Carving a wide white scar up & down Detroit's Lake St. Clair one morning last week roared brown-hulled Miss America X, her four Packard motors tuning up within 200 r. p. m. of their maximum 2,700. Timers clocked the flying wedge of smoke and spray at an average of 124.91 m. p. h. for two statute miles—a new world's record, 5.16 m. p. h. faster than Kaye Don's time in Miss England III last spring on Loch Lomond. Climbing out of his boat, the old silver fox of U. S.-speed-boating, Gar Wood, defender...
To continue reading:
or
Log-In
