On Biscayne Bay

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. . . ."

Old records: 98.76 m. p. h., made by the late Sir Henry Segrave of England before he was killed on Lake Windermere last year in Miss England II's wreck (TIME, June 23).

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