A MOUNTAIN RACE. 



ONE OF THE COMPETING CARS CLIMBING MT. 

 IN THE RECENT CONTEST. 



WASHINGTON 



air in the cylinder. If a man decides 

 to get a gasolene car rather than a 

 steam car, simply because one uses 

 less fuel than another, he should cer- 

 tainly take into consideration the fact 

 that the cost of maintaining the elec- 

 trical equipment for a year should 

 be added to the cost of gasolene 

 before any comparison with the 

 fuel consumption in a steam car is 

 made. 



In buying an automobile one should 

 be governed by quality rather than by 

 anything else. If you can not tell 

 good machinery when you see it, get 

 some friend who can. Have him look 

 over the car you have in mind and 

 pass judgment on it, not so much on 

 its design as on the manner in which 

 the design is carried out. 



It is fairly safe to say that a man 

 going to any well known automobile 

 builder in this country will get a ma- 

 chine that will run well ; but that is not 



the only consideration. Another ques- 

 tion is, how long will it run? It is 

 the little things that count in auto- 

 mobiling ; the big little things that the 

 novice does not know about and that 

 if not attended to properly in manu- 

 facture will certainly mar the pleasure 

 of the automobilist. 



It is much more important for the 

 purchaser to know that his engine is 

 equipped with a good crank shaft and 

 that it has really good bearings and 

 accessible machinery throughout than 

 it is to fight for a lot of extras and 

 a trade discount and 16 other things. 

 No automobile is good unless its in- 

 sides are the best. There is no bar- 

 gain in getting a poor automobile at 

 any price. 



Under certain conditions automo- 

 biles depreciate rapidly, and many 

 second hand cars are offered for sale 

 which are in bad condition. If you 

 think of buying a second hand ma- 



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