The sun., 1916-10-29
AITKEN WINS PRIZE
AND CHAMPIONSHIP
Takes 100 Mile Hardness Race
From Field Of 81 in a
PcugcOt Special.
SETS NEW TRACK RECORD
Averages 1886 Miles an Hour
and His Total Time Is sc
Minutes 1885 Seconds.
SETS NEW TRACK RECORD

Johnny Altkcn. driving a reugeot
Special, did a lot OF things s!muita-
neously down at Sheepshead Bay
Speedway. He won the 100 mile race
,or the Hardness Gold Trophy against a
field Of twsnty-one cars. he set up a new
worlds record for a board track. he
took the seasons championship lead
sway from his tcammatc. Dario Resta.
and thus became the crack driver OF the
1915 season (Which closed with the
Hardness race yesterday. m he won
$4,000 as first prize. $1,000 in special
nrizes for being in the lead AT given
laps, and secured a leg on the perina-
Ing gold trophy,
For almost fifty miles the three Pcu-
ecot drivers. Aitken. Resta and Howard
wilcox. Sc, a pace that sent all worlds
records TO smithcreens for track. road.
strsightaway or any other kind Of uto
mobile racing. Resta, at the end OF the
iort.eth mile. having maintained an
average speed Of 109.6e miles an hour,
with Aiken and Wilcox less than two
seconds behind him.
Average Time Is 1OS.S0.
Ru, from the half century on to the
last lap OF the 100 miles OF the race there
was a slight but uninterrupted lessen
ing Of speed. At 60 miles a broken
crank shaft put Resta out sof the game
permanently. With Aitken In the lead
Ill the rest of the way except for a few
moments at the eightieth mile. he
slowed DOWN around LOG miles an hour
and finally breexed across the mark a
winner with an average speed Of 1855
miles an hour.
Athens time for the 100 miles was
IS minutes and 1856 seconds. a new
worlds record for n board track. but
,.72 seconds lower than the record for
the distance. which was made on a con-
crete track at Brooklands In Sc minutes
1898 seconds.
Frank Calvin. driving a Premier. sur
prised the automobile fans by winning
the second prize of $4,000 and $3.50 OF
the special prize money offered by va
iious individuals and companies for the
leaders of given laps In the race. Gal
yin was only a few seconds behind
Aiken. his time being IS minutes. 45.35
seconds. Howard wilcox Of the Peugeot
squad. came in third In 81 minutes. 1858
seconds.
Resta Wins aI2S o. Laps.
Wilcox's third prize was $500. which
made up his total winnings OF the day
as ne had not led the field in any lap.
Eesta won almost as much as Wilcox.
despite the fact that Resta had to drop
OIL; 81 the race at his sixty-fourth mile /:
but while Resta and his car were on the
ioh the swarthy driver of the Peugeot kept
so cverlastingly nj II that he was in the
lead at the completion OF twenty-.hree
different laps and therefore annexed
1880 OF the lap leading pr.zes-these
special prizes ranging from $3.50 TO the
leaders OF the twenty-hfth lap tAsty
miles) and the fftieth. or hundred mile
lap to 800 for the leaders at ten.
twenty. thirty. forty. sixty. seventy and
eighty mile laps and $50 for those ahead
a. all the intermediary laps from ten
miles TO ninety.
Immediately after the big race there
was a consolation race OF fifty miles,
open only TO those who had moi, won
prizes in the 100 mile race. Jules De
Nigne. driving Harry s. Harkness's De-
iare car, won the consolation race at an
average speed Of l04 miles an hour. his
time being 2s minute 1853 seconds. or
I minute 1850 seconds slower thar
Eesta's time at the fftie,h mile In the
WV HHie Soiu tolHy eNeHt, WHlcn ndu
Just been rum.
Chief Interest In Championship.
Milton. driving a Dusenberg. and
Meyer In a Pugh were respectively sec
ond and third in the consolation event.
Millions time for the ffty miles was 80
minutes 1880 seconds and Meyers 80
minutes 1915 seconds.
The outstanding interest Of the day to
the crowd-which. by the way. was far
from large-at the beginning Of the rae
ing was the probable effect OF the events
OF the day On the favorites for the sea
sons championship, the close Of which
the fans were about 10 witness. Aitken's
victories during the past summer had
rolled up enough points to give HIM the
lead over all other drivers until a recen,
victory In Chicago put Resta in the lead
The winning OF the season champions
snip IL not merely an empty honor witt
= go many prizes put up by variou:
companies Interested in the automobile
business. And yesterday the three
drivers at the top of the list-Resta
with 1890 points. Aitken. with 2,940
and Eddie Ri~ckenbacher. with 2.2lt
~points-all were entered in the Hark'
ness trophy event.
Resta, the fans knew. had to finish
the 100 mile race better than third Il
hold his lead for the championship
that IS supposing Aitken grabbed or
the first prize, And so although Eddi,