Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-13
|REO BIRD WINS
FROM RED DEVIL
VICTORY OF SHELTER CAR
PROVES POPULAR
Barney oIdtleId Does Not Lower Any
Record, as Heavy Wind Blows
Over Course - WeII-
Managed Meet

Anticipating something in the record
breaking line large crowd which filled
the Agricultural park grand stand tc
its capacity witnessed some very fail
Automobile racing yesterday afternoon
A high wind spoiled all chances of fast
driving, though Oldfleld cut consider
able from the one minute mark during
his flve-mile race against time, which
was interrupted because his machine
went wrong.
The management sprung neat sur
prise by having cars numbered, and
those in the stands were able to make
something out. of the longer races
where several machines were entered.
A. j. Smiths Elmore figured conspic-
uously during the afternoon, as 1t won
the fifty-mile race and Cupid event.
Four cars came out for the f1fty-mile
contest-the Gilmore. Thomas, Franklin
and Crawford. The event proved ex-
citing indeed, as the flying Thomas,
which led easily for twenty-seven miles,
broke down and gave the Gilmore an
advantage which could not be over
come. In fact, the Thomas was I'M
able to finish, as it again came to a
halt on the twenty-eighth mile and died
away completely while covering the
forty-flrst mile.
The Franklin was three-quarters Of a
mile behind the Elmore as 1t finished
the final mile. The Crawford machines
effort proved a joke, as the car covered
but twenty-six miles.
1t appeared from the start as though
the Thomas would win going away.
The car shot forward at the pistol and
led for ,twenty-seven miles, having
Tapped the Elmore four or five miles.
The Elmore and Franklin were racing
and on the ninth mile Smith took sec
ond place from the Franklin. This lead
was always held until the end.
The Elmore's time was 1:15:1.
A novelty race which proved a farce
came next. A Packard runabout start
ed backward and completed the cir
poking somewhere down the back
Shelter Car Wins
The three-mile race for runabouts re-
suited in victory for a Packard ma
chine, which came to the wire fully
one-fourth of a mile in front of a
Frayer-Miller. Somebody's homemade
car could not cover two miles while
the others were whirling in. The time
was minutes and 43 seconds.
The five-mile race between Hanshue
in Shelters REQ, Bird and Seibel with
the Red Devil proved worth witnessing.
NO Small TlNdlTy tAlSltQ pClnCCh liiooO
intimately concerned. Seibel and Han
shue first started up the stretch, where
the flagman waved his red flag.
The Devil got away in the lead and
Shelter objected. claiming that a
start should be made in front of the
grand stand. Seibel and Hanshue
whizzed around the track only to be
stopped.
The second time they got away with
the REQ leading. Hanshue made every
post winning one and finished in the
fair time of minutes 4 IA seconds
Barney Oldfield again disappointed
the crowd with his Green Dragon,
which evinces great propensity to
quit. Oldfield covered three miles and
broke down on the fourth. His time
for the three miles was :56 2-5, :5S and
:561k.
Oldfield and Hanshue came out for a
little five-mile brush as a finale to
the afternoons entertainment. Han
shue got away on the rail, but Old
field caught him before the half was
reached. Oldfeld continued looking
back to see how far away Hanshue was
and evidently won as he pleased. Time
for the five miles was 1903 3-5. 1:01,
:04 4-5 / :03 1-5 1:01 4-5.