The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-12-15

THAT TRIPLE VICTORY u Savannah when EMF ~
finished one, two, three In the biz road rzce for lie Tiede
MN Trophy, WI ! typical EMF stunt
ri WAS Al slaughter The Other csrs hadns
entered-and should have known III for doesn't E-MR
-3e' hold the worlds record for the Atlanta Speedway
Hasn't she beaten them times without number
hut THEY FIGURED Oh accidents-that i driver misha
make ! miscaIculation on taking ! turn. that tires rnighH
blow up or be punctured Or Some other unforeseen thinr
happen that would put the 3Us out Of The running III shat
case they might have j chance.
BESIDES THEY KNOW Il y good advertising iust u ~
they dared enter the lists against ths invineible EMP
80 And As for .reputaton-wel they had everything t.
gain by 4 victory and little ~ LOSE by defeat
OF COURSE THEY SAID beforehand that while EMP
~30' had proven herself ! great track racer this VS. 40 be
different This was 4 road race with great bursts of speed
possible, yet sharp turns that would have to be- taken skill
fuzzy and even then would subject The chassis d terrific
strains and stresses And they said-whst they hoped-
that this car would be unable tc stand uR under such ! srst
NOW JUST CONTEST yu were one Of the thousands
admit that even you, knowing this great caf AS you Rad.
never expected to see her d. the wonderful stunt he did
that day.
FOR IT WASN'T ONLY that the three mi as0r rars
finished one, two. three, with Captain Witt ii thr lead. but
just think that during the entire no miles not one Of tie
three stopped or slowed down foT any cause whatsoeyers
ri LOOKED LIK ii PRocEssIoN-Wftt leading By
four minutes, Evans and Tower following Like shadows and
less than . minute apart-just enough IA avoid accidents
At the turns.
BUT FOR THE FAST TIME made-it wzs within 10 W.
ends Of the worlds record tot The distance-onr would have
thought it just ! testing iannt-not ! race A all.
BEST OF ALL ii was evident to every onIookcr that at any
moment should Wits CIR falter, either cf the other two
could instantly have called on his reserve power and taken
the lead. But no such thing happensd-cause why2 They
were IF 800. and 40 road troubles ever do happen
to those sterling cars.
1T WA IA CLASS c EVENT and Sd. according tc The
a. Al a. rules we are not permitted to state how nearly
stock these cars were.
BUT WE CAN SAY THIS. III you own an EMF 80
car Of any vintage from 1905 to 1912 inclusive. Frank Wit.
by a days tuning up can take your CIR and duplicate his
performance at Savannah. And 50 can You if You possess
4 race drivers knack cf adjusting carbnretors, etc, and
driving ~skiifuliy.
JUST RECALL. that the car that made the woridt record of
over so miles an hour on Atlanta Speedway was -0id
Bullet" the ninth car we built Wits car was number
37S59. What's the deduction? Why that since 1908
430' has been the greatest car In its class and we are max
ing them Just as good now AS We did then. No need to say
better. Why gid refined gold?
EVERY EMF 80" Is Al GREAT CAR-one Just IS good
as another-and no EMF owner was surprised At the
Savannah result He simply chuckIed to his friends who
owned other cars they had paid 81 800 Or more for and said:
II told you So
III. ID. WALKER Il co.
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