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ords for the class at each miles. He covered the
five miles 3S seconds faster than the former
class record
The ten mile race for machines of any motive
power Weighing under $500 pounds went TO
Henri Page in the easiest fashion. He finished
two miles ahead of his nearest rival. and every
mile recorded from one to ten went down I'M
der his onslaught and his finish was SO 20 sec
onds under the record for the distance
F. A. La Roche could not get his car into
shape in time for the special race of ten miles
Page had Charles Schmidt IS opponent driv-
ing a Packard thirty-ive horsepower car. Page
cot the lead at the start and won from Schmidt
hv FIVE and one-haif furongs. New track rec
ords were created for the ten miles, which were
covered in 1915
PLANK WINS EMPIRE HANDICAP.
The fve-niIe Empire Handicap. free for ALL
for machines OF any weight. any horsepower
and any motive power caused considerable de-
lay before the machines could be got off to a
fair start 1t was won by J. d. Plank's CIR
horsepower machine Cadillac by mile and a
half. with Henry Pages Decauville second
Laurent Gross's Daimler. 6O-horsepoWer, was
the scratch machine In the race both fIahh
and Page had good handicaps.
In the mile record trials open to all machines
Page made the fastest mile covering 1t in l:Ol.
OIdield rode in the race the same machine that
Alexander Winton used in the International con-
test. The summaries;
16 h. p. gasoline Locomohiles, five
rniIfs-Won by 'Archie' Mcneil jr. Of Bridgeport De
Yer H. Warner. Bridgeport second; " T. Wallace, Glen
RiGEe y J. third. Time. TIDE Won by thres fur
Five miles for machines motive power. weigh
ing under 200 pounds. Won by Joseph Tracy. E. 3.
Callagher's 81 h. p car; + A La Roche ~ h. Oar
racn second 6:i62s. Time by miles. 1:le.s. 23446.
8:4I4s 5:O2A records for this class Of machine
Tracy by mile and quarter.
en- miles, for machines Of any motive power weighing
under 500 pounds-Won by Henri Page. 40 h. p. De
cave: Henry Cunningham, % d. p. Packard, second:
F. \. La Roche. 40 H. p Dsrracq. third Tine; 10164s
b. one-quarter miles. Time by miles-FiTst
mile i:Os2s mile. 2:O9ts; third mile. 310Z5
fourth mile 4O3s; fifth mile 3:ll1S; sixth mile GIL;
T.11&. eighth mile, S:i2<s; ninth mile.
9143s tenth mile O16@s all records FOR this class
of machine track.
Ten-miie match race between Henri Page 10 h. D.
Dec2uvile Charles Schmidt % h. Packard, Gray
Wolf. Won by Page. Time. 1923 threakng all track
by miles o l:o5as 200 s:0sas 467+ 6Gs3s s:i6+s
714I5 Sits. 9:19 1923 Won by five and half
longs track records except for FIRST mile.
Fifteen-niie free fer alD-WOn by Barney Old
DecauviIe second: Charles Schmidt. - Gray Wolf
third Time 1875. Won by half mile Time BY
miles 1:O4 2:o5. 800, 4:02h, sol. 551 6:54H, 752.
$40 Gas 1O:41ss s. I237s. 1885 1896 Page
record for the distance. The old I6:1O%.
Fve-rni.e Empire Handicap: free for all: FOR
machines any weight, power and motive pOwerl
by j.. D. Plank. Cadillac - milel; Henri Page.
121 niles, third Laurent Crosse Daimler (scra,cr)
fourth: L B. schmidt electric vehicle q Lie miles,.
fifth Time. 4:43Is.
O1e-rnle emile trsls; open TO all machines;
silver trophy fastest mile and medal 70 the
tesant the existing record for the Class to
which machine Is ellgibe)-Won by Henri Page, DsCaU-
vile (,ine I.OD: Charles Schmidt. Packard Cline 1903.
second Fitzgerald Renaut (tme. 1:24&). third