New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-26
N RECORDS AT ORMOND
,,,rRY IS DISPLACED.
-, Causes Delay and Tide Stops
"luto" Races in Florida.
~ relesraph 70 The tribune. J

1s Ian. 25-Rain caused a delay
jim han three hours In the starting Of the
q h0 a.. -acas on the beach here to-day.
sHi.-o ~ the contests Of the several on the
wy" -. Rad been run the tide came in so
T-oE-. ,,-,be- racing had TO be called OF for
~ | that the officials are trying in every
OK -, ,rsv 10 keep the tournament from
Ioss--. vas clearly shown by the running of
s1ss +v-o contests The heavy rain put the
= 4, moor condition for speeding and
ss'.' ,b~sstening clouds kept it from drying
on The attendance was large, all things con-
s8sred -. -.--,,,-
ne condition Of the beach the times made
's - contests were fast. A strong north wind
- she drivers aided In this respect
lL.,las y. Cooke the American representative
=. ra~racg concern, received a reply this
ing 20 his cable sent 10 the Darracq Com
- IN Paris yesterday giving him authority TO
=. she handling Of the four Darracq cars from
,-..,s-v The latter looked his disgust whec
= cooke conveyed the news 10 him and asked
-. ~ turn over the keys Of the garage where
= ,srs are stored. A deal was quickly made
-, & T. Stevens. the wealthy young sports
:, NJ Rome X y TO look after the manage
- NJ the Darracq team. The small, light
-.eht machine was sold 10 him. Louis Chew
LET VIII drive the 2O0-horsepOwer Darracq car
"a cyv Vaughn the other machines.
NE cable was received in time TO allow Mr.
..,-sns 10 enter the Corinthian championship
- st ten miles with the SO-horsepower Oar
-, csr He had q comparatively easy time in
---rirg the handsome bronze trophy offered by
-.,rgs ". Young. The contest was run in two
heats and a final
T. The first heat Stevens. J. r Harding, fin his
oa5o-se2ower Daimler, ana Alfred Reeves a
vsr-Ycrk newspaper man, i'm a 1O-horsepower
,f,rvsu car. were the starters. The Darracq
~ led from the start and won in 6 minutes
ss2-5 seconds. Harding was second. in Z min
-,ss seconds. The record for ten miles IS
--,-r-tes II seconds made by Arthur MacDon-
IA in 2 qO-horsepower Napier last year. Stew
srss time In this heat turned out 10 be the
.,siegr made for the distance to-day. on the
nav hack 10 the starting line Hardings car
cracked two cylinders
ne second heat was won by James L Breese
IN z Gp-horsep0wer Mercedes. in 10 minutes 81
seconds. The 90-horsepower Fiat car Of Charles
T Rsrron. the only other starter. broke down
tsiore the finish
stevens and Breese fought ii out in the final
la7r They raced On even terms until few
hundred wards from the finish, when Stevens
vent 10 the front and crossed the tape In
minutes . seconds 1880 seconds ahead Of
Breese
n the ffreeu-uile Price handicap for Amerl-
eal touring cars. fully equipped, the Stanley
9Lh0rsep5wer steamer. driven by F. L. Stanley,
with handicap Of twenty-five seconds; the 30
horsepower Stoidard Dayton machine, driven
ty Bristol with q handicap OF twelve and a half
seconds and the Wayne Automobile Company
D-h0rsep0we- Wayne car driven by y. D.
Holmes. which started from scratch We're the
only contestants. The Stanley car won in -
minutes A. - seconds The StOddard Day
ION car was second. IN i minutes II % sec
ends The Wayne car was making an excellent
showing until near the finish when battery
wire broke and put IL OUT Of the race.
George " Young who purchased the Fiat
racer which Lancia drove iii the Vanderbilt
Cup race last fall for $4,000. cabled TO France
to-day an offer for the 200 horsepower Oar
race, which many persons here believe to be the
fastest car tn The world Mr. Y0uug's Fiat
racer was disabled "a Wednesday. and he is
anxious 70 buy the DaTaCQ machine before this
tournament ends II his offer is accepted
Fletcher will drive the car IN any races for
which IL may be eligible