CAR v. HORSE

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 13093, 15 February 1937, Page 2

CAR v. HORSE

SALES TALK OF 40 YEARS AGO NEEDS NO GROOMS CANNOT SHY, KICK OR RUN AWAY! Tho automobile ol to-day may be. a shiny and efficient affair,' but 40 years ago it required a bit of sales 'talk to prove its superiority over the liorso. Why the auto was to be preferred to that noblo animal as published by “The Autocar,” English motor magazine. just four decades ago was given in reasons compiled as follows: lb wants no stable; the coachhouse is enough. It needs no daily grooming, and and consequently— No man need ibo kept specially to look after itIt cannot shy, kick, or run away. It has no will of its own to thwart the wishes of its driver and cause disaster. It is more absolutely under control than any horstf. It costs nothing to keep and cannot “cat its head off in the stable.” It consumes only when working, and then in exact proportion to the work done. t It cannot fall sick and die. It will do more work than any two horses and It will travel twice as fast as any one It can be stopped with certainty and safety in half the distance. No cruelty is indicted by climbing a stecn hill with a full load. No distress can ho caused by high speed travelling.