The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-05
DOG UNHURT: AUTO DAMAGED
ODD RESULT or con LISfOk RE-
~ ZEN THE TUO.
Other Experiences of Chauffeur, Who
SAWS women on Bicycles Are One
Of the Most Troublesome Things
Tic Encounters 90 Avoiding children.

There is only one thing that will worry
me much when driving an automobile,
said professional in that line, in relating
some experiences, and that is, when going
at speed along a road TO find sharp turn
lust ahead with hill just beyond it. and a
wagon a the,foot Of the hill 'That'- about
the most tickish situation chauffeur can
find himself in Road driving ~ well az
race driving requires constant caro- and
vigilance
"A nervous person on he front scat
Alongside Of YOU IL one Of the things most
cordially hate, particularly the kind that
grabs at your steering wheel or eXolaims
oh there's something in 'front.' stop"
A good many people are ncryou. At first.
hut most If them get over II ard become
able - SIT coolly in the car without
feeling a constant desire to grip the seat.
Bicyclists worry "A chauffeur y whole lot,
women bicychets especially. they wabble
first 10 one side Of the read. then To the
other. and you never can toll which side
they are going to take
Children in the road are also demand
on the coolness and skill Of the driver
They may run out in front OF you suddenly
ard they may stop and hesitate and keep
you guessing as to what they are going to
do Two met hundreds Of them al different
times. and mover have struck ono get
In behind Child-never try 10 head It
of. Once encountered n man suddenly
In n road and he did the Jumping act.
He was ratified. and couldn't mako uP
his mind which way tn 60. While To
was boebinE about brought the car to
dead stop Now ! said 20 him. which
side Of the road do YOU intend TO take?
Just take Your time and come to decision
he laughed in foolish sort of way, stepped
aside and | vent on.
1.-THE fact l., you can do moro to the
squareinch with an automobile than with
any Other machine in the world. Why I've
had the forward gear ofmy machine broken
and had TO go backward al day, But
there arc drivers who can't back their
machine II takes at least three years to
become expert at going both ways. You
know. in going forward you turn your
steering wheel to The left to 70 to the left.
while in going backward you turn tie
sto,-.o. whenl inst opposite % the d.
reotiol Jon want TO go.
"lt's easy 10 drive when you know Just
whera yoar front wheels are going. but TO
know that you mus; be a good judge OF
distance md pace.
I'm not fond of night driving. You SEQ
oeceptions at night, hat is. distances are
deceptive and you ima gine YOU see objeots
suddenly looming up ahead OF you. when
then. al anything there | prefer to
drte without goggles. too, for you ccn
judra aiur- moIe accurately: and I've
ne1sr .=lt ~ ~. n on the eyes from
dryn1
Driving i,ougl the 6owAio~n business
district oi New York city il calculated to
give q a.; uf,ur gray hair Where the
tn.c'.- are end the shipping districts are
tn warsf The truckmcn are pugnacious.
ari II ,lrr'ie IN the mood you Il find pole
in the way I've had to back up . whole
block ip find g clear passage. Once coming
down Broadway | was chased by a runaway
sev"n blocks The horse was within fifty
feet ~ me aSergl times. and was devoutly
thankful when finally managed to turn
into q eide trect.
one Of the oldest experiences | ever
had va, near Paterson. / was driving
10 horse power car, and going pretty fast
when Newfoundland pup darted out into
the road ahead of me. ] suppose il 1t had
heen an olcL-dog il would have had sense
enough To get out of the way, but this pup
didn't. The radiator on the front Of the
car ltruck him. ne rolled under the mH chine,
and buwled along over Tim. looked back,
expecting 10 sec mangled dog, but the
pup jumped w, unhurt but scared, and
ran away yeiplng When | had gone
about five miles further my car stopped
An examination showed leak from a
broken radiator.
Il nan into L pigeon on the wing once
The pigeon arose in front Of me and
tried 90 rs across the rund The ma
chine wa, too fast for the bird, and the
only thing left OF the pigeon was feather
On the front of the car.
i should say that il takes three or four
year experience 10 learn 10 drive any
make Of car anywhere. at any time. If
IT, strange car you've got to feel il out.
que. I've driven as many a. fifty different
makes in nlytme. and have driven Some that
didu', know Tie make OF. The American
made c.r uf to-day is much easier To handle
IN proportion TO its power thar = was two
year, HCo
Horses are less troublesome for auto
mopi'i-' now than they We're at first, They
were pretty bad at first You can do more
with a. automobile than you can with
n horse. j. j. more trustworthy But this
thing Fl averaging forty or fifty miles an
hour ut read driving Il Gl' in your eye.
II you can average twent- Go miles an
hour You ara doing well. A. TO auto
MOBILIZE and the railroad, my belief is that
NJ automobile with good driver is safer
than the railroad. but not a. trust worthy
FOR speed. The automobile can get out Of
the Way. where the railroad train cannot
Going al Penty miles an hour can so con-
trol my machine ~ to 90 within an inch
Of stump at the side Of The road and not
touch h.
IN the wav Of amusing experiences.
vel known New Yorker underwent one in
country tovr in Pennsylvania He and
Il friend were riding through tho main
ttreet of the town and. having had n long
1ouIncy were headed for the nearest gin
inul seeking stimulant. lIitChed 20 a post
o. tie iGe OF the road was an old gray
horse attached to farm wagon
ihe horse didn't look ~ II an earthquake,
O. Volcano aud a cloudburst combined would
disturb him But n the automobile neared
him he gave sudden jump. the front
wheels u the wagon came loose from the
body and the old gray horse went charging
him
We're in for 1t now. sure, said the au-
tcnohu-t. Well have TO pay for that
wagon but we've got 10 get our drink
hr drove up Ia the gnmii. where the
S1Hs %cro had and developments awaited.
~ irw moments the farmer came up lead
inE his old gray horse and such part Of the
wagon a. had not been left behind
~ "a- an angry farmer that the New
lo'AoT ex pected 70 confront, but the farmer
pna nc attention 20 the autoist, He led his