The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-25
REMARKABLE WAS
 SPEED AT DAYTONA Robertson on Speedway Gees
 5 Miles In 2:45 1-5 rnNI CD}c DINNNI CIInNrOO
FOGLER'S BICYCLE SUCCESS
DePaIma, strang, Dewitt, One, Two, Three, In 100-Mile Event-Mo otor- cycle Events Were Exception
 ally Good-The Summary.

Daytona, Fla, March 24.-A fast course, large attendance, a stiff southern breeze blowing up the eourse and the shattering of worlds records in automobile, motor cycle and bicycle events characterized the second Daytona tournament on the fast est automobile course in the world.
 In the first heat in the invitation race for five miles. Robertson, de Palma, and Fitzpatrick were entered. Fitzpatrick, however suffered engine trouble with his red devil, and was forced to retire from participation in the race. Both drivers got away on the scratch with a flying start, the huge Benz, with Robertson at the wheel, gradually drawing away from her rival, fat Cyclone, with Ralph de Palma at the wheel, and hurling across the line In tine phenomenal time of 2:45 1-5, broke the worlds record for gasoline cars, held by Lancia, in a 1O0-horsepower Fiat, of 2:54 5-5, made on this course in 1906 and also the steamer record of 2:47 1-b, made by Fred Marriott. in the same year.
 Summary of Events.
 The final event was a piston displace- ment class race, which was originally in- tended to be for a distance of POO miles and reduced to sixty miles, but it was a. mix-up affair, some cars running for 100 miles and the Fiat Cyclone for 12o miles. Summary:
 Half-nile bicycle. flying start-Fogler first; time, 0:47 1-5; Mitten. second; Root third. Foglers time was five seconds under record.
 Herstrom, on a two-cylinder ten-horse- power motorcycle made a mile in 44A seconds.
 Five-mile motorcycles, time trials Chapel S:O2; Cooke, S:SO 1-6 (world's rec ord); Stubbs, 3:s3; Gaestel, 4:2S.
 Five-mile invitation match race-Robert- son, Benz, first; time, 2:45 1-5; De Palma, Fiat Cyclone, second.
 Ten-mile free for all, two starters Bruce Brown, amateur, driving Benz, won in 5:142-5, breaking the record for that distance, held by Arthur Mcdonald, of 6:15 made on this course in 1905.
 De Palma, in Fiat Cyclone, also broke the record. covering the distance in 5:29 2-5.
 Two-mile cycle. open-Fogler first; time, S:45 1-5. worlds record for >straightaway; Root. second; Mitten, third.
 Some Remarkable Speed.
 One hundred-mile piston displacement race, first lap twenty mles-Fiat Cyclone (Ralph de Palma). time, 17:25; Buick (Bur- man) 21:10 Buick (Strang), N:22; Cleve- land Qaughlin), 21:27; Cadillac Oytle), 22:2s; Buick (Dewitt, 3O:34
 Second lap (otal forty miles)-F4at (De Palma), time S2:5s; Buick (Btrman), 3S; Buick (Strang), 3S:0S; Buick (Dewitt, 4o:09; Buick Myers) 52:12; Cadillac Ny- tle), 53:o4 Is; Cleveland Oaughlin), 63:53.
 Third lap (total sixty miles)-Fiat (De Palma), time, 4S:02 2-5 Buick (Strang), 55:54 3-5; Buick (Dewitt), 55:59 1-5; Buick (Myers), S6:10 2-5; Cleveland Laughlin). Ss s:36 1-5; Cadillac (Lytle), 92:N.
 Fourth lap dotal eighty miles)-F'iat De Palma), 62:36 1-5 Buick (Strang), 73.O5 4-5; Buick (Dewitt), 79:31 2-5.
 Fifth lap total 100 miles)-Ffat (De Palma, 76:55; Buick (Strang), 9O:24; Buick (DewitD, 99:27 4-5
 Sixth lap dotal, 12O miles)-Ralph de Palma, driving the Fiat Cyclone, kept on and covered the 120 miles in 93:44 3-5 seconds.