| Show caB B HITS t ON ONi i PEED RUN Tri r ri i Racer i eer Stalls on Half Halff r f Return Of Dash I f fRANK K BAKER S1 BT Sports Editor Telegram I BoNNEVILLE EVILLE SALT I A A A balky mot mot mo- mo 1 Cobb of London t t 1 round trip ng a the measured mile aiA had bad traveled 23 Igo f r he ri Ph h on the outgoing run runis n f is attempt to shatter the la land d speed record of The The got motor 0 pow powering the heels beels on his 3 ton ton tonton star ar pilon ton Red Bed L' L Lion IOn b began egan to fo toon to totter Etter and pop on the return sand gand and the London fur broker ted led his car oar before he had the measured mile k a result his tos time on the run run-al- al- al north going or lun ugh it was nearly 12 mph Ore e e the record now held by t countryman Captain n orge T. T Eyston will Eyston-will will not recognized I Time rune Balks Balls Restart Restart r b had lad been out 51 minutes motor difficulty brought i ola aa halt Under intern a- a 1 ii g rul rules rule's s requiring that must trip must be completed uan tour hour he had only nine and that was not notto Wi to tow the car back to toi i pd and try a new start Englishman was not sure sur m paid make his next next at atm atthe at- at m the record a day by or two he said into Into in to the question about his v. v Jafevor I avor have to fit new tires d into the cause of the g motor before we can canDy 16 iny Dy definite announcement cur or plans 0 w stators Impressed 1 m e enis his f failure to make the 4 trip the tRe crowd of I ours is was impressed by his pig g speed and the remarkable lit a in which the tires with- with on Pate Page Sixteen Continued Column Three Briton Succeeds Then Fails in Record Quest 5 S t 4 S 'S S i i s sS t i 4 S 'S S S 4 i is' is y c 5 A 5 5 at 5 V 4 1 S s V 5 S 5 is S. V V L t V S V JS V 1 V V 5 V it 9 t. t 11 1 w ii wf y j JJ S i tP Sf O k t t A s kh 4 i Shown speeding at miles miles per pcr hour John Cobb is just entering the S me measured mile at the start of his Tuesday Tuesday quest quest for the world land sp speed ed record at o e Salt Flats BI j W h Co AM iF V V. V m S. S M u Mechanics l were busy with the Britons Briton's racer in which he will probably try again this week for the speed mark held by his fellow countryman Captain George Eyston i Britons Briton's Car Stalls on Return Dash S After Hitting in ji First Run Continued ed from Page ae One stood the tremendous tremendous strain to which they were were put All four tires were in splendid condition at the conclusion of the north run In fact three of ot the tires showed absolutely no road marks and it took close scrutiny i ito to find any noticeable wear on the left rear tire Elated as he was personally at being the first man to travel better than six miles a minute on land the husky Briton was considerably disappointed nevertheless at his failure to get the record He said he didn't use a full tle tie on the outgoing run which gave rise to the belief that the car might Ight even put nut the record above the m. m p. p h. h mark Cobb smiled at such a thought however We did go fast today Mighty fast tast I should say But we still haven't broken any records and well we'll haye have to t keep trYIng frying until we do The car steered beautifully he declared Asked if he had any diffIculty difficulty difficulty dif dif- dif dif- holding it astraddle the black line which serves as his guide In the mad dash across the glistening glistening glistenIng glisten glisten- ing white salt he said No absolutely none It rode like a train it was so easy to handle han ban dle die Im I'm really angry at myself though he said half under his breath Somebody asked why Oh f for r stalling the motors and making a false start at the very beginning First Run Delayed That ll Incident Ident del y successful sue suc north run about 40 minutes He had bad driven almost two miles and was was was' approaching mph when the motors stalled fly ily during a gear shift Realizing that it would be useless to try to continue he brought the car up short turned around like the man who forgot something back home borne and went back to the south pit for lor a fresh start His mechanical cal crew already had gone 13 miles to the north pit to receive him and the entire crew v n raced back to help him get set ready for the second start The st streamlined body was pulled off oft the aSsIs new tries were fitted and fresh Ice lee placed in the water tank which supplants a ra radiator ra m- as a a. a cooling device for the twin motors V I Under Perfect Control There were no miscues on the next start though and the turtle turtle- shaped machine swept down the course under perfect control This Thi time the crew at the north end of the track was not d disappointed The car could b be heard thundering down the track truck lon long before fore It came caine into sight Its first fInt ap appearance aran on the horizon horizon hori hon zon ron was like that of a bug on a glass table top At the end of the I run it glided up to the crew and circled completely around like a swan on a mill pond pon V c. c V The car had moved back nearly five miles on the return trip before it finally came to a halt After half an hours hour's study with Reid Railton the cars car's designer and G. G H. H K Taylor its builder Cobb said he believed an overly rich carburetor carburetor car car- mixture had caused the balky motor to sputter during the gear shift May Run Thursday He Indicated however that it would take his crew a day to mount mounta a complete set of tires and a spare combination He used the spare set of course because of his false start Tuesday If It the motor difficulty can be remedied by carburetor adjust adjust- ment al alone me he hopes to make hi his next trial Thursday morning Should the engineers run Into more drastic mechanical adjustments i imay It may be Friday before he can ge get under way again Both Cobb and Railton were pleased by the cars car's outgoing speed speed And with good reason too for i it clearly justified their earlier confidence confidence con con- that the car has record record- breaking possibilities Elaborate Details Detail The run was conducted under the most elaborate ate set up ever at attempted attempted attempted at- at tempted for a test of this kind here Constant telephone communication cation ca- ca tion was maintained along the complete mile 13 course with operators operators operators oper oper- reporting conditions at each post along the line The tent city created here by timing officials and the Gilmore Oil company which is helping sponsor the run was equipped throughout with elect electric ic lights drinking fountains and sleeping accommodations A public address system enabled officials to keep the huge throng informed with all developments and the car was towed back to the timing circle to be viewed at close range by the spectators before before before be be- fore the engineers went to work on it Wind Dries Track Cobbs Cobb's time of seconds for forthe forthe forthe the mile today is comparable to good running time tune in the yard dash Although he cut the throttle tle slightly just before he finished th the mile his craft was still accelerating seeder seeder- after flashed it-flashed through the kilometer The kilometer speed was 2655 mph as against for the mile mUe The course was in perfect condi condi- tion A cool wind blew v across the flats almost all night helping dry the track track track-to to perfection There was only a light breeze it d race time tune and that was against the car car oh on on its north run V V VV V 3 R 1 Cobb left has a final talk with Reid Railton designer of the big racer before the partly successful run |
