The Washington times., 1906-07-29

tournament with their lightning buN% |
wagons.
The king OF the racing game. Barney
Olddeld. will show what real racing is
with his wonderful Green Dragon. the
ear that has crashed through the fence
| on several occasions leaving trail Of
! death and disaster in its wake. Oldfeld.
/ the dare dey l. the speed maniac as he
/ has so often Haen called. will make his
/ first appearance in Washington and viii
/ have as his competitors Webb and many
/ others.
Miles Under S. Seconds.
/ Barney is fresh from his many victo-
I rics la the middle West. where he has
/ again demonstrated that there is only
one Olddeld. Leading the National As
/ s0ciatI0n percentage table by many
/ points and showing daily that he has
stiu 10 learn TO spell the word fear. he
I stands as The premier driver OF the
year. 81 Detroit, Mich, q week ago 20
! win the 5000 in gold. The Wolverine
| Sweepstakes, many OF Oldheld's miles
were under fifty-fve seconds. The Ma
/ ti0nal Sweepstakes, which will be run
at Benning, best two in three heats, will
/ be for a purse the same as was given IN
/ the West. Cups and trophies viii be
/ the prizes for the amateur events. OF
which there Vel be several, while speed
( trials by Oldfeld. Albert. and others 20
/ have the honor Of establishing track
record. will form the best list of events
possible 10 offer.
| Racing in 1905 has proved the most
/ successful year in the history of the
game The powerful cars are not only
faster than ever before. but many more
! drivers have become skilled in plotting
/ them under the minute or circular
/ tracks. Arrar Eements have been com
/ pleted with one Of the largest oil deal
| ers in the city 10 supply sixty barrels
/ OF oil 20 use on the turns OF Bennlng
track to lay the dust. This will make
not only a much faster but safe track.
Oldfeld and Green Dragon.
OldheId viii arrive in the city tomor-
row with hts private car in which ne
carries three OF his racing machines and
/ a fast touring auto. This car is equip
ped with a full work shop and tools.
[ The last meet of the Western circuit
was at Toledo. Ohio. yesterday. after
which Oldheld's private car was I'm
! mediatelv expressed East The Wash
ington meet viii open the Eastern cir
cult which viii include Baltimore. Phil
/ adelphia New York, Brooklyn, Provi-
! dence. Boston, and many other Eastern
cities. The car Oldneld viii guide at
/ Beuning Is the same Green Dragon with
/ which he made his string Of records
| from one 10 fifty miles. on a circular
| track. The mile was covered in O:53.
while the fifty miles were negotiated in
4S:4O Is.
| Paul Albert. who will race against
/ Oldheld with the White Streak is a
native Of Berlin, Germany, and was
/ brought to this country by Vanderbilt
! TO defeat Oldh6d in the races which
were held at Ormond- Daytona, Florida,
in 1905 During thu past season Albert
/ has mastered the track racing game
/ and promises to be one Of the foremost
! drivers at this style OF sport. Freeburg,
with the high horsepowered Buick
/ space-eater. has also made a fine show
ing on the Western circuit.
Millionaire Driver.
| Coey. Chicago s millionaire driver. who
drives the huge six cylinder Thomas
Tornado. will also be at this meet, with
the car which he viii drive In the Van
/ derbut Cup races, and an effort is being
made to secure the entry OF the com
panion car OF the Tornado which IS now
IN the East working out on the course
Cedrino. Of Gordon Bennett Cup fame
IS also q likely starter in this contest.
as he has expressed a willingness to
meet Americas track champion at his
own game. The program will consist
Of about eight events.
4 The greatest source Of danger in track
racing and the cause of most Of the
track accidents has been tire troubles
In covering miles in 0:53 a car travels
over 10 feet per second. On reaching
Il the turns while travelling at this rate Of
4 speed the cars swerve and skid from
ten to fifteen feet. This rapidly wears
the tires. and the friction of skidding
causes intense heat which expands the
/ tires and causes them to explode.
Perilous Work.
II was an exploded tire which hurled
| OldaeId through the fence In his first
fatal accident at Detroit. The rim
buried into the ground. and the light
ming moveing 1uggernaut being brough;
to such a rapid stop was hurled through
the fence. leaving path of killed and
wounded.
A tire rolling off the rim Of the big
Winton Bullet. at Cleveland. crashed the
! car through the fence and amputated
, the leg of its nervy little driver, Earl
r F[iser. Webb and others have experience
ed accidents from the same source of
danger It is necessary TO put new
E tires on Oldfeld's car after each five
miles run under 0:55 seconds to the mile.
As the specially constructed racing tires
are worth 500 each, racing as INDUCED
D ia by the champions is an expensive
S sport