Show GETTING STUCK ilM I MUD fUD EASY I How to Get O Out t Is Difficult Difficult i cult Some Sug- Sug Suggestions Suggestions Sug-j Sug By JL IL ir CLIFFORD BROKAW I IBy Adi- Adi d dr cr r cst Side Y M lit C A it Schools School Nc lork lorl ork I This Is la the open season for tor ruts I In the tha spring prinS the motorists fancies lightly turn to thoughts ot or tour tour- touring tour touring ing InS This Is III as It should be bo only re be of or the ruts I Good roads are ore Increasing at II a rapid pace Yet Tot In pUe ot or all the tho pavements and excellent nt state roads roda ds th there re corn comes a a time In the tho experience ot or almost every driver or of a car cr when hen ho has to go 0 osor or a 11 of bad muddy road In order to arrise e at hi his destination Every Ev- Ev Every Ev Every ery motorist sooner or later finds l himself struggling through a stretch of or roadway that In the mo- mo mo motorist s language for tor roughness makes a a storm at ot sea aea look like a 11 skating rink His chief consideration tion In this Instance Is fa to get through without becoming stuck atuck In the tho mud OUTDOOR SPORT In these days dais when In many man part parts of o the country the frost I Is coming out of or the ground and rainy l days are numerous getting mired with Ith an auto Is a common outdoor sport though thou by no means mean a popular one I Ien Esen E en on some state slate roads where the main tI o bed roid-bed bed Is le perfectly hard the sides aides or ate often no so soft sort that In turning out O outto outto to pass Ones another car or In meeting a car on th road the tho driver may mav stucK In this thil yielding sub sub- sub substance stance dance Surprises of or this sort cort Are likely to occur because In many I tIe the lie dirt or grass gracs gra along the tide side of or trio the road has every appear oPler appearance ance ince of or being hard and nd capable of I up the vehicle But Dut all ground jl nAt L so 0 hard bard as It looks especially In the springtime I W hen a 11 bad piece ot or road cannot be avoided there are re certain pro pre precaution pre precautions cautions caution which the careful driver I takes take In the first pl co he ha sees ees to It that his hla hi chains aro are on the tires lire and ond that they are tighter than usual If It the tho chains chain are arc too 1000 loose the wheels sometimes spin around Inside Inaldo the chain when hen the car Is la stuck Then ns u the tho r approaches a bad spot pot ho he shifts his gears Into Inlo either second d second or first speed a as his engine Is les less likely to stall atoll under such auch conditions SLOWS SLOW DOWN CAR CAn If It there are arc some well worn orn ruts he may decide It Is la best to get Into thorn thom These Theae grooves es In inthe Inthe the road rod Indicate th the path othet cars caro have taken The driver con can assume that the car which preceded preceded ed him got through somehow somehow-If somehow It Is not In sight eight But once hav hay havi havIng haying having i ing got sot into these theo ruts ruta it Is la far bet bet- better bet better ter to keep In them than II try by get get- getting get getting ting out In undertaking to get out the turning of or the tho front wheels heels tends to slow Blow the c car r do down dorm n tro- tro tremendously tre tremendously Il us its these wheels thus thu turned have 0 a similar effect ot of putting onI on a I brake If It It Is 10 absolutely necessary to get out ot or a 0 rut the driver should that the Ue steeling Ing wheel 1 bill HI more moro than the usual twist In lit order to tu turn n it out and that once the front wheels aro are out there will be a tendency for tor car to mak make a turn than the driver er Intends This same should also alo ho he remembered r remembered mem- mem If it one Is driving on trolley tracks especially on a wet day dav da Traveling on the thc trolley tracks track especially those thoe ot o oS the type V-type V V-ti pc pe may maybo ho bo preferable to the road It if tho road Is In very scry cry poor condition Tim Tho car tends to follow the tracks which makes driving easy casi and the scar car on Ih the tires while wIllie It may maybe maybe be concentrated on a II 1 pan of the rubber Is probably not greater than the wear bear ear on the 1 teal esl or of tho rho car would bo be on the rough road Tho Tim careful driver on approach approach- approaching Ine Ing an especially bad bd place ploce slows down his speed aped If It lie Ito has been going ding along at 2 23 oi of 30 miles an hour he Is fa likely to come como do down n to 15 miles an on hour when hen he strikes a poor strip of highway But It should be done dono Go but slowly slowly keep on going This Is le the mot most important rule for tor soft ground t traveling ra To stop Is usually to be tuck stuck now HOW TO ro I For so ao unfortunate as lIS to bate ha become stucK in the tho mud what Is ta the Iho method of o procedure Prat try tr backing If tt th the spin when hen undertaking to go back Ck backward backward ward or forward after ono one or two trials further attempts along this line are arc likely to be futile They are arc likely to bo be worse than futile iii the spinning wheels simply em- em employ employ em employ ploy themselves In making bigger and nd deeper holes holee from which It still be more difficult to got et the tho car A fairly sure aure method of procedure procedure ure Is la to Jack up tho the wheels and build as substantial a II road as pos poe po possible sible under them by tilling filling up the tho hole holes with small stones atones It may maybe maybe maybe be necessary first to build up coma ome sort ort of foundation on which to place the tho Jack lack before it can function function tion A It piece of 0 board ward or irIck Ir carried In tho cOot cat or It Ir some como something tome thing thIng of or the tho kind can be fourd by bythe the road rod or at a n n nearby arby house will 11 come In tn handy hereIt here hero heroIt It Is sometimes possible to place 1 11 a piece of board boord In front of or thaI the I wheel so ao a as to form form a foundation or of sufficient stability to get Set the car out Or a rope may be placed around the tires which will act all as a chain or pieces of ot cloth may maybe maybe maybe be tied at ot Intervals Interval around the tire 1 rising Ing a similar effect If the car carI carIs carli I Is stuck In the mud on en a 8 warm night In the tho country country and the I le 10 absolutely up against It so ao far faras taras I a as getting out Is la concerned he can canI I take lake some come of his hili clothes to lur- lur lurI fur furnish I nish the equipment which when wrapped around the tire tires would I II I make molo possible release of or the car I II front from Its position |