Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-02-18
HIS BIRTHDAY
The Birthday of Barney Oldfield, Mas
ter Driver and Speed King of The
World Celebrated at His Home in
Los Angeles, CalifOrnia-Poem By
Fred Emerson Brooks.

copy Of an invitation and menu
card which told how the birthday of
his cousin Barney Oldfield the great
Speed King of the World was cele-
brated, January 29th, at his home at
Los Angeles, California, and which
will be of special interest to the peo-
pie of Wauseon and vicinity who re-
member not only the boy, Barney, but
as well his father and grandfather be-
fore him.
The invitation card bore the follow
ing inscription printed in gold letters:
What Ho Lad! Mrs. Barney Old
field requests your presence at the
Birthday Party to be given to her fast
boy Barney on our lot Twenty-Five
hundred and one Seventh Avenue
Saturday evening, January the twen-
ty-ninth at seven o'clock. Some Par
| ty, some Barney, some Birthday. If
you can't come, write.
The menu was in form of folder;
on the first page was a caricature
picture of Barney" driving an auto
and surrounded by some of Barney's
well known sayings. The third page
bore the menu proper which was as
follows:
Canepee of Anchovies
California Oyster Cocktail
Celery Olives Almonds
Chicken Broth
Finger Rolls
Creamed Sweet Breads in Ramekins
Roast Young Turkey
Cranberry Sauce
Mashed Potaties
New Green Peas in Cases
Head Lettuce
Thousand Island Dressing
Imported Swiss Cammenbert
Individual Fruit Mou'ds
Fancy Bouchettes Candy
Coffee
The Master Driver of The World.
By Fred Emerson Brooks
Of all the men we see or know,
Who pass US by, who come or go,
Few ever make the world aware
They're on the earth or living there;
How few achieve great things of note
Or get beyond chance to vote.
Consider what it means to own
A name by every mortal known.
Some gain their fame in stateman-
ship;
Some ride there with the horseman's
whip;
A, Some paint, some carve a noted name;
Some build or gild their way to fame;
Some fight their way, some sing their
way;
Some climb by what they write or say
And while we note how few succeed
We find It's not in birth nor breed.
But free life of the country boy
Of meager want and simpler joy,
Whose sinews grow with outdoor
needs
His courage by heroic deeds;
From each as these all great men
spring
AS Barney did, the Speedway King,
Who won the banner Fame unfurl-
| ed:-
"The Master Driver of the World"
From every land great drivers come
To win the worlds encomium;
Great Britain, Germany and France
And Italy have poised the lance;
Dare-devils come with feetest car
To meet the man with the cigar;
But none Of them can supercede
Our Barney Oldfeld, King of Speed.
|, They come and go like summer rains
But sunshine Barney still remains
With all the records great and small
The peerless rider of them all;
But one great record he has made
Puts other champions in the shade:-
The only champion of renown
Throughout his life to hold his crown
What single song records his worth?-
The great pacemaker of the earth.
All people know him, near and far.
And cheer for Barney's stub cigar;
They love his grimy, goggled face,
, His matchless daring in the race;
But greater than his record mile
| Is his great heart and record smile.