MOTORING FOR PLEASURE.

Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 78, 28 September 1918, Page 14

MOTORING FOR PLEASURE.

Daily distances covered by motorists on tour vary as much as the weather, and; sometimes because of the weathei'. It is to be noted,' however, that the day's journey of the average motor party lias shortened until it is but little longer than what the ardent cyclists in the early days covered on their tours. With them 70 to 80 miles was the usual distance, while 90 and even 100 miles' was not exceptional. Motorists found that the very long journeys were tiresome; that after 120 miles had been covered matters were not so pleasant; hence, they cut down the distance. But, in doing so they also too frequently . cut down the time by starting so late thai the haste- necessary to reach a given point robbed the journey of much of the pleasure that should have been experienced. Motorists will find, as cyclists found, that speed is the least desirable factor to enjoyment of touring. "Where the wheelman seems to score over the motorists generally is that he will willingly rise early and take advantage of the best hours .of the day, thus also breaking up the journey, and deferring the tiring point. Cyclists on tour never travel that'rapidly that the surroundings cannot all be seen and appreciated,. and in that way at least the cycle scores distinctly over the motor. When the wheelman is tired, he is disposed to rest; when the motorist is tired, he is disposed to restlessness.