The Horseless Age The Automobile Trade Magazine Volume 15

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905 edition. Excerpt: ...use him." I told him that he would have to hold on to his mare as I was going by and that I would help him take the horse from the wagon where he could manage him. He finally consented to this. I had on at the time a long light colored duster. goggles. &c. As I got out of the carriage the horse plunged badly and the old man had his hands full. After he got quieted down he took a good look at me and said. "I don't blam that mar for be afraid, you look like the d "After unhitching the beast he took her firmly by the bits and said to me: "Get in your wagon, toot your whistle, raise h. I want dat mar for get use to et." After he admitted that we were not so bad as we looked we went along about our business, the old gentleman following us with his eyes till we were out of sight. We arrived in Montreal in time for dinner, after having made 68 miles. Since starting on the toth and back to our-starting point the 2ist of September we had made 1.025 miles, with no breakdowns of any kind and only one puncture. flethod of Repairing Cracked Water Jackets. A French contemporary publishes the following method of closing up cracks in castings: Prepare a dry mixture of i parts of cast iron filings; 2 parts of salammoniac, and I part of flour of sulphur; add twenty times the weight of new iron filings, put in a mortar and add water so as to obtain a paste. This paste is applied to the crack and in a short time becomes as hard as the metal itself. Hew UeMcles and Parts The Covert Model B. The Covert Motor Vehicle Company. of Lockport, N. Y., who for some years past have been known as builders of small cars, are this year building a larger car. their Type B. which is of the touring car variety, is driven by a four cylinder...