Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 150, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 June 1915 — Large Crowd Will Attend Chicago Races. [ARTICLE]

Large Crowd Will Attend Chicago Races.

When Starter Fred Wagner pulls the trigger; of his starting gun at Chicago’s Speedway Park course at 10 o’clock on Saturday morning, 23 racing automobiles will be facing the wire. In the trials but two cars were eliminated. Eight of the cars showed a speed of over 100 miles an hour. Automobiles bearing license tags of every state in the union are pouring into Chicago and the hotels are well crowded. Many thousands will enter Chicago by the railroad route but the large number of auto parties is gratifying to the officials in charge.