The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-06

hurled men from Tarpan Rock. and
their bodies dashed through space with
wonderful velocity. They may have
Travelled nearly as fast as Marriott in
his racing car, but the rocks below
dashed out the details of their sensa-
lions.
Men have been whirled through the
air by tOrnadOes at great speed, and
some of them have lived, but they
never Travelled at the rate of 1915
miles an hour.
With the recent achievements
against time a good part of the world
IS speed-mad. If it is. Alexander is re
sponsible for it because he broke run
ming records on his famous steed Buce-
phalus. Then came the trotters, the
runners, the bicycle, to beat the horse.
and now the acknowledged conquerer
OF all speed dem nS"the automobile.
Tt is as hard to describe the posi-
blEtles of the new BrOkaW racer as it
was to tell what the present record
holding steamer could do before it tore
over the sands of Florida. Marriott
and the machine looked like a Jap
anese torpedo i'm action. There was
Just streak of indescribable color.
The spectators saw only a blur and
heard only a roar that siIenced the
ocean itself stood still until the car
flew by And then it raised its back
and bounced on the sands that had
tempted the strange intruder.
4GsuiFOdu fryer SLOW.
Most people have seen a railroad
train roar by them at the rate of
mile a minute, and most of them have
marvelled at its speed. The best way
to figure how fast the new racing auto
mobile viii go is to think of anything
travelling more than twice as fast as
the mile-a-minute train.
Marriott, although it may seem
strange, is more anxious than any one
else to have the mile mark set at .
seconds This intrepid driver seems to
have no sense of fear. He won his
spurs when a mere youth as daring
and sI1ilfuI rider in the palmy Gays of
bicycling.
He was a noted rider in eastern
Massachusetts, and the champion of
Highlandville, his home town. where
he was born, on December 81. 1872. He
was educated in the Needham public
schools, and has spent nearly his whole
life at his parental home: For sew
era1 years he has been employed as an
expert driver by the Stanley company
of Newton. He is five feet ten inches
in height and weighs 40 pounds.
Marriott's victories in automobiling
include record hill elm bing at Corey
Hill, BrOOkline. which he did in 1904
and won silver cup offered by the
Massachusetts Automobile associa ton;
the Dead Horse hill contest in Wor-
cester. under the auspices of the Wor-
cester Auto club, i'm 1905. and the five
vile, May 20, 1905. i'm the first. annual
tournament of the Massachusetts
Automobile association. For winning
this race he received a handsome silver
loving cup valued at 5000
Great Combination
W. Gould BrOkaw is just the type Of
sportsman under whom Marriott can
show his greatest ability because he
spares no time, effort or expense when
once ne makes up his mind to win any
thing. He is one of the youngest and
wealthiest of New Yorks spOrtsmen
and began as a mere boy.
He sought last year to break all
power-boat records, and succeeded in
Florida when his flyer Challenger COW
cred a mile in two minutes and two
seconds. He is an expert wing shot, a
lover of thorOughbreds, which he races
on his private track on his Long Island
estate and an ardent yachtsman.
Last year he competed in the Or
mund automobile races, but decided
not to this year However, the record
breaking has tempted his sporting in
stincts and the 25-second car is the re-
suit of his determination.