STUDENT'S RECKLESS ADVENTURES.

Shannon News, 1 April 1927, Page 4

STUDENT'S RECKLESS ADVENTURES.

RACE WITH POLICE. , Much excitement was caused in New I'ork early in January by Robin Reed, aie well-known university runner, who ;s a member of a party of Cambridge iludents. Keed, who is always devoid of any self consciousness or nervousness, became inspired with the idea that he should do something really worth while every day of the first week of the New i'ear, and he started on January Ist, with a playful encounter with the New York Police. People in America are not hesitant in lending motor cars, and Reed had no difficulty in borrowing a fast sports car at the outset! ; He went down Fifth Aveniie at a good round pace, but he had hardly gone more than five or six blocks when ihe inevitable large red police car appeared from a side street and gave chase. The police car drew up alongside and soundfd "stop 1 ' ugial. R(ed decided that this was good fun and immediately opened out.

Then for a few seconds there wasa s perfectly good Fifth'Avenue! which was reasonably elear owing to the lateness of the hour. Reed was momentarily at a loss when Washington Square loomed, up, but engineering his way to the .inside, and slowing- up sufficiently, he succeeded in turning into a side street, while .the police car; was compelled to continue straight r n owing to its momentum. " -* By the time the police car returned" Reed was successfully lost,in the intri-' cacies of Greenwich, Village. 1 ' The other activities of Reed included :m appearance at. a large dance at' Slc>';y Hollow in foaiini'i.) apparel, and a rhvM into the ic Hudson ftlyer. Wlii-i; the party were a week-end at .the cjuntry home of Mrs. Vanderlip, Reed bet thirty people a dollar each that he would make the dive. He took an axe and cut a iargs square, hole in the ice; which was six inches thick. He donned a bathing and plunged in while the entire house party were grouped around.

The water was so cold that it almost paralysed him. Fortunately someone, was thoughtful enough to bring a rope, and he was soon hauled out. •:

One night he suddenly Jecided that he wanted to stand un his head at the corner of Fifth Avenue' avenue and Seventy-second Street. So he dashed forth into the. middle of the avenue and proceeded to doTso, while traffic accumulated from all directions; ' !