The Press: One for the Road

For more than 20 years, the New York Daily News has waged implacable war against reckless drivers. Its weapon: the singularly effective crayon of Editorial Cartoonist Clarence D. Batchelor. His "Inviting the Undertaker" series has warned against passing on curves, exceeding the speed limit, taking "one for the road"—all varieties of danger on wheels.

One day last fortnight, Cartoonist Batchelor, whose personal driving record is well-nigh unblemished, finished the 1,001st contribution to his crusade, drove out for a weekend at his country home in Connecticut. There, behind the wheel of his 1950 Jaguar sedan (Conn, license ITU—for Inviting the Undertaker), with his...