The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-04
AMONG TIE AUTOMOBLS1S.
SIR ~ TIRES q ~ BJrtT OF
DiSCt SSTON.
Opiaion In Europc u Tha, These IN the
FrSat Wheris should ite amaiicr Tban
M the rear Lanria whistles first In
the Ceppa d'Orr0 I,ndurnnre nun.

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WIN tI''s VI 'he raHn' w, y, r,'"" ~.
smaller tree ON IN" Iroh' "heeH ,"H" v" ~
rca' INC puerl"n "''lhe r."p'r '.outu'
ehu most Wotnr'S'N nav" "e'H "''"@v'"
70 d"c'nihg " l~hr"hEn N"pcInch' 'ons'"c'"
lions 'h' inh''er o' hppesIhnoe a"" ."n
N"h'eh'" ne halo'''F OF ou,etS ""N" "'eu
Noh' 10 iaNe lne same S'"" =" ,.c7 W., ~
Nheeis. ntH'' oeoauH' 'h'E "ou." wv '"v"
ne "olReo 70 carry WV" eNrd sn"ts v, W
I'rent Sizes w order tone prepar'"
on me road ana secondly oec"uSe my
'nougnt the'hr h"n u oet,'' "ppea'H"'' WV"
shod win the same SIZED tires AL around,
ms IL one ot the phases o' the cotnp''ca'"u
TIRE probieln. however, "h''h Involves n'N'i"'
mechanical considerations ana nor even the
engineers are quite agreed on an the pros
and cons me tendency appears 10 ne tIo"-
ing toward the use OF smaUcr t'res u" irohe
than behind. and IN ms the americans are
but following the leadership OF Europe once
more. \ number nj manufacturers FAVOR
this plan and mildly urge II upon customers.
hut by no means all Of them. u is remarked
by dealers that men who have at first re-
fused 10 have their cars equipped with tires
of different sizes have returned from a rip
to Europc and at once ordered il done.
Tho ARGUMENT In favor Of having smaller
" y nv rn w ,. i% is ono hot roIors
tires on the 'front.' Whccis IS one 'ha' InNors
both the manufacturer and the user. In the
/ first place the smaller tire, say - inches.
| instead of , inches. costs the manufacturer
'i''."u y. : w 80. tn' 80.
less 10 put on ana " cos'S u use yer,
place. The mechanical contention ls mat the
Tront 'rhis seems IA no nrntty generally
n sna - 80 =, is m orarrncnt tbat has
agreed upon! anu II 10 a" 'G nn VIZ son q 10
little ones. 1t il asserted, also. that there is no
more wear. bur rather less wear, on n front
tre vi 90 ihches '"ah W" Nv "N"
because on the larger tire there Is more
c~reepase and wear on the thread from the
,i.s ~ na.r rt, II L. oonto,ded further
.re Oh Ionser nne - ~ tsiona
also, are mainly AT the rear. there is no sense in
having the front tires as big as the rear ones.
Tha s,ronaost ,r,,,nen, in favor of small
Inc slIo'k'H' aisu'n'"' !" " 9"
tires in front. perhaps, is that OF safety. IL
has been demonstrated in England by e1-
800 -, III .naoa tb,t rho axnlo.
over hh,'"s az NIX" ttr n sp,Id ,hrow y ON sir
or eight feet, but that the explosion of one
~ or 5 inches in diameter would throw the
o nr about fortv foot landing il nearly end
caI "pou' no'E i'''' w." " ~"
Tor end. Inc dr'Ver coulu nor cohtroi WIN
the steering gear at all. The French racing
man Sim nlN VIII NOT Use any Dut Small Tires
~ IN front On any high powered car.
Practically all the mechanical arguments
front The only one that fayors the same
he he f from tire ire saves the rear one from SSces-
siye wear The theory is that on a rough
road through ruts of mud or sand, the front
ire cuts the way for the rear one il il is of the
hearipp Tho load viii hav" 10 take A deuI of
chaiins 10 follow the front one. This IL
considered to be hardly sufficient to offset
and the CHIEF reason of those Who favor the
Same size ali around remains the objection
10 carving two sizes of extra shoes. Ii is
possible. however. that this objection may
70, 10 B SoeEEo0'IItt has /, sH been shown to be practicabIe
to have a rim that can be itted by w dit
ferent tires if they are within hall an inch of
thhr same diametrsr' With rims of this sort
md ~ inch tire behind and vet would need
70 carry only one extra shoe of a, inches
for emergency: as =, j, would ID e R,c e the, the from
u TINE b m FOR mniformity in this question
and similar ones lies in a better understand
Voiyed and more cooperation BET ween them
and the car makers to get what il necessary
f nn"s w she j i irtat maDsrs rr wno 4 @te 1nS %h MS' it,Tst
he used. The nope FOR such uniformity Of
practices and standardization OF parts is
enaineers of one rroup of makers are nov
mn,aEimg progress in Cooperating toward his
s stnpd hmu Tnr" rims ms and Tres AS we'll as other
Darts and won complianca from the tire
, imndo,u he ed IV"i h. copied b b" The others until
tbsre Is GENERAL concordnnce, ~
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Now that #, anpears settled that the Gid
dan tour viii. be n free FOR ali, il would help
considerably- II along with The new rules
there should be aif announcement Of lust
the winninS Of The trrophy viii signify This.
Of course wand come With hest grace from
The donor. some such specific statement
,,,i,bt ,I,,-iat,tb a raiainy Of ha nIipStipn "a ffsr
The tour as to whether his IL horse-power
car at half the price is better for all around
u"ner car that did nor VIM '
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vincenzo Lancia. the Italian racing auto
The had luck that pursued him for so long.
Last year it seemed as re he would win the
Vanderbilt cup but a collision finished his