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Tyson the Hoodoo Driver and His Sunset of Speed
The article chronicles John H. Tyson a Riverside Connecticut heir and racing figure famed as The Hoodoo Driver. It recounts deadly and near fatal crashes tied to his fast cars including Isotta and incidents with spectators and a telegraph pole. It notes marriages divorces lawsuits and a long history of speed records and lawsuits.
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Tyson
Youing
Olaf Gunderson
Columbia Yacht Club
Easton
Conn
Isotta
Norwalk
Greenwich
John H. Tyson
Cupid
Mr. Tyson
Jupiter
Olympus
Riverside
Connecticut
Robert Wellstood
Eop
Wellstood
Rose Budd Exiner
Thirty Seventh Street
New York City
Ane
Young
Albert F. Mead
James F. Walsh
Honolulu
Louis Exmner
Lexington Avenue
Olive Hawley Bass
William L. Bass
New York
Grace Ethel Starr
Alfred R. Starr
Starr
Stamford
Bridgeport
Palm Beach
New York Casino Theatre
Dorothy Storm Davidson
Snug Harbor
Joseph Jefferson
Frank Thomas
Hobe Sound
Davidson
George H. Tyson
American News Company
Tyson Ticket Agencies
Fannie A. Hamilton
Star Company
Great Britain