The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-09-30
Maurice Prevost's Marvellous
Performance Proves the New
! Air Machines Much Faster
| Than the Most Powerful
: Racing Cars. .1kxAA

The Ne~ York World.
= - AURlCE PROVOST OF France
M can boast that he has travelled
ave over q. hundred miles faster than
any mortal man ever moved before.
Covering 1243 miles IN 70 minutes
SS SIS seconds 10 q marvellous perform
aace. according 70 all past and present
standards. II proves the new air ma
chimes much faster than the most power
fui racing cars. Provost battered two
U1ies \ minute--a mile In 10 seconds.
And that was his average pace over
long distance. Bob Burman has driven
his great Blitsen Blenz n mile In 1854
seconds. Bernin has covered 100 miles In
] hour IL minutes Is LIS seconds This
O. much slower than the aeroplane per-
Torrance. The air machine may he able
20 make Q faster mile than Burman's
racing car. No doubt II will before long.
but Il II In long-sustained speed flights
that It's wonderful ability shows.
racing car. even on Daytona Beach.
smoothest speedway In the world. sus-
tains . tremendous amount OF 1arriaR
and shaking in the course az hundred
mile run. The aeroplane. sliding swift
tuIOuBu tne 'sh
move at full speed ~ long ~ It's motor
turns over.
Remarkable - Prevosts record In. II
will no doubt soon he broken. Not even
the automobile has made such tremen-
.dous strides - the flying machine
within a few years Before boys now
in the grammar grades have graduated
from high school the airship will he a.
safely and positively handled as the
automobile Is to-day. Looking at the
thoussnds OF autos that roll along our
0ouievards now. have vivid mental
picture Of the frst automobile ever seen
IN San Francisco. only a few years ago.
IL was the property OF Tom Williams.
business manager OF the san Francisco
Examiner. II was . little buggy rig.
with q small steam engine installed
60 drive II with chain and sprockst
gear. II steered with a tiller. like a
'boat. The engineer Of the Examiner
Building was Mr.. Murphy. who weighed
about a hundred pounds. Mr.. Murphy
was the only man who could start and
run that engine. lie and the boss
ussd to 60 out through the Golden
este Park In that first auto. lnvari-
Proudly a. II started out. half the time
Il was towed back. Horses SHE'D and
ran away In every block. to tho great
Indignation Of the owners. who roundly
cusssd the locomotive without rails"
Il ratified and snorted and emitted puffs
Of steam from Its creaky Joints. But
until gasoline automobiles came In It
was one OF the mArvsls OF the city,
polluted out with pride to every visiting
rAnohsr from up the valley"
! visited San Francisco y couple Of
years ago. Automobiles lined the side
walks. Every other building was n
garaSa Machines were rolling up and
down Golden Gate HIN In nocks, with
ovt . thought of stailing There were
few horses to shy. and these plodded
aionG stoMdiy. quite used to the limo
walton.
suppose that In . dozen years from
oeW We can take an upward glance at
any time OF day and see hundreds of
sky Autos sailing along. NIFTY Q. n nun.
@od or couple Of hundred miles An
hour. The aeroplane will be AZ com.
snonplace ~ the old sailing sloop, the
horse and buggy. the automobile.
~ A ardent admirer Of boxing,
writes asking why Charli,
4 = White doesn't referee NOR,
bouts In New York City.
That. old top. 10 4 matter between
Charles and the promoters. II wer,
running nghts-whlch I am not--Charlei
Corld referee every night. When h,
stopped the Cross-H ogan bout March Il
aol3. In the frst round. he did exactl,
what he was supposed to do under IN,
ruling OF the Boxing Commission. Boti
Cross and Hogan were fouling. Boil
were warned. Neither would stop. 4
fearless and honest referee had no Cd
tion In the matter. II was up to him /,
stop the bout. White did II. and becaus,
ne had the courage TO do Il, instead O
letting the boxers 20 on breaking IN,
rules and box number OF rounds NOR,
for the amusement Of the crowd, he ha
been shelved. apparently for good.
The club and the commission khoul,
have backed White up The boxer
should not have received a cent. CAT
receipts should have been returned 4
the ticket holders, since the goods w.r
not delivered in the ring, But this ia al
very old matter. They do things ar
ferehtiy now Referees have cultivate
. convenient habit Of looking the othe
way
A RTHuR PEl.KY. through his man
, "a ssr, Tommy Burns. has Issued
. = formal challenge to Gunboa
Smith and Frank Moran. The latter 1
about TO leave for Paris. where ne hope
20 get q chance 10 meet johnson. He
out OF It as far as Pelky Is concerned
hut Gunboat might take Arthur Oh
Pe!ky has been much doomed as Cham
plen" In the West. Doomed In the Yves
and banged IN New York.
A r2:!Dffss:a. $50. Go; II; !" 80 e.;