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SMALLBY FLIRTS WITH DEATH Continued From Preceding 'Page. flrnl out whan ho mado hlo bent time. After tho last raoo had boon run ho tried again, but foil nhort of his former tlino owing to tho out .up track. Bonny KorBcher, the Gorman champion, cham-pion, drove hta Darracq In 68 seconds. , Kerachor aald that ho would not take a ahanco on going factor and Immediately Immediate-ly after his rldo warnod Oldflold to bo caroful In hla future attoniptn, but Old-field Old-field eald that ho must gal the record. Tho races wore the most spectacular ' over wltnenHed by Salt Ln-ko people. Tho largo cars were driven at a muoh higher ra.to of spoed than any oxproos train can travel. In several of tho races where the cars were clooe together tho blowing of a tiro would have thrown aovoral of the drivers Into eternity. Tho pooplo were held spellbound during every race, especially espe-cially after the accident, when It was thought that Smnllcy hnd been ground Into pieces nnd Ills car spllntored Into kindling wood. It was Snlt Lake's tlrst real experience In the automobile racing gamo and. Judging from the apparent opan and enthusiastic demonotration of the peoplo, the sport has already made a hit and 10,000 are oxpected to go to tho track today. First Event. The first event on tho programme was tho mllo record trial by Barnoy Oldfleld. After circling tho mllo course, Barney shook his hoad to Billy Plekens. his manager, man-ager, as much ao to say that It was Impossible to break the record on the track In Us present condition. The seo-ond seo-ond time Oldfleld cftmo by the Judges' stand ho gavo the signal that he was ready. He came down the home stretch going at tho rate of ninety miles an hour, but on the first turn had to shut off all power and thon he slid two-thirds of the way around tho turn. At times It appeared as If his "Blltzen" Bens would turn over, but Oldfleld carefully gauged his going and knew how fast he dared drive. The tires cut Into the track nearly near-ly four Inches and tho car raised a cloud of dust that could be seOh for miles. When he flashed over tho tape at tho flh-lah flh-lah ho had a look of disgust on Ills face because ho wanted to break the record, and he felt bad because ho did not do It, hut ho did his best and the peoplo appreciated ap-preciated his daring efforts. Tho socond ovent on the programmo was a five-mile open to stock chassis. This race was jvon by Bert Smalley In Ills American car In tne fast tllno of 5:66 2-fi. Smalley took tho leud nt tho start, which he held throughout tho race, finishing two-fifths of a socond ahead of his nearest near-est opponent, Frank Irving, In a Thomas Flyor. Bort Angoll. in a Bulck 17. finished fin-ished third and Carl "Winters, In a Buick 10. took fourth. Tho third event was a record trial by Benny Kcrschor, the "Plying Dutchman," Dutch-man," who tried for the track record, rolling a mile In 5S seconds. Bad Accident. Tho fourth event was a flve-mllo handicap handi-cap for stock chassis. In the first mile Bort Smalley. In his American, was put out of the race with a bad tire, which noarly cost him his life. Bert Angell won the race with his Bulck 17 by a narrow margin from Frank living, who drove his big Thomas Flyer Into second place; A. F Savago, In his llttlo Hupmoblle, was third and Carl Winters finished fourth with th Bulck 10. The fifth ovent was a throc-mllo handicap. handi-cap. In which Kerschr gave Oldflold a handicap of ten seconX. Oldfleld driving a Knox against the Darracq. The sporting sport-ing editor of Tho Tribune rode with Oldfleld Old-fleld In this event and found the sensation sensa-tion of traveling at such a high rate of speed a thrilling one. "When the Knox hit the first turn It seemed ns If the car would turn over, but Oldfleld put down speed, and. aftor sliding nearly around the turn, opened up the engine and the car shot ahead like a bird. Old-field Old-field said: "That's where Smalley went through the fence." This did not help matters any and tho sporting editor was already looking for a soft place to land. Kcrschcr could not make up tho handicap and Oldflold