The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-27
FEW RECORDS ARE
 BROKEN BY AUTOS

Ormond, Fla. January 26.-Although bleak, unsuitable weather prevented the
 carrying out of the morning racing pro
 gramme, a brilliant array of enthusiasts
 lined the course in the afternoon when
 weather conditions returned to about
 normal, and witnessed the races under ideal conditions.
 Few records were broken.
 The feature of the day was the attempt
 to break the kilometer record of 21 1-5,
 established by Basic in Ostend, Bel gium. Drivers of powerful fast-moving
 cars put forward strenuous efforts to
 smash the foreign record, but none sue ceeded. When the time was announced
 it was learned that the European record
 still held. The nearest approach to
 Basle's record was made by Arthur F. Macdonald, who negotiated the distance
 in 23 flat, one and three-fifths seconds too slow.
 1 The American record for one kilometer l of 26 and 2-5 seconds made by Charles Basic on the Ormond course last year 1 was lowered by MT. Macdonald by 8 2-5 ! seconds. Louis S. Ross broke the worlds record for steam cars. This record of
 ;27 3-5 was held by LeBlon, made at
 Dourdan, France, in 1903 Mr. Ross made
 the kilometer which is about three-fifths
 oi mile. in PA 1-5, lowering the worlds
 record by 2-5 seconds, and the Amer ] lean record made by himself, :55 2-5. ] The races opened at o'clock with one kilometer time trials for classes A, B ! and c. A from 1432 to 22O4 pounds; B,
 from 651 to 1432 pounds and c less than
 651 pounds. The following time was made: w Tr In Q0-1n
 2S 3-5 seconds.
 H. L. Bowen in 1O0-horse power 23 3-5. Arthur E. Macdonald in 90-horse l power, 23.
 l Edward R. Thomas in so-horse power. 26 3-5.
 Paul sartori in Alfred G. vanderbilts
 90-horse power, 2S 4-5 1 Charles Deplus in MT. Heller's S0-horse 1 power, 32 2-5.
 Samuel P. Stevens in his s0-horse 1 power, 26 2-5.
 Webb Jay in 15-horse power steamer, l 32 4s5.
 Louis g. Ross in his 20-horse power steamer, 29 1-5.
 The kilometer record is 21 1-5 made here
 last year by Charles Basic, in a 60-horse l power.
 The first heat in the one kilometer race
 was won by MacDonld in 27 3-5; W. K Vanderbilt second; Edward Thomas third.
 The one kilometer was won by MT. Ross ] in 2S second flat. with William Wallace 1 second and Duplus third.
 In the third heat Mir Stevens was first
 in 30 3-5; Alfred G. Vanderbilt machine l second.
 l In the one kilometer record race, open
 for the H. l.. Bowen trophy, the first heat was won by Ross, 27 3-5; MacDonld
 second, 2s 1-5; w. K. Vanderbilt third, l 32 1-5.
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 S2 2-5. and B. NJ Shanley second. s4 2-5. Third heat-Stevens won, 31 1-5; A. G. 1 Vanderbilt second 33. Final heat in one kilometer race won 1 by Ross in 29 2-5; Mcdonald second in
 29 3-5; Stevens third in 31 3-5; Vanderbilt dropped out
 l In the final heat r. H. Bowden trophy,
 for the one kilometer, open race, Arthur
 Macdonald won the heat and the trophy ] in P 3-5 second. Louis Ross was second l in B 1-5 second; Samuel Stevens in q 9O-
 horse power third; time, 30 seconds. | William Wallace was fourth, no time. | William VahdcrhIl. started, hut did not
 finish in the finals for .ha Ri! ,meter oTen l race.
 l In the one-mile class this race vas open i to all vehicles. everything ftor S51 to 1 14S2 pounds, and Webb Jay in his fifteen horse power steamer won ln 5l '-5 eccnds:
 Guy Vaughan in his forty horse power,
 second. time O:54 2-5. l In the final for the one-nile Corinthian I for the L. c. Weir cup, Louis Ross in ! his twenty horse power steamer wen in l 0:41 5-5 Samuel B. Stevens in his ninety horse power, second, time 0:46 1-5; Will liam Wallace in his ninety horse power third, time 0:47 3-5. The fifty-mile and one-hundred mile races, the most interesting of the week will be run tomorrow morning and after noon
 GA lilometer is O62137 mile.)
 deeply affected by the continuance and | observance of the neutrality of China and
 their keen solctude for the maintenance of that neutrality and it's observance by both the belligerents having been so con spicuously manifested on many occasions, 1 the government of the United States does not at this moment feel that it is calle- upon to express an isolated judgment ( to consider the adoption of an individual course of action looking to the observf tion of that neutral status which we aH 1 desire. It would on the other hand see
 this this general solicitude of all the f i terested states would make it expedie,lE and proper that the matters concernif which the Russian government raises 1 international issue should be considered U a conference of the powers.' The correspondence closes with trar i lation of the reply of the Chinese forei office to the Russian charge, an abstrs.. of which was teegraphed recently from