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ACCnA, ohp nRAtii t$Jvvram pcjMittir DbAmTo ALLThe whlr-r-rvr-r of a motAityelf,tipped at ftn angle of f#0 degrees aiilt; 1 traveling at th»- rate of 100 ImHes an hour on a ’ »ck, la«the music of this day of apeed ; which sounds iwitU d to the speed demon, •Motorcycle racing la the moat ex itrerue of all racing -the last word In mania for apeed. Although only three years old, thia Hport, 'dangerous aa nan ho Imagined, j nerve-racking In tin* extreme, haa (taken deep root as a a port of 1012.It la distinctively an American toatltutloo. Horn In 1/ok Ah^Ich, the mania swept clear across this ' mn try once and now the tide lar*3rapmokMxra*PACE-turning back westward. It traveled from Ixis Angeim to Halt Lake City then to Denver; from Denver to Chicago; on to Cleveland, Co him* hua and finally to Philadelphia and New York. In Gotham they ar*k crazy over the new sport - one child of the speed era for which they cannot claim the credit. Now they are talking of building tracks at Cincinnati and St. I/nils, and IMS promises to see the erection of at le«4t a acohe more.r\ hia sport haa the same peculiarhold on racers H hns on fpectators. They cannot withstand it. Although tiny realize that for themDEATH IS ONLY AN INCIDENT,they can scarcely !e dragged off th»* track at the finish of a ra • . Excitement for them la life, in motorcycle racing they find it Uithe unadulterated form.B|»eed. a peed and still moreis tli demand of tba day.are Uylng fhelr beat to satisfy the demand. Already there have many mil** ridden In less than 1*7 seconds, hut neither riders nor spectators are satisfied. They, tt/Hi a speed of a mile In 30 seconds, and believe that In another year they will attain it. Motorcycle factories are working overtime on more pow erful engines, rider* are expert mentlng to Ret the most speed out of their machines; track builder* are bending every energy ^o build faster track*.The tracks very In size. Most of them are quarter rollers, nl though some have been built a third of a mile lu length and cithers a half mile. The track is bunked at an angle of from 40 to ;»o degrees, and to run on it a mo torcycle must attain a speed of at least 40 miles an hour, attained by starting on the ring hoard at the bottom. When the riders are bunched on tin* track, a sptll for one of these daredevils means prob able Injury and possible death for allDeaths have been numerous, se rlotis Injuries countless; but there is no let up in the enthusiasm of either riders or spectators.lt; nor* me t nampion.* I ottnop si i*r* am i a uu* co»tT»»r, in« t s'riuj a k»k*j rnanre
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Seattle Star
Seattle, Washington, US
Sat, Aug 17, 1912
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