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MOTORING NOTES
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BRITISH MOTOR CAR TRIUMPH.
-THREE OTHER NATIONS BEATEN.
THRILLING DUEL WITH AN AMERICAN.
La Maxs, June 17th. A splendid British motor triumph in France was achieved here this afternoon, when Captain Woolf Barnato, the millionaire sports man, driving alternately with Mr. C. Iubin. another wealthy ama- teur, piloted a Bentley car to vic- tory in the 24-hours race over the Sarthe circuit.
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The success is all the more not able as the fastest sports cars of three nations, Italy, the United States, and France, driven by the greatest of Continental driver, were also competing. The Bentley covered in the 24 hours a distance of 1,608.295 miles.
The average rate was therefore 69.3 iniles per hour. The distance The race is severe one for
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is easily a record for the course.
both men and machines. The cir cuit is just over 20 miles long, and two drivers are allowed for each car, with a reserve driver in case of accidente
of the
ATM COSMOPOLITAN STAFF.
STUDEBAKER EMPLOYEES AT SOUTH BEND.
39 NATIONALITIES.
Studebaker and Erskine automo
WOMAN'S TASK ON THE MOTOR TOUR.
PACKING IS THE BIG PROBLEM.
(BT TRE HON. MRS. VICTOR BRUCK]
Much joy is linked up with the preparations for a motor-car tour
WIFE WHO WAS CHERISHED LIKE A JEWEL.
A. PURDAH PROBLEM,
TDY THE WITS OF A POLITICAL OFFICER.]
The bead chicks swayed and tinkled behind me as I crossed the
The frame of his car was twisted biles are built by men from nearlyg holiday. Map studying and threshold of the women's apart
itinerary making share with meata. so badly that only the hand brake would act. also damaged, and, when darkness fact was revealed by a recent cur the last few days before the start needs must be when broad veran
The headlights were every country in the world. This
mechanical overhauling in making The perfumed air was dim, as it fell, shose everywhere except on vey of Studebaker employees, which the road ahead.
dahs keep off the light and heat of Despite this, showed that 2,952 employees repre- Baron d'Erlanger,, trusting only to
the sun, and for a moment I could the hand brake and also to the lights of other cars to guide him,
not distinguish my hoeters among continued to lap at an average
the little group of silk-clad figures. speed of 61 miles an hour.
Again and again the attendants of the replenishment pit signalled him in but he would not stop. When at last he did to it was noticed that his face was streaked with blood
Baron d'Erlanger is a member of the famous French banking family.
Mr. Barnato steps out of his car. Mr. Bloch leaps out of the Stutz, Time, of course, is very precious. The English pit supervisor gives his Only the driver can attend to the car, but he gets instructions from the pit.
seating 39 nations, are engaged in building Studebaker and Erskine automobiles at South Bend, In diana, U.S.A.
While these men are not actually working in their native countries, nevertheless their families and relatives share in their prosperity. Dach year these men in South Bend send large sums of money to their Thus it is
The 38 nationalities, and number of each, employed in the Stude- baker plants at South Bend are as follows:--Hungary 899, Poland 348, Germans 231 Austria 164, Belgium 163, Russia 96, Sweden 71, Canada da. England 63, Italy 62, Serbia 43, Jugo-Slavia.33. Holland 29, Portu gal 98, Greece 22, Ireland 17, Scot-
a period of feverish enthusiasm and anticipation. Packing is the big problem, and like most difficult of the party. tasks is often left to the women
The best way is to carry-out · a dress rehearsal the day before start-
Thea her Highness came forward and, leading me by the hand, mado ing. It will inevitably be found that there isn't room for every-while her women brought garlande thing, and a revision of luggage
me alt beside her on the divan.
arrangements on the mornin the start is irksome.
of flowers to hang round my neck, jasmine bracelets for my wrists, and rosewater in a slender silver flagon. Where Pearls Are Scattered Like
Confetti.
