THE RECORD-BREAKING

the matter of wind resistance. It appears as though the designers of the body were more concerned with utility than symmetry, but though the racing Lanchester can hardly be described as a thing of beauty in external appearance, the engineer who holds that a thing can be efficient without being ugly, will find his views confirmed by a close inspection of all the mechanical details of this remarkable chassis.

During last season this car captured forty-one records, and on September 12th covered 1,148 miles 843 in twelve hours, being driven in stages by Messrs. Rapson, Thomas and Duller. Another outstanding performance was its run of to,000 miles at an average speed of fifty miles per hour.