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Show It Is dlltlcult to comprehend that tho American nutomobllo Is not yet of legal ago, says Frederick Upbam Adams In tho Americnn Magazine It was not until Thanksgiving Day, lu tho year 1895, thnt tho first proof was given to tho public that tho automobile au-tomobile was a practical possibility It was my prlvllcgo to suggest and later to conduct tho first nutomobllo race over held In tho United States. It was In Chicago and the winning car mado tho routo of flfty-sovcn miles at tho then record rnto of a llttlo llt-tlo moro than eight miles nn hour. Ou October 9, 1015. not qulto twenty J cars nftor, tho winning car In tho Astor Cup Ilnco ran 350 miles at an average rato of moro than 102 mllos an hour. |