early vancouver racing, part two

I know I'm missing information between 1907 and 1912. Just haven't looked hard enough. Oh well, a future research project. And an update for the blog.

Minoru Park in Richmond still exists, but the one-mile horse track doesn't.

Of interest is that the promoter is Con Jones, a tobacconist from Australia, who got professional field lacrosse going in Vancouver for a short while. He built a playing field called Con Jones Park (what is now Callister Park). From 1939 to 1941 midgets and motorcycles raced there.

And Harry Hooper's name will show up in other racing information in the future. Vancouver's first taxi cab driver Harry was a self-promoter and one of Vancouver's characters.

Details of the motorcycle races are probably in the clippings. I just didn't transcribe them. (And I will at some point.)
cheers,
bfp

3--July 20, 1912, Minoru Park


--time for one mile
--Barney Oldfield, 200 h.p. Christie 1:01 2/5

--5-miles
1st, "Wild Bill" Fritsch, 90 h.p. Cino
2nd, C.E. Winsler, Hudson

--5-miles
1st, "Wild Bill" Fritsch, Cino
2nd, Lew Heineman, Prince Henry Benz

--3-miles
1st, "Wild Bill" Fritsch, Benz
2nd, Barney Oldfield, Christie
time, 3:24 1-5


4--August 14, 1912, Hastings Park, Vancouver Exhibition

--motorcycles


5--August 19, 1912, Hastings Park, Vancouver Exhibition

--motorcycles






6--September 28, 1912, Minoru Park

--10-miles, match race
1st, Red Sebastian, Cole
2nd, Harry Hooper, Winton
time, 11:25
(also started: McLeod, American and Storm, Oldsmobile)

--10-miles, match race
1st, Bennett, Ford
2nd, Stirton, American
time, 11:55 1-5

--mile for time
1st, Sebastian, Cole 1:04 1-5
2nd, Storms, Oldsmobile 1:08 3-5
3rd, Hooper, Winton 1:08 4-5
4th, Bennett, Ford 1:09
5th, Stirton, American 1:12 3-5

--10-mile free for all
1st, Bennett, Ford
2nd, Sebastian, Cole
3rd, Stirton, American
time, 11:58 1-5
(also started: Storms, Oldsmobile and McLeod, American)

--pursuit race
1st, Bennett, Ford
(also started: Hooper, Winton; Storms, Oldsmobile; and Sebastian, Cole)