Eureka Reporter | 1905-08-11 | Page 3 | Down Chutes in Automobile

DOWN CHUTES IN daring feat performed in london england although there are few motorcar feats which have not been attempted by americans it Is just possible that so far no transatlantic driven a car up and down a water chute such a feat however was per formed at the crystal palace london england recently by louis carle in the presence ol 01 a huge crowd was breathless with excitement heally it was a ticklish proceeding which demonstrated strikingly how complete Is the control 0 the expert motorist over his car the car which carlo used Is a 14 horsepower weigh ing a little over ton the palace chute the chutes slide on which his feat was performed Is feet long and has a gradient of one in four the run up the chute was accod with comparative ease in 22 2 5 second 9 but the return journey was more exciting As the car moved slowly on to the gradient to start doan the incline it pitched forward at such an angle that carle had to lean back like a ilder on a bucking horse halfway down the pace in creased and the spectators gasped the motorist smiled moved one of his brakes and stopped the car dead from the further end of the garden it looked like a beetle crawling down a wall then carle after taking off his hat and bowing to the crowd resumed his journey the descent took 34 seconds during which the driver of the car was apparently the coolest and least concerned person present