Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-09-06
Lowered the COlOrs Of Floyd Me-
Farland in Unlimited Pur'
suit Race
A RECORD BREAKING CROWD.
r..u, 81, Thousand Delighted Cycle
Fans Crowded luto Seats and Arena
To Witness the Great Meet

=, tbere ever was any DOUBT as !" Wv
=, a,oncv Of Harry Heagren to manage
'o" r,,ycle races at the Salt Palace 'h''
s.,h was forever dispelled last nsnI
moro was ever any doubt that 'b'lly
s,muelson Is king Of all the uu'' '''.,O
'.orsuit riders that doubt was also pu'"'
81 10 the jumping of place .u.
of all the great race meets give" 'n,'
,.,s,n thai of last night was the great
~, and Manager Hcagrcn received tue
,rratulatlons Of ak thousand ardent
to.b 'u,nnGo manifest IN their pt0lohBcu
lo,I' onthusinstic cheers ana snlleNe u,
Hmrht Each and every event was Nvh
u,u5 s,clnp' The weather was a"hBnl-
WJ There were no Nccldcnls ~" wy
,i,'ngram was run of smoothly vi SouIsv
tnttreet centoTod I'm the mig mutton az.
between Samleusoh hllu M ht, ~ go ',n,,cso
gontcst between the hlng ul lnP"t,S"'
Riders, ana inc lla"N'N"P
Ioa,!Irbe king is dead. long 1--we the lNmg.
ruE CROWD A ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
II vou are a saucer deyotee, i " neea'
,. fn ask N YOU were there last even
3ue II seemed that every race luH w ~
.itv must have been tnclc luSt ubn,
Cna before the first race started VNu,s
sat was occupied People sWaimeu lu,p
,be Mace, CrOwding ana JoHElnB VaV.
other good natureuiy in lnenuly conV'E
tor uoints OF vantage, inc lhluubH wv
tropt ana behind the seats Afforded places
.nr body To cling onto, ana the race
s,us swarmcd there like flies around Inc
I'm OF a mOlasses barrel Iheh lhelc
1as a grand rush for the arena, lol
,hrce.quarters Of an hour theIe was a
ttcadv stream of humanity seats hdu
Man placed about the lower rim OF the
,suror. ana they were all occupied ~ Il
,olnkling Then there was q rush Tor thc
Lana stand Still they camel There setln-
M 10 be no limit TO the throngs' by the
time the first race started, the arena was
packed by almost a solid mass or humah-
itN some ole was heurd 10 sollly s'Hb'
Please pretty lass
DO not walk on the grass
For the blades might get dtll II you 90
Rut no attention was paid to the IN
dNlduW.
THE FAST GRUELLlNG RACE,
A interest centered in tie Australian
,o,rsuil race. lei us consider that hrst
although ia was next TO the last number
ON the program.
Mcfarland started from the cast side OF
thc track. Samuelson lrom the west ~
the crack OF the starters pistol samuel
son Jumped out quickly ana set killing
pace Instantly everybody was alhlCleu
with the peinsular habit-strotchlng thelr
uecks out to see. The lanky form OF the
californian could not De seen from the re-
served seats until he rounded the turn
but he suddenly shot around the track
with a beauulu burst OF speed. Eamuyf
f0u kept up "A steady grind, ana al the
end of the ilrst mile had made consider
able gain on his tall rival The local boy
then slowed down a trlne ana McF ar
land gradually forged ahead during the
next two miles. lie smiled as he gained
uu SamuplsOn, and many believed he
would be- able 10 oyortake the local rid
or But Samuelson was playing foxy, lie
WIS waiting Tor that second wind so nee
,ssary IN u trial Of endurance and speed.
on the fifth mile they were on even
terms. Mcfarland, with a determination
a. do or die, unWouud that famous sprint
and began 10 close mp the gap. between
them. But Ii was his last CnOrt sam
kept up his steady grind. When he heard
the great crowd cheering him. BILLY
knew that he was gaining on Floyd and
no began his famous lengthy sprint
on the sixth lap OF the seventh milo
they came down the home stretch, MCfar-
land desperately trying to keep the lead.
Sumuclson put ON a few extra kicks and
was beside the man who few evenings
ago had tlailed his c0l0rs In the dust,
Inc crowd chered until the seats shook,
The contestants were riding like demons,
but as they crossed the tape Samuclson
forged ahead. the gun was fred and Me
lWland was a beaten man. lie went down
20 defeat before the greatest unpaced
bike rider IN America
The local boys admirers seized him be-.
fore he could escape 10 his dressing room
and carried him around the track while
the thousands Of wildly enthusiastic fans
applduded,