Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-31
AUTO RACES AT oRMOND.
Interesting Fast Events on Last Day
Of Meeting.

ORMOND, Fla, January 31.-The first
race of the program today, the last day Of
the Ormond meet for 1905, was the fifty
mile Daytona handicap. The course was
in ten-mile stretches, with two minute
controls at each turn, the finish being at
the club house.
The starters and their handicaps were
r. r. Jarrige's orty-fve-horse power.
Chas. Canaut driver, handicap. eight min
utes: Standard Auto Company's forty
horse power, Guy Baughn driver. handicap.
seven minutes; Walter Christie's sixty
horse power. owner driving, handicap, five
minutes; W. Gould Brokaw's sixty-horse
power, NJ. G. Bernin driver. handicap. five
minutes; Alfred G.. Vanderbilt's ninety,
horse power. Paul Sartori driver.
handicap, four minutes: B. M. Stanley,
jr., ninety-horse power, owner driY-
ing. handicap, four minutes W1Iliam
Wallace, 30 horse power, owner driving.
handicap. $50 minutes: Edward r. Thomas.
80 horse power. owner driving, hanoicap I
minute; Arthur E. Macdonald. in his 80
horse power. and H. w. Fletcher. In o. +.
Thomas so horse power, scratch.
The race was won by Sartoft, In A. g.
Vanderbilts car; elapsed time. $50; net
time, 1920. beating the worlds record OF
40 40 2-5, made by w. K. Vanderbilt, jr.,
last year.
STANLEY was second. elapsed time,
1853 As; net time. Al 90 40: Canaut was
was made by H. W. Fletcher, in O. F.
Thomas SO-horse power. in 1851. He did
not win the race, being scratch man. His
time. however. establishes new record
for 30 miles.
The second event was the twenty-mile
race for the E. r. Thomas trophy, ten miles
straightaway, with two minutes control at
turn. The starters were B. NJ. Shanley, Jrs
car FrederickS driving; A. G.. Vanderbilt'S
car, Sartori driving; o. F. Thomas car.
Fletcher driving; William Wallace and Ar
thur F. Macdonald. '-.fH.
Macdonald won, time 1o.232 20: second.
Wallace, time 1884: third, Fletcher, time
1886 As; fourth, Sartori time 1901; fifth,
Fredericks, time 1925 %. The best pre-
yious time for twenty miles. 1902 was made
here last year by w. K. Vanderbilt, jr.
Third event, final irf ten-mile Ormond
derby, for the Maj. c. J. Smiler cup-Mac-
donald won, time G15; Thomas second.
time 6 Is Is: Fredericks, in Shaniey's car.
third. time 7 % 2-5. Macdonald's time es-
tablished new ten-mile record. beating
Thomas time of 6.31 As. made this week.
which beat Vanderbilt's record of ESQ,
made last year
The last race of the day and meet was
the ten-mile handicap The starters, with
handicap. were: NJ: Roberts. driving Harry
s. Houpts 45-horsepower. 30; Charles
Canaut, 45-horsepower, rs; Fredericks In
Mr.. Shanley's 45-horsepower. William Wall
lace and Fletcher. ten seconds; Mr.. Thorn
as, 5 seconds, and Macdonald. scratch. E
The race was won by Canaut, time,
s.O2 3-5: Roberts. second, time, -s.54 2-5;
Thomas, third, time, 6.21 2-5; Fredericks,
fourth, time, 7.16 Is: Wallace, fifth. time.
g. Is; Fletcher. sixth, time, $50 4-5.
MacDonald's machinery went wrong soon
after the start, and he dropped out of the
race. The prizes were awarded this after
noon There will be some time trials to-
morrow morning.
Mile in 80 As.
w. H. Bowd in an attempt to beat the
worlds record. today covered a mile in
81 As, cutting down his previous record Of
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