| Show Pilot of Thunderbolt Will Stay in Utah Pending John Cobbs Cobb's Attack on Record By STAFF WRITER BONNEVILLE E SALT FLATS Aug 27 27 Despite Despite his new record of ot miles per hour Captain George E X T. l E Con on of ot England may not nol be gl i racIng cl g t this summer Asked If It he planned 1 to return Immediately to England h t taid said aid No Im I'm going to stay right here her In awhile The car will be kept at Wendover Wend Wend- over o temporarily Observers interpreted this to mean that the captain is immensely immense immense- Jy ly interested in the forthcoming chall challenge by John R. R Cobb and probably would seriously consider m new hL run an uv h account Jt f jl e- e rt Cobb should boost i the record r still higher The captain Indicated d how how- ever er that eventually e his car willbe will willbe be crated and sent back to England England En En- gland for display purposes even en though he I has as also promised to place it Iton on e exhibition at the San Francisco worlds for worlds worlds fair fair for lor 88 d days n next t p year ear 4 The ca captain was e ted to go gota goto go goto to ta Salt Lae Lake Lak City this this afternoon probably to attend attena a p party being arranged in his hi honor by Gus P. P Backman executive secretary of the ch chamber of ot commerce The desolate flats flab beginning to sizzle under the rapidly climbing sun cradled a jubilant thron throng of at least a thousand spectators as 85 the captain returned re re- re returned returned turned to the timing tower to receive the happy news pews How the the captain asked half apologetically I 1 dont don't know I what it is Is Is It Il really all U right Assured that a new anew record was fits and that timing officials ls were then their figures to tomake tomake tomake make sure of their accuracy before be- be fote fore announcing them the captain cap cap- taint tain grinned happily D Dr H. H T. T Plumb district engineer en engineer engineer en- en for the General Electric company At Salt Lake City has worked here with timing officials officiaL for tor three days das as the American Automobile authorities sought to prevent another timing failure such as s a. a the one which deprived the captain of ot a record in Wednesdays Wednesday's Wednesdays Wednesday's Wednesdays Wednesday's Wed Wed- run The Englishman p I u II u I h r e d dt t through the crowd to tn Dr Ur 1 I I want avant to thank jou OU for J rall n 4 iI i your our effort effort he said sall Tile The well Plumbed Governor Henry H. H Blood came forward then to fo express his personal personal per per- and congratulations lations behalf of ot the Beehive tater y 3 1 jm t r 1 I c congratulate congratulate our J-our ou the go declared warmly It was Wa a II grand exhibition a thrilling sight Ight one that none of Continued 1 on Pace Two Pare Two Column Five Eyston Will will Stay Awhile while I Continued from Page 01 t us here shall e ever er forget It was the most comfortable ride I have ever had the captain captain cap cap- tam tain declared The car drove beautifully I had no trouble steering and the track was great There were no soft oft spots What were my sensations sensations sensations sen sen- Well I guess Im I'm getting getting get get- ting more accustomed to these speeds When I first topped miles per hour I had hid a number of ot mingled sensations One On moment moment mo mo- ment I felt the salt was curving down in front of me The next I felt as if it we were speeding through a body of ot water in a high- high power powered d speedboat instead of ot riding riding riding rid rid- ing on wheels Today it was quite a casual ride Fast to be true but smooth The car was not surging or threatening to skid as it it did did once Wednesday on a slippery section of the track Today's round trip gave the captain his seventh and eighth ride through the mile at better than miles mlles per hour So far lar he and Sir Malcolm Campbell Campbell Campbell Camp Camp- bell also of England who set the record at miles per hour here in September 1935 are are the the O only ty Individuals to top on land In fact only six men have ever been officially timed at better than miles an hour and three of them have long since gone to Valhalla along with other daring I knights of ot the roaring road The six are Major H. H O. O D. D Seagrave Frank Lockhart and Ray Keech who lost Iott their liv lives s in quest of further speed laurels and Campbell Campbell Campbell Camp Camp- bell Cobb and Captain Eyston |
