The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-26
BOB STUBBS STAR ON DAYTONA TRACK Rides Mile on Motorcycle In
 43 2-5 Seconds STRANG GOES TO ATLANTA Buick Team Will Enter Hill Climbing Contest There-summay of Yes
 terdays Events-Prepara-
 tions for Next Season.
STRANG GOES TO ATLANTA

Daytona Fla, March 25.-The third days tournament of the Daytona beach races was confined almost exclusively to motorcycle and bicycle events, there be- ing only two automobile races, the Day tona handicap, which was run twice, distance of four miles each.
 The principal feature of the days events was the breaking of the worlds one-hour motorcycle record by Walter Goerke, of Brooklyn, who made 69 miles in 5S min- utes 25 4-5 seconds Goerke also estab- lished a new worlds record for the kio- meter, covering the distance in 2 4-5 sec- onds.
 Robert Stubbs of Birmingham, Ala also lowered the worlds one-mile motorcycle record, made yesterday by Goerke, in the remarkably fast time of 4S 2-5 seconds, against Goerkes time of 45 1-5.
 The Buick team, composed of Strang, Burman, Myers and Dewitt, together with their cars, left this morning for Atlanta, to enter the hill-climbing contest. The big record breaking Benz, after breaking her piston yesterday, was shipped back to New York today, when it was found that the car could not be repaired. H. J. Fitzpatrick also shipped his red devil back to New York today
 It was formally announced tonight that the eighth annual Daytona beach tourna- ment will be held on this famous racing course the last week in January, 1910, and a large sum of money will be deposited for cash prizes. to attract the greatest cars of the world to the meet. and no doubt records will be made that will as- tound the world.
 The Days Summary.
 The days summaries follow
 One-mile motorcycle trials-Robert Stubbs, Birmingham, Ala, first; mile, 43 2-5 seconds. Best previous record, 45 1-5. A. G. Chapple, second time, 43 4-5
 Half-mile professional bicycle handicap Won by J. Gordon Walter Australia 70 yards. time. 57 3-5; second, Fred Hill. Bos- ton, 50 yards; third, E. l.. Collins, Lynn, 60 yards.
 Quarter-mile amateur bicycle-Won by Frank A. Valiant, time, 3S 1-5 seconds; second Walter Georke; third, Eugene Gaeste
 Kilometer motorcycle record trials Ia kilometer Is 32S1 feet, or 1094 yards)-Won by Walter Goerke, Brooklyn, 27 4-5 sec onds; second Robert Stubbs, Birmingham, Ala, time, 28 1-5.
 One-mile professional bicycle handicap Won by Fred Hill, Boston, 100 yards, time, 234 1-5; second, J. Gordon Walker. Aus tralia, 12o yards; third, E. F. Root Bos- on, 25 yards
 One-mile invitation, automobile-Won by Ralph de Palma, Fiat Cyclone, walkover, time, 37 3-5.
 Half-mile bicycle, amateur-Won by Eu- gene Gaestel. time, :35; Frank A. Valiant, second; William Wray, Jr., third
 One-mile bicycle professionalism by Joe Fogler Brooklyn, time, 3:01 1-5; sec ond, Gordon Walter, Australia; third, Walter Bardgett. Buffalo.
 One-mile motor cycle, best two in three heats-First heat won by Walter Goerke; Robert Stubbs, second; A. G. Chapple, third. Second heat won by Stubbs; Goerke, second; Chapple, third. Third heat, Chapple first; Goerke, second; Stubbs, third. The winner, Walter Goerke, points; Robert Stubbs, points, second A. c. Chapple, points, third.
 Automobile Events.
 Four-mile handicap, for automobiles Won by l. N. Uppercut, Cadillac "3O," one minute five seconds, time 5:03 2-5; second, M Hotchkiss, 30 Pope Hartford, fifty sec onds; third, Seamans, 30 stoddard-D Dayton, thirty seconds
 Four-mile handicap. No. 2-Won by Hotchkiss, Pope Hartford, 30 seconds. time 505 3-5: second, Ralph de Palma, scratch. 556, net time, 3:16; third, Seamans, Stod- dard-Dayton, 30 seconds.
 One-hour motorcycle record race, to beat the Brooklands, England, track rec ord of 6S miles 1880 yards-Won by Walter Goerke, seven horsepower Indian, time 58 minutes 25 4-5 seconds for 69 miles. Goerke's time for 49 miles. fl minutes 23 seconds. A. G. Chapple, Eugene Gaestel and Robert Stubbs also ran.