Deseret Evening News | 1909-04-07 | Page 11 | Car Driven Backward for Twenty Miles

CAR DRIVEN BACKWARD FOR TWENTY MILES MILESA A tt feat without II hout In tb the history of was recently by a touring elU er at t J City I It aa backward for tor 20 mUM mites over country the best t 11 live miles t the of the tha on Dt hill i known to a the siren of i th Kansas ity It hill hili climb TIti distance was u covered red in III th three and seven M and despite tM the tact fact that backward a 4 supreme teat taiL for an tor as Jt t eliminates that part of this the air 11 produced hy by forward motion the th Tw In thin car ar ww un fOd at the end nd of tile the 6 mt toils The be wu was 12 11 mil miles from the by b direct reset and d on completing tM the test len tIM the five the ot of the motor car CAl from back bok bokt want t to and w were tack belk to Kara Kane CIt ity D by W the shorter tn In 24 C mInutes This Thi event ns devised tV by I L A t Rob RobIn In oon with u the K City motor car show bow lr r OR ORI I Is manager ot of w the FranklIn tr company tile the City dialer r for tor forth th H U H com awn company patty pany end and h he publicly tI every awry automobIle moan sit Itt the Mow to tol follow him and nd put any rival car the tho to tent laid out for the At t It a appeared that live or It 14 take t ethe the challenge with an equal ot of tia No but bi as the time all au ched they withdrew after with their thu a power car ent out under tIme the ot of John Burns wb I is from the Franklin headquarters In Ryra cue and d who ho In tM the ot of to shows In tb the west t b baa th the hl mote ot of tile the technical AIO Alone I It went oe over t the ar course of t the distance c by chanin t the r front 0 I Iw w wheel carrying the speedometer pomfOrt t to te the lf left a t title h nakin 1 the hll 81 o I register a It ul y wIth 1 the o CX t fu Th The climax ot of th thu was nd In t tIbe lilt When n D l son hil bill was 1 I it warn found to tob b ite covered Vr wt with about u an ID inch of I eAt mt mud t thIs th this nu natural dif ft ot cultism th the t Iv however thA the top topas as reached without a bit hitch SM the Ned o 81 performance O on uto el gear I wu was OnI