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RECREATION. 



newspapers to horse accidents, because the 

 public cares little about them. If the same 

 energy were expended in reporting acci- 

 dents of all kinds, the showing made by 

 automobiles would not appear bad in com- 

 parison. There are too many of them, it 

 is admitted, and they will continue until 

 the automobilists, as well as the authorities, 

 take up the matter of punishing careless 

 drivers. The automobilists, however, will 

 not be inclined to support the authorities 

 as long as prosecutions are due to pre- 

 judice and mistaken zeal. The danger from 

 automobiles is not in running at a certain 

 rate of speed. It is a question of time and 

 place. If the speed statutes were repealed, 

 there is no fear that the roads would be 

 filled by reckless automobilists, running 

 amuck. With a disposition to give the au- 

 tomobilists proper rights on the highways 

 there is noticeable less of a disposition on 

 their part to abuse the highway. When we 

 can have sensible laws, sensibly enforced, 

 the cooperation of nearly every automobile 

 owner in discountenancing and suppressing 

 inconsiderate driving will be secured. The 

 automobilists themselves can do more for 

 safety than any irksome speed statutes can. 

 ■ — Boston Transcript. 



Last year the Y. M. C. A., of Boston, 

 established an automobile school for the 

 instruction of young men intending to en- 

 ter the automobile business. This year a 

 similar movement has been started in New 

 York City. The Y. M. C. A. is now an- 

 nouncing the fact that it will open a class 

 for instruction in automobile engineering, 

 devoting much time to the practical end of 

 the care and operation of cars. 



Three courses are to be given as follows : 

 A series of lectures for owners or pros- 

 pective owners ; a class in automobile de- 

 signing and drawing; a class for those who 

 wish to become professional drivers. 



Professors of Columbia University will 

 conduct the lectures, and the advisory com- 

 mittee consists of prominent automobile 

 manufacturers and users. 



In some parts of the country the au- 

 thorities manifest an attitude toward auto- 

 mobiles which savors strongly of the Dark 

 Ages. In one of the counties of West 

 Virginia the use of automobiles has been 

 prohibited by the courts on account of the 

 fact that "injury to both the person and 

 property of some of its citizens has been 

 sustained." Violation of this order is 

 punishable with a $500 fine. As pointed out 

 in^ an able editorial of the Boston Trans- 

 cript, printed in this issue, automobile acci- 

 dents are given undue prominence, and this 

 is particularly true of out of the way dis- 

 tricts where there are few automobiles. 



An excellent record breaking run from 

 New York to Chicago was recently ac- 

 complished by a big 4 cylinder car arriving 

 in New York October 6th, driven by Bert 

 Holcomb, of Hartford. The machine was 

 a 35 horsepower and covered the 1,108 

 miles between Chicago and New York in 

 50 hours 35 minutes elapsed time. Actual 

 running time was 51 hours 5 minutes, an 

 average time of 21 2-3 miles an hour. Such 

 trials, although not so spectacular as long 

 distance road races, have much value when 

 performed by regular touring cars and not 

 by special racing machines. 



Have you commenced to think of Christ- 

 mas presents? If so, here is a suggestion: 



A yearly subscription to Recreation 

 furnishes one of the most delightful, in- 

 structive, entertaining Christmas presents 

 you can possibly give a man or boy who 

 is interested in nature, in fishing, shooting, 

 amateur photography ; or who is fond of 

 the woods, the fields, the mountains, the 

 lakes or the rivers. 



Many of the presents which people give 

 their friends afford pleasure only for a few 

 days, or weeks. A subscription to Recrea- 

 tion means solid comfort a whole year. 

 It reminds your friend 12 times during the 

 year of your kindness and generosity. 

 There are many men and women who for 5 

 years past have annually sent in long lists 

 of names of friends, accompanied with a 

 check, in order that those friends might be 

 made happy a whole year. Would it not 

 be well for you to adopt this plan? 



Try it and see how grateful the recipient 

 will be. 



"Who was the leading man in that com- 

 pany you went out with last season?" asked 

 the critic. 



"I really forget," replied Lowe Comedy, 

 "but I was the leading man coming back. 

 I always was a good walker." — Philadel- 

 phia Press. 



Pat : Phwat a wonderful world we live 

 in, anyway. 



Mike : Yes, but for why? 



"Haven't yez noticed that in New Yorruk 

 they're putting all the elevated roads un- 

 derground ?" — Life. 



The War Minister — The Japanese, your 

 Majesty, are an imitative people. 



The Czar — I wish they'd imitate my 

 friend, Kuropatkin, and retire a few hun- 

 dred miles. — Brooklyn Life. 



The Flemish name for automobiles is 

 said to be "Paardelooszoondeerspoormeg- 

 petroolrytuig," and many people in Ameri- 

 ca believe thev deserve- ever}'- syllable of it. 

 — Technical World. 



