AT HIGH SPEEDS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 72, Issue 92, 18 April 1929, Page 7

AT HIGH SPEEDS

SEGRAVE’S EXPERIENCES , “TIP” TO AMERICAN OPPONENT RUGBY, April 16Major Wegrave, at a uimucr in his Uonoui wliicu was attended by the, h’nuce ut Wales at the lOyal Automobile Club luol nigut, described the sensations experienced in a racing car at h.gn speed. lie said mat one at first felt the unleasing of a tremendous mecuauiuai force, then the pecubar feeling that tne car was getting sumewnat out oi human cuntroi. Major JSegiuve mentioned discussing it Witu hia -xmerican competitor, Lee Bible, slioiuy bciuze tiiu latter made; the attempt during which he lost nis;; Inc. Biu.c saiu. that his machine | seemed tu get out of control wuen he;; tuoK h-s luut oil the accelerate;, and | Major tiegrave warned him that it < would do so ii he did so suddenly, lhe reversal ol stresses in the car would ,1 be so tremendous* Bible thanked tie- : grave for this Up and said that he would reduce the speed more gradually. Major begrave said mat he thought; the I. agio death of Bible happened! through the latter s loot slipping oil the accelerator and thus causing too u rapid deceleration. Major begrave at-| tributed his own success to the British genius for eng neeriug. The Prince of Wales paid a glowing , tribute to Major Svgrave. Nobody, hep said, knew the risks better than Major, begiave. except possibly Mrs SegraveHe took this chance and he did a thing that no human being has ever done before, thanks to his own nerve and to bis own skill. The Prince also praised the British designer and mechanics who built the Golden Arrow car, which he described as the British motor manufacturers’ challenge to the world. Alan had always been trying to go fast, and Nature had always been trying to stop!' him. A hundred years ago man i thought he was going quite well at 20 j miles an hour. Now Major Segrave travelling at 231 miles hourly was. 1 driving so fast that even the modern cinematograph men could not catch '