr
Lodge. on November 8th, was discus. -
ed, but no action taken until the next
stated conclavc.
-C. & K. Hats. O'Brien.
Fire Commissioner George \V.
.316c lb.
Bri-'
gardlls. Police Commissioner James
T. Powers and J. R. Connor, proprlc~
tor of the Mahackcnui Hotel, spent
an interesting day, Thursday, looking
over the New York fire department.
They saw Fire Commissioner Hayes
and Acting Chief Langford. and wit-
nessed 11 test of the new high power
fire fighting water system, when 213
streams were in operation at one
time. 3 -
-—-Danclng at Auditorium tonight.
A great time is expected tomorrow,
in Norwalk. by the members of Court
Narruk, Folcsters of America. The
class initiation, at which time about
50 candidates will be taken into the
order. will take place at 2 o‘clock in
the afternoon, at Lockwood’s Hall, in
Wall street. The court room in Wa-
ter street will be the general head-
quarters during the day. in the even-
ing a banquet will be served in the
assembly hall in Wall street. A 1111111-
bcr of out of town lodges will have
rep1es'entntivcs here. The Gcmgo
town lodge will come down on .1 spc
clal tiain
~Basketball. Norwalk Armory,
Team F 1s. Tammany Hall, Monday
night. Dancing. Pxellminmy game at
8 o‘clock.
When Cornelius Vanderbilt. the
younger, goes into ,a shop as a work-
man, in order to learn to be useful,
everybody makes a note of it. People
talk of the “idle rich." but there is
an increasing number of the rich who
refuse to be idle—an encouraging sign
of the times. When 11 society girl
goes into any sort of work that is
worth while. people store. .But society
girls are doing this sort of thing more
and more. his is another encouraging
sign of the times. So Frances Little's
story, “The Lady of the Decoration."
is a special interest when we are hear-
ing so much of the fads and follies of
high society, and the book has its lcs
sons for all of us. .It will suggest the
thought of the address at the Fhst
Church in Norwalk, tomorrow evening.
in the‘series of informal talks on, 3
"A Summer’s Reading."
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, ed and no word cane of how
'. Robertson had fared. Then came a
about of relic! from the crowd. Rob-
" along the course, was estimated at
' by I)e1mison.3followed one minute lat-
. few minutes,
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‘teers cleared the course in quick time.
3 no. 9 I-Iotchltisb.
3 in the Thomas No.19, came sputtering.
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badly
ertson, the announcer cried out. had
only been delayed two minutes by his
mishaps and was one more on the
road. A few minutes later, with a lino
burst of speed, his goggles thrown off,
amid a steady fusiladc of sand, and
his 1111111banl11.111 half hanging out of
the 111111.111 scat Itobelrson burst into
view and with 11 roar his big machine
dashed 111'10ss the finish line‘ The
Vundc1bilt can race was over and an
American car had w.o11
James Florida. with his big 120
horsepower Locomobile car, cross-
ing the starting line at 6:30 a.
111.. today, started the Vanderbilt cup
automobile race. inthe presence of a
crowd which, counting the people all
approxhnately 200.00 persons,
No. 2.‘ Knox 40 horsepower, driven
or; than cainc Strickcr, with his 1111'-
mnn Mercedes. and they were follow-
cd 11 minuteapurt. by Nos. 4, 1'1, 6. 7. 8,
9 and so on. No. 10. the French Bras-
ier entry, did not start. When the
last entry, No. 20. 11 Knox, driven by
Bourkuc, left the line at 6:49 a. 111..
the French Renault. No. 17, had not
vet started. and she did not get off 1111-
til 7:14. Florida. No. l. was the first
to complete the course, his time being
given officially 11.3128 minutes, 10 soc.
on1is,"but the best time on the first
lap was given by Robeitson, 01iving
tho locomobile. No.16 His time was
20 minutes. 511 seconds Soon after the
start reports of trouble began to reach
the grandstand. Foxhall Keene, who
had not been seen since being sent
away at the start, was reported with
his car ablaze at Locust Grove. In 11.
however, he was again
in thr1 rare and as be passed. complet-
ing the circuit. there “as 11 flutter oi'
handkerchiefs and a clapping of gloved
hands fiom the g1andstand Patschke.
in No II Acme, however, was out for
all time. having broken a cam shalt
after completing two rounds.
Matheson, No, 15. drivenby Cbcvro:
lot, bus a cracked shoulder; at Jericho,
and is out of the race.
A cold and penetrating drizzle
which. however. had no appreciable ef-
fect in reducing the multitude which i
had Journeyed miles and stood hours
to witness it, ushered in the running of
the fourth Vanderbilt cup race today.
