Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-03-30
Autoists after Two Mica Minute
Record.
Wonderful Mile by H. H. ROwdcn nj
TiorIdu Gives Assurance That II II
Hound To Come-WhNt a Hcvlcw
Of Rrcord.UrenklnE Perform.
nnccs fl the South shows.

mcntS at Florida. OH mo bsaCl1 Ill 1r0lt
of Ormond and Daytona. the New York
Sun has this to say:
Even IN these days or motoring fast
and motoring faster. these days of big
ger cars and lover records. it is astound
ing that such big slices were cut from
the previously existing iis''ros and so
many startlingiy low records establish
cd. In all there were nlnc new world $
records made. Including that for the
klom'icrc, which was timed accurately,
though ,noflicially. rho now records
ar" for MI of the most important dis
tanccs, uamcly. a kiomctcrc. II mile.
.. 10. o. 10. ~ and loo miles. Ecsid"s
ihrs" several records of less Importance
were cstablishcd
cor rhicf popular interest is the way
tho record for the standard distance of
ono mile was treated. This being gen
orally accented ms tho criterion of speed,
it is notable that more than half of the
gap that remained in the struggle to-
ward two miles IN a minute was closed.
In 1904 William X. Vanderbilt. Jr, cleo.
triiicd tho whole world by his record of
Ia mile il 90 seconds. Since that time it
has boon the aVowcd ambition OF all
the sncod habstcrs to attain the mark
OF Il mile IN 30 seconds the equivalent
ratio of two milrs in II minute. or 10
miles an hour. 1t was generally proph-
cs"d that Il mic in SO seconds would
bc attained at this years carnival on
he Florida sands. and Il few hoped that
something better would he done the
most sangunc hoping for the thir,y-scc-
ond mark
on Jnuuary q. tho second day OF the
racing tournamcgi, tho distance hctwccn
the old record of 80 seconds aud the
tWo-milcs-n- minute mark was cut Just
about in half by Arthur Macdonald. with
his English ,.ai-. who made the run in
"a - seconds. \ few minutes after
ward H. H. Enwd"n with his rcmodo He'd
German car cut This record by onc-iith
of II SECOND. AVID six days later Mr.
Bowdcn and his car established the
worlds .cord of Il mile in 20 A. seconds
There il now stands and tho Europeans
appear not only to have giv"n up hope
of heating the figures made in this
country ON the Florida beach. but t.
have decided upon avoiding comparison
with them. for the French Automobile
club the STANDARD for all and tho ono
which first declared for automobile roe
ords with = flying start. has now ISSUED
the cdict that hereafter records at Il
kilomotcrc and mile must be mad,
with u standing start.
Tho speed at which n. T.. Eowdcn q
Boston WAS travelling when he made
his record Of mile in 20 49, seconds i.
equivalent TO thu rat of lo9.S miles II,
hour. which is to say that he spurnc,
the ground at the rate of 100 10 feet :
second. This leaves an increase prac
ticnllly of oulv ten miles an hour ncccs
sary before tho two mic-a minute mari
is reached. This means only "A Sigh
increase of horsepower, to he attaincC
lhy greater cylinder dimensions. %
higher revolutionary speed in tho en-
ginc. and these arc quito within tn.
sight and grasp of those who are nov
building high-powcred engines.
In the WIZ of records attained at !
IT, 20 and 10 miles arc even moro re-
morkahlc than this new orc-mile rec
ord horausc Of the sustained speed re-
CURED for The longer distances. Ar
thur c. Macdonald, when he scored hi
record Of : miles in 3 minutes II seconds
on the first day Of the great racing car
nival. was tying over ground at tn
rate of a mile in 30 IL seconds, and who,
| he made thu record Of 10 miles in & min
utcs T., seconds it was at the avcrac =,
rate of 81 l. seconds to the mile. which
! is faster Than WAS made in the grca
onc-milc run by William X Vanderbilt
Jr.. Il year ago. Again. in the now 20
mile record Of IS minutes II seconds AN,
the new record for 100 miles of ho,,
Is minutes a seconds tho sustaine,
spccd is wonderful to consider. VIVA
| this sort Of travelling means bv trartio,
motor cars running over a fiat surfnc
lis hardly apprccinbl, to the casual read
or of the records. Tho greatest burs
of spccd for n railroad train docs no
equal the rccord making flight of II. l.
How,lcn. Yet the conditions of railroa
srccd and of automobiles afford a stril,
ing contrast.
! ON the railroad !hc timing is done usu
ally, hv sion watches held in tho ham
ana started and stopped by the moro q
loss variable fingers when the moro a
less accurate vision gIimpycs "A mile nos
at tho tracl,ei,ic. The records on tn
rlorid;, beach were made under yustl
different conditions. They arc in ia,
cspocalIy potable because for the frs
time tho personal EQUATION was cntirel
eliminated from the timing. There wa
the accurately surveyed course with ~
electric tape stretching from the ,nl
post 10 the edge of the surf and othc
similar tupes running across tho hcac'
at the various finishing points. On
stand at tho starting point was DO