Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 65, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 November 1918 — Big Collie Is Chauffeur. [ARTICLE]

Big Collie Is Chauffeur.

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. While weaving in and out through Broadway’s traffic, however, the owner had an auxiliary control at hand ter help the animal out of 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. Ou 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 along with nobody in the car to help him. No special device is fixed to the steering wheel to assist him--Popular Mechanics Magazine.