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THE OMAHA SUNDAY P.KK: OCTOBER
8,
ton.
CONSIDER SPEED TRAGEDIES
'"""" Bcmy a. Ken rre
elude Accidcntg in the Future.
SPECTATORS ARE CARELESS
It 11 a Dffd shown in Aorldrnta
hat Thcr IJo ot Take l'reoau
tlon to Krri Out ot
Harm's War,
NEW YOK1C. Oct. 7.-Tho killing of
twelve persons through automobile racing
nt the state fa'r grounds at Syracuse on
September 1G hus called the attention of
the whole country to the condition" under
which such eretd contests are held. Un-
racing has attained so pre it a popularity
that r.cs with record-breaking- drivers
es the chief attraction are held on
tracks scattered throughout the I'nlled
States from the Atlantic to the Taclfic.
In th- last two years the American
Automobile; association has rnnctloned
contests on the only three speedway
especially conHtructed for motor racln;
in fifty-right dirt tracks, chiefly mile
and liulf-miie traclcri; on four beaches,
and on ten road race courses. ,
Now . that the people of this city hnve
learned that they arc to have a two-mile
motordrome within easy reach on th
Jersey meadows, the question Is being
ni-)ied what ire Buttons will be taken
for the safety of the public and the
drivers. The architects are now Pre
paring the plans f.u- th arrangement i
the Ki&ndBtands and pnrklnR spaces, and
In view of the Syr:icuio accident they
have been told to take even aroatpr pre
cautions to secure absolute safety for the
ruhlic. The threo motor speedways al
ready built in thin country provide for
the fafety of the spectators largely toy
k i.ptn:i them at such u distance from
tlic liacks throughout their whole clr-rumfcreni-e
that a cor plunging from the
course cannot crav.lt Into a crowd, ai did
Lee qwrtclrt's racer nt Syracuao.
C n irarllc.iliy njna of tho flfty-nlght
0..rl uni'k. mvri or In'tii mol.0;' nru;
horse racing, ars slml'ar precautions
taken, the public being a willing to ex
pos Itself to danger as the promoters
of the races and ownera of the dirt tracks
are to allow It. The contest hoard of the
American Automobile association has a
rule that U dirt tracks on which racwj
are sanctioned hy It must have the dan
geroua turns safeguarded by a fence at
least thirty feet from the outer edge.
It 1a said that thla rule hae not always
been observed, but the accident at tiyra
cuso occurred at a point which was not
considered as dangerous as the sharp
turn nearby, js-here. a supplementary
fence had been erected.
The (tyrants Accident.
"The Syracuse accident may be taken
as an eiample ot the public's dslre to
be right where the danger Is." said Fred
J. Wapicr, who is official starter of the
American Automobile association at all
the Important motor racing meets and
who was officiating at Syracuse when
the accident occurred. "Twice 1 went to
that crowd on the backstretch and
warned them of their danger; they only
jeered me and stuck to their places, for
that was Where they wished to be. At
that point a aecond fence had been built
to keep them from hanKlng over the cdre
of tha track, and the police protection
waa Insufficient to move them back to a
position of aafety. There was more criti
cism when I held up the racing for a
half hour and more for the rake of the
public and drivers, because a portion of
the track had been watered contrary to
my orders.
"When the car of thla man who calls
himself "Lee Oldfield' went off the track
I did not know that anybody had been
killed until aome person came over and
asked why I did not atop the rare In re
spect to the dead. It waa because of re
spect for the living that I did not put an
end to the racing then, for my experience
has taught me that the morbid curiosity
of people will lead them to endanger their
own and others' live when a' driver toe
off tha track, and the stopping of tha
racing afford them th opportunity to
rush in a mob to the stuns of the accl-f-nt.
. "fc'ome people will undoubtedly raise a
cry that all automobile racing should be
stopped because of this Syracuse d's
aster," continued Mr. Wagner; "but that
does not necessarily follow. The public
I safe on the specially constructed motor
speedways at Indianapolis, Atlanta and
Los Angeles, and safety would be as
sured spectators at dirt track races If
the promoters and track owners who
think that horse racing Is going to have
Its day again would erect barrier all
around 'the track to keep the crowds
thirty feet back from the tracks."
