New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-06
EQUALS RECORD In DARK.
CHRISTIES FAST NILE
MILE
Interesting automobile Races ON
atlantic City Beach.
by Telegraph to me tribune ]

Atlantic City. \. j.. Sept 5-After ds-kn.,,
had set In tonight Walter Christie IN his in
horsepower car. carried or the honors ~ ,bo
day at the automobile races held on the beacb
under the auspices of the Atlantic City Ap,o.
mobile Club.
Christie. In his only attempt covered the mill
in the fast time OF % seconds thus eouaTing
the record Of A. l. Campbell in a 50 horsepovror
Darracq on Cape May Beach a week ago lac,
saturday OF the 5000 people Who saw the
early contests. only about two thousand "a
NAMED when Christie made his great trial The
exhibition was an impressive one and will Ionz
be remembered by all those who saw f.
1t was so dark that little could ba saa, =.
Christie came tearing up the sand The fa,,,
snorting of the machine told that he was ON
the way. and then the fire could he seen shoot
Ing from the exhaust pipes on both sides Of tho
machine. making q appear like some huge light
ming bug
Christie, who I'm the morning haforA s,,,-,,o
had covered the course unof4cialJv timed IN n
seconds. seemed satisfied with eoualIinr c.ar,r
hells record, and did not make second trial
The next best time I'm the DAYS race was
made by the 60-horsepower Ford car. with
Frank kuick at the wheel Il gIided over the
sand in the first trial in 3s45 seconds r., n.~,
three attempts were done in 46zs 4az, and lo,l
seconds.
The Darracq cars fastest mile was done f., T.,
last attempt. and was 3ssz seconds. It's o-b.-
four trials were As. 43%, 4Ois and 4o2s second.
The races furnished interesting spor, a,a
were enjoyed by a big crowd. which was better
controlled than on Labor Day
The Christie machine was scheduled 70 IT..
part in the races, but failed to start In -.
first race between the Ford and Darrac, oar,
he
with 25 yard lead. 1t was moving star, 49,
would have broken the competitive record Of
41&5 seconds. but the machine did not receive
an official start and. therefore, the record ,oAs
not stand In the re-run of in this contest The
Darracq car gained the lead at the start cIocal,,
pressed by the Ford car and crossed the tana in
40 seconds. The time of the Ford car vrss1 90
seconds. -
In the second race the cars raced abreast
almost 10 the finish, when the Ford man
wheel in As 3-5 seconds The third rae w.
run in the dark, and all that could be seen OF
the cars from the grandstand was the fire from
the exhauStS when they reached the middle OF
the course The machines seemed to be running
abreast Shortly before the finish line was
reached the Ford machine took the lead and
won by about length and a half in AZ Is sec
onds.
Hours before the time of the races to start
people gathered all along the mile course. and
about three thousand persons were in the grand
stand at O'Clock, when the first race was
started. The officials to prevent such scenes as
yesterday, when the crowd gathered on the
sand track and made il impossible to race had
a wire fence put UP all along the course The
track was kept perfectly clear and the races
were run off without any Interference The
summaries follow:
One mile Touring to s250o or under; rot
striped to carry driver and three passengers; moving
driven by John DonneIy 2i-horsep0wer National
driven by owner second Time. 80
one mile american make cars 3ohorsepowe- under
Won by Charles Bacharach horsepower Packard driven
by owner; James Duffy. 24-horsepower Pope-Toleda
JonesCorbin driven by owner, third Time 13sB
One mile touring 10 S2.5Oo or over; not
sta42ya0 b ana tnrss 5ssssngers: 5ao1nr
BY owner; Charles Bacharach 2horsenvrar pack
ard, driven by owner second; John y. Wilkins jr.
horsepower Winton driven by owner third. Tine 1sis
One mile middle weight cars. s51 10 I 43e pounds.
stripped moving start-Won BY D. Walter Harper
10 horsepower Stanley. driven BY owner Buick Auto Co
Time. Hts
one riie free for all stripped cars. moving .tar,,
car, driven by A l. Campbell; Motor Co.'S 81
horsepower Ford driven b. Frank Kulic second Tine
One mile Cheavy weight ao4 pounds. NOV
ing start: stripped cars,-Won by Ford Motor Co 50
horsepower Ford driven by Frank Kulck r A Laroch.
30 nsI sepower Darracq driven by A L. Campbell.
One mile heavyweight cars 1 49, 20 2 20. pounds.
stripped cars moving start)-Wo1 BY Buick Auto Con-
SWANS 40 horsepower winton driven by owner SEQ
md Time 1;11S.
One mile touring driver alone not striped: cars
70 run from standing station then 70 ps
up three passengers and first mile 10 be winner
standing startl-Wou by c SWANS 40-horsepovsr Wiz
ton. driven by owner John y. wilkins Ir 5 4Ohorss
Motor Company's 2o-horsepover JonesCorbn driven bv
G. H Jones. third. Time. I:46ss.