MOTOR MASCOTS

Dominion, Volume 19, Issue 166, 10 April 1926, Page 22

MOTOR MASCOTS

The motor mascot has become as full of significance as the naming of a child or the painting of a house sign. It is no longer a question of putting a little doll on the bonnet of the motor, or oven of adopting the conventional mascot of the. maker or nailing a medal of St. Christopher on the car. Each motorist likes his own particular .mascot, and these are specially designed with attention to persona) characteristics. Centuries hence a good, many •if these mascots may well be mistaken for the crest of the owner. As in heraldry, animals play a large part in tin, inaaxn. The greyhound has an obvious significance Just as nowspapapors usually take their names from time or place, so the motor mascot •isunllv has something to do with speed. A Paris motor mascot carried •mt the idea with the most lethargiclooking tortoise, of which the moral to the many running hares was ob vious. Whiskers or hair blown in the wind give the idea of speed, nnd mice nnd Lorolcis, and even Beethoven, have boon called into service. The Wingless Victory is another form of mascot, and in some cases figureheads of ships have played their part. Storks in full flight are a favourite device, and from this to the aeroplane is. of courts, only a stop.—" Manchester