The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-01-22
PRIZE WINNER
IS SPEED CRAZY
Young New York Millionaire
Tells How the Sport Has
GTipped Him.
BELGIAN AVIATOR AND
COUNT ALSO AIR VIEWS
Wager Made That Bruce-BrOwn
viii Become Birdman
Within Year.

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ing became firmly established. psycholo-
gists have never satisfactorily explained
the why and wherefore OF the attrac
tiveness of excessive speeds, and the eff
feet upon the nervous system,
| The subject was broached the other
day when a number of automobilists
and aviators were at luncheon at the
Hotel Empire. New York City. and
came about after David l.. Bruce
Brown, the young millionaire driver,
who won the grand prize race at Sa-
vaunah, had recounted his experiences
in sport.
'sThe craving for speed is, in my
opinion, matter Of individual temper
ament rather than concrete generality
that can be aseribed to any particular
cause said Bruce Brown. by that
mean that some persons are born with
an inherent desire to rush through
everything. and this characteristic is
developed or remains stationary exactly
in proportion to the action of environ
nlent upon the nervous mentality of the
person involved.
Interested in Roller Skating.
"Take myself. for example, - contin-
ued the popular young millionaire. 90 As
a kid i was interested in roller skating
and was never satisfied unless | was
going at top speed. Then | got a
bicycle and the craving for speed was
not appcased until Joined club and
was able to travel in company with the
fastest riders. After racing for cou
pie of seasons ] began to get restless
when motorcyclists passed me on the
NJ g.. ,.okl
yet satisfied, nor was it until i had
acquired the fastest motorcycle made.
The motorcycle suf1iced me until one
day a racing car swished past me as
though ] was standing still The rest
is uninteresting. Ny soul craved great
er speed and my ambition was salts
fed when I first sat in the bucket seat
of 100 horse power raciD,. car, Nat |
urally. | was oyerloved when ] won the |
greatest of automobile races-the grand |
prize race at Savannah. -
BY the same process of evolution !
YOU Will then eventually turn TO avia-
tony inquired one Of the party.
Don't Think Much of Flying.
"Who can tell9'' replied Brown. |
"Just at present am satisfied to drive |
the fastest racing car in the world My |
craving for speed is fully satisfied, |
and l do not think much of aeroplaning |
that is. not at present. he added |
nastIly when the aeronautical members |!
OF the party began to scowl.
Speed: perhaps, is the best charac.
tcrIstlc of the American people, put
IN Count Henri de Lafitole a French.
man who is stopping at the Empire
and who is interested in aviation, being
now engaged in exploiting Albert Fl
leuE. who was the lamented Moisant g |
mead mechanic, and who plans to open |
an aviation school near New York.
To speed must be attributed
great deal of the prosperity Amer
leans are enjoying Soul-stirring speed |
dress is to women. dolls for little girls,
mice for eats. Without speed | con.
slider men animals. machines Incapable
OF performing their predestued work,
Every nation seems TO be afflicted
with paranoia of some sort, and the
craze for speed seems TO be the dom
lnaut feature of the American people. |
! witnessed the running Of the Grand !
Prize race at Savannah, and after
watching Bruce Browns magnificent !
driving and brilliant victory. / have no
hesitancy in declaring that Bruce Brown /
is nearing the stage of acute speed
paranoia.
Bets on "Davey."
eyes. and | II bet $500 right here
that Davey' will be risking his neck
in aeroplanes before another wear has
passed. - smoke up George B. Merriam
the New York clubman who offered
$1,000 to the first aviator TO cross the
Hudson and land in Central park.
Don t you believe it, replied
Bruce Brown, 81 have no desire to
fly and am quite satisfied to drive n
racing car, but if You are so sure that
shall seek the new sensation 7 am
willing to make bet of trip to
Europe with YOU that / shall not be
driving an aeroplane before another
year has passed - Merriam accepted
the wager without hesitancy.
Undaunted by his last fight and look
ing ready to start across the Hudson
again at moments notice. Frank
Morok, the Belgian aviator, put in a
word:
''I have looped the loop for many
years. said the popular air pilot, "but
did not find ii exciting enough;
that's why J. learned to fly. We NJ.
ways want TO excel and do something
different or better than any one else.
If ever man succeeded IN flying to
the moon others would not be satisfied
until they had renched the sun. That
is the way with speed If there are
no records OF other people s to break.
we try 10 break our own marks-or
our Decks, added Morok, with dia-
bolic smile.
Then the party disbsnded but the
bet between Merriam and Bruce Brown
that the latter will have forgotten his
love for motor racing and have become