The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-04-24
FACES turn AWAY
AS RACERS SPEED
Smashing Time Annihilators at
Ingleside Give Spectators
Thrills a=Plenty
Oldfield and Kerscher Going
After More New Records
in Final Events Today
By R. R. L'HoMMEDIEU

The Shriners automobile meet out
at Inglestde track yesterday was a
good afternoons sport. The finishes
in some cases were close enough to
keep the people in the grandstand on
their feet. The attraction of the day
was the driving of Barney Oldfeld and
Ben Kerscher. The latter is Barney's
driving mate who handles the big
Vanderbilt cup winner Darracq. The
cars they are driving are the fastest
ever seen in this part of the state. A
worlds two mile record for a circular
track was broken. as well as the mile
record for the same kind of a track.
These two performances alone were
worth the price of admission and the
time taken to go to the course.
The way these drivers drove their
cars at the turns made many turn
away, for they thought that the racers
would surely go through the fence. but
the veterans took the turns as easily
as if they had been on a straightaWay.
When the public saw there was no
danger the crowd became thoroughly
interested. The cars would come down
the stretch, thunder past the grand
stand and then fly up the backstretch
and before one realized it they were
back in front of the stand.
Now that Barney and Kerscher have
new marks, it is a certainty that they
will try to lower still further the
marks today which they set yesterday.
That is their profession, and If the
track is as good as 1t was yesterday
they will accomplish it.
One of the most interesting contests
outside of those for the big fellows was
the motorcycle five mile event Charles
Bake on a Thor went to the front at
the crack of the pistol Collins on an
Indian was right after him, but there
was no chance. Bake kept his lead
and won the event.
Another feature of the contest was
the method of timing, which was some
thing new, being done by an electric
| timer made by c. H. Warner. the ma
| tional timer, and known as the horo-
| graph.
The local cars showed up to good adj
vantage, the Bucks carrying off the
honors.
| In a report of the police court pro-
ceedings relative TO a recent shooting
! case in London an official has written
| of the usefulness of the motor ambu-
| lance. Tn the first place" he writes
| the motor ambulance arrived so
| quickly that those in the Office where
| the occurrence took place had no need
| to render first aid to the injured man.
In this case the motor carried on the
work of safeguarding the life of the
| man. 1t Is q strange condition of af-
! fairs that exists with regard to the pro-
| lection of life and limb. Large sums
| of money are constantly being laid out
| to protect property from fire and acct
| dent, but seldom is any expended to
| protect the lives of the citizens In the
case of protection from fire constantly
| the fire departments of the cities and
| larger towns are either charging their
| departments by adopting motor en-
| gines, fire fighting apparatus and cars
! for the chiefs. Then in juXtaposition
| take the case of an accident or shoot
ing. How many cities have motor am
! balances? Of course many hospitals in
| all large cities have motor ambulances,
| but these must really be considered
private vehicles. The police, when an
accident occurs. have to depend on the
| horse driven patrol and ambulance I'M
! less they press into service an automo-
bile that may be passing" This latter
| statement was eXemplified during the
| last week, when on the scene of a hold
up two motor cars passing along the
\ street responded to the signal from the
| police and drew up to the curb, one to
| convey a wounded officer to the hospi-
| tai and the other to act as ambulance
and patrol for the miscreant, who. was
captured after being fatally wounded.
| The local Winton branch shipped on
| Wednesday Little Six Winton
| touring car to DR.. S. B. Riley of Mon
rovia, Cal