"Can it be easily driven? We cannot say that such a vehicle
would be suitable for a lady, unless rubber-tyred wheels and
other improvements are made to the carriage, for a grim grip of
the steering handle and a keen eye are necessary for its safe
guidance, more especially if the high road be rough. It never
requires to be fed, and as it is, moreover, unsusceptible of
fatigue, it is obviously the sort of vehicle that should soon
achieve a widespread popularity in this country.

"It is a splendid hill climber, and, in fact, such a hill as that
of Priest Hill (a pretty good test of its capabilities) shows
that it climbs at a faster pace than a pedestrian can walk.

"A trip from Rosenau to Old Windsor, to the entrance of Beaumont
College, up Priest Hill, descending the steep, rough, and
treacherous hill on the opposite side by Woodside Farm, past the
workhouse, through old Windsor, and back to Rosenau within an
hour, amply demonstrated how perfectly under control this
carriage is, while the sensation of being whirled rapidly along
is decidedly pleasing."

Another pioneer of motorism was the Hon. C. S. Rolls, whose
untimely death at Bournemouth in 1910, while taking part in the
Bournemouth aviation meeting, was deeply deplored all over the
country. Mr. Rolls made a tour of the country in a motor-car in
1895, with the double object of impressing people with the
stupidity of the law with regard to locomotion, and of
illustrating the practical possibilities of the motor. You may
know that Mr. Rolls was the first man to fly across the Channel,
and back again to Dover, without once alighting.