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Show Pet Superstitions of Famous Auto "Wizards" If your friends poke fun at the rab-llt'8 rab-llt'8 foot you carry, and your dislike for broken mirrors and black cats, do not feel abashed. Your pet superstitions super-stitions are as nothing compared with those of the men who risk their lives as drivers lu automobile races. In all the sport world they are the most superstitious, according to Alfred Al-fred Dayton of the New York Sun. Hardly one of them but has his pet ritual, or talisman. Harney Oldfleld's cigar Is possibly tho best known lucky piece In this domain, and there are other cases without number. Johnny Hannon, for example, always wears a black shirt when driving. Joe Russo swears by a red helmet. Eddie Pulleu hung baby shoes on his front springs ; Pete do I'aola fastened them to his steering wheel. Ora Habey "was strong for green cars. lie never linlshed out of the money" In one. Doun Ilerr, another old-timer, "always "al-ways went on the track with a woman's wom-an's stocking tied around his neck." |