New-York tribune., 1903-03-21
AUTOMOBILING.
Harkness May Race Winton at 0rmcnd-Day
tona Beach Races-Many Entries.

The first annual winter automobile race meet on
the Ormond-Daytona beach, in Florida, will be
given on Thursday Friday and Saturday Of next
week. The friction between the Florida Autornoohe
Association and the Daytona Automobile Club OF
Florida has been dispeed and the former body
will conduct the meet. It will be managed by
W J. Morgan, of The Automobile Magazine" OF
this city. who got a sanction yesterday from the
Automobile Association Of America, and he will
leave tomorrow night for Florida with ". j.
Stewart secretary of thu latter association. who
will act referee.
Mr. Morgan arrived here yesterday from the
West where he had been getting the entries Of the
noted drivers such Alexander Winton and R. E.
Olds. IT is possible that A. {. Matheson, one OF
the candidates for the international cup race in
Ireland will also go down to Florida The entries
Of Messrs Roy A. Rainney and Paul A. RaInney
have already been received, and yesterday j. e
Rrandes, of this city. entered. and will take with
him his German car the Cudell which arrived
from Europe yesterday Oscar Hedstrom, OF
Springfield, Mass. will enter the motor cycle
races and take with him his six horsepower record
breaking machine. Harry S. HarkneSs, Of this
city. may enter his car and. as Hardness is a
candidate for the European cup race. it would
mean a great race between him and Winton.
The contests will be held on the Ormond- -Daytona
beach. which is undoubtedly the fastest natural
speed course for automobiles in the world. as the
sand Is almost as hard as concrete. and the beach
is full quarter mile wide low tide and Is twenty
miles long, On Thursday there will be a floral
parade for which prize cups will be given for the
best decorated automobiles; one mile race against
time by +. f. Olds. driving his fifteen horsepower
racer, and race between the sail rugged vehicles
common that beach. Alexander Winton will ride
three miles against the American record. This will
be followed by mile bicycle races. and mile
race. open to all touring cars from ten to twenty
horsepower. On the second day there will be d five
mile open to runa bout vehicles, and five mile
for motor bicycles. followed by two mile
time handicap. with Alexander Winton on the
scratch. driving his sixty horsepower racing car.
and mile race, best two in three, for the Or
mOnd challenge cup open to ALL Roy A. Rainney
will then try make woritS record for one
mile for touring
On the last day, the most important there will
be ten mile stralghtaway race for the champion
ship of America and cup valued at 500. presented
by the Florida Eat Coast Railway Il two milo
race for all types of machines. five horsepower or
under for three prizes presented by the Florida
Automobile Association: try for the mile worlds
record by Winton: a three mile race. open to all
road touring carriages. for two prizes presented by
the Daytona Automobile Club. and five mile han
dicap for a prize cup offered by the Seaboard Air
Line.
Late entries can be made up to the day Of the
meet with DIR. F. B. Hoover, secretary Of the
Florida Automobile Association, Jacksonville, Fla,
with ". J. Morgan, Hotel OrmOnd, OrmOnd, Fla