If the history of all the joyously anticipated pleasure trips that have ended disastrously could be written, it would be shown that in 90 percent of the cases the humiliation and disappointment might have been avoided by making a certain repair and adjustment, the necessity of which was known before starting, instead of trusting to luck and a crippled part.

• You have more speed at hand than you can safely use on the average roads and even the best roads save under exceptional conditions, and a great deal more than you ought to attempt to use until you have become thoroughly familiar with your machine, and the manipulation of brakes and levers has become practically automatic.

• Always strain (gasoline) through a chamois skin to prevent water and other foreign matters getting into the carburetor.

• Before starting the car, see that there is plenty of gasoline in the tank; the shut-off valve in the gasoline feed pipe open; the radiator filled; the proper amount of oil in the crank case; the grease cups, oil cups and other parts requiring lubrication given attention.

See that the hand lever is in a vertical position, the clutch thereby being disengaged and the emergency brake set.

Close the coil switch.

Place the spark lever at about the third or fourth notch of the quadrant — wherever the best results are obtained.

Open the throttle about five or six notches, and prime the carburetor if the engine requires it.

Engage the starting crank firmly and pull up on it. Two or three times will usually suffice to draw the mixture into cylinders and ignite it.

• To start the machine, slightly accelerate the engine by opening the throttle, place the foot on the clutch pedal, and thereby hold the gears in a neutral position while throwing the hand lever forward; then to start the car in motion, press the pedal forward into slow speed and when under sufficient headway (20 to 30 feet) allow the pedal to drop back slowly into high speed, at the same time partially closing the throttle, which will allow the engine to pick up its load easily. With a little practice the change of speeds will be easily accomplished, and without any appreciable effect on the smooth running of the machine.