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OLDFIELD DOES FAST MILE AT NEW ORLEANS
Hartford Courant
Nov 22, 1909 OLDFIELD BREAKS RECORD.; New Mark Made for New Orleans Track -- Marmon
Again Wins.
NYT
November 22, 1909, Monday Page 7, 735 words
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 21. -- Barney Oldfield, in a 200-horse-power Benz, to-day broke the local track record for one mile at the
Fair Ground course, when he made the distance in 0:54, thus clipping one-fifth of a second off the record, made last February
by De Palma. The second day's races of the New Orleans Automobile Club proved much better than the first in every way... The second day's races of the New Orleans Automobile Club proved much better than the first
in every way. Klrscher, a German driver, brought to this country ... Five-Mile New Orleans
Championship. -- Won by Buick. V'alker. Time -- 6:15. Five-Mile S: Match Raee. -- Won by Benz, Oldfield; Darraeq. ...
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