Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-03-04
FINE NEW RACE
TRACK FOR OGDEN
Cycle Fans Will Have a Chance
TO See Bike Riders
Ia Action.
H. B. HEACREN TO MANAGE IT..
lie Will Also Have Charge OF the Salt
Palace Track This Summer--Goo1
Sport Promised

Ogden city Is TO have fine new bicycle
race track II Ia to be an oight-lap M-
fair. and viii DO erected In the near NJ
ture at cost Of from $3.50 to S~D. u
win be an improvement oHer the SAT- Pal'
ace track In many particulars Meets
viii be held on Monday and Thursoay
evenings, and band concerts will be given
at the track on sunday evenings
Many prominent business men OF bht
Lake and Ogden are behind the project
and that II VIII ne carried through M'In
the nrcateat possible speed, there ~ nIuo
doubt Harry Heagten, last year Il tl'n,,
ager for the Salt Palace track VIII % ~,
charge OF tho course at Ogden anu ny
will In all probability have chalB' oi
FxcuTslons win be run on race meet
nights to and from the Junction WY,
The track viii have a seating , c1 npnone3
Of at least 1000 Bids have been opeI'e1
for the construction Of the track, nm,
arc received by Mr. Heagren' As sool'
rs hid Is accepted, the Work VIII '""'
monce. ., a., tho
movement. have options on two exceuent
sites for the track, hoth OF wnlcn are iV-
Gated near the business center Oh 'hS
city. .,..r
Tho track will be an improvement Owe,
d. q
be constructed Of one by two-nc poeCSds
and there will be no nails IN slRnt rs
back stretch will be different man wv
local track. and instead OF people crGss'
ing the track TO get into the arena l'e'
viii enter via a tunnel - H.,
Some OF the gentlemen who have u
| dorsod the movement are A. w bmith
| Clarence Mccormick Mayor Glassniap ol
| ogden, Sam Browning, Mr.. Scowcroit hno
| Archie Bigelow. They propose 10 Moor.
norate FOR xlO.O0O and eventually make
| great resort out OF the place nc w,
cufsions will be In the hands OF II W
| Matthews OF this city, a man WIZ no'
| had much experience along mat INV A.
| Mr. Heagren has been Working on wv
| schemo for many months, and now ha'
| positive assurance that the deal VIII "
In View OF this assurance he has beei
In communication with many ees ~. :,
| riders. and il positive that q score o. y
OF thom will come here. Mr. Heaere'
SAYS that with the arrangement anhouuq
| cd all the riders may take part " mseI
| in Salt Lake and In ogden. inns WI
give the riders chance az VIZ" ~ nr pa pes IN
or is not, beaten In the east ID regnln
race meets. Hcagren feels conndent INV
in all he will have at least 70 rluelp VI
tho string. ,,.. ,,o,o oh
| raced here last summer he has secure
Dorlln and Root winners ot the slh,ua
rncc at New York. jed Newklrk. me ma
,ghn rode the 800 here last summer, Nora
CGlierr. Jim Bowler, Butler, McClain an
| others ~, ,,,.,,i,i
-Four race meets a week VIII veltF ,iii
hr,pv the riders out here III anything WI
pesides ali the professionals, there are tIl
enrateurs TO be considered, and there WI
he many Of them on hand ,.,, .
WHEN Mr.. Hoagren began workihe .
the scheme early last fall, he az one
eecrred franchise from Chairma
Bat"helder Of The n c. Al so that u
track viii have protection, We VIII nay
protcction FOR our bicycle game II mol K
| the ball gnmes,