Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-20

Both rear wheels must take hold If the
car is to start If one t-kes hold and
the other revolves uselessly no prog
ress is accomplished. If one takes
hold more than the other and the road
is greasy" as it is called, skidding
is the outcome, for it must be evident
that the wheel having the best grip
upon the surface will have tendency
to describe a circle around the other.
Study this same condition In the ap-
plication of your brakes, for just as
fearful catastrophes come from brake
skidding as from power skidding.
The best way is to go slowly when
approaching difficulties of this nature,
so that the car is in full control.
Then, when slippery places are reached
one may coast through them or around
a muddy corner. BIT suppose we
are going down a slippery hill, and to
coast means to let the car run away.
That, indeed, might happen, but there
would be no skidding. The safeguard
here is to begin to coast slowly, with
repeated slight applications of the
brake, or if that does not hold it,
then the brake must be continually
engaged, but not to a point where
either of the wheels will be ''locked." p"
Some grades must not be attempted
at all without chains. Wet sand is not
dangerous III IlllS ISSpGCIy d IlcAJ SAA
face without ruts is the bette noire of
motorists.
The lower the speed the less the
resultant damage in the event of skid
ding, and the Letter it can be con-
trolled When starting to sid do not
lose your head and forget what to do.
Throw off your power instantly ana 90
not apply the brake except with care
and wisdom. Immediately turn the
front of the car in the same direction
as that in which the rear end Is skid
ding, as this is the one possible chance
to correct the evil.
There are two methods by which
gasoline is fed to the carbureter, viz,
gravity and pressure. Just word
aLout the former. 1t is possible to have
the gasoline so low in the tank that,
while the car will run on level ground,
it will not do so on steep hill, owing
to the fact that the gasoline Will not
feed into the engine.
A chamios is an all-neceSsary acces-
sorry through whi~h to strain the pc
troll" as 1t is called abroad. Gasoline
will pass through, but not so with
water-which is often found in the
poor grades. 1t also stops the dirt. But
keep your chamoiS clean by wrapping
it in a piece of cheesecloth, and mark
the side upon which the gasoline is
poured so that side will always be
upperrnost. otherwise the dirt left
from previous strainings may get into
the tank
Do not be niggardly in your oiling.
Ten minutes expended every time the
car is used in screwing up grease cups,
and attending to like matters, is worth
hours at too distant intervals. The lon
ger the oil in your crank case is used,
the less life it has and the more liable
to carbonize the cylinders. Renew II
at least as often as your instruction
book prescribes, for it is well to lean
to safety in this particular. II your
car has pet-cocks on the crank case
to determine the oil level, test them
every time before going out with It,
There is so much to be said about
punctured shoes and blow-outs that
only one suggestion will be made. In
difficulties of this kind carefully run
YOUR hand completely around the IN
side of the shoe to see if something
like a tack, not noticeable upon the
outside, may be protruding upon the
inside to again cause trouble.
1t is worth while to carry rope
sufficiently strong to pull your own
or somebody else's car out of gutter
or a mud-hole or other difficulty, of
which there are many.
AS a last word, remember that we
are all dependent upon the goodwill
of the public for reasonable legislative
enactments restraining this delightful
and useful mode of locomotion. So,
with this thought in mind, if your
gentlemanly instincts do not impel
Won TO operate your car with consid-
Grafton for others, possibly you may
do so out of selfish interests, that free
dom from burdensome legal restrictions
may not be lessened.