New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-28
TOY WITH AUTO RECORDS
Kincaid Dashes to Victory in One
Hundred-Mile Race.
HARBOUR DOES HIS PART
Sets New Mark in Ten-Mila
struggle-No Accidents Mar
the Racing.

INDIANAPOLIS May 27.-Records went dovr
before the onslaught of desperately driven
motor cars In the races on the Motor Speed
way here so-day. and the new course the
only brick track In the world. justified thu
homes of It's constructors that IL poud
prove satisfactory.
In three different classes OF American
stock cars time was hammered down. The
drivers opened their engines TO the limit
and fought every foot OF the way. The
chief fixture of the day was the 100-mils
race for cars OF 3o1 to 40 cubic inches pis-
ton displacement. II was won by Kincatd
driving a National car. in the fast time u
1:23:2 The previous record. set by Chevro
let In a Buick at Atlanta, was f:240S.
III fortune took this race away from
Dawson, driving a Harmon He led the
heId from the tenth TO the eighty-hfth mile
but dropped behind by the foulins Of
spark plug and could not regain the lost
ground.
Kincaid. rushing down the home stretch
barely escaped crashing into the press
stand when one of his rear tires ripped OF
and hurtIed high in the air. By clever
work he held his car to the track. and
rear Of cheers testified TO the approval II
the crowd.
In the 1ye-N1iie race lot CARS VI ttic Sdtki5
class Kincaid broke another record. win
ring over Dawson and Harroun. both dFiv-
ing Harn1ons. by a tremendous burst OF
speed in the honnestretch that carried him
TO the front His time was sos. lettering
the former record by forty seconds
Harroun had his inning in the ten-mils
race for cars of 231 20 300 inches displace-
ment. He won in s:1s smashing the former
record of 9:oa Chevrolet. driving Buick
car In the fve-nnile race for the little cars
of 161 TO 80 inches displacement. won with
a brilliant dash in 4:41. breaking the pre-
vious time of STD
The withdrawal of all the Buick and
jackson entries because the technical com.
mittee barred several cars that were said
to exceed classification Of power, caused
some wrangling. After several conferences
the Buick owners consented 70 re-enter
those of their cars that met the American
Automobile Association rules. as interpret
ed by the technical committee.
There were no serious accidents The
steering gear of Barney Oldfeid's Knox
car broke as he was trying out MS ma
chine before the first race was called. and
he ran TO the high edge of the bank on a
curve, but stopped safely. The accident
put MIN out OF the races for the day' QUIZ
he expects TO start tomorrow FOX.
driving a Pope Hartford, also had narrow
escape when the steering gear Of his car
broke The car shot into the inner ditch,
but did not turn over
The summaries follow:
First race ten miles tror cars OF 2Sl 20 900
ipches piston dfsplacementl-Won by ttarrocn
(Marrnon): Dawson (Marmonl, second FOX
Second raee ten miles dfor cars Of i51 500
inches piston displacemenD-Won y Aitken
3Ns,ionsb i hniaia Tn Na' sas lo
Third race i've miles flor cars"of 151 to go
inches piston dsplaeementmMSn ~ Sne CFirs
stone}. third. Time. 4:41 Ito This time Iow-
ss rs The previous American record WHICH 'A'
Fourth race hve-rnile free-for-aH handicap
Won by Greiner tationa scratch; I91ssy IA IA
toni tscratch). third Time. "a 80
Fifth race fve-miie free-for-an i sTnatsa
second Time. 4:oe 10 "a
Sixth race, five miles 0or cars OF aoi % 90
(NationaD: Dawson CMarnon), second; Har-
roun tMarmon). third Time. 4o5 10
The Amateur Automobile Contest Asso-
citation hill climb UP Anderson Hill at White
Plains Is the fixture which will interest local
automobiles to-day The hill Is a particu-
Iariy difficult one exactly one mile IN
length, and il has been prepared with great
care.
The first number is for cars with piston
displacement of 500 cubic inches or below
the prizes being association cups for first
and second The second number IS open 70
cars with a displacement of S0f TO 49o
cubic inches. for association cups. The
third is for cars with displacement OF 45l
70 600 cubic inches. for first and second
prize cups
The Sree-for-alI Is for the association low
ing cup. and will include such entries as
G.. B. Lambert. in a Simplex 90; " Fowler
in Palmer & Singer Six: c. A Fowler, IN
Simplex: j. NJ. Rutherford. in Nationai.
and many others The afternoons spon
will close with a motorcycle race for po-
licenlen. Entrants in this race are from
Mamaroneck Harrison. Rye, White Piains'
Larchmont Scarsdale. Briarcliff, IonKers
and Mount Vernon A train leaves en0
Grand Central Station at 1:14. arriving III
time for the first contest.