惑 carelees
First, it is better to make a list of the things which each member of the party wants to take, as many separate lists as there are members,
Nothing is too good for the There, will be barely room for es honoured guests, and I have seen sentinis; in fact, any articles or pearls scattered in the path of Barments which are not vitally Queen Mary with ter sent on by train to some-large Western wedding. necessary from day to day are bet- gesture as we strew confetti at a towns through which it will be necessary to pass within a day or We sipped sherbet and chatted so of a given date. At these halts on innumerable subjects while I soiled linen and so forth can be waited patiently to hear the reason sent home. Several such towns, why I had been summoned with suitably spaced through the rough such urgency from eo far away. itinerary, can be selected.
Unscientific Packing.
Albania 2, Australia 2, India 2 or greasy surfaces. orders calmly and deliberately.
Korea 2, Mexico 2, Persia 2, Bohemia 1, Dutch East Indies 1 Slavonia South America 1, Tur key 1, and Wales 1.
The mechanics of the pit christen- ed him "Poker Face," as his ex-families back home. pression never changed while driv- evident that the prosperity enjoyed ing or during the feverish run round by the men engaged in the produe during replenishments. His effort tion of these cars spreads into was one of the pluckiest episodes many other countries in addition to of the race. He actually Snished the United States. with the frame completely broken and only held together by one bar, It is the eleventh hour of the Britain won last year, Dr. Ben-race-e, three o'clock this mora- jafield and Mr. S. Davis piloting at The Bentley and Stutz are Bentley to victory after their car still struggling together, the Stutz
Sunset From The Palaes Roof. a few seconds ahead. Both came bad been damaged in a collision.
Presently we went out on to the The victory to-day only fell to into the pit almost together, and the British car after ont
Various ills can be caused by un-palace roof to watch, the sunset. we saw an interesting contrast and 17, Denmark 10, Lithuania 13, scientific packing, If the rear car. The women, many of them family - eternest duels in the history of personalities.
Norway 9, Bulgaria 8, France Trier is overloaded, the car will be dependente, were dismissed and we mator racing. The race quickly
Switzerland 7, Syria 6, Roumania heavy and uncertain to steer, and were alone. The palm trees atrod developed into an individual "tussle between the United States and
3, Finland 3, Czecho-Slovakia 3, even dangerously unstable on loose black against the crimson sky, the elephant bells jangled, and the fly. Britain, and for bour after hour
On the other hand, trunks suiting foxes woke up and with shrill, through the night and until late
cases, or worse still haphazard chattering crice started on their this morning the Bentley and the American Stutz car waged the
parcels carried in the interior of nightly pillage of the fruit orchards. the car will seriously interfere with Below us in the tank the sacred battle for leads of yards and
the comfort of the passengers.
crocodiles, churned the water as seconds.
Anything in the nature of restricthey fought for the carcase of a tion of movement of the feet or goat which the priests dung down USEFUL FOR HONG KONG. arms is fatal to full enjoyment, to them.
and it is really wise not to carry Princess Who Preferred Purdah To- the car's nominal complement of
Freedom, " passengers. A five-seater with only four aboard leaves just that little latitude which makes all the dif ference provided the absent fifth Adoption of a new device which passenger's space is not filled with makes the famous Studebaker Com- overflow luggage, Luggage expor mander motor completely water ed on the rear carrier should be proof is one of the lateet automo- protected from rain and dust by tive improvements developed by waterproof sheeting. Studebaker's engineering staff, Even though the more important Every moterist who has had his meals are taken in hotels, it is storm or after having driven a quiet dell, or by lake or river- through a stream will appreciate side-and "comforting, moreover, to the value of this new development. have the means of obtaining a real It consists of a rubber hood over home-made cup to ten at any hour the distributor head, which not only of the day. A petral stove, a com- protects the distributor but combined kettle and teapot, and the pletely covers the ignition cables necessary raw material are infinite ly preferable to a vacuum flask for leading to the spark plugs.
the purpose."
"Shock absorber wants tighten- Barnato does his job quietly and ing, said the supervisor. Mr. deliberately.
"Take up some brake." Unhur- riedly but "rapidly the orders are carried out.
