The evening world., 1904-05-27
Delivers Brooklyn Handicap
Racing Extras at Gravesend
Track lust Thirty-five Min
Gte>. After. Picket Wins Race.
AUTOMOBILE EXCEEDS
SIXTY MILES AN HOUR.
All Competitors Beaten Thirty
six Minutes-Track Patrons
:; Amazed at the Unexpected
Arrival of Reports of Contest.

An records in the delivery Of news
papers, and perhaps all records for
long-dlstanca auto speeding within city
limits. were broken in the delivery OF
The Evening Worlds Brooklyn Handi-
cap racing extra at the Gravesend track
yesterday and at Coney Island.
The Evening Worlds big special gas
oline machine Has described as red
streak going across the bridge and
shooting down through Brooklyn's 5
streets.
The Picket crossed under the wire
winner OF the Brooklyn Handicap at
4.l5 o'clock. Five minutes later 20
oclock-the Evening Worlds Special"
was loaded down with a ton OF the han
dicap extras in Frankfort street. Just
around the corner from Park Row
The machine is the very latest manu-
facture Of the Pope-Toledo make. J..
has four cylinders, and ranges in horse
power from twenty-four to thirty. The
manufacturers guarantee that 1t can ac-
eumul1te speed OF at least ifty miles
an hour, but on the trip yesterday there
were many times when 1t went more
chan a mile n minute.
Robert Fulton, representing the man
hfacturers OF the machine, handled the
levers and the wheel Another man
operated the toot- horn, another rode
on top OF the pile OF papers to keep
them from blowing away and a fourth
stood on the rear step TO make explain
ations to any one who might object to
fast driving. But by arrangement with
he
to the race track was we'll patrolled
ana there was clear way except on
the Bridge.
Red Streak Flies Over bridge.
As the machine bounded out OF
Frankfort street and into Park Row
there was a general scattering of pc
destrians. and after bowling over a
couple of push carts and turning a
g. semi-circle around the Pulitzer Build
ing the Red Streak" jumped out on
the Bridge.
Here was a problem for a chauffeur
But Mr.. Fulton proved his ability. Ho
sent the machine over the Bridge max
ing a series Of SIS in and out among
the other vehicles. all bound in the
same direction.
To the back OF the Red Streak" was
pinned banner. reading:
'"rhe Evening Worlds Brooklyn
Handicap Extra"
As the crowds on the Bridge cars
read this they cheered. Policemen
stood aside. winked and said to them
selves:
They. may be exceeding the speed
limit, but I've lost my watch Anyway.
couldn't catch them"
After leaving the bridge the machine
travelled the rest of the way to the
track on practically two wheels-now on
this SIDE then on the other All along
the route chrowds Jumped to the side
walk and cheered the speeders On
one long stretch of smooth asphalt Mr..
Fulton said hs sent the machine In
exces sof sixty miles an hour.
All Previous Records Broken.
Al exactly $50 o'clock-thirty-five min.
utes after the handicap had been run
and thirty minutes after the extra left
the Pulitzer Building-45,0oo race goers
were amazed 10 find the full printed de-
tails from experts of the great race.
No such quick work ever was at
taincd by a newspaper. Two years ago
The Evening World got Its extras TO the
track In thirty-siX minutes. This year
that record. which was the recor,~ up
TO yesterday, was broken by six min
ltes.
Not satisfied with making that record
the Circulation Department dumped OF
at Gravesend what 1t Thought would be
Sufficient papers for the race track sales
and then sped on to Coney Island. A
clear way was had here and the Ha-ndi-
cap Extras were selling in Coney Island
fully an hour before any other paper APP
peared.
The Evening Worlds Handicap Extra
was at the Gravesend track thrty-six
minutes before any other competitor ap-
peared. BY that time the supply of
Evening Worlds had been practically
BOUGHT up by the track Patrons. or
great race, but they wanted to SO what
the experts had to say about 1t.