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Show A Space Annihilator of tie monster Is shown wearing his speed mask, made necessary hy the great rate of s peed at wwc n ims P car teasels It protects the fact from being lacerated hy the terrific force with which sand and all small parucies are thrown by the fast-revolving wheels of the monster howihg-the wind helmet Which fastSpeed makes a necessitv Wilbur DeAlene, pilot of the famous Marmon Wasp ' and champ on of Canada h s nat ve home is one of the speed kings whose name adds inter nat onal class to the b g automob le eontests to be held at the state fair grounds track Saturday August 8 when Teddy Tetzlaft Hughey Hughes B Hy Carlson Capta n Kennedy Kudy Getz and other dar ng pilots of h gh powered cars p t the r skill and dar ng aga nst each other in the b ggest auto mobile racing carnival ever held w thm the confines of the state of Utah Death dety ng auto polo will also be plaj ed by e ght experts of the f ascinatl ing and dangerous sport DeAlene as a great dr ver s best known by Is wonderful performances at Santa Hon ca n the Cxrand Pr x and Vanderbilt road race events The great Marmon of DeAlene made a wonderful show ng by winn ng second place n the Grand Pr x, Amen ca s greatest class c Vt Tacoma he was leading n the Golden Potlatch race by over three miles when he b ew a rear shoe and h s g ant car turned turtle almost crushing the life out of the plucky 1 tl;le d -wer Wilbur Dellene is the only Canadian who has ever attained prom nence at the wheel of a b g motor car even though he drives an Amer can car and all his wins have been made m the Un ted States From Salt Lake C ty he will fo d rectly to Ch cago with the other aring pilots to take part m the b g Elgin road race where he expects to be a b g factor DeAlene owns a b g ranch in Mon tana, near the Canad an boundary, and he dr ves purely for the sport of the game and the exc tement which he seems to thr ve on Like Carlson and Bragg he s one of the few r ch men who follow th s dangerous and tascmat ng game because of the pure love of the sport In the 100 m le race at the : Seattle Potlatch recently DeAlene had: a fine pos t on and looked 1 ke a sure winner when one of h s r ms worl ed loose and was thrown off w th the tire j Th s put him out of the race or prac t cally so as t forced him nto fourth place where he pluckily fin shed As a driver of skill and dar ng th s French Canad an pilot must alwayB be reckoned with He will battle every inch of the d stance regardless of h s pos t on and s a marvel in the dust When at Tacoma his g ant car turned three complete somersaults he p eked himself up from the wreckage aid smiled because of his m sfortune A b milar acc dent m the same race to Bert D ngley left that dr ver m the hosp tal where for ten days he battled w th death but finally won and s now i on the road to recovery though it s doubtful f he will ever "be able to drive another race |