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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MOTORING SUPPLEMENT.

THIS YEAR'S SPEED RECORDS.

Interesting Facts and Figures.

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Quite a contrast between the old and the new in the racing game, as these pictures show. At top left is the famous Barney Oldfield in Alexander Winton's Bullet, while at right is R. E. Olds Centre driving his Pirate in the former days of motoring on the Daytona Beach course, photo shows the Mystery Sunbeam driven by Major H. O. D. Segrave, while at bottom, left to right, are Captain Malcolm Campbell. In his Bluebird Special and Ray Keech in the Triplex which he drove to the present record speed of 207.55 miles an hour.

of Malcolm Campbell Daytona Beach, Fla., Jan. 21st.- Captain Back in 1903, Alexander Winton, London, who raced his Bluebird! automotive pioneer of Cleveland, Special on Feb. 18, 1928, at an created a sensation by driving his even faster clip of 200.95 miles on famous Ballet on the Daytona hour; and J. M. White of Philadel¡ Beach Ocean Speedway for one phin, whose 36-cylinder Triplex suitable for mile in 52 1-5 seconds, or a rate of Ray Keech drove down the beach at the record speed of 207.55 miles an hour,

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Last year Ray Keech shot over the same distance in a little over 17 seconds. And this year even this remarkable record is expecteil to be lowered when some of the world's greatest auto racers. par ticipate in the annual speedway events from March 1 to 15.

boy on a motorcycle. The othor Was Frank Lockhart, famous racer, who was hurled into the surf with his special Stutz Black Hawk deer last year while going at more than 200 miles an hour.

Started 26 Years Ago.

Yet auto racing here; much faster than that possible on, the various race tracks in the coun- try, has been an institution since 1903. It was in that year that Winton drove his Bullet racer nt

speed of one mile in 52 1-5 sec. onds and Oscar Hedstrom, on an Indian motorcycle, covered the same distance in one minute three and one-arth seconds. In 1920 Johnny Seymour, also using an Indian motorcycle, cut this record down to 31 seconds.

In 1904 William K. Vanderbilt, driving a Mercedes, startled the world by traversing a mile in 89 seconds, but a day later he was beaten in a competitive raco by Borney Oldfield, driving the famous Blitzen Benz.

The 1905 meet tore the record table into pieces, Arthur C. Me- Donald, with a Napier, cutting Vanderbilt's speed to a mile in 34 4-5 seconds. McDonald also did a kilometer in 23 seconds, while H, W. Fletcher, driving a De Duetrich, went 100 miles in 1 hour, 18 minutca, 24 seconds. Ten records were made in all.

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190G Vietor Demogoet, aboard a Darracq, hurtled two miles in 58 4-5 seconds, while Frank Marriott, driving a Stanley Steamer, réduced the mile show- ing to 28 1-5 seconds.

From 1907 on until after the war few new records were made. But in 1919 Ralph DePalma, driv ing a Packard, lowered records for these distance: 10 miles, min- utes 9.31 seconds; 15 miles, 6 minutes 48.75 seconds; 15 miles, 6 minutes 48.75 seconds; 20 miles, 8 minutes 52.20 seconds. De- Palma also made a mile from a standing start in 38.83 seconde.

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In 1920 Tommy Milton peared in a Duesenberg and set: entries will come in for the eventa

of 150 4-10 miles to be staged here next March.

The beach here is particularly the rate

drivers were hour. All these high-speed racing

American Automobile Association. such as that attained last year. It timed by the contest board of the is 21 miles long with only one

In 1922 Sig Haugdahl, driving break across it, that of the ap- a Wisconsin Special timed by of the Interna- Major Segrave is coming to prouch to the Ocean Pier Casino America with a new-creation, The at Main street. At low tide the representatives Golden Arrow, which hu hopes width of the bench is 600 feet, tional Motor Contest Association,

an hour. will attain a speed of 240 miles bath length and width afording was credited with 180.27 miles

n hour or one mile in 15 seconds. ample room for the racers to open Captain Campbell also has a new the throttles to their Hmits. type of racer for which he recent- ly made a flight over the Sahara Already the directors of the Desert in a fruitless effort to find third international automobile suitable racing course there. speed classic here have the entries White'a Triplex will be the only of three racers who burned up the ear that will remain practically

In all the years of racing, only hard packed sands last year. They unchanged. This year he expects are Major R. O. D. Segrave, Bal to have Ralph DePalma, the famous two drivers have met their death who on Italian-American racer, pilut his here. One was Frank Croker, son timore-born Londoner,

noted Richard Croker, April 29, 1927 drove his Mystery juggernaut down the beach for an of the Sunbeam on the Daytona bench at even greater record than that sell Tammany, leader, who was killed when he tried to avoid hitting a a rate of 203.78 miles an hour; by Keech.

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Then in 1927 camé Major Se- Sun- grave in his British-made Added to these advantages the fact that the beach's mixture beam, which attained maximum a two-trial average of coquina and mund, wave-rolled with-the-wind speed of 207 miles by each incoming tide, gives the an hour and course a particularly smooth and of 203,79 miles an hour,, hard anrface.

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