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Show s ELGIN SIX LEAPS MORE THAN THIRTY-SIX FEET IT' w-v ;yri-Hr A gTcat crowd had gathered on the lake front of! Chicago to witness an Elgin six perfopj one of the most reckless, death-ng- stunts ever attempted in motor jar history. The idea behind the test was to demonstrate "beyond question the car's stamina and sturdy qualities, aaid A. H. Meredith, local distributor of the EJ&in, yesterday. "Grant Park driveway was the placs selected for the performance. In the middle mid-dle of the road was placed an incline hurdle hur-dle measuring fourteen feet on the slant and riein? to fourteen inohes in height. A stock Elgin six roadster -weighing 2150 pounds was selected. Every spectator was tense. At a given signal the ca r etarted from about 100 yards beyond the hurdle. With the throttle wide open. It came snorting1 ahead at full speed like a mad bull after a red flag. The movie men started their cranks while camera fans squatted for position. Faster and faster the Engin came tearing for the hurdle. Then a terrible bang. She hit the hurdle at a speed of fifty miles an hour. Like a young lion she sprang five feet Into the air and landed thirty-six feet one Inch from the end of the leap-off to where the rear tires hit the ground. "Nothing can better describe this wild Jump than to compare it to the onrush of an infuriated beast leaping over a five-foot five-foot fence. It is difficult to think of a more strenuous or hazardous stunt that could better demonstrate the genuine stamina of any car. Three times the Elgin El-gin took the hurdle, after which a thorough thor-ough technical examination found the car in perfect condition, purring and chugging chug-ging to conquer further honors. The measurements were taken carefully with a standard steel surveying tape. They were certified to by witnesses In order to eliminate elim-inate all possibility of exaggeration." |