Salt Lake Tribune | 1904-10-30 | Page 37 | Oldfield is Champion

OLDPIELD IS CHAMPION. Wins Automobile Track Championship Champion-ship of the World. NEW YORK, Oct. 29 Barney Oldficld won tho automobile track championship of tho world today at tho Empire City track, defeating Paul Sartorl, tho driver of W. K. Vandorbllt, Jr.'s, car. In tho final heat In the four'-cornorcd ten mllo race. His tlmo was 9:12 3-5, which boats all world's records for ten miles on a track from a standing start by two-fifths two-fifths of a second. Sartori's tlmo was 9.39 4-5. Oldlleld hnd previously defeated defeat-ed Bornln and Sartorl had benten Thery In the final heat Sartorl got the bottor of the start, but was quickly overhauled by Oldlleld. whose tlmo at the first mile was 1:05 3-5, a world's record for standing stand-ing start. Sartori's tlmo was 1:12 2-5. Tho fifth mllo was finished by Oldficld at 4 minutes 12 seconds. Sartori's timo was 1 minutes 55 seconds. Tho first event was a five-mile exhibition exhibi-tion by Frank Kulick In a twenty horso-powcr horso-powcr machine. Kulick made the first mllo In llfty-nlno seconds, and established estab-lished a world's record for middlo and lightweight machines. Ho covered the two miles In 1:5G 2-5 and the three miles In 2:4S 1-5. Both are world's records. Tho four miles wero made In 3:4S 2-5 and tho five miles In 4:43 3-5, breaking tho previous previ-ous record of 5:01.