Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-24
WHITE WILL RACE
WITH OLDFIELD
MATCH EVENT IS ARRAN GED
between STAR FEATURES
CHRISTIE CAR IS TURNING FAST
MILES IN TRYoUTs
Rivalry Of Teams May Lead to Low
ering of Local Track Records,
as Fast Time Is
Expected

The gauntlet thrown down by r. w.
Gregory-of the White flying squadron
has been taken up by e. A. Moore,
Barney Oldfields manager, and q
match race between the Stearns ITO
horsepower big Ben and the 80
horsepower white Flyer" is assured
for the automobile race meet that will
take place at Ascot park on Saturday
and Sunday next.
The challenge was accepted and the
compact sealed in The Herald office
last night, and at last the White crew
that has been trailing Oldfield looking
for his scalp for the last three months
will have the chance to either beat
him or acknowledge that he is still
the greatest track driver of the world.
Gus Seyfried, who will drive the long,
slim white streak that is able to tear
around a circular mile track close to
the fifty mark, comedies that Oldfield
is an intrepid driver of the first class,
but feels confident that he has the
speed in the White flyer to trim him
even If 1t be ever so little.
Barney is willing to take on all COM
ers and feels just as confident that his
prowess on the oval will still be with
him after the meet. The steamer was
tried out yesterday afternoon to see IL
It was fit and showed that 1t could
tie.
Oldfeld has done several seconds bet
ter than that, and just how much
Seyfried can cut down his trial time
is a matter of conjecture, but the
White followers are putting up all
their separable personal property to
back their favorite.
The White will have three or four
chances to defeat the gas car, as
there are several events in which they
will compete. In the Sweepstakes the
Stearns, driven by Charlie Soules, and
the Christie, under the guidance Of
Hughie Hughes, will be worth consid-
ering. The Christie car has more speed
than any mortal dares to use on an
oval track, and is doing Ascot we'll
under a minute. 1t was clicked in 81
yesterday and Hughes says that he will
hit the turns a little faster after he
rounds the track few more times.
Soules feels that he has been over
looked to a sertain extent but prom
Uses that he will show the other cars
that they are in a race before they
beat him to the tape, and, besides, he
has an optimistic idea that he will beat
them ALL
No matter what the outcome of the
finals in the Sweepstakes or who wins
the free-for-all handicap, the White
will go against big Ben" In a match
event.
The race will be from five to ten
miles unless the steamer people ask for
a shorter distance, which Is not likely.
F. C Fenner is delighted with the
turn that affairs have taken, as he
feels that the winning way of the
White in Southern California has be-
come a fixed habit. He already has
bet three or four hats and six bits on
the results.
The three cars in the Oldheld aggre-
cation with the three cars in the White
team make I'D a total of more fast
cars than has ever been seen before in
Southern California at any previous
race meet.
with the rivalry between Oldfield
and the White crew 1t is not at all
unlikely that the fans will have
chance to see several local track rec
ords set at a lower notch.