It is to be hoped that serious consideration will be given to the advisability of proceeding with the de-/monstrations described as "Hell driv. jing" in view of the unfortunate aeident which occurred on the Race [Course at the first performance of the so-called "stunts." There can be disparagement of the courage and skill of the young men who are evidently prepared to risk their lives for popular entertainment, Yet it is Important to assess the exact. significance of their adventure. Tt" is staged with the object of showing what appalling risks can be taken jin carrying out feats the sole re-Jcommendation of which is the element of danger attending their performance. In plain terms the spectators, invited to pay for witnessing the "stunts," are drawn by the unhealthy emotion which seeks to be titillated by the [possibility of a fatal disaster. In motor-racing drivers take great risks, but the object is to attain to a def:
ite speed and all possible measures ire devised to save them. and. the spectators from mishap. This "hell driving" stunt has quila another purpose: that of showing how men can deliberately wager their lives and limbs against the chance of perform= ting @ feat of no intrinsic value in itself, They should be prevented from tus pandering to a morbid craze which is plainly "injurious to public UNIMPRESSIVE, Temperately argued—but _unimpressive—attempts to traverse this {journal's criticism of the "Hell
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