The 1904 Vanderbilt Cup race was the first of his kind in America. „Chain your dogs, lock up your fowls“ was heralded on the many sideboards. Protests of many Nassau County inhabitants turned to dust, when it was clear that a very, very large throng of spectators would come to Nassau County. Spectators, of which many needed one or more nights stay in the County. At the finish, the winner George Heath in a Panhard, an English born American in a French car, won by just a tiny margin of less than 2 (!) minutes over the second placed Albert Clément. The latter filed a protest over falsely assumed neutralization times, but to no avail.