The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-07-28
FAST FINISHES
AT SAUCER TRACK
Lawson Was Pressed Uncom-
fortably Close, but Won
Feature Event.
HUME AND LAWSON
BREAK WORLD RECORDS
Clarke and West Also Came in
for Cheers by Winning
Firsts.

Several finishes MT the saucer Friday
evening brought the spectators TO their feet
With cheers, and the applause was entirely
deserved, Tor tho pedal.pushers sent two
worlds records gimmoring during the even.
ing. In tho Utah Light and Railway com
pnn1y' two.mile lap handicap, Iyer Lawson
had to break tho record 70 win, and as IL Was,
Palmer and Williams pushed him beyond com
fort.
Tempting prizes in this event had the
riders going from the very outset Although
pulled by others, the scratch men had their
time catching tho leaders and when McFar-
land finally brought Lawson up to the tail
dropped out exhausted But the bunch still
kept travelling and whom Clarke jumped out
about three laps from home, Lawson didn't
cover up the gap in minute.
Clarke Gets Left.
On the bell, however Clarke was left. but
there were others determined 20 bid hard for
tho money. On the final sprint Tver was ia.
tiguod and although he managed TO beat
Williams and Palmer out at the tape by
inchos, it required about all the energy the
Swedc had. The Judges gave Palmer second
and Williams third, but the consensus OF
opinion umong the spectators at the tape
that the order was just the Hopper
was fourth and Clarke fifth. The time OF
3;ll cuts seven seconds Off the worlds
ord.
Hume has quite regained his old sprint.
and not only took first place in the onchaf
mile handicap, amateur. but broke the
world record in winning his heat. Hume
seconds better than the old time. Giles fi0
yards handiCnp), second; West us ynrds),
third, and Schnen $50 yards), third Time
1888,
Victory of West.
Vests victory over Hume in the ive-mile
race, pnnteur, after a brilliant squirt 70 the
front of the last curve, brought forth gen
ulne applause from the spectators. West
wisely held to Hume's rear wheel most OF the
way, and Hume, half willingly, let him re.
main. Two lans from hOrDe ,hey ,irclad fha
bunch, Hume still leading on the last lap
For moment il seemed that Hume would
win-certainly a great feat after setting the
pace he had. But it looked good for the long.
legged boy until the home stretch was
reached, when West with Il terrific burst Of
speed, shot out from behind, closed the gan
breasted Hume and showed his front wheel
across tho tape in front of Hume Time
10:35 Is.
Chug- -Chug Race.
The chus- -chug race WAS noisy if nothing
else. As all other races in which motors
play part It kept the spectators keyed up
10 high pitch OF expectancy. Samuelson
jumped into the lead at the start Tapped Tur-
ville and finished the race hanging on Hea.
gren's rear tire Time 5:26 s.5.
With "A 65-yard handicap, Clarke rode TO
first place in the final one.milc handicap, pro-
iesslonal. Mother Lawson nor Mcfarland
were in the event. Clarke certainly made a
great ride and he method in which he ran
away from the bunch on the last lap made his
friends feel good The other riders finished
as follows: Hollister as yards), second:
Burdgelt (65 yardsl, thrd: Downing Us
yards), fourth; Williams GO ysrds) Bfth
Time, AT 3-5.