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Rh Lord Edward Churchill relates how he got a motor-car to please his daughter- another instance of the ladies taking a lead, and curiously enough, as in the other case of Mr. and Mrs. Koosen, the gentleman, when he is too sad for words, refers you to the lady's diary. She describes how, having broken down, they had to

Nevertheless he too is still an ardent votary of the sport.

No reminiscences would be complete without a notice of the Thousand Miles Trial of 1900, which would by itself supply material for a volume. The demonstration of interest by the public was remarkable, and the strongest expressions of good will came from the very old people of both sexes. This was much remarked on at the time. I attribute it to the fact that these aged persons had been young when railways began to cover the country, and doubtless had heard them spoken against on all hands, prophecies made that they would ruin the country, denunciations thundered against them from all who had to do with