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NEW VARIATION OF MOTOR CYCLE CRAZE.

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CLASSIC CHRYSANTHEMUM BLADE OF 82ND EMPEROR,"

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The Chrysanthemum Sword, which was welded in the twelfth century by the Emperor Gotoba, 82nd ruler of Japan, will be worn

ALTERATIONS. Fairly close-ratio two-speed gears with a lightning change are FOR MOTOR CARS.

likely to prove popular. Air clean- ers for the carburetters, and even In America and Australia, where for the pump breathers, will be an they have been at the dirt-track absolute necessity if the engines game for many years, racing on are not to be ruined by the gritty an unbanked course of earth or particles suspended in the air dur- cinders has been brought to a fineing a race on a dusty dirt track. by the Emperor at the time of art. It provides all the thrills of Wire stone guards of a finer mesh his enthronement next fall. road racing in the restricted area than those at present used for new sheath and hilt for the of an oval or circular track and, road and track racing will be sword, which have been in the provided that grandstands are pro-adopted for radiators to preserve process of making at the Tokyo perly arranged as they generally the honeycomba from the Impact of School of Fine Art since last are the spectators can see every flying stones, and brakes will be August, will be completed and de- improved so as to give tremendous livered soon to the Imperial retarding power without any risk Household Ministry, relates the of locking the wheels on the treach "Japan Advertiser." jerous surface of the track.

Incident In a race.

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LOOKS DANGEROUS. - The roar of the super-tuned cars

The sword has never been hurtling round and skidding in the It may well be found that the worn by any Emperor since dust, the blackened, begoggled quarter-mile courses for motor-Gotoba. The present Emperor is faces of the drivers and mechanics, cycle dirt-track racing, and even to set the precedent in wearing at: in future the clouds of dust drifting with half-time courses, may be too short Enthronement and the wind, provide a spectacle such for anccessful car racing, for to all successive Emperors are ex- as can never be witnessed on a get the excitement and to give the pected to wear it. The Chrysan- cement or board track of the old-drivers a fair chance the track themum Sword is one of the most er type. The success of a partici- must be very wide, especially on important and significant Im- pant in a race on the "dirt". de- the hands, and spectators should perial treasures because of the pends as much, if not more, on be placed high up on sloping fact that it is the handiwork of the skill of the driver as on the ground around the course with no the Emperor Gotobs himself.

One of the large rooms of the speed of his car. Constantly, as thing to mar their view

Tokyo School of Fine Art was they tear round the bends in a part of it. more or less continuous skid, the At first it will doubtless be thoroughly cleansed and purified drivers are experiencing narrow found that every driver will have according to Shinto rites and ap skid his own theories as to how best he proprinted as the special quarter escapes; no over-corrected, may send them crashing into the can make his car hold the track. for the making of the sheath and The metal decorations of innar barrier of the oval. When With too light a vehicle, having a hilt. passing competitor at speed low gear. (a combination which, on the hilt and sheath were design- there is the ever-present risk of a good surface, would ensure won-ed by Prof. Kogi Watanabe. Prof. becoming entangled with the derful acceleration), violent wheel- Shisui wheels of another racer, while it spin and consequent skidding are a bend be taken too fast the car, likely to result; on the other hand, alithering in the loose dust, will excessive weight or too high a gear be, hurled by centrifugal force to will cause the vehicles to be slug. wards the outer edge and may well gish, so that they take too long to end in over-turning.

pick up again after slowing for a curve.

Thus there can be no doubt that dirt-track racing for cars, when fully developed, will be overy

.. SUITABLE TRACKS. There is a very large number of

Prof.

Rokkaku and Kamezo Shimizu have been in chage of work on the sheath and the goldsmith work respectively.

Japanese Lacquer Sought,

The authorities of the school had serious difficulty in securing genuine Japanese raw lacquer, with which the sheath and hilt are to be decorated. Most of the lacquer used in Japan is imported

that now about the country, many of them from Annam in French-Indo- of large China. The school authorities

a week. being in the suburbs

bit as fall of thrills at the disused racecourses scattered motorcycle events take place many times The public will go, not as it does towns. Those 'could speedily be sought for a genuine Japanese "to the dogs" or to Brooklands rolled even enough to eliminate raw lacquer taken from new lac mainly for the purpose of betting, serious bumps and hollows, whilst quer trees, from which no sap has but will crowd against the encircl-the cars themselves would soon been extracted. ing wire-protected railings with wear down the grass and provide the same enthusiasm as it would the necessary earthen surface.. flock to a cinema to see some thrilling film or to the stirring pageantry of the Aldershot tattoo.

