MOTT 



3975 



MOULTRIE 



Front 

 Spring^ 



Lamp 



Handlebar 



Luggage Carrier^ 

 fork 



Tire 



PARTS OF A STANDARD MOTORCYCLE 



the larger machines. The cost of motorcycles 

 varies from $125 to $275. 



The original form of the motorcycle of to- 

 day was a steam-propelled velocipede invented 

 in 1868. The boiler was suspended back of tin- 

 seat in the center of the machine, and the 

 ton rods were directly connected with cranks on 

 the rear wheel. The idea was crudely carried 

 out, but the principle involved was the same. 



Racing. Mortorcycle racing has in \ r 



aehieved the great popularity that bicycle 



ig once enjoyed, but it has a loyal, if a 



smaller, following. The small tracks with sharp 



turns on which such races are often run, to- 



:th the great speed of the machines, 



make motorcycle racing a most thrilling sport. 



Unfortunately, drivers are frequently killed or 



maimed. Long-distance races are the com- 



moner sort, since they afford a better test of 



ility of a machine and the skill of a 



r. The record for one mile is 36 seconds; 



for 1 6 minutes 6% seconds; for 50 



. 33 minutes 55% seconds; and for 100 



". 1 hour, 8 minutes, 1% seconds. The dis- 



tance from New York to San Francisco, 3,362 



-, has been covered in 11 duys, 11 hours 



and 10 minutes. G.BJ>. 



Consult Pact'* Motorcycles. Side Car* and 



car*, also his Motorcycle Troubles Made 



MOTT, LUCRFTIA COFFIN (1793-1880), an 



and leader in the woman's- 



righta movement. She was born on Nantucket 



Island and educated in a school for Friends near 

 Poughkeepsie-on-Hudson, N. Y. In 1818 she 

 married James Mott, a teacher. As a leader 

 in the Society of Friends she became noted 

 for the refinement and eloquence of her dis- 

 courses. When the Society of Friends divided 

 into two factions in 1827, she and her husband 

 joined the Hicksite, or liberal branch. She was 

 one of the early Abolitionists and assisted in 

 forming the American Antislavery Society for 

 women in Philadelphia in 1833; in 1840 she was 

 ehosen a delegate to the World's Antislavery 

 Convention in London, but was not allowed to 

 her seat on account of her sex. This ac- 

 tion had an important influence in launching 

 th<> woman's-rights movement, which was for- 

 mally started by Mrs. Mott and Elisabeth Cady 

 St. mt on at a convention held at Seneca Falls. 

 N. Y., in 1848. Mrs. Mott was president of the 

 Pennsylvania Peace Society; she took a deep 

 interest in colored people, and to the end of her 

 life was actively interested in the promotion of 

 temperance and in the elevation of women. See 

 ABOLITIONISTS. 



MOULD, the Knglish form of the word MOLD 

 (win. 



MOULTRIE, mohl'lri. WILLIAM (1731-1805), 

 an American military leader m the Revolution- 

 ary War, famed for his brilliant defense of 

 Charleston, 8. C., in June, 1776. He was born 

 in England, but early removed to South Caro- 

 lina. He was captain of a regiment in the 

 Cherokee disturbance of 1761, in 1775 he be- 



