New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-29
0LDFIELD is CHAMPION.
VANDERBILT Is BEATEN.
Nezo Worlds CompetitiUe Record IN
Florida automobile Races.

III TELEGRAPH TO THE TEIBTHE.J
Hotel Ormond. Florida, jan 2S.-If DR.. Parkhurst
had come to Daytona. and the big. snortng,
roaring. laundering whiZzing motor cars that tore
up and down the beach on this the first day of the
Florida Automobile Carnival, he would have become
possessed of a vivid brain picture of things they
may be when the lid IS really off. II he had stood
10 windward OF the lightningke monsters. he
would have obtained Whit OF that aroma which
is not indigenous to Florida orange groves. and
which must have heightened the suggestion OF lid
lifting The big automobiles that split the wind
like cleave-s and perfumed the air like polecats
many OF them without their own lids They
stripped TO the bone, and looked not unlike
skeleton demons from below.
OF these. Oldnelds Bullet No. 2. OF 80 horse
power. was just bit more demoniaral than the
others and carried off the honors of the day. This
machine in the one-rnile race for the American
Automobile Association championship finished
three seconds ahead Of that OF William K. Van
derbilt. jr. in his German built Both Wander
bilt and Old1eld their respective heats, IN his
best Oldfeld creating a worlds competitive
record OF 80 seconds This class OF records is al
ways held higher than mere trials against the
watch. oldfeld's time is also third fastest for
mile ever made. being eclipsed only by Wander
bits 50 seconds record trial Of yesterday and
Henry Ford'3 30 3-5 on the Zee at Detroit
When Vanderbilt and Oldheld met in the finals
excitement ran high. but the former elevator boy
from Ohio beat tho NewYo rk amateur In con-
vincirg STYLE He led all the way. drawing away
nv inches until tn. last quarter when Vanderbilt
tried to throw I'm his high gear and hungled the
lob allowing Oldfeld to open up big gap. It
was a great triumph for the American made car.
The beach was hard and smooth as a billiard
tabIe but the start was married by thick fog and
IN, DELAYS incident to the electric timing apparatus
So much was lost that the tide came in. making
necessary postponement OF the programme after
the championship had been decided and two
heats OF the five mile invitation Tor gentlemen
drivers had been run.
In the first heat of the latter contest vanderbilt
finished first Stevens second and Stanley third but
as the men got away without proper start no time
was taken and It declared no race. Mr. VAN
| derbut p NJ Stanley jr., and H. L. Bowden were
Vanderbilt the lead at the tape and was never
/ Fronf Of Rowden In the second heat Oldheld had
| F. 4. Laroche. 5. B. Stevens and w G: Broke
| he was compelled TO quit. Oldheld won from Ste
vens by few lengths and created the WORLDS COM
The second heat of the ive-rnIle Invitation race
second and J. L Inlay Blair third IN 5:1s3-5. To
avoio repetition OF to-days delay, the programme
| ranged. Tomorrow all one-mile and fve-mile con-
tests will be decided and on SATURDAY all ten-no
Daytona having had its day to-day, all other
contests win be started from Ormond which IS well
GPIaS With Interested visitors Among them NJ.
| santos Dumont. Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Gould; w;
America; Harlan W whippie. Presidentelect Of the
Amecan Automobile Assofa0g T o sd Mrs !
Thaw of P.ttsburg; ard Lieutena1t Hugh l. VIII
mile ehamPr0nsh 1!' American Autom2siIs A.so-
Serb,lt tr so-horsapower 900 pounds: II l. Bowdon
eo-horssDower sa75 pounds second 1t NJ s93ssnley.
second heat-won by b oldaeid s0-horsepo~er.
| g. Brokaw. 5o-horsepower. 1900 pounds third. Time,
Final h.at-won by B oldned Mr.. Vanderbilt. sec
Fiv.niie invitation topen to gentlemen amateurs,-
First heat-No time taken and thrOwn out
po SsSoh@ sa"S pounds. waI,ea horsepo~sr
24so pounds. second: 7 Insev Blair. 24-horsepower
| 50 third Time. 5:1S%s.