Small Track Discarded.
On account of ths danger connected
with the exceedingly sharp turn tin half
nillo tracks, th contest board of the
American Automobile association some
time airo announced that beginning with
January 1, 115, th board would sanc
tion no mote racing on them. At the
contest board's office the following was
rfven out In regard to races held under
the association's sanction:
"Ths dangers connected with racing
on dirt tracks have been recognised by
this board, and Its efforts have been di
rected toward reducing them to a mini
mum. This can be attained In two ways:
"The first Is our requirement that all
dust, which at on time was the worst
featurs of dirt track racing, be laid by
means of crude oil or calcium chloride,
so that the drivers may see to guide
their car.
"Ths second method In reducing the
danger consists In keeping the croads
back from the track at least thirty feet.
It has been fount) Impossible to require
that this be done all th way around the
track, for the promoters and owners ab
solutely refuse to do It. If such a rule
were formulated or If the contest board
refused to sanction any mors automobile
racing on dirt tracks practically all the
drivers would become outlaw and auto
mobile racing In this country would be In
a chaotic state because of unscrupulous
promoters and drivers.
"Th grat speed attained by th high
powered cars ot the day makes It Impos
sible for absolute safety on dirt traoks.
In their desire to win. drivers are liable
to go so fast that skidding and the plow
ing of wheels Into the dirt may cause a
tire to be thrown on tho sharp turns.
It n car j;oes off the course th chances
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Thlrty-fivo hundred mile of rough
ind mountainous rnsHn. inclndim tha
IjisUnce from tha Rambler factory at
.Kenosha to Boston and return, by a
roundabout route, 1 th test to which
( .he Rambler Groan Country, the new
: jopnlar $1650 car, is to be put in an
; txhibition run now underway.
' The picture shows Charleg T. JefTery,
President of The Thomas H. JelTery
Company, bidding Al. Reekeand Walter
Mmkin good-bye as they left Kenosha
in the flag bearer of the Rambler lint
lor 19114.
The route is from Chicago to Cleve
land, Pittsburg, Philadelphia, Now York,
Boston and back.
Thia new model is a 88 horse power,
five-passenger with 120 inch wheel base
and 315x4 inch wheels and tires. It if
finished in nickel and the color is English
Purple Lake. It is long, low and roomy
with drop framo and front axle set for
ward ana straight line torpedo body.
tske care of the public, if the motor
drom of , th Metropolitan Speedway
association Is to be a success from all
points of view the prevailing opinion
of the autmnhlle world Is that the con
struction of the track, barriers, grand
stands and parklnc spaces makes abso
lutely impossible the chance of a single
'pcetatov Retllut anywher near the In
ner or outer edges of th track.
The speedway pl.un at pirseut call
for the accommodation of suo.ono specta
tors, which amounts to Jimt 110.v0 more
than the Invgvst number of persons that
c er attended a single- spotting event in
this country- the srov-mlio rnre at Indian
apolis Speed wav on Meinorhil I'uy last
May. The directors of the Metropolitan
Speedway nsseciutlon believe that tha lin
on use population In this, vicinity Justl
firs their prepni'iitlun for mote thun
twice as many persons; should that num
ber fjathrr at the speedway to wstch
automobile racing It will be necessary
for human Ingenuity combined with con
crete walls, ditches and passageways hem-nth
the course to protect tho public.
In view of Its Incapacity tn safeguard
Itself from the datiKrrs of the track.
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THE ATTTO nBVBOltKlAO CO.
103T Irrlrg rark Ulvd., Chicago, 111.
aiv- ti wl'.l n.t pan beyond the liilrty
foot limit. In curs It does, the people,
being kept at that dlstanco from the
track, have a far better .opportunity to
get away than If thoy were standing
right up next to the track's edge."
Practically every accident In w hich spec
tators have been the victims, especially
the Syracuse disaster, ha demonstrated
that the spuctatora will not look out
for their own welfare. This fact la real
lxed by the contest 'board of the Ameri
can Automobile association, racing driv
ers and the promoters of race meets, no
matter whether or not they show It by
going to extra trouble and expense to
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