| Show COBB SETS SETS TH THREE MORE RECORD Breaks Kilometer 5 Mark At Timing Device i Fails in Mile Five F iv e M i 1 e Test BONNEVILLE SALT FLATS Aug 26 John 26 John Cobb of ol London boosted the mile 10 automobile speed record approximately 47 mph here this morning in a run that added three more marks to his three old land speed record The rho Briton averaged mph for today's today round trip with his bs Railton Red Lion car through the tho 10 miles to completely antiquate theold the theold theold old mark of 2239 mph which was set at Frankfort Germany In Sn 1937 by the late Berndt Although timing traps were vere seton seten set set- seton on en the mile again today the Briton who averaged mph In his run through the kilometer here lato late Wednesday did not make any effort to boost boOt that markI mark I I 1 simply cruised along at about mph he said The other two records he he took belonged to 1 Sir Malcolm Campbell the titled Englishman who was the first man to drive more than mph on land Cobb lifted hUed the mark for the five kilometers from mph to mph and Increased the record for 10 kilometers from mph to mph Time Trap Falls Fall Failure of a timing trap on the return or south run kept the Briton Briton Briton Brit Brit- on from getting a time on the five miles Because the mile five was I part of the record record breaking breaking 10 mile mUe run run however officials are expected expected expected ex ex- ex- ex to petition the International Sporting commission at Paris to credit Cobb with the mile live mark too Cobb was elated at his success In the mile 10 run though The Briton said it was Wa a strange experience however to be trying to break a record with the brakes on pointing out that he was cutting cutting cut- cut ting tine the throttle and applying the brakes for more than three miles of each dash Its rather disheartening he said to see the markers a mile or two down the track and have to start stopping before you get there He lIe said he didn't drive over at any point of the run We leveled leveled lev lev- off shortly after reaching and drove for about three miles mUes at that speed That meant that he did not cut the throttle at the end of the measured mile as he did in the shorter runs but kept going until he was a mile mUe beyond the mile mlle To Leave londay 84 Monday Cobb plans to complete his visit In Salt Lake City Sunday and Monday He will viiI leave by plane Monday night for New York City and expects to sail for England Wednesday on the Art Pillsbury chief timer said an application will be made with the international governing body for tor a a. mark of mph for the five live miles The old record is Pillsbury will base his petition on the following foundation Cobb was actually timed at mph on the north run In a timed distance distance distance dis dis- dis- dis tance that included the five miles mileson on the return run he was clocked at mph Campbell was refused a somewhat somewhat somewhat some some- what similar petition several years ago but Ab Jenkins the Utahn was subsequently permitted to strike an average of his endurance runs on the 12 mlle mile mUo circular track as a record bid for tor whatever distance he had covered Ina Ina in ina If an even speed or average a longer run is acceptable as a record we believe Mr Cobb should be entitled to the five mile five mile mark which is really a distance within a distance for tor whIch the timed performance was well above the theold theold theold old records Pillsbury said Somebody laughed when Cobb said laid he had driven en only And It was recalled that he was travelIng traveling travel travel- ing nearly a mile a minute faster than the record five l years ago That shows what remarkable Improvement has been made In au au- au- au the speed king said You know I really had a nice easy ride this morning It is s no exaggeration to say the machine bandies handles beautifully at that speed It was just like driving downtown downtown downtown down down- town to breakfast Cobb drove the car back to the timing station midway along the course so the spectators could get a up close-up view of what is the fastest thing on wheels Gus P. P Backman secretary ol of the Salt Lake Oty City chamber of commerce was one of the first to congratulate him as he was helped from the cockpit Tim Tires Stand Up 1 Despite the heavy braking today the tI tires s again withstood the strain In amazing fashion In all aU of his runs Cobb has not lost a single tire this year and most mOt of th the the time Urne It has been Impossible for the unschooled unschooled un un- schooled eye to see any wear when they the were removed remo from the wheels Both Cobb and Reid Ramon th the cars car's designer agreed that m in p. p h. h was no longer an Idle dream Cobb said the 12 to 13 mile course was on the short side but h halso he also said he be felt his machine was sufficiently fast to boost the record still higher with proper adjustments adjust adjust- ments and modifications The per cent realization o of our ambitions with the car is a great tribute to Mr Ur Rail Railton's tons ton's en en- Sintering nt ability he added He Helias H Hhas has lias produced everything we fel felt feit we ve needed and land done it with re- re pr precision he concluded |
