MOTORING ROUND THE WORLD

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13702, 19 March 1908, Page 3

MOTORING ROUND THE WORLD

NEW YORK TO PARTS. The latest files, in referring to the great New York-Paris motor contest,. say that the' run from Now York across Behring Straits and through Asiatic Russia to Paris is creating much interest. Tho cars will have to travel 4000 miles of roadless country to Seattle and Alaska, and • thence across tho frozen sea to Russia. During their trip the competitors will wear' tho costume of the Yakuts, who live on the Siberian shores of tho Arctic Ocean. A hooded cloak, with email slits for the eyes, covers the face and shoulders, and their trousers, which end in stocking feet., come right rip to the armpits. Over their stocking feet they will wear shoes of gratis or Norwegian reindeer. Under Their clothes the motorists wear thick coats of seal or white bear oil, with which they will be painted. They will sleep in bag's of impermeable cloth, held apart with "a hoop of bamboo—a sort of cocoon in which, while they will not be very comfortable, they will be fairly safe from the cold. They will feed on boar, wolf, • and: seal meat, but whenever this fails they will have German sausage with them, all kinds of compressed meats in tablets, glycerophosphates, and biscuits. As a. iaet resource there will be a few dogs. One of the French cars, that driven by M. Bourehier Saint Chaifray, has skates fitted to the front wheels, and carries sails in case of a favourable wind. The following cities will be visited en route:—St. Paul, Seattle, Scagway, Yakutsk, Irkutsk, Tomsk, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Berlin, and finally Paris.