Show MOTORING POINTERS FOR AUTO r TOURISTS f Thousands lS of ot motorists this yea yeat will drive from their accustomed and f familiar territory to strange places where tho topographical conditions are ara unfamiliar to them thorn and where whore the they nUL may encounter roads roada and road conditions conditions condi condi- nevor never mot met Some Borne advice on n driving under various conditions will ll be helpful Though It Is generally known by tho the experienced motorist that If It a a. hill Is la too steep for tor oven even first gear ear tho the ro- ro verso veno may be used the time first owner may give up In despair and tr try another nother road without a 0 stoop grade Tho reverse of or ever every car Is geared eared power lower th than n first or low if it tho car cannot pull on low because of ot the steepness of ot tho hill lull or lack o ot of po power the driver can back up tho the hill I It must be e done slowly of ot course and anda a a very watchful eye oye kept for oncoming I ing cars cara I r w it In ascending ascending- grades always s 's keep to I Ithe the extreme right This This- should bedone be bo done always of course coure but on grades cars earn coming down usually travel at ot speed peed and th the driver takes a little littlemore littlemore littlemore more road rond room than usuaL It will willbe willbe be found safer sator also If It there Is a turn turu on on the grade I Low Law Gear Dent Drake TImko In descending a grade grado various re re- re ma may be bo used to keep koop the tho car carIn carIn carin In check and save sa brake lining In InI I Tome lome tome states tho the grades are so steep that if It tho the driver were vero t to tuse use tho the lir Brakes kes alone to retard the tho cars car's movement move move- ment xi ent tho the lining would bo be burned when whon the bottom of ot the tho grade grado Is reached cached Tho The driver should remember that hitting to a lower gear always s 's throws In en engine lne resistance Hence Hene h n 1 low gear there Is the greatest re- re stance Istance obtainable If It the l Ignition Is witched off ott then tho the rear wheels urn over the engine and further roSL roIs ro- ro Is thrown In Opening the Introduces a n little more moro Th I. I rakes should be bo used only y If It the tho re- re 1 lr stances mentioned are Insufficient to the car from t-om attaining a 0 dan- dan erous speed 1 Sandy roads baffle bale tho the who vho Is s to driving In sections here here no such roads exist The light I r r takes the sand easier casler than the eay eavy car car but both may find difficulty ty y If the sand sl Is 18 very cry loose If It the stretch Is quite long and looks tho the tires ma may be wrapped I Ith burlap and It If this Is not at hand ope pe will d do a Deflating the tires Is 18 often otten all an that 4 necessary but bo be suro sure to deflate ont ant tires as well wen as ns rear on onos os In ct t. t they are arc even cven more important t Dont Don't Spin In la Sand ut tOnco a car Is IB stuck In 1 sand it is doss to try to get out by spinning 1 Ie a e rear wheels This only causes I 1 em to dig deeper Into the sand If be her progress progress is rondo mado on the first trial Ift to neutral and get busy at the ther nr r wheels Boards Boarde if It thc they aro are ob- ob RE are excellent In allowing ther tho the r wheels to grip The boards should placed pIli oed at the tho rear of the tires and ande e e. e car r reversed out of difficulty In n approaching a n. sandy randy spot It la le lat let t to speed up n. n little holding then the n Bring wheel firmly eo 60 as os to bo be pre pre- red for tor Rn con emergency In sand Band the thee e Bring ering wheels wheel aro are a 21 little hard to trot 1 Ud y roa roads s are negotiated in the thee J e way as sandy ones one though aljy tire chains will pull a n. car through rough rou h mud Is not too deep Tho Thod 1 d d road as usually found round Is IB not soft sort 1 many inches down so that if the sinks the chains will probably o 0 hold on the firmer ground under 1 0 th th tho the mud IV ho market now affords a number devices which may bo be attached to roar rear wheels to enable the car cat to tovel vel rei el over almost any kind of ot a n road ono one Ins instance tan co tho the device allows the theto rj to sink Just enough to clear the theno theno e C no of ot the very handy devices for fori mj i tourist who exp expects to meet some roads and got Into difficulty Is extractor of ot some sort This is the resort resort device which mn may be hanby hanby han- han 1 by one man to pull pun tho the car out deep sop mud or sand Block and andIe andle pie le Ie Is tho the tho common device but there thero many special ones on the market marketa a a for tho the automobile tourist Look Out for tor Streams may seem like lIko childish advice to that that a driver never should cross a aC C Him m m without Investigating its depth the condition of ot the tho bed bcd but nev- nev many experienced motorists I forget and find themselves stuck Even our war tanks could not travel everywhere for our army had to Bond send Bondmen men ahead boll they called I them In order to look over tho the territory torn terri tory to see Bee that tho the tank could travel over O It n addition n to observing the tho simple rules mentioned tho the motorist will Fill do dowell dowell dowell well to m mako ko an nn Investigation of ot the tho road conditions in tho section of ot the tho country in which ho he expects I to drive I Tho American Automobile association 1 I tion the tho local automobile club tho the travel bureaus have havo Information on the I roads road In all sections and It would be bo better to got get a from uno- uno of ot otI I them The Tho road books are aro helpful though the they cannot be bo expected to In IndIcate Indicate In- In I road conditions months after they have been published |