The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-01-31
II MILES
AN HOUR
Great Century Auto Race on
OrmOnd Beach.
WORLDS RECORD GONE
H. W. Fletcher, an Amateur, tht
Winner, with Time Margin
to Spare.
WORLDS RECORD GONE

OhMOND, ria, Jan. 81. - Ii. w.
Fletcher in an eighty horsepower ma
chine won the hundred mile race over
the Ormond- Daytona Beach course in
rs minutes "a seconds. The course had
seven turns, and il is believed the time
made will stand as worlds record for
some time to come. The winner was
not picked out by the crowd as likely
TO head three or four Of the other start
ers
There were q number of accidents TO
machines, trifiing for the time being,
but of sufficient Importance to put
them out OF the running.
Ten cars lined up for the start, which
was at the two mile post near Mosqui-
to inlet. The course then lay fourteen
miles up the beach, where the turns
were made, then back and forth be-
tween the fourteen mile stretch for
three and one-half laps, finishing the
last six miles back to the clubhouse.
The cars were started one minute
apart, leaving in the following order:
Arthur f. Macdonald, driving his nine
ty horsepower; A. lie Blanc. driving Il.
NJ Stanley, Jr's, ninety horsepower;
NJ. G.. Bernin. driving w. Gould Bro
kaw's sixty horsepower: Paul Sartori,
driving Alfred G.. Vanderbilt's ninety
horsepower; William Wallace, driving
his ninety horsepower; Charles De
Plus, driving Joseph II. Kelers eighty
horsepower; Samuel b. Stevens driv-
ing his ninety horsepower; Walter
Christie driving his sixty horsepower
Charles Canault, driving h. Il. Jarrige's
| forty-hve horsepower, and II. w. Flet
cher, driving A. F. Thomas eighty
horsepower.
In the first twenty miles the cars
held their relative positions in fine
| form. The turn at the Ormond end
was a good point of vantage, and hun
dreds of spectators assembled there tC
witness the approach and hair raising
| turns Macdonald displayed great skill
In turning, as did also Mr.. Wallace anC
the two professionals Sartori and Der
min. When the machines reached tn,
sixteen mile post on the second turf
they had Travelled forty-six miles. Mr.
| MacDonald's car was still leading tn,
procession, but Mr.. Wallace had gainet
one minute or more. Mr.. Fletcher II
his heavy machine had outstripped the
lighter one, and Mr.. Christie was loom
ing up as a strong possibility.
After going about sixty miles Mac
Donald stopped some distance from tn,
clubhouse. He was then in the lead
but was done for. as he had pune
tured tire 1t then looked as though
Mr. Wallace would win, the only othe
man pushing him being Mr., Fletche
in his big car, yet there was plenty o
remaining distance to be run.
During the latter half of the race &C
cidents happened to most Of the ma
chimes. Mr.. Macdonald punctured
tire, as stated; Mr.. Stevens scared
cylinder so badly that he had TO dro
out, Mr.. Sartori opened a leak in hi
gasoline tank and had to stop lon
enough to plug it up, and there wer
other minor troubles Meantime MI
Wallace and Mr.. Fletcher were plug
ging along smoothly and swiftly, wit
Bernin and Sartori close in the rear.
Mr. Wallace got into trouble with or
ly sixteen miles to CO. He burst an In
ner tube in his left front tire, yet h
kept pluckily at It, made the turn a
the sixteen mile post and finished sixt
instead of first or second, with onl
three tires on. When Mr.. Fletche
saw the Wallace machine hoppin
along on three legs he realized tina
Bernin and Sartori were his closes
competitors. At the same time Nj
Christie and lie Blanc In Mr.. Stanley
car were pegging along in good SHAPE
all having had an uninterrupted ri
except Mr.. Sartori, who had to sto
to plug up leak.
The finish came at last. Bernin an
Sartori, with seven and eight mile
lead over Fletcher in the order Of &c
ting away at the start, finished ii
race first, but there was Fletcher pei
ging along in the rear with but fe'
miles on clear straight track. Be
min and Sartori did not finish SOC
, enough. and the Fletcher machine fle
over the line winner Of the race wit
nearly three minutes 10 spare.