Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 144, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 July 1917 — Collie Drives Motorcar. [ARTICLE]

Collie Drives Motorcar.

Gear-shifting, of course, is outside the limits of possibility for him, but except for this operation, a big collie, owned by a Poughkeepsie (N. Y.) automobile dealer, is able to drive a motorcar. Everybody along “auto row” in New York city was completely dumfounded not long ago when the dog acted as. chauffeur for his master, says Popular Mechanics Magazine. While weaving in Jtnd out through Broadway’s traffic, however, the owner had an auxiliary control at hand to help the animal out in tight places and avoid the danger of a mishap. But on Ordinary occasions, when congested streets do not have to be negotiated, the collie drives along like a man, turning corners and avoiding other vehicles with surprising facility. On such rides his master sits beside him, or in the tonneau behind. On a track, where the chance of accident is eliminated, the dog drives alone with nobody in the car to help him. No special device is fixed to the steering wheel to assist him.