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Show TEN THOUSAND SEE AUTOS IN TRIALS By TnternRlioiiftl News Service. NEW YORK. Sept. 25. Almost 10.000 upecUtori witnessed the Mi-pt day's elimination trial for tlie Vincent .Astor cup 350-mllP automobile rare on the new STierpstiend bay hpeedway tht afternoon Under the rules the cars entered in the race have 10 show a speed of at least eighty-five miles an hour for one lap oC two milea or they will not be permitted to start hi next Saturday's race. . As there was a strong wind blowing across the back stretch and many of the can were not tuned up to concert pitch, only n limited number of the drivers availed themselves of the opportunity oppor-tunity to qualify, preferring to make their trials later. ,. However seven of the thirty cars entered qualified quali-fied today and included two Peugeot .ars. two Stutzes. a Deluge, a Maxwell and a Sabring v Dario Re-sta made the fastest time of the day. circling the 'wo-mile board oval In 10:08.20, an average of L0J miles an hour. Barney Oldfield. In his pelage was timed In 10:10.7. a 102 1-2 mile an hour clip, while Anderson, In a Ftutz. and Durman. In a Peugeot, were only a ahade behind Oldfield. each averaging 102 miles an hour. |