Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 186, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 August 1918 — MOTOR RACES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

MOTOR RACES

Closing Day at Kankakee Fair, <Augdst 31st Spectacular, breathlessly exciting automobile races will be staged at the Kartkakee Inter-State Fair -on Saturday afternoon, August 31st. The afternoon of auto racing will bfe not limited to i one or two contests, but six distinct races will be driven at breakneck speed, in competition for the handsomely liberal purses and trophies that are offered. Officially Sanctioned. .Already the Kankakee Inter-State Fair motor races have been sanctioned by the International Motor Contest Association, the big organization that

has Jurisdiction of dirt track auto racing in the United States and Canada; .and the Association has been fortunate indeed to again secure J. Alex gloan, the- nationally famous promoter, to prbmetb the paces and receive entriesifor the contests. Speed Demon Contests, Through SloAn, the-Inter-State Fair has received assurances that some of the most reckless,,nervy, space-eating speed demons that drive the gasoline engine will compete at Kankakee on the closing day. . fuistt Tacts they 1 will thrill the spectators with their nerveracking tests of speed, and thus' the week of the Interstate Fair will dose in a great, resplendent blaze of gibry. Reasonable Prices. Following its usual practice, the Inter-State Fair asks only reasonable prices of admission to the motor races, the admission to the ground being’ fifty cents and to the comfortable amphitheater twenty-flve cents and fifty cents * for reserved seats. The day is August 31st—the closing day of the Fair,