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Gathered on the Cup Course – The Automobile – 8 Oct 1904

Text and pictures with courtesy of hathitrust hathtrust.org, compiled by motorracinghistory THE AUTOMOBILE – SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1904 – Pages 402 – 405 Gathered on the Cup Course.   Special Correspondence.GARDEN CITY, LONG ISLAND, Oct. 5. – Although the arrangements for the Vanderbilt Race leave much to be desired on the score of utility, they […]

Vanderbilt Cup Racers Ready to Start – The Automobile – 8 Oct 1904

Text and pictures with courtesy of hathitrust hathtrust.org, compiled by motorracinghistory THE AUTOMOBILE WEEKLY – NEW YORK – CHICAGO 10 CENTS – SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1904 – Pages 397 – 401 VANDERBILT CUP RACERS READY TO START.    THE order of starting the contestants in the Vanderbilt Cup race was decided by drawing lots last […]

How the Vanderbilt Cup Race was Won – The Automobile – 15 Oct 1904

Text and pictures with courtesy of hathitrust hathtrust.org, compiled by motorracinghistory THE AUTOMOBILE WEEKLY – NEW YORK – SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1904 – CHICAGO 10 CENTS HOW THE VANDERBILT CUP RACE WAS WON.    FRANCE won the William K. Vanderbilt, Jr., Cup when Heath drove the great Panhard racer across the finish line at 1:08:45 […]

America’s First International Race – Motor Age – 13 Oct 1904

Text and pictures with courtesy of hathitrust hathtrust.org, compiled by motorracinghistory MOTOR AGE 2 Vol. VI. No. 15 CHICAGO, OCTOBER 13, 1904 AMERICA’S FIRST INTERNATIONAL RACE Race Won by George Heath in a 90-Horsepower Panhard, Representing the Automobile Club of FranceHerbert Lytle, for America, in a Pope-Toledo, Third.Albert Clement, for France, in a Clement-Bayard, Second.Charles […]

The Story of George Heath – Motorworld – 13 Oct 1904

Text and pictures with courtesy of hathitrust hathtrust.org, compiled by motorracinghistory The Motor World, Vol. IX, No. 3, October 13, 1904; pages 97 – 104 The Story of How George Heath, an American, won the Vanderbilt Cup for France.    „Five killed; seven injured.“ This was the „score sheet,“ or „extra,“ issued and actually sold […]

The Winning of a Cup – Motor- Nov 1904

Text and photos compiled by motorracingistory.com, with courtesy of hathitrust.org / Digital Library, USA. The Winning of a Cup – By A. G. Batchelder MOTOR – THE NATIONAL MAGAZINE OF MOTORING; DEVOTED TO MOTORING OF ALL KINDS Vol. III. No. 2                  NOVEMBER. 1904    An hour and more ere the welcome face of Old Sol […]