The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-23
BARNEY 0LDFIELD BEATEN.
BERNIN WINS INTERNATIONAL"
AUTO RACE AT THE BEACH.
American Quits while Neck and Neck
strugEIe il In Progress-Risk Too
Great for Oldneld on Had Track-Ex.
citing Contests Before Record Crowd

Great for Oidneld on Had Track-Ex'
citing Contests Before Record Grove
More persons than ever before attended
an automobile track meet in Greater New
York, 10000 OF them, at q fair estimate, went
to Brigh ton Beach yesterday to see Barney
Oldfeld race. only 10 have their long time
idol throw them down by q nerveless and
lnexcussble slump.
The American track champion certainly
played fast and furious with his metropolitan
popularity this time and lost whole lot oil
his reputation for gameness and sportsman
| ship. IL will take victory or two for him
won against high class performers. with the
added stamp Of time somewhere near record,
| to regain 1t. .r....
| The fasco came early In the programme
and cast damper over the enthusiasm OF
the crowd for the rest Of the afternoon MI
Oldheld made no effort to redeem himself In
three subsequent appearances In later events
The slump occurred In the running OF the
final Of the international race. the featured
event OF the card. NJ. u. Bsrnin plotting w
Gould Brokaw's new Vanderbilt cup contender
Renault was the winner in sos 3-S. and Pau.
sartori driving Albert q. yanderbilt's Fiat.
another Vanderbilt cup contender. was sec
ond. Oldheld was a bad and listlees third.
The track has none too easy curves. was soit
at the turns and lumpy in the stretches from
recent rains. The margin. however. between
sos SIS and 4:s7 3-5, the worlds record, is a
big one, and oldheld's car covered two sue
cessive miles In So as at Cleveland recently.
and there was no attempt on his part TO
say that the Green Dragon was not In GOOD
running shape yesterday.
THE track was. bad at the turns and j
did not care to take the risk OF letting her
out and running through the fence. I have
had enough Of going through fences The
others haven't. ! said yesterday ] had too
many engagements ahead to take any
risk and II the track was not safe would
run no chances"
This was the entire excuse oldheld vouch-
safed to a reporter Of THE Sun after the
race for a beating in such mediocre time
as the winner scored, even on poor track.
Better paint yellow streak on that green.
yelled man in the grand stand when Old
field appeared after his fasco That thu sug-
gestion was applauded showed the temper
of the crowd.
The international final followed two trial
heats at three miles. In the American Old
field had had an easy victory over c. q.
WridEway mounted on a "a horsepower
touring car. and Bernin had had an equally
easy time of 1t in the French heat against Guy
Vaughan and his 40 horsepower Decauville.
Paul Sartori gained place in the anal for
his Fiat by default The trio lined UP with
the green coated Oldfeld and the green painted
Dragon on the pole; the big, red. round bodied
Renault in the centre and the heavy. square.
aluminu bonneted Fiat in the outside.
Barney got bit the better OF the start.
Tapped by Sartori. with Bernin trailing
length behind. There was rush for the
first turn, and Oldield got there first by a
half length. but Sartori WAS coming fast,
and they rounded into the backstretch neck
and neck. with the Frenchman at their heels.
1t was a great race. The occupants OF the
grandstsnd rose to IL and the railbirds danced
with excitement. AT the half mile pole Old
field pulled away and dug for the pole at the
turn. Sartori swung wide and Bernn cut
Oldheld had a clear lead as he rounded
into the stretch and reached the mile post
fifty yards ahead OF Bernin, who led sartori
storS al up this pohs Bs
min, though. fought hard the second round
Yards Heading down the Stretch 81 se' for e@e Tx
two mile post, oldfeld took the outer rail in
preparation for a cut across the track at the
turn Tor the pole, feature OF his curve round
ing. This was his undoing this time. though.
for Bernin headed straight Tor the pole and
a nerve straining scrap Of it for 100 yards.
with Bernin hugging the rail and Oldfeld Tar
out near the outer fence. Then oiahed
slowed down and the race was over SO lar
The Fiat flashed by him in pursuit of the
bY not Of 10 be W
Oldneld ,lolling along five-eighths OF a mile
further back: He had covered IA mile IN
which was done In IS 3-5 seconds, the iastest OF
the day and record Tor the track.
Bernln and 0ldteld met again few minutes
cup. Wrdgway was the third starter, with a
a horsepower Peerless touring car. old
field got away first, led to the turn and into
down. and permitted Bernin to pass him and
win as he pleased BY three-quarters Of mile
IN fat ss 81 Ssc With "ridSway an eighth of mile
oldheld pursued the same sulky or. nerve
less tactics In the trial heats and final of the
There was rather confused finish in the
first of the trials. A close fight. ending with
the cars cars feet apart marked the sseond
PreGe s was on ce more violated in the
basis Of trial heat performances.
rather close race for an automobile handi-
power, racing, creation, which received IFS
seconds beating Bernin, a 25-second man,
by 100 yards With , va1aghHa lar who had As
After, the contestants had completed the
second heat and were circlng the track again
IN seeming doubt as to whether they had
confusing to the drivers as, they are to the
speotators--a :ather nasty looking accident
the stand like serious calamity. WrdsWay
was rounding the far, turn into the stretch.
when his seat came loose and hurled him
backward and sideways from the car The
ma chine rushed straight toward the outer
rail, broke through it and was brought to
standstill in an open stable, with front wheel
and the rear axle broken. Wridgway. with
his face streaming with blood. Jumped from
the wrecked car vaultcd the fence and ran
for the clubhouse. A nasty looking but not
serious cut under his right eye was the extent
of his injury.
some originality, opened the races, but went
wrong through the speed of n steam car
over a short distance being overlooked. BY
the terms OF the handicap a car selling at
81 900 was TO start from scratch and its cheaper
opponents were to receive yard handicap
for every dollars difference in price. Two
steamers. which started at 300 yards, We're
soon in the lead; One Of them quit at the
last turn. but the other. Stanley. driven
mile from Rodney Peeler. whose Autocar
The magnitude OF the crowd showed the
public N motor car track roc
ing The outpouring of automobiles was
record breaking, There were $50 OF them
checked at the gate. The stand was filled
and the stretch swarmed with spectators
A meet at the Empire City track next Satur-
day Ia a bare possibility. In the event OF a
failure OF the negotiations now in progress
with Thery, Sartori and Bernin for meeting
Of the trio that day there will be a meet at
thea onkers course on election day. Old |
deld will go at once to Denver - ill a series |
VI Western engagements,
Snabyeeye Cup--(lne mil for q, mn |