The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-04
MANY NEW AUTO RECORDS.
OLDFIELD MAKES MILE AFTER
MILE BELOW THE MINUTE.
He Wins the Fifteen MILE Free-for-AM In
Less Than Fifteen Minutes-Drives
Car At Seventy Miles an Hour, Hands
on" and Amuscs Crowd-Nst Mishap.

SuF ~ seventy MlAeU An hOuf, HAM0n
on" and Amuses Crowti-Nst q Mishap.
An automobile race meet was held ut the
empire City track yesterday. ut which motor
car track records OF several varieties were
lowered. SIX or seven thousand SPECTATORS
were assembled and the fascination Of the
new sport detained them until the day grew
chill and dlsky as it merged with night
Probably more than a thousand Of those
present arrived in automobiles. for there
were 400 OF the engine driven vehicles parked
on the lawns in front and at the rear Of the
grand stand. Persons who are hallmarhs Of
social life. of the turf and general sporting
world. were plentifully distributed among
the crowd and all were moved to enthusiasm
by the bizarre sport that the various low
built cars Of fantastic patterns furnished in
their sn0rting strife for speed
Most signal among the broken records and
most fascinating OF the contests were those
served up by Barney Oldheld. the sensational
His victorious drive Of fifteen miles in the
free for all event, in which he ran his car below
tho record time from the seventh mile to the
finish, afforded the particular nerve tinglins
touch by which the afternoon OF sport will be
distin guished and remembered.
The mlle-a-minute stage in automobile
racing was arrived ut only very recently. but
Oldfeld has already passed IT, In consultn g
tables Of records recently II has been easy to
tell the distance by the mlle-a- minute formula.
That Is one would find that in race the time
for three miles would be three minutes and
= fraction. the time for six miles would be
six minutes and fraction. and so on right
along to ten or twelve miles, beyond which
point the fractions summed up enough to
make the time for thirteen miles read four
teen minutes and n fraction. Oldfeld has
change all this. lie has set the fashion Of
Keeling OF mile after mile in less than a min
ute. so that even matter Of fifteen miles is
done in less than fifteen minutes. Yesterday
he set up the new world 3 record Of IA minutes
and IS seconds for fifteen miles. Formerly
the record was 10 minutes 10 As seconds, In
doing this Oldfeld gave an exhibition Of per-
feet control OF his machine. OF calmness and
even POPULARITY while going at the seventy
mile an hour swing about the one mile oval
Of soft pressed dirt, that made men marvel
and catch their breath. 1t seGms as II Old
field has an lrrepressible fund Of good nature
and likes to be entertaining whilo travelling
at his favorite death inviting clip.
Oldfeld had but one real rival in the free
for all. though there were Ave starters. and
that was Henri Page and his big French car.
These two made the first turn neck and neck.
Oldheld being on the outside. At the SECOND
that on he GRADUALLY dreS away upt at me ne
s Sshnd MIA o sHf h Du 9ra ss
miles or &c. before oidfield had gained much
Of q lead this precious pair Of speed flends
made their turns In fashion ~ that S,oHSht
necEs. oldfeld followed his characteristic
daredevil style of making the turns by run;
then w W. s the front wheels about vio-
lently and shooting dia gonally across the track
TO the pole, the rear wheels Of his car mean:
dust that swept / he crowd back from the rail-
In ciloked confusion, Page. on the contrary
kept close to the. rail In the turns. and every
the track from the outside to the pole 1t seemed
as II he must inevitably ram the French car
broadside. In several turns there were put
sp Ss narrowed this gap. It seemed ss il
there wers only few inches Of room and not
een nSi for the thrilling maneu'fe Oh o"-
The crowd grew so intent upon Watching
oldeld that 4 forge, about me others there h a.t
the ' centre Of the stage and manlfestsd II.
ss In ,ns 6fds %df sn5sn %e%s so
hands from the steering wheel while flashin Z
The grand sts n Il nafa{ ,Sst
spired tie act. Again toward .hs end Of the
race when Crosse came deliberately 20 stand
still near the entrance TO the TURN, ana was
spprosChed, removed. one hand. from, his
steering wheel In order to plsSyipiiy s WSiIs
his fist at Crosse hy Wy OF rsouxe %h ths
onlookers and were chided by some, they
served to show the nerve Of the man and his
control Of the car. and this inspired con-
Oldfleld failed by tiny one-hfth Of SEQ
ond in reducing his great record OF o; ~ sec
onds for one mile ne sssayea i, no.. 70 ioS w.,
the best no could do was SO SIS seconds In
tho free -fOr-all, however, he covered the
mile in sS 'ee0ndsa but sn after b that m h
record remains as it was written. ..
ond race. Of the day. but oidheIds peri9Sr perform
for the other records were simply new NJ.
ures when the class Of the machine and the
track records were considered,
throughout there was no rousing GOOD fin.
between Warner and WaIl9Ss In the FIVE W mle
lace by twenty yards.
character Of ! he applause. 1t consisted Of
~ As the car that QidaeId used yesterday
was not the one in which he made his record
Of SIS As seconds for the mile but the Winton
cup racer which no one else has gotten much
out OF, II seems as II great speed depends
largely upon the man and not wholly upon
the cur
sxs %ss wssf y A sa.s Of sSiS s:
nort: De Yer r. Warner, Bridgeport. second: ", 7.
Wallace, Glen Ridge. 4 j.. third Tine. min
uss 10 az seconds W%n BY three n d.rs
weighing under Zoo po4nds-W9n by Joseph
la Roche, IL Ii p. ba,raeq, second. Time. min
Ts s ssoo %Ss %a: y MINUTES
AS seconds All new track records for this class
" Ten miles for machines of any motive power.
10 h. y. Decauyile: Henry Cunningham, 2S h. p.
Packard. second; r La Roche: W h: D. EarracI.
IL seconds. minutes 0 45 seconds, 5 minute
10 rs seconds. minutes 10 So seconds; minutes
il is seconds, q minutes II seconds ! minutes
ii as seconds. II minutes ~ +6 seconds. minutes
las S seconds 10 minutes 10 as seconds. All new
records Tor this class OF machine on a track.
u, 2nc pm %i.t ITrne IS IS seconds oliHeld
s 90 I've. SssH miles r minute s; sesonls
Five miles match nd Iac cnn ssse snD htIt pSTe
p,c H Grey Wof-Won by Page. Time. 10
minutes rs seconds. Won by hve and q half fur
longs Schmdt's time, II minutes 3 seconds
minutes seconds; minutes g. IS seconds, min
utes Is seconds: S minutes So seconds: min,
utss 10 as seconds. I minutes "A Is seconds;
minutes II seconds, minutes ~ sscohu o, All
Fifteen Miles. Free7for- Al Won By Barney Old
neld. 20 b. D, Wnton. ballet X: Hcnrl pass
20 b. p. DccauvIl!e. second Charles schmidt. Y q
Grey w Sy ns nTs Time 4me T Ty niles
minute 4 seconds minutes seconds. 3 minutes l
! seconds, I minutes As seconds minutes sec :
ond. minutes 81 D seconds mmnes 40 p sscnS W.