The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-01
THREE RECORDS
IN ONE NIGHT
This is What Bike Riders Do at
Saucer Track.
HEAD WORK I'M THREE-MILE
BUT SAMUELSON AND LAWSON
GET THE MONEY.

Three new records We're hung uD at
the saucer track last evening in as
many races, all of which gives one
fair indication of how the riders were
going. Everybody had on his sprinting
clothes, and each rider tried hard to
get all the money in sight The COM
bination served to make the hottest
nights racing of the season. In the
second heat of the amateur quarter
mile, Fred West started off by break
ing the record of 80 seconds fiat, held
by Jack Hume. In the next heat Jack
Hume made the same time as West,
but as West got there first il is his rec
ord. In the two-mile lap amateur, VIII
cox clipped two seconds off the mark
held by Heagren, and in the three-mile
lap professional, Iver Lawson dropped
w. +. Samuelson's record of sos 4-5,
made on the saucer track Aug. 4, 1903,
cutting the mark down to $50 As,
which is the first time three miles has
ever been ridden under the two-minute
mark without motor pacing.
Combinations Galore.
The feature of the evening was the
three-mile. where combinations galore
made the race interesting. The Law
son-Samuelson combine, however, took
the money. Two other combines that
showed their work were Hopper ana
BOWER ana w llIldJilS anu IlOlAlbAtA-
SamuelsOn, however. was the kingpin.
and as the Provo human motor climbed
the bank he seemed to say: Now, you
fellows start something If you dare
I've got a worlds champion hooked on
my wheel, and any time one of you dubs
think you know anything about a bi-
cycle race, I'll make the whole bunch
look like 80 cents.' And he did.
Bowler pulled Hopper around the
bunch on the last mile sam tmme-
diately came up with Lawson and
hooked on. Bowler soon "cOrked" and
then Williams jumped from the rear
with HOLSTER on. This made Sam"
mad and he started for the tape four
laps away. On the first lap he strung
the field out, nearly tapping the rear
bunch. Hopper and HOLSTER grabbed
Lawson's rear wheel as he and Sam
dashed past, and then Lawson started
his sprint. Iver put the finishing
touches on and ran away from Hollis
ter and Hopper i'm the order named,
Samuelson coming in fourth
Scratch Men Get Theirs.
The scratch men got theirs in the
mile handicap. Lawson did not start,
and Samuelson did not want to, but
Referee Gardner said mo" to earnest
pleadings. 1t was just as well, for the
limit bunch walked away with the
money, and did it in easy fashion
Eddie Smith and Eddie Heagren cir
Cled the track on their motors in the
usual manner without getting killed.
Smith won hands down, both motors
stopping for a rest in the distance, Hea-
green's taking the longer rest of the two.
The summaries:
Quarter-mile amateur. final-West,
Hume, Redman. Time-30 Is seconds.
Mile handicap, professional final
HOLSTER Us yards), Downing I5
yards), Hopper (scratch), Redman (95
yards). Time 80
Two-mile lap handicap, amateur
Wilcox (scratch), Hume (scratch), Mar
ty (35 yards), Redman (scratch). Time
-4:04 2-5.
Three-mile lap professional-Lawson
HOLSTER, Hopper, 9Samuelson. Time
5 80 As.
Five-mile match motor raCe-Won by
Eddie Smith by half lap Time-6:51-