Show is no stranger to the saline course either for he was managing in August 1914 when Teddy came to Utah at Rishel's suggestion to conduct a mile run on the salt The race was really part of Rishel's sighted far-sighted strategy I to gain publicity for the salt flats and a part of his effort to get a continental highway built directly across the salt instead of going miles to the north or south and their party set up temporary quarters f In railroad cars on the Western Pacific which spans the salt saIt flats fIats and worked ten days in getting ready for the big event which took the governor and many other dignitaries to the scene of action The Driver startled the world that day by traveling mph or a mile in seconds but the record was never recognized recognized rec rec- recognized because the watches were started and stopped upon flag signals from each end of the mile The accepted record then was Burman's at Daytona Beach |