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Show WILL TRY FORT "Jed55 Newkirk kmj More Laurels. 1 Will Try to Lower Five-ftiJ. in His "999 Wan K,l;,vfcj at Calder's, W Bert Fuller to Eaco Nowklrk la&JR , uel Newhouse's Speedy T0ltrJ Mc Car Warning Letter Eecflv Tn tho samo machlno that BamwrtiiBi field used whon ho mado hlmaW 'P' as a chauffeur, "Darc-Dovll Jcf HL kirk will attempt to lower tho illD'; rccord for fivo miles at Calder's n,?!jBL afternoon. After Inspecting tho tr yesterday afternoon, Newkirk driBf!?' that ho was qulto confident that tiatrVlI could bo turned and unless tha celitruu 'M "009" goes wrong this afternoon, thrrt If probably bo something doing In the rwoct'lf smashing lino. Tho curves are Iomju'Hl.. easy to takp and Newkirk belleva tW.Kl is ono of the fastest tracks forliS&K1 biles in tho country. wc3- EKi Fuller Vs. Newkirk. i iV ftUn f today's racing program. 0 s a handicap race between Nowk his "Man-Klllcr" and Bert Fullr Ins.i Liif uol Newhouso's twenty-four horsMoSl Pope-Toledo touring err The Newks'i machlno is ono of the fastest In th Wwi and can go a mllo In 1:30 without dlfflcv-lrt Tiui- In tho Vanderbllt cup race held r&! York recently a car similar to w ! owned by Samuel Nowhouse ran third u ' tho ninety horse-power Imported cax j5 fcfe finished ahead of all other American cil ; SZi chines. Bert Fuller Is well known ti - ' local pedestrians and auto fiends acih3 considered to bo one of the mostco- mm tent and daring drivers in this EecitoaT'' 5jn tho country. Fuller has his heart ' upon defeating Newkirk and If hlarj.- chine Is fast enough, tho big clumirKjt6.tf clares ho will win. ; ttat Close Call in Colorado Springs. Reports from various cities where Ntr-! kirk has given exhibitions state thatb frft performance Is a thriller. At Colonij': tK-' Springs a few days ago Newkirk enj f 'w near having a disastrous accident Wli? Mr circling tho half-mllo track at aliligix; jp" tho wheels skidded and tho machine oiy ' missed tho fence by a few inohes. Hii. Jfc tho car struck tho railing there teii '-. tj-i' probably havo been a repetition of 111 ; &C accident at Detroit some weeks ago, prp Barney Oldfleld went through a Ika; Am killing two persons and Injuring kiwi!- tA more. -i Anonymous Warning Received J Last night Nowklrk received an anesj. ; frh mous letter warning him not to rids t i m day. "Remember tho Sabbath day id lis kcop it holy," was tho closing aentecwei J tho letter. Tho wrltor claimed to Ijti - i m had a "hunch" or revelation that "Dp , r' . Devil Jed" would meet with an acdiK: If ho attempts to lower the-world s read , nu todav. Newkirk only smiled when he red-' UflJ tho message and exclaimed. "1 11 ri& i tho author of that letter was a mlnlste g. |