Recalling Long Island’s Vanderbilt Cup Races

A vintage car collector preserves a bygone era

Vintage car collector Howard Kroplick with his 1909 ALCO-6 Racer, which won the 1909 and 1910 Vanderbilt Cup and participated in the first Indianapolis 500 race (1911).

“Chain your dogs and lock up your fowls!” Those words were printed on notices across Long Island, New York announcing the first Vanderbilt Cup Race on Oc…