New-York tribune., 1908-03-06
SPEED RECORD FALLS.
FIAT CIR FAIRLT FLIES.
Cedrino Driues Faster than NHe q
Minute on FLORIDA Beach.
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orr1ond Fla March 5.-E. Cedrno. driving the
g. horsepower Fiat Cyclone. tairly flew over three
hundred miles on the beach here to-day m ho"FS
63 minutes a. seconds. making a rev worId F@'
ord He drove the faster than mile mlaul''
and averaged more than = miles an honr- me
best previous average Of 70S miles an hour vas
made bv Nazzaro in a Fiat car in the last t'ran'
P-ix in France The latter race was at 80 0nlleS-
II was In the at IS miles to-day that 90
rino made his remarkable time After "1nnnE 'ne
race IN 3 hours Il minutes u % secondS ne con
timed on to the 3Go-rnile mark He covered the
e-s+ 1oo miles in I hour q minutes 20 IS seconds
The times at this distance and the 39-m'ie marx
were taken with stop watches. the other u'heS
being taken by the electric timing apparatus
-Four cars started in the race. The S'-horsep'"e'
Christie driven by R @ Kelsey, finished se'''l''
barely tvAlve seconds before the 5o-horsepo"eF
Renauit driven bv NJ. G. Bernin, in hours MIN
utes IS seconds. The spectacular finish Of theSe
two cars furnished almost as much excitement /"
the crowd as Cedrinos great record
The 12o-horsepover Christie car. driven ~ r -
rlakelv was leading at the first ten-mile turn
in six minutes but never in the race at'er
that point. finally compelled 20 "1'hd'a"
after covering 50 miles, owing 70 the blowing
ont Of a cylinder head
Each circuit Of the course was thtrty-tWo nli'S-
a,d the RanauIt car lea the first. minutes
20 seconds ahead Of the Fiat which. in turn vas
minute IS seconds ahead Of the small Christie
machine
uniting
Flat shortly after the start, but once under way
again CedrIno slowly but surely made UP the lost
ground and went laundering by the tSenauil near
the end of tho second circuit Tire trouble ana
missing engine caused Bernin to lose some val
71abje time in the next round, that when the
three cars had covered the third circuit or ninety
six miles. Ced-ino led the Frenchnan by - min
rtes 81 seconds. The ReUault car ran smoothly IN
the next round. and the figures showed that X
rstrad twelve seconds on the Fiat.
From that time il was plain 70 the oIs cT"Vo
in the grandstand and along the course that 'ed-
r7no had the race safely won. barring accidents as
the car was fairly Sying over the smooth sand,
with the engine working Ike a clock. Inc speed
with which he rushed by the stand was almost
terrifying and the way he ate" up the ground
7-ae wonderful The crowd gasped when the car
suyerved slightly at point as an accident
seemed Imminent Cedrino quickly stralShtened
it out and in less time than it takes to tell It vas
a mere speck in the distance.
Bernin had more trouble with the RenauIt IN tHe
fifth circuit and Kelsey went booming by him and
took second place near the end Of the sixth round
at which point Cedrino had clear lead OF thirty
three minutes and fourteen seconds. After thal
chief interest centred in the stirring struggle or
second honors so far as the spectators wera con-
carrad Kelsey in the small Christie, gained a
lead of some nine minutes over BernIn. out the
latter made up lot OF ground In the last Two or
cults and coming down to the finish no one Holld
-au which would get there first. Bernin opened
catch Kelsey. but the latter would not be Denied
and the two cars went rushing by only few sec
oDds apart Bernn's machine was running the
faster At the end. and he would have been second
il the race had been a little longer.
When CeIrino drove back after covering three
hundred miles and breaking all records for average
eraer an hour the crowd gave great cheer while
his friends gathered around TO congratulate nm
The race was one of the most interesting ever oe-
c,dad and the Fiat car finished in perfect condition
2 9, Kelsey had a narrow escape this morning
when his car skidded and plunged into the ocean
The machine was hauled out this afternoon at low
tide.
Entries OF Benz and Matheson cars have been
made in the Savannah races Of March % ana -
The Benz car entered yesterday BY Louis J.
Pergd0r who Is with the car 81 Florida and the
zTs+bason was entered by the Matheson company
at Wfkes-BaTre, Penn. Both entries are IN l"e
f,=hno7vared class with than 575 cubic inches
77fs-on disbursement This gives total OF I'VE en-
fries for this race which is az 1So miles and VIII
be run on the afternoon Of March IS
II fs said that several additional entries will be
made for the 350-nie race Of March lS W'icil mas
seen nominations 10 date consisting Of two Apper-
rars +-o Tso-+as. an American. an Acme and a
Tozer. It IS announced that the American roadster
N he driven rv Fred / Tone the designer of the
car.
-.-,s,o- F-ra1inglr,vsea will explain the why and
wherefore and something Of the alleged advan-
-apes Of the proposed changes in the state autono-
re law fore the Associated Automobile clubs OF
New Jersey assembled in mass meeting at the New
Jersey Automobile Club tonight Delegations from
all of the automobile organizations in the state a
committee from the New Jersey Automobile Trade
Association a committee from the Newark Board
Of Trade and several prominent political leaders
will be present 10 discuss questions with the Sena-
tor The meeting is called for o clock