The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-21

stain great speed ITO do moro IS less ttnss
The chauffeur risks his life to make resoFH
anywhere over 100 mile an hour. The skatef
strains ove- frozen surfaces to become the fas&
est of his kind in the world The cyclist Sheets
3beadong around tracks, and one shpdders to
think what a collision would Trains
shrek, and roar. and reel across the. country
and one grows sick at the thought Of catas-
trophe.
One thing alone is left for us to do-to
oar IN the air and outdistance the bird. "And,"
says Sir Hiram Maxim, the celebrated inventor
and engineer sft be- cammon goose is able to
Hy, and what ths kgeose is able to do ought not
to be beyond yths pswef, dsfNmap. The very fact
that We HAZE q great Htifhbersof natures flying
machines ah6ff us is tisroof that, flight
IN the ar is poseibe." ~ SSky It NJ
s.; Alreedy M sFReiouse results hare Aeen OBJ
amazed Patis BY bis bans lioSu
that eopld be guided spfiSe ssiat IN any
direction and rnanipu lated al til Ii "a s seur-
try numerous zperif1ents are being Hssde.. and
a Baitingre scientis prgf1ises machine that
viii scale the AR ltnfai liaggs
Z AIR Pr hIISEs GBEAIEST SPEED
Il Is pessi hat lie sTsstest speed of traY-
cling Eehirtes may Be attained, in The air. Who
knowyl If birds can Ay why cannot We, make
nsechnes - do the same thing The question
tseer1k logically put, Can you Imagine races IN
fe air ships, SEATING tIia hsdeafs and DIRT
alHg ne eac mad Ming "a oatdis+s
aes the sfhss q
Can ynB Ting ont Of your fourth
Or tent stpEg ElndeN and going on an after
BOOB TO nei ghbcf in your serial car - s
In te aetp.n0bfls the craze FOR racine, per-
hbsspS ean rest be gratffed. Limit to The speed
81 rsebls npsehines has not ye1 been
reagased i3entlgs VIXEN "a mile had been COW
erred In 3ess2 thar d niinhte=-in SO secouds-it
49,
speed was grfdrely fednced 10 so, 10 49,
to- 81 and low q nile HIS been inside in 3d.
SECONDS e - - - ~ q 4 y 81 -
One If taa sfastest bff pss4sn day raGin9
cars ia.that whfchS17 eltef btsilf 10
dsiFe In the Grand 4SEtx raes 81 France this
month. A trial was msfis OF tire eaf over a
measured course of road I'm d esgau. county,
Long Island, last month.
Driven along like an arTow in It's fight the
great 130-horsepower machine went tashing
over roads, careening arouHd curves, l4aping.
jumping, hying-and made/ two miles On one
minute. One hundredkand Twenty Eniles an
i,-43pee5af permission had to
be OBJ aimed from The Long 7ia9aRdo>QuthoEities
80 race over tie roads Il g y
Gould this speed
chine would race from New Ygrkg Sk6ts hidaZ6D ii
seven and one-haH hours. ~
On the last day of the auto carnival at the
Empire-G+tT- track, New York, last year, Chris
tie ran hrs t36=horsepoRer direct-driye raceZ-
twice around the mile track ifTE14 3 and 58ss
seconds respectively At Atlantic ~ the Ger
made a record of a mile In IS Is seeruSs At,
the Florida races in 1905, h I. >Bcwsen made
109S4 miles an hoSf - e
an autonI06ils has been invented By Jules
RavaiiEsrs Of Paris, which, he claims, besides,
running on land the rate Of ffty-fye miles Oh
hour, VIII also~ navigate the water at good speed
-~Nhen it Ncomes to speed, electricity hss
steam outdone. Imagine two forces, like two
wicked genii in a race. With the explosive
force of a volcano, steam seethes and sizzles
and throbs-thron&A>spa electricity, sharp,
quick dazzling darts-ahead ON lightning Wings
as if intent only op>trs psrpose.