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Perpetually sunburned to the color of a mahogany deck, his whitish hair tossed back like spray from a speed-boat's bow, famed Boatbuilder Gar Wood of Detroit last week stepped into his 2,200 h. p. Miss America IX at Miami Beach. After running a mile up and down Biscayne Bay at an average speed of 101.154 m. p. h. he got out, remarking: ''Conditions are ideal. I can run faster than that...
Presently Gar Wood again got into Miss America IX, ran a nautical mile and back (800.27 ft. farther than a land mile) at 102.256 m. p. h. Having thus set two new records,* Gar Wood went home where he told reporters: "With 2,000 more horse power in the Miss America IX I can get 20 miles an hour more speed without difficulty. I will buy engines capable of 4,000 horse power...
Sirs: Would you print in your Letters column a summary of the speed boat records made by Gar Wood the late Sir Henry Segrave. I should like to know the speed made by the late Sir Henry on the day of his death. Please inform me also as to the greatest speed made in a sea-flea and who by. This is to settle an argument and we have agreed that TIME'S report decides the winner. H. C. McGuire Cobourg...
...Gar Wood's best average: 93.123 m. p. h. The late Major Sir Henry O'Neal De-hane Segrave's best: 98.76 m. p. h. After breaking the record, one June day last year in Lake Windermere, Major Segrave forced Miss England II to 101.11 m. p. h., struck a water-logged tree branch, hurtled to his death. Last week the reconditioned Miss England II carried Racer Kaye Don 100 m. p. h. on Lough Neagh, Ireland, in a trial preparatory to attempting the world's record at Buenos Aires before the Prince of Wales...
...Gar Wood, famed speedboat builder and pilot: the first heat of the Harmsworth Trophy race at Detroit with Miss America IX at an average speed of 77.1 m. p. h. more than 2 m. p. h. slower than his time last year. His brother George Wood driving Miss America VIII finished ahead of their only challenger, Miss Marion Barbara Carstairs of England, whose Estelle IV and Estelle V she had been tuning up in the U. S. for two months...