Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1900-08-23
EXPOSITION LETTER

absence OF three years tApectr3 W SEQ
the streets aud Bonlevards thronged
with automobiles, had heard 50 much
about them. True the automobiles are
here, but the cabs aud carriages still
ontnnmber them by ut least fifty to Que.
/ The French machine is not rs ornate as
the American, but it has decidedly
business like and enduring appearance.
They are under perfect sSntrol aud
thread the crowded streets aud got mixed
without damage in the closest jams.
Their engineers extrioate them from a
tangle in the street with quite rs much
ease ss do the drivers OF other vehicles
But. If the automobile doss not move iD
battalions through the streets of Paris,
il is because lie real habitat is the parks
and surrounding country; there the,
travel ut great spesd often forty miles
an hour through dust and mud and owe,
small obstacles. A few days ago, the All.
nual international automobile cup race
was won by the French. Chsrron. The
/ famous adept in the automobile racing
game. covered the 5t6 kilometers laboui
/ 352 miles) between the Vile dAyars
aud Lyons in . hours, y minutes aud 25
seconds with an average of about ~
mile. au hour from start to finish
iirar.iot, also French, business partner
of Charron, with tue same kind of auto
mobile was second in 10 hours, vi min
utes and "A seconds. The other eontes
tanis. Jenatzy Belgian Winton tAmeri
cau1 and DE knyff, (French) met with
various mishap. and were forced to aban
don the race.
Winton, the Sole American representa-
tive, was going we'll until near Chatsam
dun. He arrived at that place with one
of the front wheels Of his machine twist
ed until it would scarcely turn, and one
of tn rear pneumatic tires putneured. He
managed To partially patch mp the break
ages aud reach Orleans, but at thai
place found it necessary to stop aliogeth
er. At several points along the route
4 I.e Negh. who ran independent OF th'
rnce. was mistaken for Winton and fhh
confusion lead 10 the report that Winton
was second.
All the contestants had accidents, and
/ Charron either had the fewest or WIZ
more fortunate in quick repairs The
real contest from first to iasi Was he
tween Charlton and Girhfdot. At Chafe
audun, seventy five miles, Charron led
Grar,lot by - minutes. but at Orleans
los miles, Girardot preceded charron b.
II minutes, the latter having bent hn
axle three kilomstsrs before Orleans
Charron again took the lead before l..
Palisse and kept il 10 the tiaish .Nea
Moulins his IN iohine struck big dog
sweryed from the road, passed between
two trees, completely cleared dtol
and resumed lis course iu tbs road a
forty miles an hour before CharroI
could regain control Of the steerene
4 thought | was dead one" said Char
ron IN relating his experiences afterward
Henri Fonrnier none the less daring a,
IN automobile driver, WAS on the seal
with Charron.
II is no unusual sight to see small
tricycle. automobile ridden by.:a lady and
gen leman ia the enyirons of Paris or IL
the surrounding country. The roads
are excellent. but sometimes there If
rain and mud aud the machine, going ~
the rate Of from thirty Ia forty miles aD
aunf. will cover a man and his wife with
thin mortar from head 10 heels. They.
AS a rule, anticipate The weather and are
covered with water proof clothing, hav
ing their faces and especial, theii
eyes protected.
Many optimistic speoniations and pro-
phesies are made in view of th new loco
motor. The complete disappearance OF
the horse from the streets of cities IL
only question Of time, then when dogs
are banished, the streets and sidewalks
may be kept az clean as Dutch parlor
With the disappearance OF the horse.
stables ani fly breeding tith the lles,
hose insects that are now known to bt
the agents for the transmission OF con
tagions and epidemic diseases, will dis
,ppear. The reason why sweeping aud
Washing streets and destroying garbage
promotes health in cities is. first by out
kting off the food supply and breeding
nests Of those ietestable insects which
/ are more destructive to human life than
were all the wild beasts OF the forest
/ When primeval man combattsd them
with nothing better than u dolomits
club. Flies and rats have been regarded
IN past times as scavengers, hut ars now
known 10 lie the pnrveyors "f dea,lly
Diseases. The best seayenger is man,
using the best appurtenances, and hls
sanitation will be most intelligent.
directed when il has for its first objsc,
the destruction of ths food supplies 0i
HES. ileas, rats. mice, eats aud spsrrows.
At Vincennes a somewhat inaccessible
suburb of Paris there is a most interest
lug exhibit. Tor yon can see there the
development Of locom 'tion from its
earliest infancy. It's 20 carts was about
to say, down to the noisslees and rapid
automobile, Of every conceivable shape
| Prom, tha oil lnmhsriuo diligence with