The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1905-01-27
RACES ON ORMONDE BEACH
FAILURE TO LOWER WORLDS
KILOMETER RECORD.

Arthur Macdonald Comes Nearest to it
Going The Distance i'm Twenfy-three
Seconds FIat-Times OF Vanderbilt
and Others Who Tried-Results in
the Various Trials.
Ormonde, Fla, Jan. 26,-T This morn
ing's events in the automobile races
!Were postponed until afternoon, when
all the kilometer events took place.
Baras made the kilometer record in Os-
tend, Belgium, last year in 81 S-5 sec
onds. Drivers of fast machines were
after this record to-day, but the near
est approach to it was that Of Arthur
Macdonald, who made the distance in
23 fiet. The American record for one
kilometer, of rs rs seconds. was made
by Charles Bas1e on the Or1nonde
course last year.
Louis S. Ross broke the worlds rec
ord for steam cars. This record, 27 3-5,
was held by LIE Blon, made in Douran,
France, in 1908. Mr.. Ross to-day made
the kilometer, which is about three
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worlds record by 8 rs seconds and the
American record, held by himself, 55 2-5
seconds for a mile. There was no pre-
vious kilometer record for steam cars.
y Mr.. Bowden, Mr.. MacD Mr..
Vanderbilt and other owners Of fast
racing cars made a try for the kilome-
ter record All made excellent time,
but did not lower the worlds record.
The races opened at 3 o. clock with one
kilometer. time trials, for Glasses A, b
and G, A from /, ,432 to 2,204 pounds, b
from s51 to I ,432 pounds, and G less than
651 pounds. The following time was
made:
w. X. Vanderbilt, jr., in ninety-h horse
power, 2S 3-5 seconds; II. Il. Boden, in
hundred horse power, 233-5 sec
onds; Arthur e. Macdonald, in ninety
horse power, % seconds; Edward r..
Thomas. in ninety-horse power, 26 3-5
seconds; Paul Sartori, in Alfred g. Van
derbilt's ninety-horse power, 2S 4-5 sec.
onds; Charles De Plus, in Mr.. Heller's
eighty-horse power. S23-5 seconds;
Samuel B. Stevens, in his ninety-hor
power, 26 2-5 seconds; Webb Jay, in his
fifteen-horse power steamer, 80 AS Sec
onds; Louis S. Ross, in his twenty horse
power steamer, 20 1-5 seconds.
The first heat in the one-kilometer
race was won by Macdonald in 27 3-5;
w. X. Vanderbilt was second and Ed
ward Thomas third.
In the second heat the -Eilometer
was won by Mr.. Ross in 2S seconds flat,
with William Wallace second and De
Plus third
In the third heat Mr.. Stevens was first
in 80 3-5; Alfred Vanderbilt's machine
second.
In the one-kilometer race open, for
the H. L. Bowden trophy, the first heat
was won by Ross in q 3-5; Macdonald
was second in 20 Is, and w. X. Van
derbilt third in 80 is.
Second heat: William Wallace won
in 1925 and B. M. Stanley second IN
"a 2-5.
Third heat: Stevens won I'M 81 1-5j
A. G. Vanderbilt was second in Ss Sec
onds.
The final heat in the one -kilometer
race was won by Ross in 20 2-5; Mac
Donald was second in 1886. and Ste
vens third in 81 3-5.. Vanderbilt dropped
out. r 2sS,. -
In the final heat for the TT. Z. Bowden
trophy for the one-kilometer open race
Arthur Macdonald won the heat and
the trophy in 81 2-5 seconds; Louis Ross
was second in 2S 1-5 seconds, and Sam
uel Stevens, in ninety-horse power,
third in so seconds.
In. the one-miie Glass B race, open to
vehicles, everything from SCI to 1,432
pounds, Webb Jay, in his fifteen-horse
power, won in 81 As seconds: Guy
Vaughan, in his forty-horse power, was
second in 54 2-5. >s~.
In the final for the one-tnile Corinthi-
an, for the Colonel L. G.. Weir cup,
Louis Ross, in his twenty-horse power
steamer, won in Al 3-5; Samuel B. Ste
vens, in his ninety-horse power was
second in 46 1-5, and William Wallace,
in his ninety-horse power, was third in
At 3-5. Ill:
The fifty-nile and one-hundred-mile
races, the most interesting of the week,
will be run tomorrow morning and aft
ernoon. !