Evening star., 1922-02-05
MOTOR CYCLE
NEWS

It's far CRY from hunting 1ox ahorSe-
back over the hills Of merry. old Eng
land and shooting panthers in the jun
gle Of India with the aid of a motor
cycle. but that's exactly what H. ]. c.
Millet, assistant conservator of for
ests. Bombay, India, did recently. 1t
was quite by accident that Mr.. Mlllet
made his big catch. He and a friend
Of his had gone out on their SOLO
mounts for a days shooting of stag,
but the day had been unsuccessful in
so far as stag were concerned, and 1t
was not until half an hour before sun
down, when Millet, now alone, turn
ing homeward, came upon his prize.
He was hurrying along at about thir-
ty-five miles per hour, and leaving an
Indiandust cloud whirling up from
the rear tire like cyclone, when the
panther, an unusually large one. sud
denly loomed up before him In the
roadway. Since panther skin is al
ways worth trying for. Millet man
aged to bring his machine to stand
still within twenty yards of the beast.
to unwrap his rifle. and to walk back
several yards. all within few mo-
ments. The panther was still lying in
the same place as when he had passed,
watching Millet with great interest
It took Millet just a second to put a
bullet through him next door to his
heart The enraged animal left the
ground with a bound, came down. and
staggered off into the jungle, roared,
and then all was still. After he was
tracked and found dead, his captor
found it necessary to get the help OF
two natives before he could drag him
out to the road. Fortunately for Slim.
q
that, the large animal being tied to
the carrier, his head and paws and
tall being tied up SO that they would
not drag on either side.
An old 1912 model American-made
motor cycle, which recently won
first prize in the Swedish newspapers
Alton Bladets economy competition,
one Of the most important motor cycle
events of the year in that country, is
motor cyclists of Sweden. The ma
chine Is of the single-cylinder belt
drive variety, and has been ridden for
nine years; yet despite this long serv-
it was purchased in Chicago by S. S.
Windrow, who received seven years
faithful service from it. 1t was then
sold to it's present owner and winner
of the economy test, Helge Warner Of
Stockholm, Sweden. who took it apart
it. finding that there was not sign
of wear in any one part of the ma
chine. He later decided to make it a
chain drive machine with footboard
and kick starter. He was very sue
cessful in making the change, and the
old machine has caused quite a bit Of
surprise on the streets Of Stockholm,
because of it's quick getaway and its
apparent power.
In the economy test, this machine
went 1866 meters on one liter of
gasoline, which is approximately III
miles on an American gallon. The
next nearest competitor went 44,600
meters, 1,165 meters less, and the third
prize winner went 40,643, meters on
the same amount Of gas.
Mat. Lynn q. Adams, superintend-
ent Of the Pennsylvania state police,
who use seventy motor cycles as part
of their equipment, has just submitted
an interesting report Of the activities
OF the force during the first nine
months Of 1921.
During this time s.7s1 arrests were
made. OF this number, 2,756 were
made among automobile law vio-
Jators. E1fty-eight were charged
with murder: 80 with arson: 763 with
robbery, burglary and larceny. while