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MISS VIOLETTE CORDERY·· MARRIED..

SIX NEW MOTORING RECORDS

AN OWNER DRIVER ON "GREASING UP."

EXTREME GOOD FORTUNE "OF MODERN MOTORIST.

FOR A BRITISH CAR. In the village church of Stoke Onco again a British car achieved D'Abernon Miss Violetta Cordery, outstanding miccosses on the Can the well-known wanian racing mo.tinent. Mr. C. ET. Eyston, the torist, was married to Mr. Johr woll-known racing motorist, has replete without a sprinkling of taga Stuart Hindmarsh, Royal Tank contly broken six long-distance in Corps, only son of the late Mr. D.ternational records in altes G (1,100 Stuart Hindmarsh, and of Mrs.o.a) at Mouthhery. He was driving Hindmarah, of 133, Ashley-gar, non-supercharged 9. h.p..Riley, Greek, thirty lines of Latin, or job of refilling would recife far too | templed 'alam in his trumße, "n

dens, S... The church was de- corated with pink and white: gladioli, roses and asters. The cercniony was a quiet one, only re Intions and intimate friends being present."

Canon Archer Hunter officinted, and Mr. J. Bonner was the "best man. The bride, who arrived at the church with her mother, 37, Henry, Cordery,, was given away by her broth-in-law, Mr. G. E. Her

per.

After the ceremony Mrs. Cordery held a reception at Fairmile, he residence, in Cobham, Surrey, and lator in the day the bride and bridegroom loft for their honey moon, which is being spent motor- ing in France

VETERAN CAR TRIAL.

A inlly of the Veteran Car Club recently took the form, of a run from Croydon to Eastbourne, when

realised that lubrication apella cular hole, intended to register life for machinery, and every move with the barrel of the gun You ing part of the ear can to be nd-up-ended the gun barrel big the urned with little screwed brass hole and puslied. In theory a helmets, known as Stauffer caps. thick rod of grenso pushed upwards. have owned cars which bristled in response, and fled the gun. with as many as three duzen at barrel. Being innocent. I kept my these abominations. Once a week tin of grease in a cold garage: one encircled the car in a stoop and it was winter. So I pushed I was born in an era when an ing posture, reminiscent of our and pushed. I might as well have ability to produce classical quota gorill, ancestors, and removed all tried to shoulder the Marble Arelr A over on to its side. Came a brain- tions was the hallmark of the greasers, placing them on educated, Briton writes: BH small tray. The belmets, wern thon wave, and I carried the tin of Davies in The Auteur. No grent inverted on a bench, and with an grease indoors, to place it on the speech in the Commons was, com old knife stalon from the kitchen kitchen range. The Browns called wet afternoon we decided to play one patted a dollop of grease info at this moment, and as it was a from Gresk and Lavin. So coch each. Unless the dollop was in

Grease in Exuption. Sh morning at school the day began serted sideways, it imprisoned bridge with my stammering a precarious cushion of air at the base of the path through twenty lines of Freser, in which case the loathsome While I was defending an at

Then, bent double "once kitchen-maid created a most timely forty lines of English prosody, Thin sopn.

the car yet interruption." Cook had got the and all the records except the first torture lasted for five long years, more, you circled

rango roaring for dinner, and It sounds simple, but the chrende soven pounds of best motor grease" one were taken at over 108 miles per and to-day just one solitary line again, and replaced the greasers." of Virgil survives: 0 fortunator hour remarkable, speed for animium, sua si bona norint: Which would cross, and the grouse would had erupted out of an unsoldered hay be freely translated that you get squeezed out before the threads tin: To pacify Eve, is always ar unsupercharged car

aro the luckiest men on onrth if bit, and the nipples would seize inexpensive business; to pacify our you did but know it

the caps and come cut with them, cook is a matter of months. So and the grouse ducts would choke, I botted up the nexs tin of grease und at the end there were usually when both Eve and cook warn four or five grossers surplus, and out; and I watched it hotting, as you could not find any apples a hen watches, her ducklings when

they first take to the water. hungering for them.

"After he had taken the 50 kilo matres and 50 miles records at over! I often mentally apply this tag to the current generation of mo- 107 and 108 mph. respectively a

torists; and never with more con tyre burst and ho had a very naviction than when I devato a wet row escape. He then fitted a new evening to lubricating my modern

The next chapter began with the Judging that the grease was suffi- tyre and set off again to break the car. I can remember one or my

early, ears which had naked transgrense gun, and in its early phases ciently faid to rush up into the 100 km., 100 miles, one hour and 200 mission gears. Every thirty miles even the gun was not unmixed joy.gun barrel, I removed it from the or so I used to disembark and dab It operated beautifully when the range to the dresser, up-ended the km. records."

large dollops of grease on those car was how, and all the nipples gun barrel, and pushed A four, gears. Most of the grense fell off shone like Bond Street joweltain of greony-brown slime erupt in the road; what remained served ler's window. For a few brief ed all round the edges of the tin as an excellent magnet for the week one stalked in Jordly fashion disc and plashed gaily over the dust which my wheels stirred round the car, prodded this ordresser and my own rather posh off on then untarred surfaces. The that nipple, and listened compla crankshaft of that car, or of ita contly to succulent plops as a stack successor (I forget which). war of grenso exuded triumphantly mounted in two large brackets of from the far end of every chassis solid brass bolted to the side-mem bearing. So far as the nipples bers of the frame, which were were concerned, this state of affairs whippy as beu ulats. At the top of inated indefinitely, provided one each bracket was a hole, normally kept the car really clean but on

a dirty car nipples would choke,"

The first enug was discovered when the gun required recharging. I was supplied with a circular tin of grense.

