New-York tribune., 1910-09-06
ROBERTSON WINS AGAIN
Drives Simplex Car to Victory
in Four Races.
SEVEN THOUSAND APPLAUD
Barney Oldfield Breaks World S
Record for Circular Dirt
Track.

ton Beach track yesterday. With his Sim
rlex car. combination that has been
money eetter this season. he won four OF
the seven competitive numbers and took
slaaa Of the 81 600 offered prizes
Doubtless the crowd Of seven thousand
r-ersons went 10 see Barney Oldfeld, who
has not appeared here since he rode in th4
BriarcIiff race Of 1901 and who has been
in such a long list Of serious accloehls
that he Is A person of unusual interest 10
the motor racesoers- But the clever Bar
rev conteuted himself with lowering the
worlds record for a circular dirt track.
This he -lsced at - 2-5 seconds heating
Ralrh De PaIn1a's mark. made az St Paul
T. 7a,q of - - seconds In a trial an hour
or two later Oldheld did better and cut
another notch in the record He turned
tie track in 4e4-5 seconds
Il is extremely doubtful if these RECORDS
Nh he accented tv the American AutoUno-
bile Association. as the rules OF that gov
,ernire BODY require that records must he
timed with automatic mechanical timing
devices. The time yesterday was taken by
three members Of the New York Timers
Club. holding stop watches.
4 whole dav Of automobile racing attract
e5 fair crowd Oldfeld was in his famous
F21i-zen SEM. which looks ike a half
rortfon OF a torpedo boat and almost com
rlerely envelops the driver. He made his
ira after four other aspirants for record
ronars had turned the track Ren ker-
acher. in a Darracq, was next 10 oldfeld
IN time. and made the mile in a3 % seconds
Robertson could not do better than 81 S-",
\ r,otorcvcle race Of ten miles added
novelty. hut no interest. to the card A
Q Chappelle driving a Nerkel- and Frank
S=ery. driving an Indian. contended for
The prize. and i was won handily by Chap
pelle
This was Immediately followed by the
%rs- bo,lr race-there were TWO on the card.
50 the crowd certainly got its money
worth Seven men got up in this race. IN
-ludirg l0ldfeld and his presence in It was
one item Of the nanagements faith Win
the crowd Oldfeld drove his Knox in this
raoe. and had covered thirty-eight miles
r-he7 he was compelled 10 retire from the
track as one Of his connecting rods had
gone wrong This left Robertson and
Reardsley 10 fight i out for first place
both driving Simplex cars. Ray Howard
- an Tsa+-a. and Ben Kerscher. driving a
Fiat were having pretty fight AT the
hack q the leaders for place oldfeld
had covered the thirty miles in 50 min
,.-e4 2s 3-5 seconds. After a dash for first
Mace ReardsIev developed tire trouble and
retired temporarily This gave the race
70 Robertson Ben Kerscher had come up
IN his Fiat and made a good second, and
Howard and his Isotta were third
The ten-rliie race for stripped chassis Of
800 cubic inches was q three car affair. ana
Of some interest. z H Sherwood won
with ease. driving = Mercer n ?. Bats.
driving an : P. O. was a good second.
IN the ten-n7ile race for stripped chassis
Of 500 cubic inches displacement Robert
son made his second win He jumped 10
the lead al the pistol. as he usually rides,
and opened up the distance a little more
with each mile. His only antagonist was
Kerscher. so that the race was not partic-
Ularly spirited
After the second hatch Of time trials the
ten miles for stripped chassis with six hun
dred cubic inch displacement was again
called ana no one went TO the tape but
Robertson. He tried TO lower the record.
but the best he could do all by his lonesome
was 10 minutes 5 Is seconds
The ten-rnile race for stripped chassis Of
three hundred c4bic inch displacement re
suited in q pretty win for NJ P. Bats in
his s. p O. John .Juhasz also driving an
s p. O. the same one with which he made
the worlds record for me hour a few weeks
ago al Brighton. took second
The last race Of the day was another
hour performance. with a good field. which
gradually narrowed itself to three cars.
Robertson won without trouble. covering
1-fty-flve miles in the hour His nearest
competitor WAS Leonard Orulshy in an
Allen Kingston. who did fortv-etght miles.
and Sherwood. in his Mercer, reeled of
1htrrv-eight miles in the sixty minutes.
Il was = matter Of great disappointment
u The crowd thar Oldfeld did not compete
IN the ten-rliIe event. as he had been widely
advertised n do 50 He came TO grief. TO
rs sure. in his first race Of the afternoon.
hHt there were other cars at the track
avalahle n which 10 please the crowd. he
might have started.
However Foberrson's performance ce-
men1ed him a little more soljdly in the
niche ~ tas made for himself in the heats
q The New York motor racing enthusiasts.
Tie meet was promoted by Dan s Smith.
Tne summaries:
Time trials asatnst the BRIGHTON Reach track
-. - - : - - ),-51-5sii tI,ss'
80 -. Ben Eersl her G)arracqy. o.53 2-5.
Iseards3es simplex. 100. Ray I4onard GsottaJ,
600. Crro Rost Black Crow. lis p Second
tDalracsl- o.524-5. Ray EoHar5 'ls5tta).
o.
Ter-r~fla rotor cycle race-won b. \. G.
Charpene nIerzeD. Frank seery dndian). SC
ond. Time. 9 ~.
C-7e-rou- race torea 70 stripped chassis. coo
c-tt- inches ana u-der)-Won h. George Rob
80, [ror5 = 7,-ilGs TsT Howard 11s6tra1,
th5rd mics. Ralph EearGsley 'Simplexl.
fourth - miles. CS5o Ros- G5-aea Crow. nth.
- miles
Ten-mie lopen 10 stripped chassis. $40 cubic
inches Won by Z u Sherwood fAIerc=r15 NJ
J, Parrs -. 2 o.. second Time. 1o:4e -
Ten-rlile topen 10 stripped chassis. Coo cubic
tr~rrsj-Eon hv George Robertson fStmpieEt;
r, Kerscher Giat1 second Time, u. y Is
Ter-rnEle Ocpen 10 stripped chassis, efso cubic
tnchesD-WoH by George Robertson tSiInple2)
Tine zoos -
,ren-lrliIe tope- 70 stripped chassis. 800 cubic
.r~r~s5-R-on h- ". p Bats s p %. John
Jlhasz = 2 o.. second otto Rost C3lach
Crow. third Time. Il .lS -
One hour race-Op0n 20 stripped chassis coo
crfsc inch dleplscen1ent--Wo on BY George Pob-
s~tson t~lrnrleHb. - miles. Ben heIschaT
(Fsa-p. second. miles, f. II. Sherwood
t5ferc-r8. thlrd- - miles
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