The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-07
TIE AUTOMOBILE WORLD

Automobile Club of America, the term ncape top'' originated in South Africa. and was used to describe the tops on bullock carts.
 law, a motorist can make a justices office a. veritable pawnshop. He can leave his fur coat, fixtures, pocketbook, car or anything in default of ready money.
 According to a ruling by a Philadel- phia judge, motorists, in driving through that city. should either come to a full stop at street crossings or keep the machine under absolute con- krol to avoid striking pedestrians.
 A company has recently been organ 1zed in Germany with the corporate t1- tie of MotOrluftschff fffartll tudi ktien- ..Stock Company for the study of Aer- aals Navigation by Motors
 Two interesting bills are before the Michigan Legislature. One makes it the consent of the owner. The second bill provfdes for employment of pris- oners of the hobo type in road inn pavement work
 Under a decision of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals, motorists, on approaching a railroad crossing, are bound not only to "stop, look and lis tenn. but, if necessary, to leave the machine and walk to the track like a street car conductor.
 Pending a final decision in the test case instituted by motorists of Gin cdInatt to determine the right of cities to impose an automobile tax dn addf- ton to that imposed by the State, municipalities of Ohio ara making lit tle or no effort to collect any special tax
 Told that a dog had been struck by an automobile and it's leg broken, in Front of her residence in New York, Mra John Jacob Astor recently order ed the suffering animal brought into hers home. She bandaged it's leg and the next day called in a. veterinary surgeon. Then she advertised for the dogs owner.
 "A recent decision of the United Etates courts has held that an auto of foreign manufacture used and re- paired abroad after purchase in this country must pay duty on it's return, even though it has been assessed the Dfngley tariff rate at the time of its original importation.
 The committee in charge Of the car ntval to be held in New York during the week of April 26, under the aus pices of the New York Automobile Trade Association. has decided to of fer g, 900 in prizes for the cars in pa- ras1e on the last day of the carnival.
 The Good Roads Club of Georgia is d39cuSsing a good highway, stretching in c, general direct line 700 miles from Atlanta to Washington. D. c, kept up by the several counties in the various 6fates through which the roads would pas8
 Ecanchers and grape-grewers in the reQuire automobile dealers to subject their oars to thorough tests on hills and roads, and demand that the cars negotiate ploushed ground. Many of the farmers and wine-yardists in Fresno and the surrounding country own automobiles
 An excellent method of keeping the glass of a winu shield clear on a. rainy with 2. rag dipped in glycerine or kero- sene. The glass will at first appear dull. but as soon as 1t is rained upon it will become as clear as though it had been dried.
 Tn a nonstop run of 10000 miles the rear wheels of a. car have to revolve 1850, 000 times, and there will be A. 400. 600 explosions if four cylinders are used.
 Under French motoring laws the driver of a car, in case of an accident, need remain on the ground only long enough to establish his identity.
 The Automobile Club of Washington has decided to put up a vigorous fight against the imposition of a. wheel tax by Congress in the District of Colalm- bia on the ground that dt Is class leg f1slation- Members of the organization have decided not to pay the tax until compelled to do so by the Federal courts
 The annual endurance run of the Norristown, Pa. Automobile Club. which is scheduled to take place May IS and 19, will be a sort of novelty, as some women drivers have accepted the Invitation Of the club to compete with the men drivers. Twelve women have already sign4fied their intention of en- tering in the contest, which will be held over a course leading to Hagers- town and return.
 Hats, for motoring this season are decidedly simple on the whole, all fh0fh1h fh0Te of gorgeous creations being shown. One Paris motor bonnet is of cherry col ored suede with draped velvet or Otto man silk, and sunflower rosette of same with crepe de chine strings of the same shade. Another is the new crineline turban toQue in chestnut brown. edged with small pale pink roses.
 A number of garages in Paris have developed a system of secretly annex ing the contents of fuel tanks on tran sienf cars that are run in for the night. By means of suction pumps the gaso- line and cylinder oil are drawn off in to the garage owners tanks, suffi- cierit quantity being left in the tanks to enable the car to renew its journey a few miles before it dies of starva- tfon. The practice has grown to such proportion that locks are being fitted to filler caps.
 Designs are being submitted to M. Robert Guggenhein for the silver tro- Rny WHICH ne mas OlIofSQ lO dOndl0 for the trans-continental road race. Entry fees have been set at $350 for one car, $500 for two cars of the same make entered by the same owner, $700 for three cars of the same make en- tered by the same owner and $10O ad- ditional for each additional car of the same make entered by the same own CT. The winner will receive the tro- phy and r. 900 in gold; the second car, S1 800: third, $1.o00; fourth, $500. and fifth, $3OO
 On July 1 next a. new automobile law which North Carolina has placed on it's books will become effective. This new law has a strange feature in that it exempts from its operation the little seacoast county of New Hanover, in which Wilmington, the chief city, is located. The law imposes registra- ton tax of s, with annual renewal fee of $1 Speed is limited to twenty five miles an hour on rural roads and twelve miles in incorporated towns, except in business portions, where eight miles is the limit.
 One of the most novel contests yet doufSod h<, i11Sf haan hold Inv T.'AI1fO