The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-30

TO give him good shove on by way Of a
substitute for absent intermediate gears
ard shove they did. 10 such good purpose
and had the pole before thirty yards had
getting away. He pald afterward that he
was confused and caught unprepared'
Oldheld threw in his fourth speed and
making a runaway Of II before the crowd
had time TO catch it, breath. The Green
Dragon slipped along az smoothly as ser
pent and was 200 yards to the good at the
haa hip 0s he s S Of oy1 sa sTe stas
air ady furlong In the lead.
Barney was the Oldfeld OF old sure enough,
and the autoists footed their horns while
the foot passengers on the stand and along
the wire barrier yelled with glee.
At Ave miles the American champion
had beaten his own standing start record
by three and fifth seconds and was third
OF Q mile In the lead, The next mile having
looked behind and seen how safe he was, he
shot across to the turn, as he used to do
when ne had things all bis own way in the
racing and record breahng line. This grand
stano play, his only offenci IN this direction
during the afternoon tickled the crowd
and showed that he thought he had things
easy. After this Barneyslowed down percep-
tibly. evidently wishtng TO take no rifks.
Yet when he won he was but seven sec
onds behind Basle's flying start record. The
worlds figures were evidently at his mercy.
Before the inal heat Sarton and Old
field were taken 10 the judges stand and
introduced ring fashion. to the crowd, each
getting a hearty hand of greeting. Be
fore they took their PLACES n the mark the
referee and Judges. were asked to DECIDE
q protest by Sartori's hackers against Old
fields being pushed off,. The decision was
that his car should be showed out until the
rear wheels reached the tape.
This gave oldfeld the worst OF the start.
sartori, who had the pole, was three lengths
Peerless picked up Its pace quickly tho Oh,
and jumped away In pursuit at hair rails
Around the turn sartori led and rounded
lead Now came ol1feid with rush that
brought the OCCUPANTS Of the stand to
their feet. In a furlong the Green Dragon
flashed by the silver hued Italian flyer.
With scream OF joy the, Americans
greetei the beginning OF what they believed
would be the glorious end.
The result Of this race meant much for
the prestige Of American cars and the
reputation OF American drivers. The greet
ing that Oldfeld received from the auto
mobile crowd and from these that love e
game proved the cid idol to be back on bis
throne once mere. Men yelled. women
clapped and horns footed triumphal
march as the American swept by the stand
100 yards 10 the good. Olifeli with his
low lying car, rounded the curves beauti-
fully without sldd or a t"ss Of the dust and
pulled relentlesslv and surely away.
In the third mile sartcri essayei to make
the old time Olifeli wi 1e sweep for the
turn. 1t availei him nothing for Oldfeld
was 800 yards ahead OF him and running
away from him with every turn OF the shaft
All this time the crowd cheered Oiafeld
every time he flashed by the stand. At five
miles. when he was nearly a quarter Of a
mile b. the good, Oldfeld took notice OF
this greeting and bowel as he passed.
As the winner neared the end he cast
caution to tho winds and opened his engine
wide. Miles in 80 AS and IS rs for the
eighth and ninth miles were the result and
so was the worlds record. to whose skirts
he had been clingng the whole journey.
The American won by half a mile in
minutes IL 3-5 seconds.
The band PLAYED The Star Spangled
stand with the rnegaphone announcement
that he was ready to meet any man in the
world. The worlds record time was an
nounced. There were three cheers given
several times repeated. Barney. was duly
acclaimed track champion of the world.
and all vowed, Il told you So and hurried
for their automobiles and trolleys.
The results Of the heats follow: