Show I ONLY FOUR U. U S. S PRESIDENTS HAVE AVE RIDDEN IN MOTORCARS the average man has not stopped to realize that only foyr O lr I PROBABLY P of or our oui chief executives have had the privilege of riding in motorcars Such is the case however William McKinley was first elected president in 1896 During his first term the was a curiosity staggering uncertainly about over our highways and streets At that time the Times-Herald Times road race in Chicago was still a matter matt r of current comment Nothing In the performance of the car cart entered in that event gave any hint of the glories to come President McKinley never became a motorist in the accepted sense sense of the word We We- Ve know that he enjoyed a ride in the newly discovered d transportation trans trans- p prodigy on two or 11 three occasions but hors horses s were still the agents of ot progression in general use ue and the White House stable wa was still a stable It is JS Int Interesting to rem remember that the thc motorcar run of or the Automobile Club I of America from New York to Buffalo was called off of en route upon news of McKinley's s d death ath Th Theodore Roosevelt refused to to- tobe be confined to the he of his car cat during his hit term of office and he will go down in history as the the- first president to drive a motorcar William Howard Taft was devoted to td motoring He enjoyed the sensation sensation sensa sensa- tion of great speed peep pee l and often led the secret service men assigned to follow hi his car a merry chase President Wilson Vilson has found most of of the brief relax relaxation tion that he lie has has' snatched during the last eight years yearn in the official motorcars of the White WhiteHouse House Rouse garage Motor garage Motor |