El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-04-09
SPEED PROGRAM NOW COMPLETE;
0LIFIELliNI THOMPSON READY
Aviator and Automobile acer Will Compete Against
Each Other Saturday at Was hingtOn Park; Thomp-
son Will Loop the Loop andDo the Tumble"
Act as Well as ombard the Fort

! way the auto-aero race is looked on as
the real big thriller of the day
OIdfield's Race Against Time.
Oldfield viii endeavOr to give FL Paso
a few worlds records. The track is
hardly in shape for the speed kings
very best efforts, for it has recently
been worked over and is inclined 70 be
a bit soft
Thompson viii wind up the days ex-
hibitiOn with his dreaded tumble
flight He viii also contribute a war
feature TO the program, and show in
most realistic manner Just what his
fellow aviators are doing in Europe
with their planes and bombs.
OIdfieId Is Becoming Heavy.
Barney Oldfield can now claim the
heavyweight championship among
speed merchants" with the accent on
the heavy" Barney arrived in the city
on Thursday afternoon and frankly
admitted that he tips the beam at about
220 pounds He says, however, the eX-
ira weight merely adds balance TO the
racing cars he drives and that it is an
asset. rather than a liability.
Dick Bates. a Los Angeles business
man, went down to see Barney and Mr..
Joyce, a Chicago tourist, off to FL PasO.
The two travellers decided that Bates
would make a fine travelling companion
and hauled him into their compartment,
where they kept him prisoner until the
train had started. The Los Angeles man
arrived here with cane and a big
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was busy buying wardrobe soon after
the party arrived
Couldn't Be Barney.
At Deming, the train stopped long
enough for the members of the party
to get out and stretch their legs. IN
some way. II was nolsed about that
Barney Oldfield was on the train and
there was much curiosity. Barney, puf-
fling a cigaret in an elaborate holder,
overheard one conversation
Gee, there's Barney" declared one
fellow.
Nav, Barney never goes around
without a cigar in his mouth that
guys got a coffin nail"
They dug Up poster with Barney's
picture but before they could carefully
compare il with the stout gent the
whistle blew and Barney had to hike
for the train.
says Track Il Good.
Oldfield went out 10 the track this
morning and ordered a few slight
changes made but he expressed himself
as generally satisfied with the cOndi-
ton. 1t is not a track for worlds reN
Ords.' declared Barney, but III manage
to set a track record anyway on Satur-
day afternoon"
De LLOYD Thompson, the aviator who
performs some thrillers with Barney,
arrived late Thursday night IN his
Packard roadster, having made the trip
from the coast IN the car It was
thrilling journey and Thompson had
troubles by the score. Bad roads in the
Mammoth Wash west Of Yuma caused
a lot of delay and 10 cap 1t all, Thomp-
son ran his car of the road INTO a
gully yesterday afternoon and came
near having to complete his journey
by train
Oldfield and his party are registered
at the PasO Del Norte- Mrs Oldfield.
Mrs Joyce and some other friends win
arrive on Saturday but may stop off
only between trains in FL PasO as they
Will go on TO Chicago and join Oldfield
just before the Indianapolis speedway
event