Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-04
intend the construction of some special

intend the construction of some special
/ cars.
1 On his return to this country. Lyttle
again showed his ability by winning the
| Chicago Herald race from Chicago to Ke-
| nosha, Wis.,. which took place decade
ago. An interesting portion of Lyttle's
work was the time spent with Sir Hiram
/ Maxim, during which he assisted In develop
| Ing the latter's airship.
William Knipper, whose face comes next
| in the picture, Is Lyttle's mechanic. ].
| Tattersau. formerly famous foot ball
! player of Toledo, and B. H. Dingley are
| the other two men shown Dfngley is
! Oily picking up all the records on the coast
| last season. Tattersall will ride as his
| mechanic
The Auvergne course. over which the
! Gordon Bennett will be run. is SO diff
| ficult one to negotiate that several acct
| dents took place last month while prac-
tice spins were being made over it. AL
ready the wiseacres are beginning to hint
| gloomily that there is a good prospect for
| a repetition of the Paris Madrid tragedy.
An Italian car was wrecked on almost its
/ first trial over the course. and while 1t was
given out that the auto was not being
! driven by its regular chauffeur. the fact
\ Is pointed out that the accident took place
I at one of the very short turns that con-
stitute the most dangerous factors of the
| course. On Sunday, May II. Reno de Knyn.
l while operating his Panhard racer. ran
| into another machine and both he and his
assistant sustained severe injuries. Atten-
| ton is called to this particular accident be-
| cause de Knyff is an old hand at the sport,
! he having been in all the big foreign races
for the last eight or nine years.
| John T. McCutcheon, the cartoonist, is
| said to have christened his friend George
AIDES first machine, which was an Olds-
! mobile runabout. He did not add to the
| long list of 'Terrors' or "Destroyers," of
| many colors and sanguinary hues. No, he
| simply called it 1.-The Rolling Peanut" and
| let it go at that
The Automobile Ear.
II think" remarked a motor car en-
| thusiast. that 1 can now honestly claim
| to have fully developed automobile ear
You don't understand? You have heard
of the tennis wrist, the telephone ear and
| the bicycle face? Well, they come under
the head of calamities, while the automo-
bile ear is prime necessity If you want
to stay In the new game. It's the sort
| of sense that distinguishes an orchestra
| leader. and IL it can't be brought out on
| YOU SO to speak. you going to blunder
| into more troubles than any one man ought
to have.
when your car is running smoothly,
| it's whole band to the man at the wheel
Every piece in the outfit that has the
least opportunity for mechanical play is
sounding its own note in way that gives
| fine symphonic effect to the entire works
You simply have to know each parts proper
tone. and to appreciate. with a sort of
subconsciousneSs, whether 1t is In proper
tune and right up to concert pitch. Per-
haps better way of putting 1t Is that you
| must have the ability to recognize a dis
cord instantly. and to know what part of
the machine is at fault.
It's good deal like knowing counter
felt money It's not so much the power to
know all the kinds of bad bills that are
afioat It's rather the sort of instinct that
tells you which are the good ones.
That's what 1 mean by an automobile
ear You must know your engine by ear
as well as by sight before you can quail
ify for the expert class"
DIR. H. E. Thomas of Chicago after a
short period of grouchiness has changed his
mind again and will send his locomobile
In the Gordon Bennett race. The machine
will be run by Joseph Tracy, and it is
stated that il IT makes winning, or even
good showing. it VIII start in the Van
derbilt race In this country next October.
1t Is possible that the doctor will drive
the machine himelf in this latter event.
Just to show that man cannot coquette
with the racing proposition unless he is
prepared to produce with lavish liberality,
it may be noted that this particular ma
chine built at cost of $4,000, and
that by the time it has returned from the
other side it's total expense bill will not
be less than $4,000.
For the express salvation of absent mind
aJ Int
is called a gasoline reserve tank is now be-
ing placed on some makes of machines.
These tanks hold couple of gallons of
fluid, and fitted that if the main
supply should Unexpectedly become eX-
hausted, the reserve can be drawn upon by
the mere opening of a valve.
X
Men who formerly kept track of the rae
ing favorites during the palmy days of BIZ
cycle meets now find their old friends,
practically all of them, mentioned daily in
the columns devoted to the automobile
world. The modern sport, however, has de-
veloped many reversals of form, some
of the regular winners on the bike have
not done so we'll with the newer vehicle On
the other hand. some of the men who were
not stars of the first magnitude dozen
years ago broke into the automobile game
early, and nave made good to a surprising
extent.
What Is not so well known, however, is
the fact that from the factory worker to
the sales manager there has been almost
a complete transplanting from one industry
to the other. This has not been accom-
plished. however. without the disappear
ance of many that were sclassed among the
unfittest The new work. from a mechan-
ical standpoint, demands more than was
required in the bicycle days. and those who
were unable to strike into the present swift
gait were naturally lost in the great shut
fie. Yet the enormous number that landed
on their feet and are holding down better
positions than before, will surprise any one
who looks into the matter.