The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-01-06
F.. AUTOMOBILE SPEED
DUEL ANTICIPATED
Fastest Mechanical Travelling
Creations Now to Meet
IN Contest.
EVENT SCHEDULED TO
OCCUR THIS MONTH
Competition Really Between the
Foreign and American
Types of Autos.
Tribune Special Sporting Service.

Tribune Special Sporting Service.
JACKSONVILLE. Fla. Jan. b.-An au-
tomobie speed duel such as the world
has never yet been called upon 20 wit
ness is to he fought out on the sands
OF Florida during this month The fast
est mechanical travelling creations OF TWO
continents are 20 meet there In the free
for-all record race in test OF supremacy
from which most OF the other prospective
competitors already have been elinli-
mated. II is 20 be a duel between Eu
rope and America, between France and
the United States, between gasolene and
steam
This is news that sets al rest the fears
entertained in some quarters that the
detection of competitors AT former tour
nanents from the January list would re-
suit in a pauclty of high speed cars at
the ormond beach carnival The news
comes In TWO sections. one from Boston.
together make sensational story.
AT the last speed carnival on the Flo
rids beach two cars carried OF practi-
cslly all the record honors. a 36-horse
power Stanley steamer, built at Newton.
Mass. Travelled one kilometre. one mile
and flve miles in faster time than was
ever before made by any mechanical
contrivance The time for the distances
were. respectively, 1s 2-5 second 2s is
seconds and minutes AZ 1-6 seconds
The fastest rate was in excess OF 12t
miles an hour.
AT two miles, however. the steam Won
ders marvellous flight was echpsed by
a. 20o-horse power Darracq that skinned
the beach in IS As seconds. Some part
OF the steamers machinery was disabled
in making the Jwo-rnie record trial and
F. e. Stanley, designer and constructor
OF the car declared that the Darracq's
performance would have been relecated
TO second consideration had II not been
for the nishap. That was the beginning
OF the rivalry that Will result in bringing
together Al ormond again of a faster
Stanley and a speedier Darracu than the
wonders OF last year.
The news from Boston is that the new
Stanley record destroyer has been COM
pleted and tested. II is bigger and more
powerful than the machine that did
mile last winter In 2s l-5 seconds In
short stretch OF Massachusetts road il is
said 20 have shown a speed OF 100 miles
st naturally will travel much faster than
on public highway. It's ultimate speed
is problematical: but it's designer feels
conf1den, that II will smash all the
records established last year UP to rive
miles and possibly for longer distances.
He does not fear the Darracq In compe-
tition with II.
A second steam racer has been built
by the same constructor. which is al
most a duplicate of the present record
holder. These machines are 10 be entered
at Ormond by Ernest Rogers. wealthy
automobile enthusiast OF Brookllne Mass
Mr. Rogers will drive one. and II is CON
sldered probable that Marriott, who made
the Stanley records. will be the driver
Of the other
The news from Paris is that the 200
horsepower Darracq monster of eight
cylinders that travelled two miles in less
than one minute last January will be in
the Florida lists this month. II has been
practically rebuilt and is declared 10 be
more powerful and speedier than il was
before.
Though the entry OF racing machines
20 far Is notably light for the Florida
meet, the nominations in the. touring
classes are more numerous than ever be-
fore. The tournament will be held the
week of January 81