New-York tribune., 1910-09-02
AUTO NEWS OF THE DAY
OIdfieId to Try for the Brighton
Beach Track Record.
WALLS WINS LONG TOUR
One Thousand Dollars Added to
the Value of the Wheatley
Hills Sweepstakes.

Barney OidfeId George Robertson ana
the other automobile driver. who will COM
pete in the races at the Brighton Beacn
track tomorrow and Monday were unable
to do anv practice work yss-erday. owing
TO the rain.
-o-day they expect 10 ce- out on the
track +, the weather IS favorable. and hope
to turn some fast miles The of1cials for
the meet have been selected A R Par
dfngton. president Of the Long Island Au-
tonrobfIe Club. will act as referee r. ,
Ferguson. manager of the Motor Contesr
Association. will ne the starter. and th9
timing will be in charge OF the New YORK
Timers Club
OIdfeId will try to lower the present
track record Of g 2-5 seconds for the mile
Ralph De Palma. who drives Fiat car.
will be at Indiana polls Doth on SATURDAY
and Monday and will be unable TO compete
here. The Fiat Automobile Company
through one of its executive officials
makes the following comment on Oldheld
offer of an inducement to De Palma 70
race:
Mr.. De Palma is at present 81 1ndlanap-
oils. where he has been throughout the
week practising for the speedway meet
in that city TO be held on September and
5 AS Mr. De Palma had contracted WITH
the Indianapolis Speedway management &c
drive Fiat cars there long before the
Brighton Beach races had even been sane
toned and before Mr.. Oldfeld made his
proposition Mr. De Palma will naturahS
be unable 20 appear at Brighton Beacn or
these conflicting dates
The Atlanta Motordrome management
and other promoters are endeavor1ng tc
arrange 2 match between these two drfv
ers and De Palma is more than Vilins
He has challenged Oldfeld repeatedly dur
ing the last twelve months. and mas re
Gently al the Point Breeze meet at Ph1ia
dephia challenged him TO any dlstanc'
with any car but Mr. Oldfeld declined
/ and refused 70 race him in free-for-al
| event of any kind
A 3n-horsepower Maxwell touring car
( driven by Harry Walls. won the sweep
/ stakes trophy In the Historic Tour. vhici
/ ended in Washington on last Saturda!
/ after the hardest long distance tourini
/ competition that has ever been conducte'
| in the East The sweepstakes trophy va
! offered for the car in any class which com
/ pieted the 1550-nnile contest with the leas
number Of points 70 its debit The fna
|
! clear lead over all competitors, arnoni
/ which were twenry-eight cars, ranging Il
| price from s485 TO 5000.
Walls not only captured the Sweepstakes
but he won his class for cars selling 70
from s120i to $3.50 by much create
margin. duplicating the performance o
two Maxwell cars in the recent Glider
tour. in which these cars made the bes
team score. finishing in second place II
both the GIidden and Chicago trophy
Class
William X. Vanderbilt. jr.. president o
the Motor Cups Holding Company. has an
rounced the entry OF A Mercer car for th'
Wheatley Hills Sweepstakes. which will %
run in conjunction with the Vanderbilt Cul
race on Saturday. October l, over TIT
famous Long Island Motor Parkway. Th'
car. which is made by the Mercer Automo
bile Company. of Trenton. \. j. is owned
BY Washington A. Roebling. I'd.
Mr. Roebling has named E H. Sherwood
driver who has been doing brilliant wort
on road and track, TO pilot mis- car. Th'
uachine has a bore Of tas inches and
stroke OF 3 inches. making A piston dis
placement OF approximately 800 cubic
| inches. To be eligible TO compete for th'
WheaJley Hills trophy cars must have
piston displacement of from 231 10 500 cubic
inches.
This is the second car entered for th'
coming Long Island races by Mr.. Roebling
Several weeks ago he entered a ROebling z
PIanche car in the Grand Prize race, which
occurs on the parkway on October Is Al
ready Mr.. Roebling has secured raCiEs
quarters for his racers at the Garden City
garage.
An additional prize - 81 .000 will be giver
TO the winner of the Wheatley Hills trophy
in the Long Island Motor Parkway Sweep
stakes The distance for the Wheatley
Hills sweepstakes is 1880 miles and q
total this mileage cars VIII have 20 cOvei