A RUBBER HOOD FOR DIS-
TRIBUTOR HEAD,
Dawn found the battle still going on, with only a minute between the two. A crowd of 200,000 people witnessed the British success.
All-night Watchers. The race began at 4
p.m. "yester-
Orders from a number of people day and inished at 4 p.m. this are shot rapidly from the Stutz pit. afternoon. Thousands stayed on Mr. Bloch dashes to and fro. A the course all night. Before dawa huge petrol filler is plunged into many women, worn out with the his rear tank. He hurls in tins of fong vigil, lay asleep among the petrol. So great, is the excitement heather and beneath the trees of that Mr. Block does not notice that the woods that fringe the circuit. his tank is overflowing. Then time The powerful headlights of the cars after time tin after tin is thrown in, passing every minute or so shone | until 12 gallone have overflowed on engine, die during, a severe rain often more enjoyable to Eave ten in No, let me live as the women of
on palo faces and recumbent figures, to the road. Orly" then did Mr.
In the first three hours the Bent Bloch realise the situation. ley team led, with the American Stutz, driven by two Frenchmen, M. Brisson and M. Bloch, on the tail of the last Bentley ear. They could not shake the American car off. Again and again Captain Bar: nato looked back, only to see the bonnet of the Stutz.
Whool Red Hot.
At the end of the third lap trouble began for the Bentley team. A tric of the car driven by Mr. 1. Birkin suddenly went at while he was travelling at speed.
At the other pit Mr. Rubin awakes from a brief sleep, drinks a glass of champagne, receives the O.K., gets into his sest, and is away a second ahead of the Stutz. Now a change comes over the race. A fog precedes the dawn. The crowds in the grand stapdı
The entire wiring system on the wait anxiously to see who will Commander is now thoroughly pro headlights loom up. emerge from "the mist, Suddenly tected againet moisture. The spark Suddenly plugs have rubber caps, and the As the car goes by the outline of spark plug cables are protected by the Bentley is faintly picked out. a metal condait on the cylinder Britain leads!" shout the crowd. head. All other wiring is enclosed in metal conduits or protected by In A" Fog.
rubber sheathing.
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Yonte ngo, when I had first met: the princess, I had offered clumsy Western sympathy upon the deprí vations of her life under the pur But she would have dab system.
"Come out of the: none of it. zenana1 Be exposed to the gaze of every coolis on the road, every stranger who comes to the palace? What ignominy 1 What indignity! my race have ever lived, cloistered, apart, and treasured. To my hue- band I am a precious pearl, a jewel to be hidden from curious eyes, existing only for him and for his family'
And I was left to ponder this, to me, quite new nepect of the veil- ed women problem. Sharing The Honours Of Wliehood.
But now I was to learn how fate:
If the car is of the fast-disap. pearing open touring variety, the temptation to use the furled hood had caught this graceful, fragile as a receptacle for odd articles should be avoided, since a shower piece of womanhood, and was pre- of cameras-vital items of touring paring to break her on the wheel. paraphernalia-is unpleasant when Here was her problem." one is seeking protection from a sudden shower of rain, apart from the probable damage to the hood material.
Loose, luggage in the car should be prevented from chafing the up holstery Spare oil supplies are more suitably carried in the tool- box or under the bonnet, while a petrol can can be fixed securely on the running board.-Daily Maile
WOMEN'S CAR RACE.
She had no children, but up to the moment this had in no way alienated her husband's affection. The adoption of an heir would Suddenly readily be sanctioned. the Prime Minister, always her secret enemy, had intrigued that his own daughter should share the honours of wifehood, and his High- ness, a weak man and possibly in the power of his State adviser, was on the verge of consenting.
Helpless In The Face Of Tragedy.
