The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-04-10
PHOENIX-[..A
RECORD FALLS

clipping two hours and twenty.
'tHnt minutes Off the old road record
lstwccn 10 Angeles ana Phoenix. n
Nudchakcr Light slx'' made the run
~ "Wednesday In thirteen hours and
hiNtcrn minutes total clnpsed time.
Hart L. Weaver OF San Francisco
ali Jack Burns Of Phoenix alternate
90 % tho wheel, while william Cook
nrd Edwin White chung 10 q twosinch
atrnr IN the s.nncau 20 prevent their
icing pitched out.
The little car carried a mck OF spe-
Gal delivery mail. checking out from
Tho Los Angeles pontome al -four
"clock IN the morning. I.os Angeles
Time. P~oatofflce officials marked
their card with tho time rtamp and
u was likewise stamped whea the
cor reached the Phoenix p~ostoffico at
sixteen minutes after six .. m. Phoc-
Over Historic Route
Tho run was made over the Mecca
Vvthe. tho most difficult Of an The
roads between the two cities and uau-
any requiring three days OF hard trnv-
~ So negotiate.
This was tho foute OF the first
Phoenix and tho former fast
80 Tine ever made between the two
cities fifteen hours and forty-four
minutes. was made by that route.
Time allowances were made for n
cars that ran IN the road races. but
tho s~tudebaker had no intermediate
nd 10 he included.
The first seventy miles Of the run
was over h concrete highways and
then came the dirt road Of tho San
Ttmcteo Canyon, between Rediands
and beaumont.
banning was n M for breakfast
whnn the white clad crew rushed
through like ghosts, headed straight
for the long desert run from That
point.
~ Palm Springs came daylight and
O. Few minutes later the sun poured
~ rays directly into tho drivers eyes.
After Mecca. sand. chuck holes. rocks.
turns and deop ruts for ninety-three
miles into blythe. The crew had not
lr""n Immune from tire trouble. one
~" went fiat M Palm Spdurs and
The tube was repaired al Mecca. An
ntler tire change out OF Mecca and
r. sixteen minute stop % blythe for
tuhe repair and fuel.
Scores of Chuck Holes.
~ Blythe tho car was checked In
at t0.a0 for the 2f3 miles. Another
delay came az the Colorado river.
Th" Terry barge Wua In mid stream
VITA tho crew removing n sand bar.
~ ten minutes past II, time.
n n hour later, Phoenix time.
the ~Studchaker rushed IN the river
hank from the ferry landing and dis
appeared In Arizona In a cloud OF
dust.
No further trace OF the car was
had until IL passed Vickaburg, 60
miles from the river crossing. Here
u flashed through tho town In less
tfinn two hours for the SO miles.
again all trace OF the car was lost
as u rushed across the desert be-
tween Salome and H~assayampa. This
strip OF desert trail was another SER
los OF chuck holes connected with
good patches that permitted the car
70 speed up to forty miles an hour
only 10 force the driver to set the
brakes for deep chuck holes, sharp
turns and ruts "a foot deep.
Jack Burns was ne tho wheel on
D last section OF the run. lie knew
b road. As he piloied tho car into
th9 streets Of Phoenix with siren
screaming for right OF way no had
no time 20 SEQ the faces Of hundreds
81 ms friends lining tho Hldowalks
10 watch his approach.
When tho time was checked II WINS
round that the Sfndebaker had cut
on" hour and four minutes from The
I'm" II b fast mail train operated
directly between Los Angeles and
lh"eniN y vet n new record tina
was deemed impossible by those who
KNOW the condition OF the roads.
INC mechanics who inspected the