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Show RECORD BROKEN BY STUDEBAKER Fast Train Along Pacitic Coast Beaten in Run of 864 Miles "To show the possibilities of the J motor car In transporting mall quick- H ly." savs E. T. Mitchell of the R. T. 1 Mitchell company, distributors of H Btudebaker cars, "federal officers re- H cently authorized the drivers of a H Studcbakcr car to make a round trip H from San Eranclsco to Eos Angeles H carrying (Jnited states moll. H ' The coast auto record was broken fH In this trip by nbout tw.o hours and H thirty-five minutes. Tho round trip H distance was 864. S miles, the trip be- PH Ing made in .'1 hours and 23 minutes. H The light six Studcbaker and the H l..rk,' the most famous of coast ex- H press trains, started Ihe saim) H time, the car beating the train sched- H Ills over the distance by more than H thr.-r half hours The. trip was H made under difficult weather condi- H tions. the Jllots being forced to dnv i H 120 miles of tho d latum through a H dense H "The experiment proved that the 1 ', automobile, particularly the Studebak- H er light six. can stand a long con- H tlnued run without mechanical trou- H Ibis. In this case tho car was ready H to start out on a second trip imme- H Idlately after finishing tlfb first." H |