The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-01-28
CHRISTIE'S LOZIER TROPHY.
CHAPTER or ACCIDENTS IN AFRO
HOBiLE RiCE.
Three Competitors In Difficulties and
Winner Takes Hour 81 Minutes
~ rs Seconds to Cover Finy Nllles
The Vanderbilt Contest Postponed.

~ rs Seconds to Cover FIny Mllei
Thc Vanderbilt Contest Postponed
CHMoND. Fla. jan. IL Waiting for th,
tide iels pretty much the whole story oil
the doing- Of the speed mougers OF the auto
mobile world here to-day they waited fol
The tide to recede In order { o leave the beach
/ clear for record time. but the tide fingered on
/ the sands and needed not the waiting and
! wailing
rhe cold weather has moderated some
/ what. but the wind keeps the water inshore
/ so that very little hard beach Ia exposed, and
! even that is rough with frequent ridges formed
/ By waves, At no previous time nave the
/ conditions for racing on the beach been more
I uniHvorahle than to-day
The race at 100 miles for the Vanderbilt
trophy has been outside Of the one mile cham
pionship. the race in which most interest
has centred and which the crowd has waited
30 Witness II was scheduled TO be run IN
the afternoon. hut that was impossible. and II
was decided to postpone It until Monday.
only two races We're run to-day Before
. clock this morning the award OF the Lozier
trophy was decided partly iu the beach and
partly in the ocean. This trophy was offered
for hfty mile race between cars OF American
make only. II was started at 785 In n
wishing breeze. with the spray flying over
the narrow margin Of hard sand next
70 the Waters edge There were only three
competitors and only one finished
The course was laid out over n stretch OF
twelve and a half miles between the sixteen
mile post at Ormoud and tho three mile post
south OF Uaytona The oars started nc Or
mond and had the turns TO make. but con
trolls OF two minutes we're established at each
turn. IN order that no RISKS might be taken
The starters we're Barney Oldheld. in his
90 horse power Peerless Green Dragon; A 4.
Webb. IN "a - horse power Pope Toledo. and
Walter Christie. Ia his specially built car OF
10 horsepower. lney we're sent on NJ inter-
walls of one minute in The order named
Oldteid mistook the turning place and
turned. after going ten miles, IN front OF the
c'uDhouss. where crowd was re agreed
70 start al over again. however. and did so.
The ten mile post was the scene OF trouble
OF Al Webb When he got there he broke
his %ommutator He was In the lead at the
time Al Mn" same spot a wire running from
the battery 70 the spark plug ON Chrlstes
car broke and he lost twenl minutes Iennir-
ing n McnntiWe Oldhed had started again
with the handicap for the ten miles he had
made counting against HIM He made the
htst round of twenty-five miles in second
when he had completed the 1rst circuit
Oldhed bad lost one rear tire and only tlree
cylinders of his engine were working II p
reported the other two Cars "a be stuck ~
tho soft sand After putting IN a new spark
plug so that all four Of his cylinders worked,
he was for continuing the race on three tires
but before he got started Christie reached
the starting point al the end of his first circuit
and went on with his car running we'll, an
Oldheld gave it up
II was a fact that both Christes car and
Nebhs mad sunk IN ths sand when they
stopped and were stuck for "A time w ebb
Quit perforCe AT the ten miles Christie
after his experience IN the soft sand ran 50
clos" to the edge Of the water that haif Of the
time ms tires were ia the shallow waves.
lie finished the race in hour II minutes
- 2-5 seconds. with His clothing drenChed and
MIS- car covered with brine
Christle's first twenty-five miles were done
d uI .
second twenty-five In 20 minutes " 20 seconds
elapsed ume he total of minutes spent in
he controls ar the turns was Deducted from
this II was Wild drive for Christie. and
h- iuce showed the scratches mnde by the
living sand
crowds came by special trains from Jack
sonville and - Augustine this afternoon
and iolned the thousands stopping at Ormond
and naytona IN the hope Of seeing the race for
the Vanderbilt trophy. which was expected
To be fierce struggle for there are 10 be no
controls ~ the turns, and as he cars are
quite evenly matched they will make the
turns the chief points Of the struggle, all
striving turn shorter and in less time.
mere wasa dreary wait from, TO O'Clock
for the tide TO fan. IA il was scheduled TO do
IN the alnanacs but it would not, FIVE and
ten mile cvenis we're arranged. but with the
elements against it the management lost ia
grip and there was hopeless confusion. FL
naly. out OF all the complaining and banter.
bet OF $500 was made that Col ] f. Emerson's
feur. r Magondeau. could beat Guy Vaughn
and his 80 horse-power Decnuville. In aes-
peration the officials put on the rnce. although
there we're dozen in the regular programme
waiting to be run on
Tho TWO French machines were fairly
mat ched and ma de a glorious struggle OF II |
for ten miles with turn and two minute |
control NJ the end of five miles Guy Vaughn |
won by margin Of 100 Yards The time |
for the ten miles was minutes - 2-5 seconds |
Sir Thomas Dewar, whose visit was near |
ing it, end and who left for Palm Beach to- |
day WRs rendered reception az the hotel |
here last night in the main hnll. with several |
hundred persons in attendance
surprise was introduced by the prescnfa-
ton 10 Sir Thomas of a gold souvenir medal |
~ behalf OF the Florida EHst Coast Auto
mobile Association 10 was a facsimile Of |
the clubs badge The presentation speech !
was made by John { Wetmore OF the New
York Motor Club and Sir Thomas responded
galHnfly. Referring 10 the winning of the
Bowden trophy by Arthur Macdonald Sir
Thomas said he was glad that some Ameri-
can plato was going to England. as they had
lcon trying for years on land and water 10
win some 20 carry over
The dissatisfaction of the participants
IN the racing carnival with the DELAYS and
due chiefly 10 weather con-
itions. but partly TO mismuna cement. has
eliminated in number OF them. mostly
getting together and de-
.iding moi TO attend another such AFFAIR here
II now seems probable that some OF those
" no came from Europe 10 participate will be
detained until Tuesday and thereby miss
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