New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-30
TWO MILES A MINUTE
orNOGEOT rs CROWNED.
ro,5erfml Speed Is Developed in
~4uto" Races in Florida.
- telegraph % The Tribune

Ella Jan. 29.-Iwo miles minute Is
o71 IN. dream OF the speed enthusiast
fea"'. -,e Two cars covered two miles in
hss Gu. q minute on the last day OF the au-
s'' armament on the OrmOnd-Daytona
...,h to-day.
Bss.- Denogeot. in the 20O-horsepower Oar
,ro7 the tvo-mile-s- minute contest
~ al. from crossbow he covered the dis
b - - seconds. A mighty roar went up
u -, bie crowd in trout Of the clubhouse
.,s Frrenchrnan returned after his remark
-s-f,rrance. II was not until then that he
hat he had made the fastest time for two
- ANYTHING that ever travelled on wheels.
- 20 a halt a few hundred feet below
q -,.bhouse and when the time was an
= he lifted both feet from the floor Of the
-.,,s and exclaimed. Good"
- machine 10 get below the minute
90 The two miles was the horse
stanley steamer. cleverly driven by Fred
- He covered the distance in 80 50 sec
These two cars were the only ones 20
Sc in the contest which was run in the
- time trials Both machines had two
The Stanley car was the first Of. and on
a.. trial failed. the time being I minute
sacords The Darracq then had a trial
=, s.rsd also but only by a fraction Of a sec
a ,bs tine being I minute and s. seconds
=. stanley car was then brought out again
- che second trial and fairly few over the
= course in 30 80 seconds. Marriott got an
--.+,or and wei ne deserved it, as, while his
49,. mas beaten "a few minutes later, he won the
s,-fr,tion Of being the first man 10 drive car
80 niles below the minute mark.
SLOWING The contest the browning Of the vic
"A
.-,souse by Mss Mary SimraI, the 'prettest'
r-ir Florida, according To a voting contest
, Mace o. putting on The head Of Demogeot the
sssv gold and silver trophy offered by The
--r4s Union of Jacksonville a crown Of palms
vas used in lis place Miss Slmrau Is only four
,ss- years old. The crowd swarmed around the
rari and cheer after cheer was given for De-
-5zeot who modestly bowed his appreciation.
Presentation speeches We're made by John G.
Vs-nore Of New-Tork and Asa Paine. the
resident OF The Florida East Coast Automobile
ASSOCIATION. Mss SimraU. before placing the
gown on the head Of Demogeot. made a short
address in which she said In part.
In tae palqly DAYS Of imperial Rome and
Athens II was The custom 70 crown the national
athletic heroes with laurel wreaths Having
bssn chosen ~ represent our beautiful State Of
o. The two miles g minute race Il gives me in
finite pleasure ~ crown you Mr.. DemOgeOt
speed king of The world You have won against
re greatest and most daring drivers OF the
world and your fame VIII speed 10 all corners
Of the earth with even greater speed than your
beautiful racer made
Robert Lee Morrell chairman Of the racing
board OF The American Automobile Association,
sctsd as referee. Deuogeot has for some years
besn employed ss q uecheuician for the Oar
rscq concern. He occupied that position and
rode with HsUe- when the latter won the
lg6 Vanderbilt Cup race He came here az
Esnerys mechani--ar
The Silent running ~ the steam car. which
seemed 10 glide along the beach Ike q comet.
ana the heavy. laundering noise coming from
ne exhaust pipes u the DaTacq machine were
IL striking contrast The machines took q two
nile ty7ng start and hardly did they appear in
sight than they vanished again. and all that
could Be seer was a small speck IN the distance.
NJ. Stanley and Charles D. Cooke. the Ameri-
ca representative OF the Darracq concern.
watched the great trials from in front Of the
Clubhouse Both showed signs OF nervousness
slo tV7tche1 about when the word came that
ther machines were OF
me racing to-day brought the tournament 10
=, - L-A-e-.eiL weather and the beach at
rr---Is..S ~ e -t= .-HgLny programme 10 be
- s-----s before dark
60, 80 q -..eL. 9-aale Gay for Lancia- who won
c,- -ll .es-s tar n@aVgR-e iEht cars Two Of The
es " ere com l-r-C fr one making four arg.
I-l6 ID al. for the genial driver TaS-t,1- e..
So. y as D. the rfree---uile open cha1nior-
~ won n lb minutes William NJ
M a. .I- -7eroWer Napier was sec
distance ~ record Tor the
q. ~ 1s, leI-nl.-e HEAVYWEIGHT championship for
we're The r---as- e ..-'Lllle open championship
80 $50 "2a n minutes 10 80 seconds Tbs
go I-.g-l IS minutes Il seconds made nv
49, --.-3i. elC aS- year In this contest
s,ls--z- defeating the Stanley
seconds q - ono, lu ! minutes 80 3-5
No. --ancla s third victory vas fr rhe ten
Fls $500 u. F...r h. started from scratch
.-.+ vas minutes is - seconds
I'm m o.. -- aae Tor American cars was
IN ~ - ...sk ms morning and was won
seconds steamer DE- % minutes IS 2-5
me SEN - steamer was late in arriving at
CHRISTIE 100 aLl the 30 horsepower
me r~T,- ---a ne lu'-horsepCWer Ford car
ma -. '.l-- LIZ. starters were sent of : min
sta-Ier ~ -- before .r Nevertheless the
ira -. -eL came 20 first as the Ford car ran
rs- sal- and did NOT finish The Cbrisrfe
IN seoo-5 PEELED ~ srgr for water. and came
SUMMARY
ar-s-rors- I, -7 .a1sz.l-Woa by IAncia 10
power F.s- .-z- = -. Csdr1no. llO-horso-
~ F.- 1--E .r-sH.T Guiding the ten mile
ss1sg ---z- me - Fred Marriott SO-horsepower
-.,- slta-r--. ~ .-= - 30. William r. Hi
EVT Fs, z7. az Woa b Lanoia 1IO-horse-
-.--g ula ~. ~. --.s 81 Daimler. also started.
- c---- -sr-. steamer. time. 84.ls %. Va
b "a. -- E.s 10 --se5owe- Ford started
rEo ma .-. sand 81, fifteen miles.
- - ~ - -aI time. O.sl 80. second trisI.
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