Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1916-12-21 | Page 10 | Allan Breaks Record in 'Aero Sled' Makes Rapid Trip in Frozen North

Allan Breaks Record In Aero Sled I Makes Rapid Trip In Frozen North SAN FRANCISCO Dec 20 Scotty Scotty Allan thrice winner of oC the Alaskan sweepstakes with Mrs C. C E. E team of dogs lii hug lias established a 1 new now record for speedy tm l traveling n in the thc frozen north by making the roundtrip round rounel roundtrip trip from Nome to in ill little more than titan ten days a s 's by means of an nn II o aero sled n By dog log teams tennis the trip usually is is made in about eighty days layS The Thc news S of Allan Allah Allan's Allans S f achievement became known here herc today with the arrival arri of Frank Frunk 0 Connor OConnor Nome Kome agent of a a. steamship company Allan 1 took Mrs 1 Darlings Darling's dogs clog to Europe for use uso on the battle front frontin in In the V mountains n and on his llis way back to Nome he purchased an aner er and prop propeller lIm which he hc installed on n a l sled After several sc trials he lie undertook the UlC Noire Y journey about 1100 miles in the thc face of almost universal skepticism Ho lie started from Nome and find two seventy hours later 1 li hi hl arrived ed in and und returning he lie reached Nome on on November 11 ii His machine wn Wl 5 described as us n a combination hydroplane aeroplane and sled with gasoline as 19 the tho motive power loer