The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-01-17


The first authentic news of the sue
cesses of the Salt Lake bicycle riders.
Lawson, Mcfarland, Downing ana
Stevens, since the Australian meeting
in Melbourne. to reach this country was
received yesterday in letter from the
boys to the sporting editor Of The Her
aid. They all send regards 20 their salt
Lake friends, ana give an account Of
their recent races over there. Floyd
Mcfarland seems to have had the best
luck at the Melbourne meet He Won
the internat ioEal mile and was awarded
the club blue ribbon by Lady MeEach-
ern. All Of the boys seem to have suf-
fered, however, from the grassy track,
and after a few races withdrew on ac-
count of their inability TO make the
turns Tver Lawson is matched to meet
Major Taylor. and is also signed to
ride at the worlds championship meet
in England next summer. From there
he states ne viii come to Salt Lake to
ride.
The boys are all winning money and
expect TO make a big cleanup. They
are the biggest attractions in the cy-
cling line in Australia at the present
What Bowles Has to Say.
Herewith is published. in part, a let
ter received from Billy" Bowles, tell
ing what is going on:
Il herewith enclose you some clip
pings Of Australia papers showing Wn2t
the salt Lake boys are doing. All the
BOYS had hard luck at the big Aus
traIian meeting. which has Just closed.
Each one Of them fell during the meet
and Iver only started once. but fell
that time Ii was then decided to cut
this meet out altogether. as none or
them could hold the grass track. lyer
and Downing leave here today for
West Australia to ride in the Mestral
meet. There is a e300 purse UP for one
of the races and Iver expects 70 annex
il Iver will ride with Major TAYLOR IN
Sidney on Jan. IS. the Sidney Thou
sand being postponed until March 70
in order TO give Taylor a chance TO
train for IT,
Lawson Heads Percentage Table.
!, ssThis is a great season for bicycle
riders over here. and our boys are go
ing 10 get their share of the prize
money. Iver Lawson heads the per
centage table with eight wins and one
second to his credit and has already
Won several hundred dollars. He has
won every scratch race ne has started
in up to date.
Mcfarland has made great hit
over here as a handicap rider, ana
overshadoyys any one here 1T that
game. Plugger Bin Martin has passed
the game up and was married last
week He is now running a public
house here IN Melbourne and IS doing
well Iver Lawson has sigred 10 at
tend the worlds championship races
at England. and leaves here about
June l. He expects to ride in Salt Lake.
but will not reach there until afser the
championship races are over Unless
he has a bad fall. Iver's season in Aus
tralia viii net him s2.0e0
BILLY BOWLES .
''P. SzThe final of the Austrai
has lust been run 1t was wor. By
Scheps from the 140-yaFd mark, Hawk
er from the 360-yard mark was second.
None Of our crowd rode in this race op
account of the track.
Grass Track Spells Races.
Here is what the Melbourne Argus
has to say about the meeting in Mel
bourne.
'eThe annual carnival Of the Mel
bourne Bicycle Club was opened on
Saturday afternoon, under most favor
able weather conditions. so far as the
large attendance of spectators was
concerned. The riders. perhaps. would
have desired that as the wind is tenn
pered 10 the shorn lamb the stiff hTsaezs
might have been stiIi which blew across
the Melbourne cricket ground from
southwark. and faced them on each
outward journey But. for thai matter
personal comfort cosia hardly haze