Mr. Birkin made an effort to reach the pit, but the tread of the tyre. It is not until three minutes later came off, wound itself round the that the lights of the Stütz appear. apokes of his wheel and the brake The driver ia troubled by the fog. connections, forced on the brake, For the next hour or so the Beat VALUE IN BRITISH CARS. and the car plunged into a ditch. ley creeps ahead in the mist. At Mr. Birkin was unhurt. He leap-eight o'clock in the morning people ed out and tried to cut away the who had gone into Le Mans to tyre with a penknife. The wheel sleep for the night and return after The Imperator powder was almost redhot and he received breakfast find the Bentley-Stutz keeps good indefinitely, freed the car, he ran four miles to the Bentley is ten minutes ahead by one thing-the low prices of The year of 1998 has been marked burts about the hands. Having struggle still continuing but now Is non-corrosive, odour the replenishment pit. M. Chaf and it gradually increases its lead medium sized cars are now within first-class British cars. Small and fagne, his partner, да elderly throughout the morning. In the the reach of men and women with water, but it is so easy to less, causes no damage French driver, then spurted back last hour the Stutz went lame.
for the four miles carrying two
The driver had to hold in his very modest means and the time handle that anyone with- to furniture, draperies, jacks. He was almost exhausted, gear lever with his hand. Although may soon be coming when "every etc, and gives off no but he repaired the trouble and the Bentley in the end, beat the man his own car-and a British car
continued the race.
Setutz by about 60 miles the issue at that will be a British slogan.
LONDON, June 14th. fumes.
The 14 h.p. Standards, at the new Meanwhile the Bentley driven by was in doubt until quite late in the prices just announced, are examples imposed by the Brooklands & perfectly natural and legitimate Mr. Clement and Dr. Benjafield day.
The ban on women racing motor- never interfere in what was really burst an ail-pipe. Captain Barnato
of the very best British value. It was one of the greatest strng- These cars are now listed at the Automobile Racing Club has pot proposition. and Mr. Rubin were alone left to gles ever seen in a road race. After following home prices: Canley only been lifted but the club has The Prime Minister might be the victory the two French drivers 2-seater £220, Sidmouth tourer £223, also organised a race for women to double-dyed scoundrel-privately At the beginning of the fourth of the Stutz car dashed up and Stratford tourer E250, Sherbourne take place at the first evening had no doubts on the subject-but hour the Stutz took the lead. The kissed the British drivers. crowds in the grand stands shouted
touring saloon £285, Corley Coupé meeting, also an innovation, next proof of this would be impossible The final positions were: America leads !"
The race is over two to obtain. She clung to me and £260, Farnham fabric saloon £250, Thursday.
wept. laps, and the meeting begins at á were now waning. Two of the 1. Bentley.-ésre. Barnato and Pall Mall saloon £325, Lagondas, which had been travel- Rubin. (British.)
p.m. ling well, crashed. Mr. Samuelson 2. Stotz. - Messrs. drove one into a sandbank and bar-
Bloch (American.}
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Arrangements have just been completed for the manufacture under licence of the Austin Seven baby motor-car in France.
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rier at a bad corner in the village 3: Chrysler.Mesura. Stossel and of Mulsanne. The car plunged into the bank and pushed down a bar 4. ricade.
Rossignol (American). Chrysler-Count C. Chica and
Mr. G. Chica. (American,).
Bentley-Messra Birkin and Chassagne. (British.) Alvis -Major Harvey and Mr.
Purdis. (British.) The Budge. Whitworth Cup was won by French Salmson-Daily
fail.
The second Lagonda, driven by 5. Baron d'Erlanger, another million. aire driver in this wonderful race, 6. was following close behind and crashed into the back of the first car. Baron d'Erlanger was cut over the eye, but carried on.
ACROSS DARKEST AFRICA.
FIRST AT BROOKLANDS.
The decision to allow women to race is a sign of the times. Women are playing an increasing part in motoring.
Cars, including racing cars, are also changing. The heavy, un wieldy type is disappearing and its place is being taken by the very fast small car, which women are able to handle.
It has not yet been decided to allow women to race against men at our ordinary meetings..
