The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-07-11
A RACING At
h SAUCER TRACK
L,,.samueIson Pursuit Race
Eas Like a Horse Race
in Mud.
kpEDs OF SPECTATORS
/ PRESENT DISAPPOINTED
Sensational Contest
lived to Be Slow, Fea-
,ure|ess One. Why?

hundreds OF people VINO gain
shs saucer last evening came
,ha nursuit race between lver
md w. E. Samuelson they
,,Iy disappointed. What had
sred forward TO as the most
nal race OF the season proved
sow. featureless contest. Sam
ron. Lawson lost.
usrine that Samuelson is Utah
that the citizens Of any State
,srtaln pride in seeing one OF
= yin IL was n rather chilly
that he received. 1t did not
ths least of that warmth and
snd genuine enthusiasm which
,erIred Sammy's ovation on the
a of his victory over Mcfarland
niIar race two years ago
c,owd Awaited n Climax.
-rsuit race was the last number
"a ersat crowd awaited 1t as a
climax 10 q splendid evening OF
gnmuelson was the first TO
and as he rode slowly around
N his friends cheered him gen.
lawson pressed his way
the crowd at the entrance q
later and mounted his wheel.
<rfore the contest began II was
-eed that Floyd a. Mcfarland
need the winner to a similar race
so side bet.
! r,ders got off rather poorly and
a hp was made In the wretched-
4 dine Of nineteen seconds The
}ar the succeeding laps was bet
ID IN consideration OF what the
t faye done 1t was slow. At the
4 the hrst mile Samuelson had
/ perceptibly and the spectators
10 open their eyes. At the end
4 second mile Samuelson had cut
+ he original distance more than
But In view OF the fact that the
/ -1es had been ridden in the slow
. n 4:3lis, the spectators imagined
/ lawson was playing a waiting
1 hat he was after firing Sammy
ben making UP the distance by
|uand sprint.
lawson Did Not Sprint
.se people who had this impress
/ and there were hundreds OF them,
"a one great big surprise. The
Feht on for another mile and
4 bps with Lawson keeping up his
-ss gait and Samuelson gaining
Is but Surely. Al the threc-mile
n ne people began to get anxious.
" lawson. he OF pursuit race
Kcf but the week before, did not
q Could IL be that he was tired =?
lace was yet early The time
I % far was slow Lawson has
p fhrther and faster than last
Dc and yet finished with a sprint
<snomenal that Samuelson could
yea follow him. But last even
Es sprint WAS missing. sadly miss
|r faet II was not manifest at all.
nus II was that Samuelson, riding
PR clip. passed Lawson when the
had gone three miles and three
ne observer It seemed like a
or perhaps a miracle. The
10 night had been robbed OF
rdarance power. stripped OF his
rena sprint. Iver Lawson. who
one week ago kicked around
xson In pursuit race In a fash
ny shocked the multitude, and
eoeed up the gap between him
41d Folger by a three-lap sprint
sfought the spectators to their
alt evening looked like n sud-
Thted beauty as Samuelson rode
after tame race and a tame
70 victory. The distance, three
sno three laps, was covered In
one Surprise Of Evening.
q the surprises of the evening
|<ssers victory In the three-quar-
5ne open, professional. On the
~ oy beautiful sprint he beat
|aeferland at the tape by inches.
Hopper and Bardgett crossed
re IN the order named. Time.
~ the pace at the start and
t practically throughout the
cpntest, Jack Hume won the ono
ZEN, amateur. On the bell lap
Iade desperate effort TO circle
eut crossed the tape a wheel be-
,'hoay, Giles and Mayer crossed
~ Close after them In the order
~ one-mile handicap. amateur,
- finished as follows: Diefen-
le YARDS first, Mayer 30
crscond. Mayerhoffer GO yards)
yiss tSo yards) fourth. and King
ap NTH. Time. IS seconds.
I'u Sone-mile handicap. profess
"Hcox pedaled across the tape
from the 5e-yard mark. The
%ers nnished as follows: Palmer
Wso second. Achorn 80 yards)
yeWnine Q0 YARDS fourth, and
"o yards) fifth. Time. 81 2-5