New-York tribune., 1908-03-07
AUTO RECORDS BROKEN.
HIGH AVERAGE SPEED.
RenauIt and Fiat Cars DiCidt
Honors on Florida Beach.
rBy Telegraph to The Triaune.l


lrr,oud Fla March 6-M. G. Bernin, driving
Paul Lacroix's GO-horsepower Renault car, cut
. minutes ~ 10 seconds off the worlds record
for one hundred miles to-day in a match race
with s b. Stevens in the 6o-horsepower Fiat
car. His time was hour i minutes o6 10 sec
ends. and he covered the distance at an average
speed Of eighty-two miles an hour The pre-
vious record was made by Clifford carp IN a
Napier car on the beach here two years ago
The machine travelled without futter during
the entire
This Was not the only notable feature which
marked the close Of the four-day tournament.
for Cedrino in the Fiat car, had his innings in
the one-rnile trials. He made the fastest mile
Of the meet. covering the distance in 30 sec
onds which is q new worlds record for middle
weight machines. The former record was 40 SO
seconds, made by Guy Vaughan, in Darracq
car, in 1906. This time is only % seconds
behind the worlds record for gasoene cars,
made by Chevrolet. in a 2o0-horsepower Dar-
racq, two years ago
Cedrno earned further honors by winning the
one-raile rolling start race between the Fiat and
Rerault cars. lie crossed the line first IN A As
seconds about one hundred yards in front OF
Bernin.
After the contests on the programme were de-
cided AID most OF the crowd had gone away
Bruce Brown in the Fiat car. drove q mile in
So 3-5 seconds This is a new worlds record
for amateur drivers the previous one of 50
seconds being made by William X Vanderbilt
jr, in a ao-horsepover Mercedes the same
course three years ago.
In the one-ne time trial Bernin, in the Re
nault timed in 80 Ii seconds; r g. hel-
sey. in W. Gould Brokaw's 5o-horsepower Chris
tie, made trials, both in A. 40 seconds, and
@. P. Parker in the 60-horsepower Benz car,
made mile in 40 40 seconds. which Is new
record for stock car chassis
The machines that competed in the mile trials
were those that made an average Of sixty miles
an hour or better in races of 100 miles or more
in the present tournament. Cedrino, who rode
with Stevens when the Fiat car met defeat.
said that II was due the car being geared too
high.
TIE one hundred mile race was held over the
fun sixteen mile course The start was made
al the fourteen mile post In all the cars COW
cred three laps OF the course and four miles
The timing done at the ten mile post IN
front Of the clubhouse. Another big crowd
gathered along the course and intense interest
was shown.
The Renault car led all the way Passing the
stand for the first tine, il was far ahead OF
The Fiat car as Stevens. who was at the wheel
OF the latter had TO stop for igniter- Al the
tv-en1y-fourth mile Bernin had q lead Of
minutes IS seconds, while at the thirty-sixth
mile he had gained S A. seconds more, being
timed in 2e minutes 81 seconds Still increas-
ing his lead Berrlin was exactly three minutes
ahead at fifty-six miles At the 6s-mile mark
Stevens had gained sixteen seconds on the
Renault but the handicap was too much, ana
Bernin came dashing over the last ten mile
stretch with the speed Of the wind and won
easily.