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THE COLBORNE EXPRESS COLBORNE ONT. APRIL 2, 1959 Broke Record Half-Blind One-Handed ! The man at the wheel.of the giant racing car -settled' in his seat and gazed at the miles of finn golden sand ahead. Somewhere in the middle of the stretch lay a measured mile, a mile that at this moment meant .more than anything else in the world to him. He aimed to race across it in '.wenty seconds. If he succeeded he could claim to be the fastest man on earth. With a last look round to make sure everything was al' right he got into gear and moved off. Quickly the car gathered speed. The 450 h.p. engine screamed as the revolutions mounted. Sixty, eighty, a hundred miles an hour, and the driver's foot pressed harder on tho accelerator. A hundred and twenty, forty, fifty; still he was gathering momentum as the beacons marking the start of the measured distance rushed to-wards him. At last the car was going flat out. It was traveling at a hundred and eighty miles an hour, the fastest speed at which man had ever driven, as it flashed across the starting line. The driver sat grim and tens-~s -o-„OR tingling as he kept ,rottle wide open, hands arid arms taut as he gripped the wheel to keep on course. Twenty seconds: the culmination of months of work and worry and disappointment. At last, it seemed, the goal was about to be ' reached. A few hundred yards away the spectators forgot the chill wind that was blowing as they gazed in fascination at the machine that was hurtling like a thundei bolt across the sands. The drivei, too, had no thought of the wind as it screeched-past his cockpit. But suddenly, when the car was already half-way across the measured distance, the wind played a dramatic part in th<; proceedings. An extra strong gust whipped into the cockpit, under the dii ver's goggles and lifted them off Half-blinded, he took a hand off the wheel to push them away so that he could see. The move ment caused his foot to shift slightly on the accelerator. The car slowed almost imperceptibly as it neared the end Of the measured distance. And that was how Captain Malcolm Campbell smashed thc-world's motor speed record, driving one-handed and half-blinded. In the few seconds it took him to adjust his goggles the vital measured mile was behind him and it was time to slow down. That gust of wind, scurrying across Pendine Sands on a dull day in February, 1927, had robbed him of his ambition to cover a measured mile at a speed ot three miles a minute. But he had raised the record, set up on these same sands a few months earlier by Parry Thomas, from 170.6 m.p.h. to 174.2 m.p.h. At the same time he had raised the kilometre record from 172 m.p.h. to 174.8 m.p.h. Nowadays, when the motor* speed record stands at over 400 m.p.h. and Campbell's son, Donald, has travelled at four miles, a minute on water, such speeds seem ridiculously low. Campbell himself made, at the end of his record run, what now sounds a naive remark when he said he had found no difference driving at 180 m.p.h. and 150 m.p.h. He was speaking from experience of having touched 180 m.p.h. The fact that the records do not show that speed is due to a series of mishaps that make CENTER OF ATTRACTION - New York Yankee centerfielder Mickey Mantle signs autographs as he leaves the clubhouse at St. Petersburg. Mantle, who is out of action because of a recurrence of a shoulder injury, had just taken some heat treat- this record run well worthy of inclusion among the fantastic stories of sport. Today, so much room is required for working up speed and slowing down that it seems no more really high-speed runs can be attempted in Britain, but thirty years ago the sandy beaches along the Bay of Carmarthen, were ideal for record attempts, and several were made at Pendine. It was here that Parry Thomas had set up the existing record; and Campbell decided it offered all the facilities he needed. For various reasons, one being that few sightseeing holiday-makers would get in the way, it was decided to make the attempt as early in the year as possible, so Campbell set up camp in January, 1927. Yet it seemed his expedition was doomed to fail, for day after day weather conditions made any serious speed runs too dangerous to contemplate. Frost and fog covered the country and, though Pendine was spared most of these troubles, Campbell and his team had to contend with gales and continuous rain. At last there came a short break in the weather, and he decided to try his luck. The car, fitted with a Napier aero-engine, was wheeled on to the sands and he set off. As it was largely a trial run, he was not too hopeful of smashing the record on this attempt. In fact, he covered the mile at approximately 