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The above photos are of exhibits at this year's Olympla Motor Show, now being held in London. (1) Royal A. C. 16 hp. 6. cyl. "Acecs" model with hood up. (2) The Now Bolaize 20 -40 hp. "Straight Eight."' The only British, representative of its typa.

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12,000 MILES THROUGH AMERICA'S "GOLDEN

WEST."

Earl Cooper won the 150 mile National Championship at Fresno,

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ablished a new track record when he covered the entire distance without a stop at the rate of 105.65 miles per hour.

A tale of the former Wild Woat" of the United States, the land of the savage Indian, the buffalo and the coyote, is graphi- Cooper attributed his su COSES cally told in the story of a motor to the superiority of hie Fire- tour of 12,000 miles recently com-store Gum-Dipped Cords and plated by two unescorted women Steam Welded Tubes, Following motorists. Though the cavage is bis wire commenting on his and the buffalo no longer roam victory: the great plains, the prairies and the mountains rotsin thoir wild sconic beauty, almost untouched by the progress of man, and countless relics of the days before the whito man came are still to be found on such a tour.

Won Race here to-day, distance 150 miles. Thru the wonderful performance of Firestone tyres the breaking of the track record wae accomplishad, the speed be. ing 105.65 miles per hour."

The thrilling experiences of

EARL COOPER those two women, Winifred Hawkridge Dixon and a woman Following Cooper were Bennie companion from cultured Boston, Hill in a Miller Special, Tommy are related in the formor's inter- Milton, Millor Special; Frod esting story "Westward Hoboes" Comer, Durant Special; Bob Mc in which she describes their tour Donough, Miller Spacial, Red of the Rooky Mountain region of Ansterborg, Duesenberg Special- the United States from the Mexi- all equipped with Firestone Qum- can Boarder to Canada, in a Dipped Corda and stoam Welded Cadillac touring car.

Tubos.

AN A. A. PATROL'S BRAVERY.

Starting from a city in Texas, the wayfarers pointed their car westward along the Apache Trail, through- the arid plains and doserts of Arizona and New! Mexico. Here in the land of the Hopi Indiane, there fiqurished al degree of civilization centuries

Patrol W. Stradling, who is ago that differs from that of any other part of the world and which driving an Automobile Associa- may have been far in advance of tion night road service outfit in that of other contemporary lands. the Cardiff district, after con ing While the Indians of the North off duty at 1a.m. heard screams were a roving, bloodthirsty race, from th next cottage. Rushing the Hopi and other similar tribes across the gardon he found the of the southwest ware & more stairs blazing. Having partially peaceful race, given to the build- subdued the flames with buckets: ing of homes, the cultivation of of wator, he ran upstairs, through the land and the arts of civilian flames and dense amore, and tion, as revealed by their pottery rescued two women. The fire, josused by an exploding oil lamp, The homes of the Hopi wore was ultimately put out by the cut into the solid rock of the lofty patrol, assisted by the villago He rondorod cliffs, divided into rows of apart polico constable. ments one above the other, each first aid to the injured women apartment occupied by a family. before they were taken by an For safety from the roving ambulance to a Cardiff Hospital. Patrol Stradling, who served in bands of Apaches and other savage tribes who often warred France with the South Wales upon the peaceful Hopi, the Borderers, has on previous occa- Cliff Dwellings

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with stone and rutted by the passage of the crudo cart wheels glorious life of the great outdoors

Golden Wost," used for centurice by the natives. in America's

Continuing westward and Up and up these dangerous roads the Cadillac climbed, while northward through - Colorado, the desert dropped away below. Montano, Idaho and across the At last the travellers were at the international boundry into the top and found themselves in a Province of Alberta, Canada, the Cadillso carried its streat which was like the dead faithful streets of Pompeii, except that courageous passengera. Hero in there were a fow inhabitants, do- the north, the late summer aftor- cendents of the aborigines who noons brought the tang of autumn had built the village porhaps with its goldon sunlight. Thoro thousands of yours before.. It were miles of virgin pine foresta may well have been that this was edging the shores of the lakes, the first motor car they had ever and sparkling streams, doubtless! seen, for they crowded about with full of trout and other frosh- expressions of awe and wonder-water Beb.

This was the turning point of ment,

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Having inspected the Cliff the journey Months of sleeping garage. Only a limited number of cars Dwellings and the relics of an in a foot and cooking their own

alont civilization, the motorists meals had somewhat dimmed the can now be accommodated. pushed on aoroas the desert charm of "vagabonding" as the northward and westward through travellers suddenly realized that the primeval forests of the Rooky they wore homesick. On all that Mountain range, camping, wher beauty of pure woods clear, aun

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