| Show New Record Se Seekers lers Must l Wait On Science S Speed gee eed I Ace Declares Jt Ti Title tle Holder Do Does Not N 0 t Expect to i lo tp Return With Thunderbolt Next Year By B Br TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER J BONNEVILLE BONNEVILLE SALT FLATS Aug 27 27 Thirty eight years ago agoa a strong-legged strong cyclist sp speeded eded over the smooth and nd glaring bed of the Bonneville salt flats in an attempt to establish a speed record Saturday at the end of the fastest land and mile ever traveled by man Captain George E. E T. T Eyston British British Brit- Brit ish sh army officer and twice holder of ot the worlds world's land speed record stepped from his ebony streaked juggernaut and announced It isn't probable that I will bring the Thunderbolt batik back ba k to tn the salt Milt alt beds heds next year Mr in tr try for a 1 newer and I faster land speed record Soon o t as 5 1 Ita pay my 01 blI bills r and 1 I g t d 7 4 have ha plenty plent I will sill return to England En En- gland In gland In les less than a month month- business you O know know- Another r reason ason for COl not coming next year he intimated is bec because use science lacks the knowledge to build a car any faster than the Thunderbolt Thunderbolt Thunderbolt Thun Certainly it can be done he de deg cia red but u the time is rot t. t ripe n nuM n l o on P Plu ce Col Column F v 1 SPEED RECORDS RECORD WAIT ON SCIENCE 1 Continued from Page One On I Much uch mo snore more e experience is needed 1 Land and speed is now a problem in higher mathematics After mph we need more special equipment and we haven't got It it As for the future of the twI twice glorious Thunderbolt Captain Eyston ston said It would be packed and shipped back to England hed like to it too They'd see you know he lie exclaimed In fact it will riU be put on exhibition The captain captain a strong willed but genial who likes poached eggs toast fried potatoes potatoes and and tea of ot course for course for breakfast endured a along along long ong and wrecking nerve-wrecking session with his mechanics and car early Saturday morning He retired early Friday and by byL 1 L a. a m m. was up and about dressed In n the trim and sleek white coveralls coveralls cover cover- alls aILs he wears while guiding his Thunderbolt His comment upon leaving his hotel room at Wendover for the salt sail flats was a beautiful morning but buta a trifle warm eh Z Evidently the captain is 15 accustomed accustomed acetic acetic- tomed to solitude on the eve of a arun run lie Ifs breakfasted alone and drove e his small and unpretentious sedan at quite a safe speed and with a considerate and prompt flickering of headlights the 14 miles from Wendover er to the south pits beginning of the run There he obligingly posed for The Telegram photographer Bill Pratt and then dismissed them with Of Ot course you'll leave now Aided by his loyal and efficient crew crew of of 12 Captain Eyston remained under the huge hug circus tent housing the car cat until time of ot the run a at mountain standard time The captain being a man of ot cold and scientific logic do doesn't nt believe In n Lady Luck In fact hed he'd never heard leard of ot her Bad Dad luck bad management management- weather excepted was his comment comment com corn ment meat after the doubtful virtues of Lady Luck were explained to him In hi the good old American w way y When asked how it feels to hurtle nearly feet per second while encased in a box leaving elbow elbowroom elbowroom elbowroom room only the captain said that it was quite a peculiar feeling quite unlike anything else eIse you know I dont don't know he said Maybe like ike running a hundred yards fast Captain Eyston implies he has done enough running for the present present present pres pres- ent and hopes to return within a month to his bis native soil solI My last twp runs were grand he exclaimed Not a thing went wrong track fine steering fine tine cowling perfect in fact it was very good excellent perfect lie He was particularly pleased with the thoroughness and efficIency efficiency effi effi- of A A A officials who operated operated operated oper oper- the two tin eyes eres at each end of the measured mile They worked like the devil and I thank them As for his crew the captain said nothing except that he will meet with them soon to discuss plans for returning to England Perhaps the happiest of ot all the thousands who witnessed the two smashing runs was Bert Dently Eyston's master mechanic Immediately after the Thunder holt olt coasted into the tent at th the end of ot the last run of ot official miles per hour Bert was the first firs to reach it and first to take th the wheel after It was relinquished by bythe bythe bythe the captain Bert proudly steered the huge hug hulk down the highway smiling highway smiling a amile amile amile mile wide The captain left his car and crew Immediately after the run hurried to his hotel and left soon after fo for Salt Lake City He will wili be the honored honored honored hon hon- ored guest at a party Saturday nighat night nigh at the Salt Lake Country club |
