The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-02-01
GREAT AUTO MEETING
 CLOSES IN FLORIDA
MANY RECORDS BROKEN DE-
 RING FEY DAYS RAGING.

4-5 SecOnds-Ten-SIile Record Again
 Lowered by Young Macdonald Who
 Travels the Distance in Minutes and
 15 Seconds.
 ormond, Fla, Jan. 31.-The greatest automobile meeting ever held, so far as smashing records is concerned, closed here this afternoon. The last performance was the running of a mile in 32 4-5 seconds by H. L. Bowden, in his 60-horse power car. It was after the days events had been finished. He asked permission of the officials to try for the kilometer and mile records. He took 8 good flying start and as he tripped the wire of the automatic tim ing machine the crowd expected a new worlds record. s.sz. .z,
 Unfortunately the kilometer time was not caught on the automatic, but sever al watches gave it as 20 S-4 seconds, the worlds record being 21 2-5. The previous mile record was clipped con- silorably. Until the opening of this meeting 1t was 30 flat, made last year by W. K. Vanderbilt. jr. Last week Aurthur E. Macdonald ct it down to S4 2-5, and soon after Mir. Bowden knocked off another fifth. Since then he expressed the opinion that he could go 8 seconds or under. To-day he did 1t.
 Young Macdonald also was to have tried for a worlds kilometer and better mile record but certain parts of his en- zine became strained. He made the at tempt, however, making the ldiometer in 25 2-5th. The automatic failed on the mile. which was not taken. It would not have been q record.
 The ten mile record was again smash ed to pieces this morning. It was in the finals for the Major Miller trophy. Young Macdonald, who won the tro- phy, covered the ten miles in 6:15. The record before this meet was $50, made by W. K. Vanderbilt, jr., here last year.
 To-day closed the official race pro gramme of this meet and the many prizes were awarded to the winners at the club house late this afternoon.
 Tomorrow the big machines will try for new worlds records. after which some of them will be shipped to Cuba for the road races there next week.
 The first race to-day was the 50-iriiie Daytonia handicap. The starters and their 1andicans were: R. F. Jarriges, 45-horse power, Charles Canaultt, driv- CT, handicap, minutes; f0-horse pow CT machine with Guy Vaughn driver. handicap z minutes; Walter Christie s 60-horse power, owner driving, handi- cap 5.20; w. Gould Brokaw's 60-horse power, M. c. Bernin driver, handicap. 5 minutes; Alfred C. vanderbilt's 9O- horse power, Paul Sartori driver, ham dicap, 4:5O: B. M. shanley. jr. 90- horse power, Frederfcks driver, handi- cap, 4; William Wallaces 9o-horse pow CT, owner driving, handicap, S:S0; Ed ward R. Thomas 90-horse power, own- CT driving, handicap 1 minute; Arthur F. Macdonald, in his 90-horse power, and H. W. Fletcher, in 0. F. Thomas so-horse power, both at scratch. The race was won by Sartori, in A. c. vanderbilt's car, handicap 4:50, elapsed time 4s:3o, net time, 4o:2o. beat ing the worlds record of 40:49 2-5 made by W. K. Vanderbilt jr., last year. Fredericks, in Mir. shanley's car, was second handicap four minutes, elapsed time 45:5S 4-5 net time 41:5s 4-5. Ca naut was third, handicap 8 minutes, elapsed time 46:25 2-5, net time, 46:25 2-5. The best time was made by H. w. Fletcher in O. F. Thomas S0-horse power in SS:51. He did not win the race, being scratch man. His time, however, established a new record for fifty miles.
 The second event was the 20-mile race for the D. R. Thomas trophy, ten miles straightaway, with time minutes control at turn. The starters were: B. M. shanley, jr.'s car, Fredericks driv- ing; A. c. vanderbilts car, Sartori driving; O. F. Thomas car, Fletcher driving; William Wallace and Arthur F. Macdonald. The result of the race was as follows: First, Macdonald, 15:23 2-5; second. Wallace, 15:34; third, Fletcher, 15:36 4-5; fourth, Sartori, 16:01; fifth, Fredericks, 1925 2-5. The best previous record for twenty miles was made last year, 17:02, by w. K. Vanderbilt. &5
 The third event was the ten mile Or mond derby. for the Major c. J. s. Miller cup It had three starters. Macdonald won. Time, 6:15. Thomas second, time 6:1S 1-5; Fredericks, in Shanley's car, third. Time, 7:25 2-5. Macdonalds time established a new ten mile record, beating Thomas time for 6:31 4-5, made this week, which beat Vanderbilt's record of 6:50, made here last year. The last race of the day and meet was the ten mile handicap.
 The starters, with handicaps. were: M" Roberts, driving Harry S. Houpt' s 45-horse power 3:30; Charles Canaut, in the 45-horse power, 2:15; Fredericks, in Shanley's 45-horse power handicap not stated: William Wallace and Fletcher at 10 seconds: Thomas, five seconds and Macdonald scratch. The race was won by Canaut, net time, S:02 3-5: Roberts, second, net time S:34 2-5: Thomas, third, time 6:21 2-5; Fredericks, fourth, time 7:16 1-5; Wal lace, fifth, time 6:52 1-5; Fletcher, sixth, time 6:55 4-5.
 Macdonald's machinery went wrong soon after the start, and he dropped nf k.