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Show " - i lowering the world's record- made by Durman on the Now Orleans track last February. The next, event was for the Sir Thomas Dewar 52.000 trophy, one mile, best two out of threo heats. Tbore were two entries, David Bruce LJrown, the millionaire amateur driver In the record-breaking Henz, hurled his gerat cor across the line In 33 seconds Hat, for the mile, and breaking the world's amateur record for the distance, held by him, of 36 3-5 seconds. The fourth event was the rae mile motorcycle race. In which five of the champions of the world competed. William Warp, Jr., of New York, on a 14-horse-power Simplex, rode the mile in :45 flat, lowering his own record re-cord 1 4-5 seconds. Walter Goerke and Robert Stubbs also went under two world's records, making the distance dis-tance In 45 1-5 and 46 2-5 seconds, respectively. ANNIHILATED WORLD'S RECORD IN EACH EVENT Daytona, Ala , March 2a. The seventh sev-enth annual Daytona automobile races opened today with one bicycle, one motorcycle and two automobile events and in each event a former world's record was annihilated The first event, a quarter mile dash, bicycle, wos won by Fogler of Brooklyn. Brook-lyn. Time, 30 1-5 seconds. The second event was for two hundred hun-dred miles, open to stock cars. There wore three entries. The race, however, how-ever, was reduced to 100 miles by agreement. Louis Strang, who Joined the Buick forces about three weeks ago. went the distance in 1:34:01 1-5, |