Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 June 1912 — Many Race Tourists Pass Through Rensselaer. [ARTICLE]

Many Race Tourists Pass Through Rensselaer.

Hundreds of automobiles, from the little two-passenger runabout to the big heavy touring cars costing from $5,000 to SB,OOO, passed through Rensselaer Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, on their way to the Indianapolis auto races of Thursday, and they begun to return yesterday in large numbers. i

Quite a number of the tourists, who were mostly from Chicago, stopped over night in Rensselaer and bought gasoline and oil and had minor repairs made at the RensselT. r garages, thus Reaving considerable of “the needful” in the city.

A few minor accidents occurred on the going trip, but none of a serious nature so far as learned. Ed Smith, sporting editor of the Chicago American, and a party of friends driving a big 60-horse National, were ditched some twelve or fifteen miles north of Rensselaer Wednesday morning, caused from the wheels of their car skidding pn the slippery road, the heavy rain of Tuesday night having made the roadway greasy. No one was seriously injured.

Wednesday was cold and cloudly, and, with the wet roads it was anything but pleasant motoring. Up to Wednesday, (however, both weather and roads had been ideal.

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