The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-05
English Papers Are of One Voice
in Opposing Repetition of Con-
test in Ireland.
FATALITIES SEEM INEVITABLE.
Only on Specially Prepared and In
closed Tracks Should Any
Contests BE Permitted
Drink Cure.

s HER1tD AND N TiiE ST. Lotis REsuBLc
London July i-(Copyright. 1908 Upon
seeing n motor do not attempt TO cross the
road: Il you DO You'll be dead before you
get 10 the other side
This warning. distributed in quantities 10
the pcasantry living n the vicinity of the
automobile cup race course. coupled. per
inps, with the efforts Of the police and
other guardians Of the road. prevented any
Of those fatalities which. judging by the
tone OF the comments of some OF the pa
pers here. were regarded as i1SepaT2ole
from the contest In Ireland.
The man in the street. after reading an
account of the contest. had quiet ding at
the aiarmist expectations aroused by some
writers when he said: call that motor
race? Nonsense. Nobody was killed"
All the same. there was feeling o. real
relief when the race was over ana 1t was
seen that Mir. Jarrotts broken coiiarb"ne
and child run over-"hut what's an Irish
chi!d7" asks the 81. James Gazette parsn-
thetically-and a litter of smashed cars
was the WORT that happened.
The Pail Mall Gazette says: Now that
the race is over. We hope all automobiles
will sec that this contest must a. the last
OF its kind. In the future. IL races of this
sort are 10 BE- persisted in. they must be
run on specially prepared and Enclosed
tracks So as TO avoid the elaborate pre-
cautions which seem the only alternative to
terrible disister."
The Westminster Gazette says:
We fancy this race will be TIE last OF
its kind on public highway. What will
take the place OF a race like that of Thurs
day will be test races along measured
course in which allowances will be made
for the amount o. horse power; that IL TO
say. racing will have 4 relative not an abb
soiute STANDARD
OPPOSITION GENERAL
It expresses the hope that this will be
the last motor road race in either ireland
or any other country, adding:
The automobile that viii work up to
ninety miles an hour IL only a costly toy.
The racing automobile Is a dangerous nui-
sance and is only impeding the development
OF touring and freight cars. which may be-
come useful servants of commerce and To-
comotion in the future"
The Times declares that all that can be
learned from these races has been learned,
and learned in some instances at frightfui
cost. II contests OF this kind are TO be
permitted at all in the future they ought.
Il says, to be confined to private tracks.
specially laid down Sor tho purpose, and
not allowed to take place in the necessarily
unfavorable conditions which must attend
them upon the public roads ..
The foregoing are extracts, from papers
tomobile agitation. Some of the other pa
pers observed no bounds in their condemna-
ton Of automobfling and all its works. One
writer remarked apropos of the American
automobiles. who proposes making a trip
to the Arctic regions:
I'VE are SO fond Of these vehicles that we
hope many other automobilists viii follow
his example. There need be no speed limit;
the faster the better"
Meanwhile a new mission has been found
for the automobile Truth publishes the
following letter:
Sir: The motor-car cure for drunkenness
IS sure and rapid Intemperance has been
the curse of this country for centuries, but
with increased motor propelled traffic II Is
diminishing literally by leaps and bounds
The village topper no long dares TO drink
TO excess. dreading that on his way home
he may be wtiried into eternity by q pass
ing automobile"
It would be little less than criminal were
the Government now to regulate the rate
OF speed OF automobiles. seeing that the
rapidity with which they travel is so I'M
portant an element in the new treatment
OF intemperance.