Show DOG CUTTER ON I RACING AUTO Scheme to Take Care of Stray Animals in Vanderbilt Race Ono of or tho features of oC three cars cai on ont onti tr ti t ro kl 1 In JH the Vanderbilt cup race mea which KUO gotis to show the care and anti minute atten attention attention tion to even evon tho the detail which has marked their construction is what Is known for want lIlt of or a more technical t the This consists of a convex x piece of wood which Is fitted to the tho cross steering g rod ro 1 extending almost its entire length The rho apex of oC this wooden bar Is brought to a sharp cutting edge e and the th whole IB 18 i bound to the cross rod with cop copper per J 1 wire win winIt It frequently happens that dogs stray onto on to a u course while a race is In progress and und get In the way of one of the cars Steering gears and radiators have often oCten been damaged in this manner to such an extent that tho the cars have been put out of o othe the race I With the however the keen edge aided by the tho impetus caused by the tho great speed of oC the car is suf sufficient sufficient to cleave the animal from one ono end en 1 to the other reducing to a minimum the thear thear jar ar and strain on the cross steering rod Gustavo Gustave Caillois who will wm drive one of the core cars entered for or pr the Vanderbilt cup race had an experience that showed the usefulness of tho in the last Gordon lordon Bennett cup race A sheep sud suddenly suddenly denly ran Into the road ahead of him while ho ito was going at a high speed that made mado it impossible for tor him to turn out He struck the sheep square and left leCt it lying in the road in halves Had this steering apparatus not been fitted with the dog cutter It Is probable that it would have havo been 1 on badly damaged if U not actually put putout putout putout out or of commission |