The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-21
Automobile News
YeIIowstone Park Open to Autumo-
 niles.


 The department of interior will permit automobiles to enter Yellow stone National Park on and after Au- gust 1, 1915 under appropriate rules and regulations. These rules and reg ulations are now being formulated but will not be available for general dis ribution until sometime next month. All regular traffic in the park will be required to move in one general df- rection in making a circuit of the park, the automobiles leaving before the stages, both morning and evening from the different entrances or from intermediate stations inside the park Schedules on which the machines will be required to run will constitute a part of the regulations.
 Automobile Tours Delayed by Snow.
 The mountain roads of the main transcontinen routes leading to the Panama Pacific Exposition as well as throughout all of the Pacific coast states are at present covered with snow. The heavy snows of last win ter are piled so deep on the summit of the Sierra mountains that motor ists' must wait four or five weeks be- fore the passes are &traversdble.\
 Practically all of the transconti- mental routes will be feasible travelling after June 1st. The motorfst on the middle routes should not neglect to visit Denver and the hundreds of scenic automobile drives in ColoradoN which go to the famous resorts and sinteresting spots, all of which ian now be reached on excellent stone road.
 sheepshead Bay Speedway.
 That the sheepshead Bay Speedway will be completed not only in time fo1 the running of the opening race in October, but also far enough ahead of the date chosen to admit of a fort night or more preliminary practice before the elimination trials begin, is now assured.
 Like a Baby Carriage.
 Louis Chevrolet, Americas great est racing sensation. has arrived on the scene of the next Indfanapolis 5OO-niIe race with the queerest car the world has ever seen. Comedian. Hardly larger than a baby carriage, ries a motor of only 1oS cubic inches piston displacement. The car has practically no unsprung weight, the 5diHerentia1 being mounted on the chassis, and the drive taken through K a series of universal Joints. The machine is also minus frame. the weight simply being carried by the body, which isf a single sheet-steeI shell. It's speed is estimated at 100 miles an hour.
 Worth Twelve Millions.
 Caleb Bragg. the real millionaire of the automobile racing game. with twelve millions in cold hard cash to his credit, has signed to pilot Frank Galvin's Peugeot in the next Indian | apolis 5OO-nnile race, Calvin being laid up as the result of injuries received when his car overturned in practise recently.
 1000 Miles for s1oo. .OOo. The Indianapolis motor speedway's proposed $10OsOo0 thousand mile race -ry7 FoSh hATd in fo11 of Instead Of the regularly scheduled 5oO-nnile event in the spring, as orig1- nally planned.
 s'SerV1ces' Much Misunderstood
 "One of the most fruitful sources of misunderstanding between motor car dealers and buyers is the lack of a definite understanding of what con | stitutes service, says Wallace c. Hood who is one of the most ardent l supporters of the movement to adopt a uniform service guarantee among | dealers in automobiles
 tNThe prospective motor car buyer who has shopped around a little has heard as many Assertions on service as the number of salesmen he has talked to, and as a result he is firm l ly convinced that about all he wiA. have to pay for after he has bought his car is gasoline, oil and tires s-Just how far this nisconception can be carried is illustrated by one owner whose car was badly mussed 1 LID in a collision with a heavy truck, l and who became vastly indignant I when presented with a bill for labor and replacement. T bought this car because your salesman told me you l gave better service than any other dealer in town; what do you mean l by service anyhow?'
 I Strictly speaking, good service l means an adequate stock of repair parts, skilled mechanics, immediate help in case of trouble within a req sonable radius and reasonable l charges for time and material. Sup- plementing this, of course, an inspec- ton Of the car should be given month I ly or oftener and many good dealers i make no charges for adjustments and minor repairs.
 Care Of Your Car.
 It is the driver who runs his car 1 just as long as it will hold together before making adjustments that is usually the one most dissatisfied with it. The automobile is not different from any other piece of machinery, except that it must work under a I greater disadvantage. Adjustments must be made from time to time if the machine is to last any appreciable period. A loose bearing may be frightened as soon as observed and no harm done, but if the car is con- tinua1ly driven with. that bearing pounding itself out a new bearing is the only remedy.
 Noise is a, positive indication of wear and tear. Noise is the outwar sign that parts are being worn away and that expenses are pt1ing up. Ii is mater of economy to make all ad- justments promptly. At the same time, tinkering with any of the oad= | justments should. not be tolerated Noises are difficult to locate at times but no attempt to change a single ad- justment should be made until the trouble is positively located. Tinker ing wears out as many cars as does the normal driving.
 The proper fabrication of the sen- tire motor car is perhaps the best in iA