Bisbee daily review., 1905-07-01
BARNEY orDF1ELp IN HIS NEW AUTO.

BARNEY oLDFIELD IN HIS NKw AUTO.
 ing sensation from the dust and ob- stacles that strike the face when trav- cling at this great speed. My compan- ions say that ihe dust the driver who may be ahead turns up feels like hail being dashed into the face. Then there is the pressure against the face. When going a mile in fifty-three seconds ] cover 120 feet per second. It feels l am told by those who drive with me, that something seems as though it Is being pressed against the face. forcing the flesh tight against the bones. Add ed to that Is the roaring sound in the ears from the wino. The long stretchs looms up ahead ef-ene- Ike (. gfes-fIils- bon, and thep we. are intesthe turn.
 There Is a sickening sliding feeling as the rear wheels slip and try to take hold of the track and the front ones point inward. It Is the friction that wears through the tires in a few miles. Then we turn into the back stretch and head for the next turn. Again the fal- tering sliding as befoye. It takes the coolest hand and most practiced eye to execute these turns. as travelling at this rate of speed the least variation is fatal Of course there are many ways one can be hurt. There Is the wearing out of the tires and the expansion from the friction that causes them to burst. and then there is the breaking of some part of the machine l never think of them excepting in a general way.
 It is only before the start that I am al all nervous. and then 1t Is about the machine. Is it right? Is every nut and bolt in place? Sometimes l look two and three times at certain parts to see if they are as they should be. And then I think about the way the car will start Will I get a good lead around the first turn or will I have to take the dust which is sometimes so binding that have to feel my way as in the dark? 1 know I think about several Of these things. but with the start of thc race thcy seen Io vanish. And tLc.i E is speed. speed. speed. Can l get more out of the ear? No matter how far l an ahead there i5 a desire a cry that cones from within-which says faster And faster. still faster. urge ny now sliding. boclcing car.
 Arounl the turns and into the stretch until I geo thc man a-l in pursuit of just ahead of me which shows that have l@pae:i hin,. end then it is the de- sire to eas hici. To cct as far ahead as poss. .ls as the r,Sc..--c ,ca. falter or go Is and then I'll need the lead that l have attalnel while ad- just It. Yes. I think many things when I am going at this speed, which men of science said a few years ago was impossible. I think two miles Q minute possible on a circular track, and hope to be the first man to do it.
 said that it was possible on straight away courses. and this has been dem onstrated. as 15y car has earned the name of the two miles a minute car for straightaway racing And 1t will be possible on the track also when they get the regular automobile tracks finished they are now building in sev- eral parts of the country. 4 mile in Jess than a minute was considered more impossible on a circular track a few years ago than two miles min ute Is considered now. Yes, 1t is a great game. the greatest on earth be- cause of the danger. I have defeated foreigners much easier than defeated Americans. consider the American the greatest automobile driver of them all.