NEW RECORDS.

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19735, 27 September 1929, Page 9

NEW RECORDS.

— AIR, LAND, AND SEA. 340 MILES AS HOUR. I (nox ottb owm coksbsfoxsmy.) LONDON, August 23. New records by land, air, and sea have been recorded this week, and some of those responsible for them have been i women. ' In the air' one of the Schneider j Trophy entrants, Flying-Officer Ateherley, on Monday achieved a speed of 340 miles an hour. This record was 5 made with a Gloster Napier 4. The Gloster Napier 6 is the hope for the Trophy. It* possesses one feature of performance which is almost incredible. It can actually climb at the rate of one mile a minute or move vertically upwards as fast as an express train on the level. The question is asked: Is the Gloster Napier 6 faster than the Supermarine Bolle-Boyce> 6, another entrant for the Trophy T Compared with the Supermarine S6, the Gloster 6 is as a swallow compared with an egale. Never before has a racing seaplane achieved such a compact design, and so highly and narrow a fuselage. - The Supermarine, built round _ 8 bigger engine, is larger and heavier, although its detail planning is brilliant. An Endurance Test. At Brooklands, two young English girls, Miss Violette and Miss Evelyn Cordery, completed an endurance test in which they set up a record, having driven 30,000 miles. Every day they have driven for 12 hours, taking turns of six hours each. They started on June 18th in a fourseater British Invieta, and they have driven from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. every day sinee, at an average speed of 61.5 miles an hour. The two sisters had an enthusiastic reception from friends when they stepped out of the car. "We feel very tired, of course," said Miss Cordery, "but we have the satisfaction of knowing that we have done something that nobody else has done." She continued: "My sister and I took it in turns to drive for. stretches of three hours. We had sandwiches in the car for luncheon, and at teatime we stopped and made tea on a little stove. Critics said our car would never last out, but it _ has given practically no trouble. At times we lapped at 87 miles an hour." A Channel Record. The Hon. Mrs Vietor Bruce set up a new record for the double Channel crossing from Dover to Calais in a motorspeed boat. She returned to Dover, after turning in Calais Harbour, in 73 minutes, beating Mr Kaye Don's record, established last month, by ten minutes. Mrs Bruce also holds the record of 1 hour 47 minutes for the donble crossing in an outboard motor-boat. After her return to Dover she said: "It was one of the most thrilling dashes I've ever made. I took a compass with me, but did not refer to it onee, as I was able to steer by landmarks on both sides. I am told that I did not deviate a mile from a straight line. When we got in Calais Harbour I turned the boat right round without slackening speed." Mr J. P. Turner, of London, who left Dover earlier in an attempt to beat Mrs Bruce's record for outboard motorboats, turned at Calais, bat was lost

for several hours on the return journey. He was picked up off the Belgian roast by a steamer, which took him tc Ret terdam. Women's Athletics. Despite the achievement of a world s record by Miss Hatt and a British re cord by Miss Christinas, a women's athletic team representing Great Britain suffered defeat for the first time, being beaten by Germany at the Stadium a.i Dusseldorf on Sunday by 53 i points to 45}. There were three records broken. Miss Hatt, by covering the 80 metres hurdles in 12 3-lOsee, beat her own world's re cord, set np at Stamford Bridge last month, by one-tenth of a second. Although she only finished second, Miss Christmas put up a new British record for the 800 metres, her time being 2min 23 4-ssec. The winner of this race was Franlein Doe Hinge (2min 23 l-ssee,». who represented Germany at the Amsterdam Olympic Games. The other record to be broken was the German record for the long jump, Franlein Grieme covered 5.69 metres, or approximately 18ft Bin.