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Show "MAN-KILLER" TRAVELS SOME Mirk Drives a liile k 1:13 14 Race (Vleet Is Postponed Until Un-til Saturday, but Chauffeur Jed Gives Exhibition. Goes Fivo Miles at nn Average of 1:10 3-5, and Then Does Singlo Mile With a Passengor. Owing to the Indisposition of tho "Man-Killer" "Man-Killer" and an nccldent to Samuel Now-hoiiHC's Now-hoiiHC's car, which was to have raced "939." the auto races scheduled for yes-torday yes-torday afternoon nt Agricultural park were postponed until next Saturday. A tire on tho Nowhousc Pope-Toledo car blow out whllo tho machine was on routo to the park and tho match race between Fuller and Nowklrk hod to be called off. After considerable delay "&99" was put ln action and guided by "Dare-Devil Jed" Newklrk gave an exhibition that thrilled tho crowd. Fails to Lower Record. Tho "Man-Killer" was sent against the world's record for llvo miles and somo fast miles wero made, although no records rec-ords wero broken. On twn dlfforent occasions oc-casions tho big machine skidded close up to the fenco as It swung around the west curve Into tho home Btrotch. causing tho spectators to chudder, but both times Nowklrk's steady hand guided It safely back Into the track without accldont. Tho fastest mile of tho five wan driven In 1:18. Through a mlsunderstndlng tho tlmors did not snap their watches until tho second lap of the trial, so tho time for tho entire distance was not taken. However. Nowklrk did not como within sovoral seconds of tho world's record, although al-though his tlmo for tho distance was not slow by any means. The machine waa not working, In good form, owing to an accident to one of the cyllndors at Caldor'a park last Sunday. After the Ilve-mllo exhibition. Manager Stevens announced that tho meet would bo postponed until Saturday and all of tho spectators woro provided with return checks. Newspaper Man Rides. Whon tho crowd had gone, Newklrk did an exhibition mllo for tho benefit of a newspaper man who doslred to experlenco tho sensation of a fast rldo In tho "Mun-Klllor." "Mun-Klllor." "Darc-Devll Jed" gave tho scrlbo a tasto of high life, for he opened tho throttlo and wont a mile In 1:13 1-5, within two seconds of tho world's record for tho distance. |