As the day broke, sinistcrand cold.
much of the plcturesqueness of the
scene vanished.
The grand stand had filled in spite
of the unpropitlous skies. and in the
very front notables of society and
finance sat in huddled discomfort, the
finite spray covering them with a shim-A
meriug dew. Here and there umbrel-
las were 111is11d. Pennants and flags
flapper! damply and even p10gram men
appeared displrited. ’I‘berew as a stir
of interest when the officials appeaicd
and the motor cycle couriers Were sent
off to clear the road of automobiles
and vehicles. In the sunken pits in
front of the grandstand the tire repair-
erls stood ready, piles of inflated tires
and some cans of oil and gasoline close
at hand.
The Thomas car No 8, which being
overweighted, had been refused per-
mission to start came snorting 11p to
its repair station. appaienth all ready
for the fray. Upon investigation it
was found that the car was not the or-
iginal entry, but a regular 45110111111111;
er shipped stock car, which had been
substituted at the last moment foi the
o1i'ginal entry. J. M. Seymour was at-
the wheel.
Wile the final preparations wer'e be-
ing made at the starting line. confusion
reigned at the Westbury turn,wi1e1e a
stout bawser' had been drawn across
the Jericho turnpike to prevent belat-
ed automobiles from invading the
course. The 111 owd at this point over-
flowed into-the road and for a while
Jit seemed as if the scenes which mar-
red the last. Va'nderbilt race would he
,reepatmed The rain stopped as one
by one the bi racers took position
1; The first to arrive
wa3.s Kilpatrlck“ in the 1251horsepower
Close behind. Gill.
W. 3K. Vanderbilt Jr.. the donm of the
trophy. attended by Starter Fr<ad.Wa1'r-
nor and Jefferson do Mont Thompson.
chairman of the racing board. assum-
ed management and the Irish Volun-
By, this time all the racers were in line
p.waiting the word. Promptly at, 6:. 2.0
Starter Wagner sent off Florida who
started well, and ramming in bO; top
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swung neatly around the turn to the
left. his motor firing a fearful volley
Both men were equipped in rubber
punches and were prepared for wet
roads. After an interval of a minute
Dennison. in his little hb'horsepower
Knox was started, andin point of
speed at the start there seemed to be
little to choose. between the two.
Strong in the Grand Prix racer, was
trundlcd to the tape. and a flutter of
excitement i'an’ through the grand-
stand. The sccouds were counted off.
but at the word the French car refuiied
to stir Anderson, Stiang's mechanic
inn, was staking frantic efforts to
crank the big machine.b11t the
minutes passed and no sound came
from the wounded beast of steel.
Keene went off in his Mercedes, then
Gill in the Thomas, then Bourque in
the Knox the last to start, and still
the Renault stirred not.
Time was a cryo of "car coming'
and Florida passed in a whirlwind.
having completed the round in 23
minutes, 10 seconds. or slightly better
than sixty miles an hour. Then came
Stricker. then Haupt. then Dennison,
who had dropped back two .notchcs.
Robertson came around again in 20
minutes. 54 seconds. havingcompleted
the lap at the rate of 67 miles on hour
the best time for the lap. but his
radiator Was leaking badly, and he
lost nearly a. minute in replenishing
Suddenly the derelict Renault, which
had been hacked to the side of the
road, awoke into life with a. deafening
roar. Instantly the grand stand was
cheering ”wildly. Strong might still
have a fighting chance. He had a
handicap of 20 minutes and it seemed
11. forlorn hope, but he threw in his
1' latch and set out to overtake the field.
Following the troubles of Keene and
‘Putchke' the third car to' come to grief
was Chevrolet’s Maibeson, which
cracked a cylinder at Jericho, and was
put out of themes after going 11 lap
and a, half. Robertson was proving
the hero of the race. reeling off the
first three rounds at an average of
66 7110 miles per hour.
At. ibecnd of the sixth lap. with the
race for the Vanderbilt cup 11. little
more than half finished, Hanpt, No. 4.
in his Chadwick. Robertson, No. 16, in
11. Locomobile. and Lytle. in No.» 6. Isot-
ta. were making a desperate fight for
leadership. ,I-Ianpt had the honor at
that. point. but as he flashed across
the line Robertson was tearing along
only 13 seconds behind him. pushing
his big (“111 to the limit of its speed.
He went past the grand stand like a
whirlwind; finishing his sixth lap at
an avciage speed of almost 70 miles
an ho11r.11‘orty seconds after Robert
son came Lytle. He was pushing his
machine to its almost in an effort to
and Robertson had over him.
pies and 36 seconds Robertson in his
Locomobile took tin1 lead. Car No. 4.
which was in the l"'-d 11p to the sev-
enth lap, was comm 1led to put into
the control at Locust Gun 11 on account
of magneto trouble.