MOTOR TONNAGE OUTPUT.

After a strenuous search, two large trees were found in Gumma Prefecture. The trees belong to Mr. Tomimatsu Suda, the village head of Shikishima, Seta, gun.

government.

The possibilities, therefore, are Although it is generally believed Both are about 60 feet tall and that dirt-track racing for ears that the shipbuilding position, at from 4.7 to 4.8 feet in diameter, bids fair to become an open-air the present time is not so satisfac-growing in a mulberry field. They amusement for the multitude, be-tory as was the case last year, an are about 75 years old. Lacquer aides a valuable means of deve-analysis of the situation shows was extracted from the trees loping and testing automobiles. that there are more motor cargo and used for the decorations of Consider the evolution of the and passenger ships on order than the sword. The prefectural vehicle developed on the "dirt." there were twelve months ago; authorities of Gumma are report- It must be akid-proof; it must be there is, however, a diminution in ed to have decided to open nego- capable of terrific acceleration be- the number of motor tankers. Ac- tiations with the central govern- tween the bends; it must be in-cording to "The Motor Ship," there ment for the preservation of the capable of overturning and equip are now 280 oil-engined vessels trees under the protection of the ped with powerful brakes in order totalling 1,760,000 tons gross on to enable the driver to avoid the order. Of these, 209 are cargo consequences of an accident to a land passenger ships, the gross ton- car in front of him.

nage of which is 160,000 more than was the case in July, 1927. Since In America, where for many the beginning of the year 99 motor years specially tuned-up Fords ships of 800,000 tons gross have have been popular for this class of been completed, whereas for the racing, all sorts of special fitments whole of 1927 the number was 157 The have made their appearance. For and the tonnage 816,000. instance, special front and rear number of motor ships which have axles and springs have been made been placed in commission during so as to allow the chassis to be the first half of 1928 is a record offset with regard to the centre figure.

IN AMERICA.

line of the car, the idea being that the weight of the vehicle and its driver shall be as near as possible to the inner edge of the track to minimise the risk of overturning as the result of a skid. One of the reasons for the old-type Ford be- ing so popular was the great ease with which its pedal-operated two.

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The trees were discovered by Mr. Yamazaki, an official of the Lacquer Works' Association. The necessary amount of lacquer was extracted from the trees by Mr. Matajiro Sasaki, expert extrac ter, attended by Prof. Rokkaku.

The authorities of the Tokyo School of Fine Art admit that the sword la about to be completed but refuse to give out a descrip-- tion of it. Prof. Watanabe éx- Diminution of interest in Pariia- plains that he has been forbidden by the Imperial Household Minis- mentary affairs was described as a

try to give out any Information "real danger to democracy by Mabout the treasure, A. Duff Cooper, Financial Secretary The Emperor Gotoba Toba II, to the War Office, addressing ruled from 1188 to 1198 and is meeting of the Unionist Canvassing known as the first ruler coronated Corps Caxton Hall. Mr.

without the ceremony of trans- Duff Cooper added, by way of

ferring the Three Sacred Insignia. example, that at a luncheon at the house of a member of Farliament a distinguished author had asked If we consider the possible Ines "Who la' the Foreign Secretary?" of development of already fairly Three other people present low European cars, we may find unable to answer this question." that what may be described as an A member of Parliament, said optimum height for the centre of Mr. Duff Cooper, was no longer the gravity is arrived at. In order to object of the same kind of respect. If that resulted prevent overturning, construction as In the past. of present-day sports and racing in the best kind of people no longer Carlyle manuscripts, namely the going to Parliament, it might be first autograph draft and the that behind the facade of an unreal printers' manuscript of "Paat and House of Commons, a few rich Present," were sold together at people might pull the strings, t Sotheby's, London, on July 20-for £2,200, the purchaser being a New York resident, Mr. Gabriel

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