Show I I SPEED KING HERE TODAY TODA Y I I I II Reno Ileno R no May Iny I Barney drove his hiN hI 00 horsepower bont po er liens Denz two miles here I today In 1444 4 averaging nT 3 i for forthe forlie the lie mile mUe breaking nIl all western ni record records for the distance and coming within a n fraction of a second of the worlds world mark murk After driving a mile mUe In 1 seconds lS Oldfield decided to let out a noich or two In the final finnI event of the theda day da and anti probably the great driver net never cr took a U more daring chance Font Fast time timea a as made In the stock toek car races Pre Preceding l re ceding his exhibition Oldfield was ivas pre presented seated with a gold Speed King crown by b Ills his Nevada x admirers Speed King Barney Oldfield reach reaches es Salt SaIt Lake City this afternoon The champion automobile pilot of the world Is coming from Reno Bone on the Overland Limited having given an exhibition In Inthe inthe the Nevada city yesterday afternoon breaking the western twomile record and coming within a second of getting the worlds record for the distance The Speed King Kins title is no longer longera a hollow claim for for he now sports a regular coronet made of Gold Goldfield Goldfield Goldfield field gold presented to him yesterday afternoon during the races at Reno Tex Rickard has long been an ad admirer admirer admirer of Oldfield and when the pro promoter moter of the bout learned that Barney was going to stop off at Reno Beno and send his Blitzen Benz over the Nevada Jockey club track Tex got in touch with a number of Nevada sports and arranged to have a Jeweler make up n a coronet emblematic of the speed monarchy over which Bar Barney Barney Barney ney is credited with ruling The crown cron contains over worth of gold from froma a mine In which Rickard is 19 interested News of the presentation reached here last night in a wire to Manager Bill Pickens and Barney Is charged with making an effort to sidestep the honor The mayor who was selected to officiate at the coronation had dif difficulty difficulty difficulty In getting Oldfield to stop long enough to allow him to slip the cham chain champion champion pion the valuable but unique headgear Barney showed his appreciation by I I I I BARNEY DAILEY OLDFIELD driving two remarkably fast miles which if attempted on a track as good goodas goodus as us Buena Vista would have meant sev several several eral seconds off the worlds record It has been many years since Oldfield has been in Salt Lake City and this will willbe willbe willbe be his first opportunity to show here the remarkable driving of which he Is capable over a mile circular track The intrepid German Gennan pilot Ben Ker Kerscher Kerscher and his Vanderbilt cup winner the Darracq should get In the city to tonight tonight tonight night or tomorrow morning |