won the race In the fast tlmo of 3;20 2-B. The flve-mllo handicap freo-for-all was won by Carl Winters, who had 1:30 nanoicap over jveisuucr, mu Diiiu.iv.il man. and 1:10 handicap over Barney Oldfleld. Winters got all the speed he could out of his Bulck 10 and held the lead all the way. beating Oldflold at the finish by a wheel Oldfleld went tho lnt half In 27 seconds, but could not overcome over-come the big handicap. The cars finished close together, and to William Plckons Is due tho good handicapping of tho races. Kcrschcr finished third. The time was 6:-41. Oldfleld's time was 5:11. Tho summaries: Record trial Barney Oldfleld (Benz). Time, .r5. - Record trial Benny Kcrschcr (Darracq). Time. :5S. Five-mile open, stock chassis Bort Smalley (American), won; Frank Irving (Thomas), second: Bert Angell (Bulck 17). , third: Carl Winters (Bulck 10). fourth. Tlmo, 5:55 2-5. Flve-mllo hnndlcap, special match Barney Oldflold (Knox Six), won; Bonny Kerschcr (Darracq), second. Time, 3-20 2-5. Five-mile handicap, stock chassis Bort Angell (Bulck 17). 36 seconds, won; Frank Irving (Thomas), scratch, socond; A. F. Savngo (Hupmoblle). 1:30, third; Carl Winters (Bulck 10. -15 seconds, fourth. Bert Smalley ran Into fence exploded tiro. Time, C.23 1-5. Flve-mllo handicap, free-for-all Carl Winters (Bulck 10), 1:30. won; Barney Oldfleld (Knox Six), 20 seconds, second; Benny Kerscher (Darracq), scratch, third. Time. 6:41. ' Today's Programme. Today's programme consists of. eight events with record trlalB by Oldfleld and Kerscher. The track will be In better shape today than yesterday. The management of tho Utah Jockey club had a big force of men at work on the track from late In the afternoon until midnight at which time four sprinkling carts were put on the course to flood the surface with wnter. Oldfleld should at least equal his groat Saturday drive and the chances favor IiIh clipping a second or two off tho remarkable re-markable mark. Kerscher Is suro he can send his Darracq Dar-racq against Oldfleld's mark with success suc-cess and It was a bitter disappointment to the German champion to lose the handicap ovent yesterday on account of a broken spark plug. Clarence Mllner la undaunted by the narrow escape of his driver, Bert Smalley. Smal-ley. with the American yesterday, and Is to compete In a match race at a distance dis-tance of five miles against Jack DcCamp and the Thomas six. This race should be second In Interest only to Oldfleld's record trial. , The train service of the San Pedro will continue In effect, tho trains leaving leav-ing at 2 and 2:30 p. m. The first race will be called at 3 o'clock. Dr. Jonnlngs, tho representative of the American Automobile association contest board, last night Instructed the race management man-agement to have an ambulanco at the track side during today's races. Event One Barney Oldfleld driving Blltzen Benz against world's mile dirt track record. Event Two Ben Kerscher driving Vnn-dcrbllt Vnn-dcrbllt cup winner- Darracq one mile against const record. Event Three Five miles, open to stock chassis. Salft Lake City championship. American, Bort Smalloy; Bulck, Bert Angell; An-gell; Bulck, Carl Winters; Hupmoblle. A. F. Savage; Thomas. Frank Irving: Chalmers Chal-mers 30. William Davis, Studebaker, Hen-. Hen-. ry Condon. Event Four- FIvo-mlloJiandlcap. Knox. Barney Oldfleld; Darracq, Ben Kerscher. Thomas, Frank Irving. Bulck, Bert Ancell. American, Bert Smalley; Bulck, Carl Winters; Win-ters; Chalmers 30, William Davis; Hupmoblle, Hup-moblle, A. F. Savage, Event Five Five-mile handicap match between Barney Oldfleld, driving Knox, and Ben Kerscher, driving Darracq. Event Six Barney Oldfleld driving Blltzen Benz one-mile exhibition. Event Seven Flve-mllc stock chassis handicap (local cars only). Thomas. Frank Irving: Anicrlcnn, Bert Smalloy: Bulck, i Carl Winters; Bulck, Bert Angell; Chalmers Chal-mers 30, William Davis; Hupmoblle, A. I?. Savage. Event Eight Two-mllo noveltv passenger passen-ger race for fully equipped touring cars. Studebaker. Harry Condon: Chalmers, William DavlB; Cadillac, William Applo-gato; Applo-gato; Chalmers 40, Charles Clow, drlvor to be named. |