MODERN MOTOR-CARS.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."1
SIR,—Your review of some recent motor-car literature in the Spectator of May 3rd exactly coincides with my own experi- ence. Many years ago when "homeless carriages" (as they were then called) first came before the public I urged the desirability of profiting by locomotive experience and dis- tributing an increased weight over an increased number of wheels. The proper place for the driving wheels is as nearly under the centre of gravity as possible, so as to have the weight balanced over them, with steera.ble wheels for support at either end. In this way a vehicle of double the length and capacity of most now existing could be steered with equal facility. We have made great progress except in the com- mercially important direction of carrying heavy loads; and the time has perhaps now arrived when racing toys should give place to designs of greater usefulness and earning
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