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Show his fiamc-coloied racer, Speed of the Wind. Hag-gard, partly deaf from the roar of his ear's thundering" motor and his face burned bronze by the brilliant sun and whipping wind of the vast salt beds, Eyston jockeyed jockey-ed his car into the pits shortly after 8:30 a. m. A minute earlier he bettered by 27 miles an hour the world's -18-hour speed record with an official time of 136.36 m. 'p. h. Great Achievement The 48-hour mark represented the greatest achievement of Eys-ton's Eys-ton's run, intended originally to be BRITON SETS NEW 48-HOUR SPEED MARK Capt. Eyston Ends Record-Breaking Record-Breaking Run Tuesday Tues-day Morning I- ' 4 'i ft j if . ( "w 1 V ilea concentrated toward to-ward setting a new 24-hour record. rec-ord. Yesterday a t 8:29 a. m. the Englishman roared roar-ed his racer past the 24-hour mark for a new record of 149.00612 m. p. h., nine miles an hour ' better than the 140.52 m. p. h. pace he set over the same BONNE VILLE SALT FLATS, Utah, July 14 (U.PJ Capt. George E. T. Eyston of England ended a record-smashing record-smashing 48- hour race against time today, leaVing 20 shuttered world automobile speed records in the wake of because he was unable to use the 12-mile oval, Eyston explained that the smaller circle throws a greater strain on the ear, making it impossoble to "get the best from it." "Even the smaller circle was too wet," he said. Thanks Pit Crew Eyston's first act when he crawled from beneath the steering wheel was to express his thanks and gratitude to his pit crew of 12 men, Denly and a battery of AAA timers headed by A. C. Pills-bury. Pills-bury. The motor of his car held up perfectly, he said. His first thought then was to get started on the return trip to England. "I can hear the whistle blowing on the boat already," he said, smiling. Among the first congratulations Eyston received was a message from Sir Malcolm Campbell, British Brit-ish speed ace who set a world record rec-ord of 301 miles an hour for a flying fly-ing mile last year over a salt flat straightaway. Eyston said he intends to return in the future to attempt further speed trials. He said he would try to obtain a 20-mile circular course on the south side of the state highway high-way for his next runs. He said the salt appears more suited to speed driving there, increasing record possibilities. Began Sunday Morning After weeks of delay caused by inclement weather, Eyston began his run at 8:29 a. m. Sunday morning. morn-ing. One hour on the way, the record for that time went by the board. The sun drove temperatures on the dazzling white flats to as high as 110 degrees. At night, Eyston and Denly followed the beam of the car's powerful headlights and the flickering light of flares around the rim of the oval. Eyston's clip of 162.529 m.p.h. during the first hour of his run was the best time he marked up. Forced by breaks and bumps in the track to throttle down his speed during the second 24-hours of the grind, his 48-hour mark of 136.36 m.p.h. was the slowest average time. ed, w.vston course last year. I Not Satisfied Although records toppled like ten-pins before the attack of Eyston Eys-ton and his relief driver and countryman, coun-tryman, Bert Denly, the Briton was not completely satisfied with his marks. "I am pleased with my records," he said, "but they should have been higher. The condition of the of last winter, carrying food, supplies sup-plies and fuel to isolated sections track was none too good, and I believe the records could be broken brok-en under better conditions. "I don't want to tell hard luck stores, but the run wuold have been better over the 12-mile circle I'd reserved for this year." Eyston made his run over two 10-mile ovals. The larger circles were too wet and hazardous from late spring rains to be fit for use. Expressing keen disappointment |