The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-24
FLORIDA RACES FAIL
Meet on the 0rmOnd Beach
Proves a Fizzle.
ONE NEW RECORD IS MADE
Periman Drives q FIfty-fEOrsepOwer
WeIch Car Twenty Miles, from IA
Standing Start, In % Minutes and IL
Seconds, Which Is a New Worlds
Mark-Machine Fully Equipped.

Hotel Ormond, Fla, Jan. 23.-There Is
little question that the racing at the pres
ent Ormond- Daytona Beach tournament
will be finished tomorrow. There are
not enough cars here TO prolong the rae
ing longer and the officials have come to
the conclusion that the best thing to do
IS to wind 1t up as soon as possible. To-
day there were but three regular sched.
ule events run off.
That the meet this year has proved
f1zzle, as far as races are concerned, may
be charged TO the fact that the manufac-
turers were afraid Of the steam creations
that It was expected would be brought
here
The first race to be called this morning
was the twenty-mile touring car race
from a standing start open TO all classes.
The first three to finish this race we're TO
represent the United States in the inter
national touring car championship, 10 be
held later in the day. The event Wit
messed the first record breaking perform
anCe Of the meet. as the WEIGH car, Of
80 horsepower. driven by i. p. Periman.
Of New York. won the race In . minutes
Z
race. around the pole, al the end OF ten
miles. the time was remarkably fast, con
sidering that the car was fully equipped
n touring form. There were four starters
in the race. Asa Paine. ia his 50-horse-
power Winton; A l. Kull In the 3
horsepower Wayne, and G. ". Rose, in
the 30-horsepower Stoddard
strong Head wind.
n
minutes Is seconds. with Kull but Is sec
onds behind him in making the turn. The
Winton was third to round the pole in y
minutes "a seconds.
A fierce headwind greeted the cars on
the return trip up the beach, but the
Welch flashed across the finish line IN
22:32, new record for a twenty-mile
race with touring cars. Kul met with
much trouble on his return tTip. and was
passed by Paine, who finished second. but
far behind Perlman. Rose chopped the
contest with a stalled motor.
There is little question but that the ten
mile standing start race, open 70 al
/ classes. would have been a walkover for
Marriott in the steam Bug II he had
not blown out a cylluder-head in the first
/ 100 yards. He got away quickly, we'll in
/ the lead OF Z. 3. Blakely in the 70-horse-
/ power American Mercedes; F Z. Stan
/ ley and T f. Baldwin. in Stanley steam
+ e~s. When MarTiotts mishap occurred
Blakely took the lead and held II to the
/ end F. +. Stanley was second over the
I line ten seconds behind. Owing 20 their
wiz I'm the twenty-mile American tour
! ing car rae earlier In the day. L. II
/ Perlman, with the 50-hOrsepower WEIGH
and Asa Paine. with bis 59-hOrsepOweI
/ Winton. qualified 20 defend the iuterna-
tiOual touring car championship trophy
J in the next race. Their only competitor was
/ Capt Hutton. Of England. in the 2o-hOrse-
power Rolls Royce. sand got in the Carb-
urater OF the WEIGH car, and it was not
! ready to report 10 the starting line on tbs
schedule time, so Paine and Hutton were
sent of without him. It was an easy
/ victory for Hutton, in 3 minutes 2;
/ seconds.
/ After the race PerIman issued a chal-
! Ienge 10 Hutton 70 meet him IN a race al
/ twenty miles tomorrow with his Rolls
/ Royce against the Welch. This was ac-
cepted. and q good pile Of money has been
put UP On the outcome by the most IN
/ terested
/ The only other race to-day was a one
mile motor cycle race between George
/ Curtis. on a Curtis. and William WTay
on a Simplex. Curtis Won in IS .;
/ seconds.