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Show GHALLEjGES Ml UTAHA0T0ISTS Salt l ake. Feb. Kills Freed yesterday yes-terday returned from the Thomas factory, fac-tory, where he called to tee the big Thomas stock car whJrh he ha? Just purchased through the Rar.dall-Dood Automobile company, aid .mmedlately issued a challenge to race ajalnst any other slock car In the city. The challenge chal-lenge waa the result of a statement made by a local automobile company in connection with the picture of one of their car9, wh ch was tha. the car referred to was the fasie.-t stock car in tbe world, .Mr. Freed said that !t might be pos. Bible that the Btatement was correct, but if so he wanted to see It proved, and he offered to meet the owners of the other car In a road race, wagering wager-ing $1,000 or more. If agreeable, that his Thomas flyer will beat this particular par-ticular car. or any other car In the city, In a road race, for any distance dist-ance and over any course decided upon. up-on. There Is considerable rivalry as to the relative speed of the two cars, and a test race Is piobable. Mr. Fred's car In on Its way to Salt Lake from the factory and will arrive in a few days. It la a six-cylinder, 70-borsepowcr 70-borsepowcr machine, and Is aa.d to be the lastest machine In tho world of this type. After conferring, with Mr. Freed yesterday, S. C. DeCauip. atos manager man-ager of the RandailDood company, Issued this statement; "Recently a photo was published in one of the dady paper, referring to an automobile, "liclog shown as the fastest stock car In America. We take exception to th's statement an I would suggest that if the owners o( agents of this fast car are willing to show tint they are right we are w.lllng to make a race possible, over any road that can be agreed upon, for any dlsiarce tha: would be suitable to the pjrtlcb Interested. T would sav that we are not only wning to race, but will back our car tn the extent of lU'O". or more. If ncreeable. The car we will race is he n-7o Thomas Pyer recently old to "Ills Fred of tbls dtv. "Mr. Freed returned from tho Thomas Thom-as f3ctory vesterday. and says be Is satisfied that the car Is fast enough frr him." When Mr Freed was s?n he said: "I have purchased of tho Randall-Do Randall-Do Id Automobile company a Thomas fiver and it is fast I a willing to separate anyKxlv from Ms money who is willing to tik- the chancy and am pure to i?Vo It from M- The auto mobile referred to is but not fast enough to beat me. |