SPEED AT DAYTONA.
I EW ATTEMPT DELAYED.
RECORDS HELD BY BRITAIN. LONDON. Feb. 25. A message from Daylona Beach, Horida, states that Sir Malcolm Campbell to-day postponed his proposed further attempt on the land speed record till to-morrow on account of rain.
In addition to breaking the record for the " living mile " yesterday Sir Malcolm s performance of 253.968 miles an hour establishes a new record for one kilometre and five kilometres.
Britain now holds all the official speed records for land, sea and air. These were secured in tho air, by I) lightLieutenant Stainforth, at 407.5 miles an hour, and on water, by Mr. Kayo Don, at 110.28 miles an hour—a claim by the American, Commodore Gar Wood, to have attained a water speed of 111.712 miles an hour not having been officially recognised.
Tho speed records for motor-cycling, both track and road, are also held by English riders, and the fastest railway speed goes to tho credit of the Great Western, Railway's " Cheltenham Flyer," which was driven by Enginedriver Stone at 81.2 miles an hour. 1
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21118, 27 February 1932, Page 11
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