New-York tribune., 1905-01-25

,'utests abroad lie is Englishman. In the hill
climbing contest held al Gallon. France. he came in
third orly z few seconds behind the leaders. He
ESQ Grove a car IN the Gordon Bennett race last
sumner. When seen after his record breaking per
f5rmanae to-day his face beamed with SOY. He said
iaa the work of his car cid surprise him in the
lsas; and that he expected greater results before
the tournament came 10 a close
IL -r0lt Of the clubhouse to-day were hundreds
q aces among the spectators familiar az auto
Eo1.4e meetings held on the tracks about New
- unlike thai worn by The Salvation Army, bear
~ his respective position. and with the initials
Lue 81 the timers was Charles J. Dfeges. OF the
HeV-Eork Athletic club, who acts as an official
ne Amateur Athletic Union in New-fork city.
AIcug the course officials whose business il
Eas 10 wave red tag when was coming, and
% keep the crowd back. car coming was the
se,uisr ey,ressign as eg sb machine appeared The
day 50 clear that The could be seen for
about three miles on the opening day last year
heavy l1g made the V+cles invisible until near at
hand Spectators lined the entire course, and IL
was estimated thar fully three times q many
t.e contests tLis year Is last.
W!yh the exception OF the record by Macdonald.
lie d0Ings OF The day were OF comparatively little
interest as The programme was made Up Of nine
plner nVe-Hile record trials and a ten-ulile TRIAL
Ega-nst time The ueX- best time 10 McDonalds
t0F hye miles Vas made by g. W Vaughn, in De
eegV-ile u +0-'orsepower. in 4-S2 50 The racing
"a competitions wiz be run tomorrow, and The
Be Surpassed.
barney Olddeld watched to-day's contests. He
- l-ls evening thar the beach was in as good
s, s,-lloA - -s- year H. IS rather doubtful OF his
- W. lLe 5l--l-rs seiJ1yer Green Dragon Peer
- q Deaf some o. The other racing machines OF
greater horsepower His car was built Tor track
eng -le Napier mat Macdonald drove, ne SAID,
vas q dark horse" although The Ford car
to-o oo some surprising things, he thought. only
- -. u ~ L---t ol.esls c9l4Q De oeclQeu to-day
g.Eg % the side, ana IL is likely that the tourna-
Aeat vii be continued into next week.
ne Pope Toledo car made an excellent showing
sae y ne ll9merTe race = class. for cars OF 81 70
- - p9l1as A g. Webb in a machine OF this make
~ o. lo horsepower. came IN first, in a. %
oaaS Alexander Blank, IN a Slhorsepower Oar
causing Jay to Goa coast III te ast 80 80 yards sIs q the
5-ssnoSs aS E9gia % have nade better time he 40
Aouas's 4)s0-ser,oyTer machine driven Nv Harry
3 halpt came in second, in 5;z7 4-5. A Pope
otes, for cars costing from 81 90 TO S. s0D5 Win
s s- s-Lotsep9Ner Darracq, driven By Blank. sec
,Ihs TIE i've nile handicap was won by the Electric
eenelcap q l.E7- The s0-horsepower Pope Toledo
Scratch was second in 7:lS ". Gould Broka%'s I1Sii.
49,. sepoWer Relault driven by n @ Bernin.
vsl5 sl tsn miles against ume; the first five miles
STANDS 'r lr g time. 60 made last year, stin
bses Gae was coming In fast at the time. and the
E.h5-ss.sSaSs SSs We IN places Louis s Ross; in an
,eg ~ cars from so SlO09 in G:43 % and the
Fert Io es'esl tor machines fro Ss0l 10 $3.50
l5sSsffs NE T. T. Thomas 4O-horseDower car in
a. ne ,t American Automobile Association decided to-
:, 81 ala9t compete ia the free-for-a contests as
,uFol-e e1-s-l According 10 the association rules.
Il Is ~ -l .t -1l Ntlgh more than zzOi pounds.
Tsrs - - lnat Ar BCwdcn viii not be allowed TO
gres+ fe-iSt tine. The announcement caused q
ffte~ - - 2. regret he has been making mile
te-e -- w. ~ . seconds and mas spent several weeks
yV.liis,ss4 s4-Tae ~ tor the races.
f9o-e - 4 Vanderbilt jr. kept his machine In
F.rll-fse lo-aay u said that he intends to
II e. -. - ecWd when he does come out Racing
yesterday p-s-e i1h-Ag itst SPINS over The course
: ---Zs.t NE pJlcerOus machine Of BOWden
Nils-N e srh0rse power Mercedes and William
t-s5ess - ,-tlrsepcWer Eiar. The Duke and
{, Fr-r- manchester were interested spectators
Il rerr ~ ~ weather conditions n was decided
H rls 49, aces ~ DaytOna tomorrow again.
Il osr5 - - lp was placed in the control OF a
MI. ..SS,t'fs and VIII be raced for each year
t.rBsi ~ me trustees are Harlan W. Whipple.
n 49, J p Parkinson. George " Roe.
tar srS ~. 49, Il T. Bowden Ike" Potter. a Sin
4 .sEsr 71 1iassuD, representing Sir Thomas