On the top of the

Mr. Eyston reports that one of the remarkable features of the run was the very high oil temperature recorded. The engine was turning over at 8,000 r.p.m. throughout.

SAFER MOTORING.

A new anti-skid device for motors has arrived. It is the invention

ALA

of Mr. W. A. E. Crombie, an en-seated by a large brass bolt. When gineer scientist, and consists of a the engine ran badly, ie, always,

I removed the bolts, and with conical steal wheel which is attach-grimy finger prodded in grease. of thirty-eight ears--typical folded to the back axlessing on the

offside of the differential box. models-entered twenty-eight start

ed and all but two or three com- pleted the journey.

The fimi" car; left at 9:30 am. and the others at short intervals, the conditions allowing a halt at East Grinstead of forty minutes.

Letters of greeting to the Mayor Eastbourne, · Lt. Col. Gwynne were brought from the Mayor of

Combined with this narrow knife- edge wheel is a small roller acting- as a guide na both, ym op the ground when the anti-skid in in action. In the ordinary running of the car, the antiskid fifth wheel" is suspended, clear of the rond surface.

Its powers to palt side-slip ure Croydon, Alderman A. Lewis, and put into operation by an attach the chairman of East Grinstendment to the steering column. The Urban Council, Mr. J. M. Prosley driver simply releases a trigger A large crowd witnessed the arbelow the steering wheel and the rival of the cars, the first to read anti-skidding wheel then digs frm the town being a Mercedes, mode of 1903, driven by E. Marin, which ly into the road. Ea a revolving

actual covered the distance in

sprag to prevent any side-slip or skidding of the rear wheels.

travelling time of 13 hour, with apted average of 34 1-3 m.p.h. W

Other placings were: 2, I. S. C. Beresford, 1901 Fiat, 29.8;

Experts are waiting to test the device on a frost-bound road, as it would appear to be suitable to any private car, whether of a weight of

A. H. R. Fedden, 1903 Mercedes, 28.17; 4, G. Willeby, 1904 Renault 5. Quickmore, 1002 Panhard and Levasson; a F. F. Brown, 19049cwt, or stone. Wolseley.

At the conclusion the race the

on

The anti-skid wheel in so set by the cars assembled in Gildredge the firm which its the device Park, where awards consisting of cars, that the wheel will cut ་ were distributed by Lady through any conting of grease or Foley,

KETO

£1,500,000 ORDERS,

The 1832 models of Singer and Company, Ltd, Coventry, shown to a gathering of dealers nt the Birmingham works recently when four dealers from London Glasgow, Birmingham, and South- ampton placed orders. for £1,500,000 worth of cara

ice on the surface and come to grip with the road itself under all con- ditions of running.

ENDURANCE TEST. Recently an endurance test and reliability trial round the English Lake District with two well-known makes of care was organised by Soven models, ranging from the Stout's Garages, Ltd., a motor firm junior two-seater at £130 to the- Kaye Don saloon at £490 are" be in West Cumberland. The cars em- ing made, and the chassis aro beployed on the test were a Rover ing, treated with a special process, Pilot and a 75 Hillman" Wizard known As bonderizing, for the

prevention of rust. A striking new both being new 1902 models Thu model is the twelve-six saloon at course extended. right road the £235. There is an eighteen-aix Lake District, embracing, Carlisle, saloon at £280, and a silent-six.

with overhead valves and many Cockermouth, Whitehaven, Barrow, refinements at £330. Every model Windermere, Keswick, and Fenrith, has a safety rear-mounted tank, a Triplex glass screen, and a four and included the ascents cf Dun- speed gear-box with silent third mail Raise and Whinlatter Paa

grar;

BENTLEY MOTORS.

The trial began at noon on the. Fri- day

and finished at noon' the fól lowing Tuesday," and on the cem

It is announced that at a meet-plation of the last lap oth cars. ing of Bentley Motor Ltd. on Sept. proceeded to Ambleside, sbore they

the following resolution was pass-

both made four consecutive climbs

...

That the company, by reason of of Kirkstone Pass before the ter its liabilities, cannot conduct its mination of the 100 hours. It is Telephone business, and that it is advisable, kunst

that during the test nei

neither to wind up the same and that the claimed that company be wound up, voluntariof the engines was stopped, nor was

any time lost, tre

through' trouble of A receiver was appointed, for

stated, Bentley Motors in only fast, and any kind. Both, cara, 26 negutiutions were, understood to be behaved perfectly throughout, and In propresently for the pur

at the end of the run and overed chase of the company

over 2,300

and Sons.

Napier

Thres Dozen Helmets!

As the slow' years passed engine-grease lay a tin disc, with a cir-

lounge suit, Just then I was on the verge of giving up motoring, the gun, people introduced grease, cartridges and saved my reason.

To-day I drive a car on which every bearing is neatly connected. by tiny pipings to bowl on the dash. This bowl containe lubricant and a mysterious gadget. I am not quite sure how it works, A I know is that without any labour the chassis is now perfectly Jubri cate O fortunatisaimium, sua' a hona norint!-

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