New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-31
MAKES NEW AUTO MARK
CEDRINO GETS HONOR.
Lo7cers Record for Ten Niles on
Empire City Track.

Manuel Cedrino in a 24-horsepower Fiat
Junior at the reunion meeting of Oldsmobilists
I at the Empire City track yesterday, broke the
worlds record for ten miles. held by Bernin in
a 30 horsepower Renauit car, covering the dis
tance in minutes A. Is seconds. against II
minutes 20 seconds of the old mark. Cedrino
continued on TO fifteen miles and covered the
distance in IA minutes and 40 seconds, which is
also a worlds record for midde-weight ma
chimes.
Cedrino started out at the first mile to lower
the old record His fastest mile was the ninth,
which he covered in 81 A. seconds. His time by
miles for the distance follows: o:5s S-5;
1857 As; 2: IS; 1856 IS; f:54 As; :: SO;
6:52: 100 3-5: S:4S 20 9:471-5; 1916;
1916 2-5; T.: AIS: I3:442-5. and 14:45.
crowd numbering about four thousand per-
sons saw Cedrinos daring driving and as the
wonderful time for eacn mile was announced
storm of applause followed. The ear ran with
the accuracy of a clock, and the great skill dis
played by the driver was treat worth going
many miles to see.
The reunion of OIdsmobile owners. which IS
held each year, easily surpassed the previous
contests More than two hundred Oldsnobile
cars, all well loaded with passeng started in
the parade to the track from the Oldsmobile
salesroom at Broadway and sd street at II
O'Clock in the morning Each of the owners in
the parade received a numbered ticket. half of
which he deposited in a box on entering the
ground. They We're taken out one by one and
the owner holding the last number drawn
ceived four-cylinder Oldsmobile. 1t
by Lindsey Tappin, Of this city.
At the track General John T. Cutting
master Of ceremonies and saw that every one
enjoyed himself. A luncheon was served and
then there were track contests. These events
proved to he of the liveliest kind, and the time
made in most events extremely fast, when
1t is taken into consideration that the track was
slow and heavy. pursuit race, in which there
were four starters, proved interesting. The
summaries follow:
one-cylnder curved dash runabout me)-Won
by yohn W. Colby Norwalk Conn; second, J. Dursnd
Sey YO- htrd Fred E0lh New York Tirna
242%
Mems roadsters 1906 Model S two miIes)-won by
G Allan Hudson. Westbury. Long Island: second. l. r
Adams. New York. Time. PAIN
Touring cars 1905 Model zone miel--won by Oliver
Light. Dobbs Ferry; second, John II Walsh Elmhurst
Long Island; third J. J. Durand, New Time
500
Touring 1907. Model a two niles)-Won by l. E
BambUrger New York; second Tunis Spear third. C.
Allan Hudson. Time. 3:20
Mems roadsters 1907. Model three mesl-Won by
Bruce Brown New York: second. 2. L. Waterbury.
York; third. F. G. Schmidt New York Time BASH
Progress between 1903 one-cylinder curved
runabout driven by Ed steurwald. and 1907 Model A
touring driven by Speare In this handicap
given the end of the second mile the
ing in the 1907 model doing four laps the 903s
Pursuit contested by Dr. Julian =. Thomas. n.
Odsmobe roadsters. six miles exciting
racing D. Bruce succeeded in passing OF
others and declared the winner. C. l.. Waterbury