The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1910-04-14
oLDFlELp's STORY
Has Finally Achieved ilse Great
Ambition ei His Life, TWO
Miles : NIrats Pays With
Ms Own Rlool.


To-day ! haze realized naY i.is's am
bitian. ] have Travelled faster than any
other person in the whole world /
have shot along the Tocki.xe sands OF
nsytona beach - greater Fpeed than
many wise men believed was possible
to attain without egcosntefiDs disaster
Over q million dollars has beeD spent
By different factories and isdisidaals %
build caFs that would beat tho world at
the speed game You hsye seen a hun
cry kid looking into eookis laden bak-
cry window With longing ald wistfnl-
ness written all cFes his face. That's
inst shout the way | stood by and cav
other drigers. W4ay without previous
reputation, break speed reSords and
made mp my mind that about the time
the ether fallow thought the limit Of
daring and snee.I lad bsen REACHED
would 20 hem Gns better and steal that
speed bing crown ior al my own.
II was playing mare change taking
and haSardons game. that circular track
Y 'rk, with fenee rails and posts plough
Ing into my anatomy every time made
'faux pas. as they tried to teach me
when l was IN the show business. But
IT hgmiliated me every siipe some we'll
IN aa ming peFaoE would ask
me what speed had bcen attained with
an autonobiIs- Maybe 7 had jest driy-
Ell 4 c:rpHIar track mile in 81 seeends.
skiddipg all over the and OF soft turn.
How cheap my 50 seconds seemed to look
beside the stEaightawaT feliows'2s or %
seconda- Nearly every dollar possess
vas earned with bIood-my blood and
attendant physical pain, but it did not
take me long to make up ny mind to buy
the car which used to break tie world q
record for every mark I vent after in
| Florida
Il want to SO on fecord as saying that
there is only enc race course in the
world thst will permit the speed made
That 10 the Daytoas Beach course
"Mv FIRST trouble upon trying out tbs
car was to set goggles that would epabl;
me to nee my eYes after | reached ths
720- mile an hour gait Ny ordinary
racing goggles alsnest goused mY eye.
out the pressure caused hy the wing
being terrific After a lot of expert
menting overc2me this difficulty Th-E
came the work OF getting accustoqsed =
great speed. believe am calloused 4
ordinary dangers af automobils racing
but it was a new dread and fear for me
| The limit III speed was going fastei
for mile after mile than scientific auto
mobile engineers figured eould be al
tsined without the tires being throw
roff the wheel by centrifugal force.
"The loss Of traction was startling
| Fully third OF the distance the wheel,
were off the ground. The front wheaa
we're shooting up ard down in a weir;
dance that caused me to shat down mi
motpE Entil they would hold to hi
ground. ] knew the mator was capabll
OF so many hundred revolutions pe
minute ] knew thar the gearing
would admit OF a speed Of $50 miles al
hour when the engine was wide open.
1T was mp to ME TO find ont wha
the limit of spsad really is. | voul.
wait for particularly good stretch q
beach and then ! would let the grea
old car have its head. Down would &
sie throttle and the spark would be ad
vaneed well along. Then we voul,
shoot throEsh spsee. ! venld agai,
begin to choke, everything hetnre m
would become enshrouded in hase anl
1 woul'i suddenly feel as though ] wa
in the middle os nightmare. about Z
jump OF some mountain PFerip:ce
''fhen would shut herilvn. ha
travelled fas-er than human ever tEay
eled- Bar faster. for Ia miles an hou
is almost million times as fast as
llcks 10 print. 7. ~ is az near the lia