The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-28

Of the members stops, unless he requires the
ser vices Of the men In charge. Business
Keep In almost constant touch with their
their trips they leave word as 70 the, route
are likely to reach each depot. II any i'm
portant matter needs attention after their
are most likely 70 arrive at ne 1t. The man
yellow ball and each member halts as he
has been delivered the ball Is dropped tot6e
bottom OF the pole again.
The automobile omnibus service which was
installed some time ago at Osaka, Japan, has
proved 70 be a very successful undertaking.,
The gers Of the service have ed
twenty-four more machines from an Ameri-
can manufactures.
. What to do with the luggage IL becoming a
serious problem with the automobiles ad
rule rather than the exception. and ample
seating capacity an ac~knowled ged necessity,
the foor level is evidently unWise. owing to
the tendency TO make the machine top heavy,
cumber ed with the tool boxes and accessories
solved. One we'll known builder has, how
adopting a vis-A-vis style Of body. accommo-
dating four persons ordinarily. and two when
touring; Under these circymstances the
transformed into a large locker capable Il
holding several suit cases and large enough
to suit all requirements. u
The engineering impoT lance Of road racing
has apparently come to be more generally
Judge by the greater sanity Of the views ex-
pressed on the subject. says the Automobile.
that the road race was a sort Of public rough
inconvenienced merely for the smGsement
as qualitative test. OF efficiency and reliability
OF competing machines. and that with the fuil
The persistence Of the French type srt Of mS.
chine, which has been developed very largely
by road racing, has made a serious impress
tempersment that TIE Frsnoh designer sic : am shoSid
that tp p&ositio S4 Is * SSTss . cffp Sn exper Ensa
Of il.
The Vanderbilt race and elimination trials
on Iona Island provide means for acquiring
to-day and that Of only four years ago is
mes race In this speed contest one team nrTeo Of
four machines finish led the race after covering
the course Of SIS miles at rates Of speed vary
to 81 .7OS miles, an hour for the slowest. The
aggregate mileage, OF these cars was no
average rate Of speed a fraction in excess Of
sixty-rour miles an hour. Four years ago
the winning car averaged only fity-three
miles an. hour. In the present race eleven OF
those who finished averaged much higher
rates OF speed, and yet were not fast enough
to win. Would any ~technician assert that the
same results could have been Accomplished
simply from -four years experience with
Automobilists who drive heir own harv
frequently become a ddicted to the use of ons
one Of the brakes with which their machines
are lifted. This habit has a tend to maxi
4 driver = especially a novice. forget all aboUe
he has been neRleCting TO use, with the result
that accidents occur which might have been
prevented by the application Of both brakes.
Stone throwing is growing 10 n ssriou.
extent In Germany. hanks to the cont inuoTs
crusade against mOtrE and everything oer-
tanning thereto carried on bv a certain ciass
q newspapers, the lastest victim being Prince
lie was motoring from Kial TO hs cHuntgy'
place, nemnelWerk, recently. when On
passing through q villa &c several hnIS gI,wnn
lads threw 2 number Of brickbats and sbarn
missiles struck the vehicle vii hont IN M ~ ~
the FRINGE himself. although the chauTeur
MAS badly cut about the head. ne Imn'e-
dlately stopped the car and both Prince Henry
their heels when they saw that a Totoris,
had been bit. One OF the boys was csHgb,
ano the Prince. after bcturinR him mosi
ssyerely and disclosing his IDENTITY let him
tGhnatt g az NEE 1sSd thar alive on finding out
OF me All Powerful and DR. eaded Kaiser 0nIv
1ttle while age the Grand Duke on HeIa.
nae 2 similar experience, while a French
lay touLlne the fatherland was blinded Tor
hLe stringent measures are being demandSd
~ the motoring pRDoraL oeo