The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-11-21
Football Motoring General Sporting News
Motoring News,
Good Roads Notes
and Trade Matters

Caleb 8. Bragg, the automobile race
driver, is back In New York from Gin
cinnati, where he has been Mt his
home. He went some time ago to Mil
waukee, where he has been having a
lot Of trouble to get the prize money
that Is due him as winner of the
Grand Prize race. Ths Milwaukee Au-
tomobile Dealers association started
suit against him for 81 900 due, as the
dealers alleged, for his entry fee. In
the meantime the $1,000 prize money
was attached. Mr.. Bragg says they
agreed to waive the fee.
1t looks now. Mr.. Bragg said yes
terday. as IL he would get his money
all right He says that Bart j. Rud-
die, the race manager, assured him
that he would show to the next meet
ing Of the dealers, which lis scheduled
for today In Milwaukee, q letter from
Fred J. wagner, the A. A. A. starter.
advising the dealers that Mr.. Bragg's
entry fee should be waived. The deal
ers. according to Ruddle. will ratify
this and then the full $4,000 will be
paid over. In the meantime Mr.. Bragg
has lawyer In Milwaukee boxing
out for his interests.
+. Service In the suit the dealers
brought against him was by publica-
ton. Mr.. Bragg says. and he was much
interested to learn from the sheriff's
! return that he was unable to find In
Milwaukee any one who knew Bragg
or where he lived. Mr.. Bragg says
that Ruddie, Jonas and others Of the
dealers certainly knew and that the
hotel he stopped at also was In possess
tsien of that Information, So he feytisRscd
the sheriff didn't try very hard TO reach
him.
Meter Trucks Abroad.
IAN american visiting Europe notes
the lack of motor trucks In London
and Paris" says William p. Kennedy,
chief of the Alec transportation cost
| bureau. who has just returned from
a two months trip to Great Britain.
Ireland and France. Many OF the
trucks in and around London are
steamers, and are almost always used
an conjun. item with a trailer. The
British government In the mail de-
livery service is more progressive.
tasoiine trucks are used
THE merchants in our Eastern cities
are far in advance of The foreign mer-
{ chants In the application of the com
mercial vehicle. Executives and m ar
+ef tfas. motor, track abroad admit that
they are watching our progress with
great interest, admitting that We are
world leaters In the application Of the
motor truck just as we have proved
TO be in the manufacture OF motor
ears In quantity.
Europe leads in the use Of the bus
with London predominating. There
are also few large installations Of
motor trucks having q capacity of
less than ton They are what we
call package vehicles. The lack of
motor trucks In London liz believed TO
be the fault of the manufacturers
themselves. They cater 20 the trade
with the colonies. where the demand
Is immediate. ana do not go TO the
expense uf creating market In their
own country"
Prospective Purchasers.
Many people are deferred from the
purchase of motor ear in winter by
the fact that they think of the garage
or storage bills. They should not
overlook, as many Of them do, that
they can take more time in choosing
al this pafiod of the year and hays
the car delivered to them at any date
they specify. while Ii they wait until
the spring rush II Will be their own
fault II they find their plans all
gang agar" by having TO wait weeks
longer than they expected.
Stealing Motor Carss
Bills to make car stealing a peni-
Tertiary offense and to require all
horse drawn vehicles to carry lights
will be offered to the next legislature
in Ohio by the Ohio Automobile Fed
ha Pa
vides "A prison term of one TO seven
years for stealing car. The light
bill calls for ali horse-drawn vehicles
TO carry a light visible 300 feet front
and rear, with a maximum penalty
of s25 fine.
Hints For Motorists.
Parts that require only infrequent
fabrication are the ones that are
most apt to be overlooked altogether.
The top of the steering column, the
magnetic. the lever rocker shafts for
the change gear, and brake connee-
tions and sundry other minor artica-
lations about the chassis should be
watched.
In descending steep hill let the
motor be the brake. Throw the gears
into second or third speed IL the hill
is very steep Switch OF the ignition
and let in the clutch. The car will be
practically driving an air compressor.
saving the brakes and cooling off the
motor. Near the bottom OF the hill
turn on the switch. In most cases 1t
will be unnecessary to touch the
brakes
When starting q motor by hand
care should be taken not to rock"
ii excessively. by swinging 1t back
and forth against compression. Where
this il done. particularly IL the spark
be timed to occur pretty close to dead
center. there Is considerable risk that
'gnition may occur just as the crank
starts to swing In the reverse direc-
tion. causing a heavy back kick.