The struggle for first place at this
stage was betWeen Haupt.
and Lytle. Strung was only making
indifferent time, his figst lap being
covered in 28 minutes. 4 seconds, 1113111
his second in 22: 52. Robertson stoppdd
on the fourth lap to replace a rear
tire and Lytle made a sensational
stop on his fifth round to replenish
gasoline. Before the car but fairly
been brought to a standrttll. both
Lytle and‘ his mechanician had leaped
to the ground and in a frenzy of haste
were emptying ‘16 gallon cans of gas-
oliue through a monstei funnel In the
tank It! was done in the flashing of
speed l‘dlll'li‘ed dOWd'th'e road dull
an eyelid and. with a wild leap the
overcome the slight advantage Haupt
3_ sorLdrove his Loeomobile for tin.
By doing the. seventh .lap in 20 min-
Strickcr 3
Isotta was off again. Strong 11111111111113:
ened at the hopelessness of thereon? ;' _
test and further handicapped-lbw an;
burnt out clutch, gave up at the end of ‘
his third lap, with him disappearing .
one of the strongest elements of inter-
est.
Of the 17 starters only nine cars-re-_ ,
mained in the race.
Robertson still increased his
011 the eighth lap.
Time for eight laps was as followriz3 ,
No 16—173 minutes, 19 secondsu
No 6—476 minutes. 11 seconds. I
No. 3~181 minutes, 15 seconds '
The crowding of the. course which
before the start of the race had elicit
ed a protest from A. I. Riker 3reprr11'
scaling the two Locomobiles entered.
1,111w worse as the race progressed.13
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Repeatedly, as the cars stopped to “re. ‘1
pleuish their gasoline supply, the dri1'-.
ers made loud and angry complaints-
to the officials, and motor cyclists were ._ ,
despaicbed to try and open up a lane 3
A conservative" 1 '
for the flying racers.
estimate placed at 260,000 the number
of those scattered about the course.
A11
made the drhing a skilfull and during
performance. A d1 lzzllng rain had turn-
ed a magnificent surface into one that
made each of the numerous :shi'trp
turns an extra hazardous riskl'iu Yet
the cars kept right do'wu to work. me
big up on the long back and 1115111
stretches what they lost at the angle
Seventeen coughing. snapping cal
lined 111) in the gathmlng light of the
morning. and sixteen went off with 11
succession of pistol shot explosion at
6:30 a at. The ”left at the post" our
was the. Renault with the great Strap:
at the wheel. In the meantime the
was were pounding over the course-
Fvery car, including the . Renaul
which Strong patched up after at
hour‘ s delay, completed the first
1.0111111 but after that. the race was a
long chapter of accidents. First the
Mathcson and the sl'cond ’1‘ 011131111
which Gill drove. drbppEd nt.’ Thé
the Hotchkiss and the Acme retire
and after going three laps Strang g
it 11p
In the that two laps a dozen of th
cars still seemed possibilities. Then
the big race began to narrow. Then
Florida kept his place at the head ('1’
the procession until the third lap. who 1
tire t1ouble caused a bait and th'1
Chadwick dashed into the lead: Fin
three laps Haupt, with apparently 11
regard for his own or his machinist
safety, led. but on the seventh ‘lap ih-
accident demon caught him and. he
and he stopped to mend 11 b 011911 1111313" ‘
neto. Then Robertson das ed to 1.
fore. While the speed did not. coma 1
to expectations. most of the 1.1.11.-
averaged between, 63 and 69 miles 13 i
hour. although at times more than, .
miles an hour was attained. Robe‘.
‘ 5
laps at an .‘a1erage of 66.3 miles 1'11
hour, making the first at a spee‘d'ant
69. 3 an hour. A bad tlré. stopped hit 11
on the. fourth for two minutes. 1111 to
kept on again and on the eighth loo
had gone up to first place. Then canto.
another stop, this time for water, but
by lively work only a3 minute was 1011 .
At the end or the ninth the ratio 1.11
become a. hair- raising struggle
tween Robertson in the) No.‘ 16 Lot
mobile, and Lytle 111‘ the 1.1.1131...
spite of having to litéra'lly plow the"
way through surging masses of 11.111...”
ity that only parted wide enough
let both hubs pass clear-L now one, no“
an hour, a record only surpassed 1111‘
by Lancia. the dare devil Italian 13
the 1905 Vanderbilt race. At the up
or the 10th lap Robertson led Lytle 1'
tom minutes and ten seconds. and th
.._xcite1nent was 111 fever 'heut.
, my. ..
extremely treacherous track ".
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