171 m.p.h., equalling the existing figures. If he could do the return trip slightly faster the record would be his. Quickly, he turned the car round and set off for the measured ' mile again. Then, suddenly, with half the mile covered, the big car checked and slowed. Sorrowfully, the timekeepers announced the speed for the return as only 163 m.p.h. The record bid had failed. Not until the vehicle came to a standstill was the truth discovered. Shells lying in the sand had cut into the tires so badly that one of them was practically severed. By some instinct Campbell, in the middle of what must otherwise have been a record run, had realized that disaster was imminent. He slowed down and switched off the engine. For days afterwards armies of children were out on the sands clearing the course of shells. Huge mounds of them were collected, but the weather remained obstinate. At last, Campbell, becoming DUSTING A DECADE OFF - Tony Zale, who lost the middleweight crown to Marcel Cerdan in 1948, dusts a decade of time from his gloves as he announces he's ready to come out •f retirement. Zale says he'd be willing to go round-and-round with present champ, Sugar Ray Robinson. At present, Zale runt his own restaurant in Chicago. impatient, declared that unless the weather improved within twenty-four hours he would pack up and make his attempt in Denmark. Miraculously, the skies cleared next day, though there was still a stiff wind, and by early after noon all was ready, for the attempt. He set off 'for the mile, but had not gone , far when he stopped the car. Later he said he had had difficulty in changing gear, but decided to cut short his ap proach rather than go back to his starting point. He moved off again, and this time all went well. The kilo was covered at 176 m.p.h. and the mile at 179 m.p.h. He "was still gaining speed at the end al the ' run, so that false start, cutting short his approach by a quarter of a mile, had robbed him of the magic 180 m.p.h. figures, although he was travelling faster than this at the end of the run. The incident of the goggles lowered his figures for the return to 173 m.p.h. for the kilo and 169 for the mile. Again a mishap that no one could foresee had robbed him of the figures he wanted. But at least the record was his. Malcolm Campbell was satisfied. Skiers Migrate From Snow to Water If the pilot of a fast jet plane could race the sun around the globe, he would look down on countless thousands of happy people enjoying the exciting sport of water skiing on the lakes, bays, rivers, lagoons, gulfs, coves, inlets, bayous, and oceans of many continents. Water skiing today is undoubtedly the fastest-growing sport, sweeping the world with an overwhelming appeal as an outlet for excitement and pleasure. The exact number of water skiers cannot be accurately determined, since several million have taken up the sport in recent years. It is, however, an established fact that water skiers now considerably outnumber snow skiers. This is remarkable in that snow skiing is a rather ancient sport compared to water skiing. - In Mexico, you will find still another great area for skiing. Acapulco, on Mexico's western coast, is a thriving centre far water skiing by natives and tourists alike; they enjoy it from sunup to sundown. And you can keep going south, for skiing is enjoyed throughout Brazil, Argentina, Peru, and Chile. On our recent tour through South America, my wife and I found country after country where enthusiasm for water skiing was just fantastic. In Brazil, Peru, Colombia, and Uruguay we found bodies of water teeming with water skiers. They have a series of lakes 86 miles long in Sao Paulo, Brazil, where skiers enjoy the sport twelve months of the year. During a flight to Peru, the captain of the plane spoke to us about water skiing. He had learned to ski in Miami for the first time and now skied frequently in Lima. He arranged for us to meet some of his skiing friends, and the password inevitably seemed to be "Are you a wat^r skier, too?" It was on our return journey, however, that we really had our greatest thrill. We had just passed through the Miraflores locks of the Panama Canal with Colonel Arnold, army engineer in charge. He was pointing out the tremendous size of the locks when a flotilla of water skiers came speeding by. Seeing this impressive display at this most important gateway between two oceans only strengthened our convictions on the universality of the sport. -- From "Water Skiing," by Dick Pope. . : . CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING . : . AGENTS WANTED _____s, watches and other products not found In stores. No competition. Prof-Its up to 500%. 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