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Show ROYAL CORD TIRES USED ON RECORD RUN "E. G. ("Cannon Ball) Baker has broken another record on United States Royal Cord tires," says Ernest Hopkinaon, vice president of the United States Tire company. "A day or so apd Baker covered the distance between Chicago and Indianapolis Indian-apolis in three hours and forty-two minutes. min-utes. The best previous record was some-thin? some-thin? over five hours. "The tires used on this remarkable trip were the selfsame ones that Baker used In breaking- a!l records between Detroit and Indianapolis. These Royal Cord tires have been driven over 900 mites at racing speed and are still in excellent condition. "This record, coming, as It does, so soon after the amazing performance of Royal Cord tires on the Hudson Super Six, whoch beat all previous performances from New York to San Francisco and return, re-turn, seems, to my mind, to prove beyond the question of a doubt the road superiority superi-ority of these wonderful tires of ours. I Needless to say, aJl officers of this company com-pany are tremendously proud of the amazing amaz-ing performance of Royal Cord tires." |