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Show REVEAL PLOT 10 RUIN RACE CARS Three Machines at Lagoon Were Baciiy Damaged, Owners Assert SALT LAKE. &'ept C Foul work that might have cor.t the lives of sev-, eral drivers In the automobile race; meet at I-agoon today was reported re-1 vcaled yesterday afternoon when three1 of the competing cars were disabled by unknown parties. Just before the final tryout. The big special Packard owned l' C. H. Reilley and whieh C t Spraguc , will pilot In the free-for-all event this! afternoon, was damaged to the extent Of more than $.500. when come un-known un-known person poured add in the radiator radi-ator and ground emery and steel shav- j Inga in the oil tank. The motor of the big BliUen "froze " while Sprague and HelHey were making mak-ing a turn at a mlle-a-mlnute clip. The ear bucked and skuhlej violently with 1 the wheels locked :ind finally came to. a stop Jammed against the fench. The special Paige that will be pilot-' til b "Skid" Benson was relie ved of its oil. apparently by the same person. This ear also "froze ' and mechanics had to work late Into the night to replace re-place bearmss. The valve springs on one of the special spe-cial slxteen- alve Kords were shattered by hammer blow and the car Is out of the race, because the head of the motor is a French Invention and parts can not be replaced her- The Rcllley car was the most seriously seri-ously damaged of the trio. All bearings bear-ings had to be replaced and an entire new radiator purchased. Mechanic worked until after midnight repairing the enr for the meet. Rellley has offered a reward of $250 for the identity of the person or persons per-sons responsible Frank G. Blake of Lagoon, who is managing tin- r.' ing meet, also has offered a reward of SKiO for Information that will lead to the Identity of the culprits. The damage i believed to have been done by someone who wagerc-' on the chances of certain cars to win the race For this reason wagers made between owners of the competing cars have been called off until all the cars are given a final tryout this morning. The thrcr- cars were tampered with while the drivers were '-at Ing at Lagoon La-goon and waiting for the track to dry up after a thorough sprinkling. The cars were left on the track while the pilots visited the resort About fifty persons were on the track watching the tryouts and It Is believed to have been one of these, who caused the damage. |