Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-11
AUTOMOBILES TO
REEL OFF TIME
Rivalry Between oIdfieId, SeibeI and
Honshue Should Result In Some
Fast Exhibitions Tomorrow
Afternoon

Automobile racing is to be continued
at Agricultural park tomorrow after
noon, when stock car events Will occur,
with added features of spectacular driv-
ing between such experts as Oldheld
and Seibel.
The entries in the fifty-mile race to
date are Cadillac, Apperson, Thomas,
Elmore, Franklin and Crawford. The
last three named cars to be driven by
Ed Smith, H. Hamlin and Dudley, who
have deposited side bets of 5000.
The entries for the Cupid race are
Eddie Maier, with his new Peerless;
Mr.. Jacoby, in his Thomas, who won the
Cupid races last Saturday and Sunday;
Smith in the Elmore, Don Lee in a Cad
lilac and if James Morley's 1907 Royal
Tourist arrives in time this will also
be entered.
The management is hopeful of securing
the entry of the two Packard runa-
bouts which ran such a fine race last
Saturday. An Apperson and one other
high class car will also enter this race.
The event for six-cylinder cars should
be of interest. An effort is to be made
to get the Stevens, Duryea, Ford and
Franklin people to start their big cars
in this event.
Leon Shelter will bet any part of a
thousand dollars that his REQ Bird,
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| feat SeibePs Red Devil. The REQ Bird
claims the record for middle weight
cars. This car has mark of So Sec
onds for the mile.
The keen rivalry between these two
drivers should make this race one of
the very best on the days program.
The winner will meet Barney Ooldfield
later in the afternoon.
The Broadway theater has been show
ing all this week moving pictures of
Barney Oldfield's famous accident at
Detroit several years ago, at which
time he went through the fence.
Some beautiful trophy cups which
have been secured for prizes for the
stock car events are on exhibition in
Luckenbach's windows on Spring street.
The cup for the fifty-mile event stands
Is inches high and is handsome silver
tankard encased with leather.
Oldfield, the champion speed king, is
grieved because credit of victory is
given over him from the fact that Bruno
Seibel won the five-mile open from him
Sunday after Barneys car broke the
crank shaft at the three-quarter pole
and he had the race well in hand.
This is the first time in two years
that car has crossed the tape ahead of
the Green Dragon, and Barney Is nurs-
ing a sore spot and bemoans his luck.
There will be nothing to 1t next Sun
day." says Oldfeld, "as I surely will
hand this flying Dutchman' a beating
that he will remember as long as he
lives, and every time he sees anything
! green after 1 get through with him.
he will run a mile"
Oldfield wired for crank shaft Mon
day, but to avoid the possibility of a de-
lay he is removing the one from his
big 60-horse power touring car and will
put 1t in the Green Dragon at once.
Barney quotes himself as follows: 81
guess the five miles that 1 drove In
4:39 is Sunday will show where they
get off to beat me, as the best that the
Red Devil could do in the race with
Honshue, when he won by inches, was
to cover the distance at about min
ute gait.
1T do not desire to detract from Sci
bells victory, but 1t was only when my
car became disabled" 1t looks as
though there was very determined ef-
fort on the part of every one to defeat
Seibel, who has shown that he is fas,
becoming a driver of first rank.
If there is anything that would please
Burke, the present owner of old 999
1t would be to take Seibels meaure, anG
he promises that the car, which was
first to hold the worlds circular tracl
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it in 56 seconds in 1892 will be ready
for business next Sunday, when he will
attempt to take a fall out of the Ely,
ing Dutchman."
A short race for roadsters will alsC
be added to the stock car events. The
stock car races, the special match race
the fifty-mile race and the Cupid race
with several exhibitions by Oldfield
will make the finest card ever put on IL
Los Angeles.
This will be Oldfield's last appearance
in Los Angeles for several years, as HI
leaves Monday for Fresno, San Fran
cisco, Portland and Seattle. The ad
mission for Sunday will be 80 cents.