If this happened life would be over for my friend. Was there nothing to be done? Could the British Raj help her in this ex- tremity Sadly I was silent, for I knew that Government would
From far away came the call of the hunting leopard and the modo- teaous rhythmic throbbing of the tom-tem. I felt as if I had been thrust back into some far-off, bar- baric, elemental age where modera civilisation and its convention's held
no place. But the moment passed, for life never stands still, and with all my pity and all my sympathy. there was nothing whatever in the world to be done I could only say
good-bye and go.-Daily Unit."
BOX.
The announcement of the new
An official of the club said: and prices, coming just before Easter, was followed by large sales. Each car is remarkable value, but per- haps the most outstanding are the Stratford tourer, the Sherbourne touring saloon and the Farnham fabric saloon, "The Stratford is by no means an ordinary touring car, for the side curtains are in reality windows, of the pull-up type, but made of celluloid instead of glass. Thus they can never become cracked or scratched-the two main disadvan. tages amplying to'side-curtains of the ordinary pattern. Many mo-are: Nigerian Administrative Service, torists, indeed, consider that this decided he would proceed home by system, which was introduced by (French). un East Coast liner. Having ex the Standard Co. two years ago and 11:0 H.P. MORRIS CAR BLAZES perienced the qualities of his Mer- is fully patented eryble to glass
ris Cowley in Nigeria he had little side-curtains preferable doubt of reaching Mombies; and windows, in that they are lighter,
Messrs. Christie's sale rooms.
· FROM LAGOS TO MOMBAȘA, Į20 on the 23rd February, accom safer and cheaper; in addition, the Hon. Mrs. Victor Bruce, A.C. The chief lot consisted of a
panied by his Nigerian servant, and car can be converted into a full (British).
Queen Anne walnut console table, ducer of baby cars. Sir Herbert Amid all the propaganda directed taking with him an extra spare tourer in 'n few seconds, should fine Mrs. K. Martin, Riley (British), mirror, and two torchères which Austin, chairman of the Austin against the British small car and wheel, a piece of cocaanut matting weather render this desirable. Mirs Melchers, Bagatti (French). were knocked down to Mr. Moss Motor Co., Ltd., told a motoring all the much boosted, an English and two short strips of expanded Until recently the Farnham Mrs. W. B. Ecott, Sunbeam Harris for the record sum of correspondent:
official has quietly driven his Mor, metal, he set out from Kano, where saloon cost £325, and at that figure (British),
1.5|| £10,605. ( "The little Austin will go under rie Cowley 2-seater right across the he had previously arrived by car it was considered very good value, Mias Lister is the owner of a Ten miniatures taken by James a French name in France, but it heart of Africa from Lages in the from Lagos. Exactly a month later, with its excellent performance, number of racing cars Mrs. Mar. IL to St. Germains when he fed the produce here." will be identical with the car we West to Mombasa on the East and after traversing French Equa luxurious upholstery and handsome tin is the wife of Mr. Lionel Mar country in 1888 were sold. A hun- Coast without any convoy of spares, torial Africa, he drove into Nairobi appearance. At its new price of tin, the Brooklands driver, and she dred years ago, these miniatures turn out 60,000 cars a year.
A factory is being equipped to without publicity; indeed, without and then proceeded to Mombasa, £280 there is little on the market has acted for him on many occa were sold at Christie's for £147.
being conscious of having done any having easily averaged 100 miles a to touch it. The same remarks sions as pit attendant and mechanic. Yesterday they produced 26.767. So far France, England, and Italy thing very remarkable.
day, The only incident was the apply to the Sherbourne touring Mr. Victor Bruce has done a good | "Another-item was Madame de are the only countries to recognise Due for leave in England. Mr. gutting of the petrol trailer, which saloon, which at £208 is particular- deal of
specd work On the Pompadour's gold snuff box, acid- the value of the very small ear. C. M. Barton, a member of the caught fire nine days out of Kano. ly attractive.
Montihéry track near Paris, for £3,380.
TRAIL
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Miss M. J. Maconachie, Salmson
Miss M. Miss II. M Lister, Aston-Martin furniture and other art objects at M. Bond, Bugatti Just under £49,000 was realised in
about two hours for 70 lots of H. (British).