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SUNDAY, APRIL 27
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In the entire world This bulletin* Is an exceptional one In every detail ami its features are numbered by the thousands. i
World’s Fastest Car Is Junked
Barney Oldfield’s Famous
Christie Was the Fleetest of
Its Generation —AWicked Old
Freak Most Dangerous of All
Racing Cars but the -Master
Driver 44 Tamed It.
Cleveland, April 19th.—When IWmiey
Oltjflmid retired In,m mein# to filter
the mmuf^cturirw field at the hsud
of the < >lc!fic*l«l Tiro Company, one of
his sits i, actM wan t<» rodure to Junk the
fa mown old Christie raring «a r that
had wrvml for ho many yen cm hih hi#
|Hi*t war home.
lor distHnci** up to two mile*, the
Christi»' ww.H probably the fastest ear
of its gf’Mei atioh It carried to the
bonnyard the official world’s speed
way rerords up to two wiles, iih well
as tie* record sot on lap on the In
dianapolis *p*edw t \ time I; 27.40. Its
total of stain and truck ircnrda mount
ed well into the ncorch.
Headstrong and Treacherous.
Dtw to its unique const ruction the
(’hrlstir was undoubtedly tie* most
whimsical, as well as the moat dun.
Herons of t peed ear*
It * front wheels keyed nolldly to
their a vie which also nerved as the
crankshaft of the engine. Thin con
struction permitted no differential,
thus making U necessary for both
wheels to tutu at the Maine ruts, re
gatdlcsw of the direction in which they
might I** pointed
When ,1 front tire collapHed. the driv
er lost all control and the car either
Homer aultwl or turned off sharply
and red led over neve re I times.
because of Its bloody record the
Christie had lain for several years, vir
tually abandoned in a leakey shed
where Mr Oldfield found it and bought
It for MW
The "Masher Driver,, immediately
proceeded to give the cur Infinitely
more severe use than uny of his Ill
fated i edeceasoiM yet It was always
welbb* hnved in his service and only
the pilot's i lose friends knew that he
was dellbetately placing his life in per
il every time he drove It.
Watched His Tires.
Rirney made the Christies tiers his
especial study lie indulged in none
of his tire experiments with this cur.
It was given the best tried und tested
tire equipment at his command.
Whether nr not he could have sur
vived the bursting of one of the Chris
tie s tires remains forever an unsolv
ed mystery, for no tlrv ever hurst un- !
dor him.
Ttepeatedh warned that the Chris- I
tie would "get” lilm, Harney's only
concession was to bole »t in reserve.
" hen Mrenuoua measures were need
ed. However he would always cull on
the fleet «.id freak.
< ranklesM it had to he started by s
toullne. clutchle*- there whs no way
** Htopplng It except by stopping the
fn . otor ,hv ciKHutic twr'-cylinder en.
fine would begin its deliberate eue
cositm of bangs, and the wicked old
would spring into its hair-raising
Incident.illy, the Christie proved a
veritable gold mine for the tunk men
r ;*“»d the bronx* and bearings
glotic for 94&0
MOTORCYCLE NEWS
(By Lacy Crollua.)
Th» miratlfjn ~f control i.f molnryvela
s?»'rSi . h *“ ~,'ni, 'ni t’oihcrtn* tha
T* ll*i . "> thtl Hutted State.
Il'Mlirt 1,11 ~r •» dually haa been
• T ha W"loro>illn« ami Alllad Trade.
A»x>.i«Ui.n Inr I.lk nallnnal oritanlaa-
Uon 'omp«*.d ..t «n u.r Prominent m".
Ufa.lurer# ~f moionyclf., moliirvvcla
mn!or, vctr par. lire .„,i ,oyeai«Vl».
hn« taken inn llu* control of motor-
LliiV 1 ’"' 1 '" llm , for **»•• l-'nited Stair,
nliure** * competition oom-
Mrtween (hr Drive our ran read that
llila will iiiran aom« hi* event. in
motarryclnr ihl. iea,, for ||„- M A A
X. \ _ ,hu y.fy»"la*tton wl.l, h pul over
thr (amoua Oyi.ev Tours the pad two
yrara Tt»t this orsanlaatlen la eompa-
Irnl uni onl\ lo control. Inn to promote
bl»r nation* I rmnun yt Ip font fat* I* n
I'Oia turnon. Mitd iln ''otm>«|*ion
Coiiiniltt.r haa juat announced a proarwm
»!., «S» >"* t>»tlonal races. a national
hill illnil. and a national endurance oou
i.at That la a l.la proftant for onr
ai-aann but the ttraatly Increased In tar rat
In th.. aport of motor.»cling on tin pari
of tlm hoys rrturntna from arm. .. over
araa anil In th« cajnpa where tnntorcy. I»»
warr weed an rauoll certainly warranto
The five national epeed evenU wlilrh
hair horn trntatlirly decided on arc
follow*
fpaaiway" 1 *" °* r * c '* 0,1 ,h * Tacnma
A loub dlalanor rara at Aa.nl Track.
Ufa Ar.gelea, prol.at.ly EfoJ mtlm
A r».» mr.t ot tlia Shrepelieed Hay
•headway, New Vork tMeUiice to be
di-rtdrrt latar f*n.
A revival of Hie famous Ikntge t‘tly
national ftm mil# ('hampti.nshtp
And thr flrrt am.mil American Tour
tat Trophy Road R« ..
Tie piece nnt hrrn selected for
the Tmir.-t Trophy event aa >cl Tlia
M V AT A h it*# to find n ui*
fan it toutar » 1. inn >• ~r’i oat
mlr I Hid 1 •
M l\.o . >n..|,
will oi. • I « uar of Ihr to, .
alon a> irt. Another point which tnual
t>« <o»sldrred In thr selection of the
rour.r la that Ih. ra- . should hr lirid
close enouah to onr or morr hie motor
eyrie eeatrra ao that a laiga yrewd la
&NHUr<d Definite dates for the five big
events have not yet been decided, but
It Is expected that, they will lie ao
iitAjr red within the next week or ten
dayn.
Tie National Endurance Contest and
tho National Mill (’limb sanctions will
l»roh*hly he awarded tr» the motorcycle
club * which are In a position to put on
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“One.” he said, “when T asked him how
he felt, said he was too busy t,o feel, and
when I asked hi what appealed to him
as the most remarkable thing about th
war, answered.
“ The number of bullets that missed
me.’ ” —Los Angeles Times.