The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-25
Automobile News
Towed Through Breakers.


 Towed Through Breakers.
 For a boat to be launched in a heavy surf by an automobile is rath- CT unusual, but this is just what took place short time ago on the shore or Lake Michigan.
 Some miles from Muskegon, Michs- gan. on the east shore of Lake Mich igan, there is outlet from a pretty little lake nestIing just behind the big sand dunes. This outlet or chan mel as it is called, is used by fishing parties who come to the lake by boat. The wary bass are plentiful and make the spot a favorite one with anglers from nearby towns.
 Recently a party of five disciples of Isaac Walton journeyed from Muske- gon in a small launch to the lake. The day was spent on the glassy surface of the little lake with the usual suc cess. Then came the start for home.
 Coming down the winding channel they caught the sound of breakers and upon reaching the mouth found that heavy sea was running. The current rushed into the channel and it was impossible to get through the breaking rollers to the oily undulat- ing water beyond
 AS hope of returning by boat was vanishing, they noticed a motor car standing on an old dock that extend ed from the mouth of the channel
 
 yer of the car just then came into view along the channel bank and proved to be a fisherman they had met earlier in the day. He rea1iz- ed their dilemma at a glance a. d of fered his aid suggesting that a tow line be run from the launch to the car, and an effort be made to get the craft through the swift current and breakers into the Quieter water be- yond,' by their combined power.
 The suggestion was acted upon at once. A rope was produced and made fast to the boat and to the rear of the car. The car was start ed and at the same time the launch was opened up-full speed ahead.
 The little craft smashed into the first breaker and seemed to stop, then into another and another, but always with little advance. Finally more headway was gained and the launch was soon bobbing safely on the roll ing sweHs beyond the white line of danger. It had been a mighty pull, but the car saved the day.
 Tasha Lama's Car.
 Under the title seThe Lama's Motor Car,'ass Ethan c. LeMunyon, in recent number of the National Geographic Magazine, tells of the delivery of a Ford Model T Car in the heart of the Gobi desert in Mongolia. The pur- chaser of the car was the '"Tasha La ma," ranking next in the Buddhist re- Hg1on to the Dalai Lama of Thi- bet. TheeLanaa lives in the city of Urga, only recently opened to white men,
 The Lama heard of the devil wag- ons'' Of the white which travelled without help and determfIred to have one. His representative visited Tein- tsin, China, to open negotiations for a car. The difficulty of delivering the car and of having it maintained af- terward frightened off a number of dealers but the Ford representatives to deliver the car. Gasoline was shipped ahead by bullock carts, the only means of travel in the Gobi des- ert, and careful preparations were made for getting the car into the almost accessible country The car was regular stock Model T. with a. covered body. The car was shipped l by rail to the end of the Pekin rail way at Kalgan and from there pro ceeded into the mountainous desert. A portion of the trip was made under the cars own power but a scarcity of gasoline led to resorting to a bull lock tow. The ground was so broken l that the tires were removed at one | point and the rims protected with repeated wrappings of mating.
 When near Urga, the car which was in horrible looking condition I washed clean, the tires put back in place and under its own power it pro | ceeded into the sacred city, having l travelled more than 700 miles over the desert, great portion of the time on roads where continuous use for cen | turies has worn ruts IS inches deep. | The Lama was much interested in his l car and one of his aides was able tc l run it with but little instruction 1 Outside of the two racers which | crossed China in the Paris-Pekin race, | this was the first car to be seen in the | Gobi desert and it is the only closed l car that ever negotiated the desert. Despite the roughness of the road, on- | 1y minor adjustments were necessary before the car was turned over to the l Lama after it's hard trip through the l desert country.
 Six Cylinder Funeral Train.
 The adoption of motor hearse and limousine funeral equipment by un- 1 dertakers is gradually spreading over the country in the principal cities The distinction of having a complete .tsix- cylinder funeral train is as yet the proud boast of only one undertaking concern in the United States. This firms is the Wacker & Helderle Un- 1 dertaking Company of St. Louis. The new equipment comprises two hand some hearses. a combination funeral and flower wagon and six handsome seven passenger imousines, all l mounted on the Premier six-cylinder l chassis.
 l A Family Affair, Now. That motorcycling is not a selfish sport is shown by the ever increas- ing number of riders who are taking | their wives on long vacation tours awheeL
 ;. MT. and Mrs R. V. Dunn of Allan ta. Ind, declare that one of the most pleasant trips they have ever taken