The border vidette., 1927-08-13
IRON MAN" COMPLETES NON
STOP RUN IN CITY
Mondays Herald)

weary and eyes droOplng, Wal
lace D. Reynolds, The Iron
Man." ended his 100 hour non
stop automobile run over the
streets of Nogales. in front of
The Herald building at $40
o'clock Saturday afternoon be-
fore a crowd estimated at 1000
people, who cheered when Wal.
lace was lifted from the seat
where be had sat for over four
days and transferred to another
car and rushed to the Hotel
Evans for examination.
Long before the run came to
an end cars were parked in front
of The Herald and many people
assembled to see the finish Of
the gruelling test.
Reynolds came to a stop at
exactly $40 O'Clock and Police
Chief J. j. Lowe unlocked the
handouts which had held him
fast to the steering wheel for
over four days. Weak and un
able to walk be was lifted from
the Whippet coupe, in which be
had made the run, by Deputy
Sheriff Donlin. and was trans
ferred to the Hotel Evans where
his physical condition was ex
amined by DR.. w. F. Chenoweth
Wallace was tired. He had
gone so long without sleep that
his eyes we're red and staring.
Although in weakened condi
ton he smiled when the crowd
cheered and he knew that be
had gained his 64sh non stop
victory. He had won in the
race against time and slumber.
The non stop run ia the Whip
pet coupe attracted considera
BILE attention. The run started
at 1:40 p. N. Tuesday, August
2nd, and ended at $40 p. %. !,
Saturday. August 9th.
For four long days and nights
the non stop driver could be
seen winding his way through
the streets of the city, confident
and smiling.
When the hour came when BIZ
would be released from his self
imposed sentence he was greet
ed by swirling crowd of No
gales people.
Wallace D. Reynolds is a No
gales boy. He was born in this
city over 30 years ago and this
is his first visit to his old home
town for over 25 years. He was
remembered by several of his
former school mates and many
old timers remembered his fam
lily. DR.. W. F. Chenoweth who
examined him after his non
stop test was the attending ply
sician when he was ushered into
the world.
The Nogales run is his 64th
non stop drive. He has driven
in many cities and his reputation
as a non stop driver is becoming
national. He has made many
records and his next drive is
scheduled at Guadalajara.
he equipment used in the local
non stop run was a Whippet
coupe furnished by L. FL. Wat
kins; Red Grown gasoline and
Zerolene oil were supplied by
the Standard Oil Co. and Fisk
tires vere used.
No car trouble or accident was
experienced on the 100 hour test.
He evaded traffic jams aud not
even single pucture marred his
trip.
The Foreign Club secured the
advertising rights on the car.
Reynolds. in a statement to
to the Herald. said that the only
unpleasant feature of the 100
hour run were the unpaved
streets of the city. He said be
knew every rut and every bump
and drive brought forcibly to
the attention of the people the
need of paving.
Although Reynolds had been
awake for over 100 hour he was
the guest of the Foreign Clab
Saturday night and danced until
midnight. He seemed tired but
said be ejoying the evening.
He went to bed at midnight
and slept until nine o'clock Sun
day morning. During Sunday
be went to his downy couch
twice. Reynolds lost 8 pounds
during the run. He says that it
will take him two weeks to get
| back to normal" :"
Reynolds desires to express