CYCLE AND MOTOR.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVII, Issue 257, 3 November 1906, Page 12

CYCLE AND MOTOR.

The Auckland Cycle Club opened tin season this afternoon with a run t( Cornwall Park. Messrs K. Reynolds and Co.'s roac race held on Saturday lost rcfulted as fol lows: Thornton I, Lynch 2. J. Fobis ter 3. and \V. Taylor 4. Thera wen 27 starters and the rare created a greal deal of interest, quite 200 people assem i bling at Mangore to witness the finish : Messrs D. Ireland and B. Maberley wen the handicappers. Another race foi novices will be held about the end ot this month for a silver cup valued at £4 ami three gold and silver medals, ■ The position of the saddle has a great i deal to dn with comfort and ease of pro- : pulsion. An English writer says that the back of the saddle should be about 14 inches behind a vertical liwc drawn I upwards from the crank brack."i. FadIdles very pon.sidcrabiy i:i iT.p.ih. i An Jii'piisli writer e-iiniat s that a motor car of moderate horse power costs at least £100 a year for upkeep. Messrs Dexter . ::d Crozirr arc importing a3O 11. p. Cadillac air Lor car for IMr Win. Hume, of Wellington. ! Many motorists would imegirc them- ' selves iv evil ca.se if, when lon miles I from anywhere, with night coming on, ' they found themselves without matches when it became necessary t>) light up. But let them not despair. Thfflr electric ignition system, if it include-* accumulators, will ponio to their aid. The method of procedure i> as follows: Detach one of the. high-tension wires from its sparking plug. :u\d attacli it to a 'pare plug, which you will allow to repose upon any convenient part of the frame so that the high-tension current can earth readily. Now place in the spark gap of the plug a jjlicc of tissue paper, cigarette paper, dry grass, or straw, which has been previously dipped in petrol. Then swit'h on and turn the engine round until the high-tension current Hows to the plug on the frame, when the spark leaping the gap will lire the petrol on the paper or other material, and your much-desired lire is obtained. Of course, if you have exterior spark gaps, the igniting trick can he worked there.—"The Autocar."