Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-12
OLDFIELD BREAKS
TRACK RECORDS
Nearly 1000 Persons Cheer the
Driver Who Is Defying the
A. A. A.

Before a large and enthusiastic
crowd, the much heralded Barney Old
field race meet was held at Ascot park
Sunday as per schedule. This was
the first racing event in which the
"geat speed king" has appeared
since he was so nceeremoniously sus-
pended by the A. A. A. after his un-
sanctioned race with Jack Johnson.
That Barney is still d popular idol
in Los Angeles is best attested by the
5000 paid admissions at the gate, ana
the big national association controlled
in New York may rule against him as
much as it likes. To show further SYM
pathy other popular drivers and cars
contested in the various events that
made up the program. So it is now up
to the A. A. A. to determine just how
many more it wants to put under the
ban-and to certainty wreck the or
ganization, and bring into being a
Pacific Coast Racing association that
will be big and strong enough to look
after the automobile racing game west
of the Rockies The sentiment among
O. large number of the best known
automobile men in Los Angeles is to
break away from the parent associa-
tion, unless it is more equitable in its
coast rulings, for it is pointed out
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ers on this coast, than whom there
are no better in the country, and the
Pacific coast selling agents for cars
are the men most interested in the
showing their cars can make, and
races will be held whether they are
sanctioned or not.
A. A. A. ON ANXIOUS SEAT
The A. A. A. has been on the anxious
seat regarding Sundays races, and
the wires between New York and here
have been kept busy, for it is the
first open defiance py an or
ganized meet of it's rulings. While it
must be admitted that the A. A. A
| has done much to foster the racing
game since its infancy, it should not
| now seek to strangle it's offspring by
arbitrary ruling. The outcome of yes
terdays event means much to the I'M
mediate future Of the automobile rae
ing game.
Another heavy shower Saturday
night did not improve the already
heavy track at Ascot, but the start of
the races was delayed until O'Clock
to allow the track to dry as much as
possible and to insure some speedy
driving, but it was not supposed that
the track record would be broken.
After a preliminary exhibition for
one mile by Oldfield in the Blitzen
Benz, carrying Jim Jeffries as a pas
senger, covering the course in 54.3 Sec,
and a Emile time trial by Kerscher in
the Darracq, made in 1:57:4, the "only'
Barney went after the track record of
81 seconds, made by himself last
Christmas day, and notwithstanding
| the poor track the mile was negotiat-
ed in 51.2 seconds amid great cheering.
Two of the cars that had been de-
pended upon for parts in other events
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program had to be materially changed
in order to make up card of racing
that would please the public.
FOUR IN FREE-FoR-ALL
The third event was a 5-mile free
for-alI for cars 600 cubic inches and
under with four starters. Prince
Henry Benz, Oldfeld; Knox Giant, Eu-
gene Martin; Pope-Toleo, Harry Buck
ley; Darracq, Kerscher. Won by Old
field in 4:55:4.
Next was a smile match race be-
tween the Cutting driven by Bob Kit
tie and Pope-Toledo driven by Buck
ley. Won by the Cutting in 6:40:2.
This was followed by a emile match
race between the Knox Giant and the
Darracq, the latter coming into the
pits disabled in the second mile.
A 2-mile novelty race for touring
cars with four passengers for one
mile and running light the other mile,
necessitating dead stops at each half
mile, was put on. The four starters
were Petrol, driven by Whelan; Win
ton, driven by Faust; Winton, driven
by Carlson, and Duro, driven by Koch.
Won by Winton driven by Faust.
Time 2:46.
The last and most interesting race
was the 5-mile free-for-all handi-
cap. The Pope-Toledo was given
minute 10 seconds, the Cutting As sec
onds, the Knox Giant 10 seconds, the
Darracq seconds, the Prince Henry
Benz was scratch car. 1t was
good race between the Knox and
Benz and the handicap was too much
for Oldfield, for Martin in the Knox
won in 5:02:3.
Inasnuch as none of the contests
We're run for purses it is probable that
the A. "A. A. will ignore the races,
preferring this to stirring up some
thing. 1t is the intention of the AS
cot management to hold another race
next Sunday