ANOTHER EFFORT

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 67, 22 March 1929, Page 19

ANOTHER EFFORT

THE SPEED RECORD

CAPTAIN MALCOLM CAMPBELL

When Captain Malcolm Campbell left England in January for South Africa ho had the task ahead of him of beating Kay Koech's record of 207 miles an hour. Since Segravo so decisively placed this speed in the shade a few days ago at Daytoua Beach, Captain Campbell has had to revise his idea; he now has the formidable task of beating not 207 miles an hour, but the wonderful new record established by Segravo.

The Verneuk Pan has been surveyed both by air and car. A surveyor, Mr. Louw, reported about the time Captain Campbell left England that the course was as level as it was possible to find, the fall in surface not beiug more than 1 in 10,000.

"Curious mirage effects are said go be witnessed on this dricd-up lake, so that blades of grass stick out like bushes, pebbles no bigger than matchboxes look like small hills, and posts only 2ft high assume the proportions of telegraph poles. There are curious ridges of pebbles in places at distances varying from 200 yds to 800 yds apart, but local farmers have undertaken to clear-these over a stretch sufficient for Captain Campbell's attempt. It is an extraordinarily dry area, the rainfall in nearly four years being only .5 of an inch." The latest information in regard to the surface came by cable some days ago. It was stated that a good deal of work would have to bo done in clearing the track before an attempt on the record could bo made.