The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-08
owners Of Autos Prepal'.
pairing to Fight the +l't'
Police Force,
SCOUTING IN ETHOiD
EMPLOYED.B BY THEM
How Some Of the Traps Laid by
the Police Are Discovered.
Automobiles Claim That
There Is Now Much
Petty Persecu-
aa ton.

(spcc,al Cable TO The Times Dispatch and
5.bi New York HsraldJ
(copyrigh,, by the New York Herald COP
October 7.--1rritation Mt the
speed limit for automobiles in this coun-
try IS becoming more and more pro-
}nounccd. and as Parliament cannot pc
4 got to act n what automobilists consider.
d reasonable manner, they are taking
n,attcrs in their own hands to ilght the
.undcrhnnd tricks OF the police wthrathcr
amusing results.
IncldcntallyHt may be mentioned that
Lord Sandwich, presiding at meeting
of the Standing Joint Committee Of the
County Council the other
day when resolutiorp was passed con-
Edcmning the speed limit and urging It's
withdrawal, said he had travelled 1900
mites In an automobile without an accl-
dent. s 81
Nowthc Automobile Association on the
committee or Which are such noteworthy
n,itomobilists us Colonel Boswortht Colo
mel Mark Mayhem, Lord Russell. Sir
Archibald Macdonald. MIR. S. Il. Edge,
Mr.. Charles Jarrott, tired Of what 1t re-
CARDS as petty persecution. and exces-
sivn fines. has organized a great cam
paign against the county police, Incl
dcntally TO hold up to ridicue the police
trap. Several complete routes OF the Blue
Force. Oh Brighton and Portsmouth
roads, have already taken place.
Scouts and Patrols.
The automobilists' force Is divided into
scouts and patrols. he duties OF patrols
include the observance and report Of any
incident Of interest. the offer Of assist
allce TO nutomobllists who have broken
down, tile warning OF all drivers who
may be travelling too fast and the coll
lection of numbers Of carssand names of.
witnesses inSthe event Of collisions With
The police .esss ssE
@t Sttslson Cooke secretary sof tic asso-l
$clistf whose business is: to find the police
Strars. Keep in touch with the patrols,
and convey warnings and Information to
drivers with all speed. They will make
a fun report to the committee of the
association. 80 that the latter can SUR
&vey the traps with view OF exposing
tllcir futility before the coming royal
commission on automobiles.
The Scouting Methods.
Stenson Cooke, secretary OF the. assa.
citation, and at one time a. keen voun.
teer. in an interview gave graphic des-
crption of the methods OF scouts. Inl-
mediat ely tho news Of a police trap Is
brought In by the patrol n pair of scouts
arc sent out They approach the spot
and by carefully searching for footprints
are enabled to locate the probable posi-.
ton of the trap They then make a de-
tour and get behind the position aud
more than likely will then be rewarded
by the sight of two bulky policemen
5crouchIng In undgnl1ed attitudes atm
distance of a furlons from each other.
8F a plain clothes man will probably be
seen on the road wearing par;omlne
beard smOck frock and regulation boots,
which he struggles to hide. Then the
scouts dart away and warn all cars as;
they conc along the road
The scouts do not give thr5 &rlainS
clothes man on n bicycle 4 chance. They
easily pierce his disguise and cling to
4 his heels t o watch his every movement
tsThe great objection of automobiles TO
these traps Is that theS#are, In nine
cases out Of ten, worked in places where
there could be no possible danger OF any
living creature from automobiles. They
are seldom placed IN dangerous parts
to- the road or In villages.
Veterinarians Uneasy.
Veterinary surgeons arc naturallvn~nllg
the strongest opponents OF automobiles.
Z they fear that their occupation is going,
though Mr.. w. Hunting. president OF tho
Royal College, of Veterinary Surgeons,
the other day made a vigorous attempt
to- cheer the dropping spirits Of his
brother vets. MS
There were pesslnlists, he remarked,
who said that the advent OF electric cars
and automobiles would drive the horse
OF the fields and the streets. and that
the veterinary profession would shortly!
he the most overcrowdedg gprnfess'O on. NIr.a
|Mr. Hunting believed none Of these
things. lie admitted thai the electric,
tratr1way was a serious competition, and
probably twenty thousand horses had
bccn displaced IN Great Britain by cleo
trIcity and more we're sure to follow.
Automobiles had also displaced n few
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