Salt Lake Tribune | 1910-02-06 | Page 22 | Poor Time Made by Star Drivers

II OldKclri, De Palma and Kirsher I Fail to C'l-esile Much I FIFTH RACE IS FEATURE I OF MARDI GRAS OPENING I Raping Programme Will Close I Willi Seven Feature H r?y Associated Prciss. NEW ORLEANS, Feb. .Poor time vns mado today al tho opening of tbe I Now Orleans automobile speed carni- val. Sucli drivers as Do Palma, Bar B noy Oldlleld and Hon Kirsher scored far below their records. Tlie fifth race, a .cn-miln event, at- K I ranted some interest when Oldfield K remained behind Do Palma for eight I miles, finally overtakintr him and going B to the front before the ten miles was finished. In the fourth race, twenty-five imles, for stock ears of all classes. Leigh Lvnch. driving a Jackson car, crashed M (hrough the fence which surrounded g&i l be fair grounds traek. Hn escaped fj injury, however. Barney Oldfield, who was already leading in a Knox ear, H won easily. B First rare, twenty miles, stock cars, with piston displaeomont from 2501 to !."(! inches .lackson (Leigh Lynch), 21 miimtos, j'l seconds, won; Packard (H. V. Fulton) second; Buick (,T. W. J. H Second race, five miles, freo-for-all I Fiat (Ralph Do Palma), 4 minutes, 41 I seconds, won: Darraca (lien Kirsher), second; Barney Oldfield was forced to retire at end of first half niilo on ac- count of tire trouble. Third race, ten miles, open to all, amateur driving stock cars Fiat. (C S. I Bragg. New York), won. 10 minutes, 3(5 second?; Buiclc (.T. V. J. Fritsch, I Cincinnati), second. Three entries, two H finished. Fourth race, for stock cars of all classes, twenty-five miles Knox (Old- I fields, won. '2G minutes. 4fi seonnrls? i Buick (Fritsch), second; Jackson (Lynch), wont through tho fence in the fifteenth mile. Lynch was unhurt. Jackson No. 2 (Delanoy), dropped out al the ninth mile. Fifth race, ton miles, handicap, freo-for-all Fiat (Dc Palma), scratch, won; Tvnojr (Oldfield), 25 seconds, second; Darraeq (Kirsher), 10 seconds, third. Sixth race, five miles, special Bcnz (Oldfield), won. Time. -i::i3 4-- Darraeq Dar-raeq (Kirsher), second. No other en-Twcnty-Tliousaad Ovcrlands. Two years aso a man oul In the middle west built and marketed .ISO mo- . - E G6-HOESE POWER PIERCE ARROW FOR EUROPEAN TOURING, EXHIBITED AT MADISON SQUARE SHOW. This car was specially designed for Mr. II. K. Burge of Buffalo and was used, by this gentleman on a recent, tour through Europe. The ear was said t-o be tho largest, drawing attraction at tho last Now York show, being exhibited by tho Pierce Arrow Motor Car company. The body is made along the j lines of tho old-fashioned stago coach and is a beautiful example of t.hc highest type of automobilo body building for which the Pierce company H celebrated. Tho lower pnrfc of the body is finished in red and tho main portion in black. The roar portion lets down a la landaulot. while the front is stationary nnd supports a trunk rack and tho water lank, which supplies water for washing and drinking purposes. A black sole boot on the rear furnishes fur-nishes additional space for luggage. Tho arrangement of the steps which give access to tho body, still further reminds one of the old-fashioned stage coach, as theso arc arranged to fold up. Tho running boards aro lilted with tool and supply boxes underneath, in which all motor supplies can be carried. car-ried. This body is fitted to tho regular CG-horso power Piorco chassis and is ideal for the touring purposes intended. It will bo exhibited at the Salt Lake show. tor cars. Today this Hamc man Is building build-ing 20.000 cars and his sales will amount to S1M.000.000. John Willys, president of the Willys-Overland company of Indianapolis and Toledo, I.s tho name of the man who has niado this remarkable record. Moderate-Priced Car. v That the moderate-priced cur Is hocom-InK hocom-InK more and more a factor In everyday life Is the belief of ' Bonjatnln Briscoe, president of tho Maxwoll-Drlscoe Motor company Ho adds thut tho small runabout runa-bout Is now used by physicians, business men, contractors, mall carriers and tho like to almost the exclusion of tho horse and buggy. Chalmers-Detroit Wilis. Frank Botterlll of the Boltcrlll com-panv com-panv has received a wire from ths Chn'lmors-Dctroit company announcing the winning of the big Havana road race hv a Chalmers-Detroil thirty, driven by Paul Weaver, defeating a large number of high-priced cars. Big Tiro Order. A big contract has been closed by the Goodyear Tire and Rubber company of Akron, O., with the Rapid Motor Vehicle company of Pontlae, Mich-, for a large number of hard rubber base motor truck tires. The contract Is said to be one of the largest ever given for motor truck tires.