The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1905-01-21
AUTO RACING TOURNAMENT.
Experts Believe Thai Two Miles a
Minute Will be Recorded.

Experts Believe That Two Miles a
Minute Will be Recorded.
Ormond, Fla, Jan. 21.-Everything
Is in readiness for the great motor
racing tournament to be held here
next week. The program arranged
for the occasion and the many prom,
inent automobile racers here assure
the success of the meeting, which
will be the third held over the lam
GUS Ormond-Daytona beach course.
Record breaking trials by the ia
machines will be a feature of
the tournament, nj there is consid-
cradle speculation as to just how far
the present records will be reduced.
During the first tournament Winton
covered the course in So 2-5 seconds,
but this record was practically forgot
ten last year when William K. Van
derbilt. Jr., rove his machine a mile
In the remarkable time of 80 seconds.
Nothing short Of a mile in 80 sec
onds wou electrify the public now.
who seem to ave become accustom-
ed to these marvellous miles of
speed. Experts firmly believe that the
two miles in one minute will be re-
corded here during the coming week
by some of the high power cars.
The ace this year will u%ndoubted-
ly be more interesting his year than
ever before. This is due to the great
number of entries. In fact, so much
interest has been aroused over the
respective merits of the various ma
chimes that several New York book
makers are here to lay prices on the
different racing events.
The tournament will bring togeth-
er the greatest motors, as we'll as
the amateur and professional kings.
Never before has such an aggregation
of foreign cars been entered in one
meeting. and their owners represent
the best amateur drivers in this coun
try n Europe. There are any num-
Der of ninety horse power machines
here. more than ten foreign machines
being entered by as many Americans.
Of the ten there are seven Mercedes,
their owners being William K. Wand
q Jill 1 L IL. Do uC11, "a. n. III
mas. S. B. Stevens. B. M. Stanley,
James l.. Breese and James ]. Barry.
The others are w. Gould Brokaw's
famous Renault, A. G.. Vanderbilt's
Flat and A. DonnelPs Napier.
The beach seems made for auto
mobilists, for, regardless of weather
conditions, there is no mud. no dust,
tires are never heated, owing to the
moisture, and an exploded tire is un-
known. Twice each twenty-four hours
the course is entirely rebuilt by the
tide. Being almost level, and with
average rise and fall of only two
feet nine inches at extreme low tide,
the beach is from 3O0 to 500 feet
wide, and can be used from two hours
after until two hours before high tide
thus giving an average of seven or
eight hours for automobiling some
part of the day.
The complete list Of events for the
week is as follows:
One hundred miles, international,
for the w. K. Vanderbilt, Jr., Trophy.
One mile, International champion
ship. for the Sir Thomas Dewar chal-
lenge trophy.
One mile time trials, classes A
(1,432 to 2.204 ~pounds1, B 1851 to
1892 pounds) and C 1861 to ISL
pounds.
One kilometre. time trials, classes
A, B and C.
Ten miles, Ormond Derby. open
for the Florida East Coast Automo-
bile Association Challenge Cup.
One kilometre. record ice open
for the H. l. Bowden trophy.
One mile, steam cars, for the Col.
r. C. Clowry trophy.
One mile, cars of sixty horse pow
er and under, amateur owners only
to drive, for the Col L. C. Wier cup.
Fifty miles, open to American built
cars only. for the Lozier trophy.
Ten miles. Mercedes car only, for
the Allen-Halle trophy.
Ten miles, fiat cars only, for the
Hollander and Tangeman cup.
Twenty miles. ope for the Edward
r. Thomas championship trophy.
Cement Walks.