Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-08-10
FINE PROGRAM At
SAUCER LAST NIGHT
Plenty of Fast Riding and an
Abundance Of Excite
ment.
pEOMAN SMASHES RECORD.
Billy SamueIson Had Bad Night and
Lost Every Race He Entered-Chap'
man Won Motor Race.

,rto $500 or so race fans who occupied
ne around the rim of the saucer last
ming would liked to have taken Man
.scr Harry Heagren by the hand and
,%snhed him for the splendid entertain
n,ent he furnished them. Al the conclusion
n, almost every race meet,the fans declare
"it was the best Of the season. and last
,,snings meet was no exception to the
rule, .,.,oa
any adverse criticism can be offered,
4, mus be tnat there was too hluch vi d
,a,, ming. Inc program was iOns Ohe,
ont me iaCos we're intvfspvistu VISA llt
'd A., music inc race ials ENJOY Asiue
i,'n, .le music there were tnteo diSuhtl
,,.'IIifts, va, the ueteAt OF blHy Sam
u,lsDn IN every event ne enleleu, huhl
upo ana iOtty lumDiiIg from motor,
"t9te gong a, tApfvss lruih speeu, ana
r.nni,,b Irauturng Ol u worm ieeuru'
nun surn events ctuMued mao one meet,
tna fans could 40 nothing eis0 tnah 80
,.ume a niue more IMAM sdusneu
me reCUru DrOken ~ AVER heuhah was
the toree mile amateur mark, esuDnsneu
M my 10y Agrah now "a professional Ihe
H,vln niaue 10y seaman IS O.l0, so sec
mas better tnan me previous marx, MS
race was very pretty one as twenty -ohe
iiuers started win the crack OF the gun
,ley presented a pleasing picture as thcy
Slammed afUund 1nV saucer. Not all OF
uirm uuisuCu, however, AS the pace set
MA pretty Iust ana some OF lnem were
nlccu to IAN py the Mayslut' rilst one
untr led ana tnen another but wnen II
came to the anal sprint lVer Hedlnan de-
tycred the goods. EllswOOd got second,
west third, ana Carl heulna1 fourth.
Inc winners OF lap money were as FOL
lows: lvcr kcdman, "A. q. Taylor, Il
west neagren, Mills, Castro, y Meiscr
q. wilcox, carl Redman, .,
..ltHft ltusI 81 N
laN evening. Tic had a diincut umo TO
qualify In the half mile open professional.
a ne urst second and third meats were
won by HOFFMAN, downing and stevens.
m Inc final heat Downing did some great
tprnung and won the race by generous
margin. HOFFMAN, hopper and stevens
followed IN the order named. The time
was 50 seconds, Samueison aid not inIsn
the race.
In the milo handicap professional Sam
ueson again faled TO get inside the
money HOllistcr, with handicap or
eighty yards, crossed the tape hrst IN the
nnal, and he was followed by Palmer,
Williams and Hopper.
o. H. Christensen took the mile novice
race by jumping out on a lively sprint
and keeping IT up until the eight laps
were covered. He gave the other riders
o big surprise, as he began his sprint In
the sixth lap and never let up until he
had the race tucked safely away
But the event that created plenty OF eA-
element was tine five mile open motor
race In which five riders competed. The
race was won by Johnnie Chapman In a
burst of speed coming down the home
stretch, the machines rode by Bin SAM
utson and Hudson refused to do business
and they were compelled to withdraw.
This lett five competitors,
When the starting gun was fred Staey
had nearly a lap " the good over Gum.
a. SamuelsOn wa. close behind Stacy,
followed by Chapman and Eddie Smith.
AT the mile Samuelson went around
sWley and tried 10 pass Gum, but the
l8ltcr held his own. Staley soon dropped
out AT the end Of three miles Samueson
passed Gum, but Chapman and Smith
were cr0wdng him closely. Several times
Samuelson and Gum nearly had serious
mixup In rounding the turns Gum
seemed unable TO keep his machine down,
and tires were rubbed several times, la
rounding the turn during the fourth mile,
Gum could not hold his machine down,
and he was thrown heavily to the track
with the big motor on top OF him. Chap
man narrowly escaped running into him.
Smith was forced TO turn OF the power
Ia avoid running into Gum as the latter
slid down the track. The race was then
between Chapman and Samuelson. The
latter led until the latter part OF the bell
lap, when Chapman made a remarkable
burst 0t speed and went around Samuel
son. The time was 6.5S. Gum was not
seriously injured In the fall.