The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-06-27
NJ 'FARLAND WINS
BIG MATCH RACE
In Rather Tame Contest, Cali.
fornlan Easily Defeats Pro-
vo's Pride.
SAUCER IAMMED BY
SEASONS LARGEST CROWD
Lawson Breaks Worlds Record
IN Three-Quarter Mile Han
dIcap, Professional.

win smile on his face that spelled
easy, Floyd Mcfarland crossed the
tape one full length ahead of Samuel
son In the fiye-mile match race held
Al the saucer last evening, The contest
was not an exciting one, For twenty
0ou leps the riders followed the tan
oens. now and then giving life to the
ace pS hghtlng for fret place behind
the pace. Three laps from the nm
Ism the pacemakers were called off and
lhe men were loft alone to fight 1t out
Samuelson Kept the pace until the lasn
ldp ana quarter, when the lanlSy Cali
fornian sprinted and took the lead. on
the bell lap Samuelson made a siren
uous cnort to circle Mcfarland but the
Provo boy simply lacked the speed ana
Mcfarland finished almost sitting up.
Time, 9:S3
In fairness TO Samuelson 1t should bu
salo mat In the final OF the helt-
mile open, professional, his tire pune
tured and a nasty spill resulted. A
rev minutes later, in the dressing
room, DR.. Plummer pulled a silver fully
three inches long out of Samuelson's
thish, Samuelson Will feel the effects
or TINS injury more in week from now
than he did last evening, The general
opinion among the riders seems to be
that. accident or no accident, McFar-
land would have won exactly as he did.
Biggest Crowd of Season.
Evidently the public expected TO see
the greatest match race ever held on a
bicycle track They were there in
Swarms. After the regular eeats were
filled they swarmed into the arena, and
before long that place was a swaying
sea Of humanity. Half thousand peo-
pie were turned away, and so great was
the jam that many who had made their
way into It were only too glad 10 get
out again. 1t took forty street cars,
making two trips each, TO carry away
the crowd. But II was a jolly gather
ing. The spectators were in high spirits
and hummed or whistled gayly when
ever the band struck up with popular
tune. Last evenings was by far the
largest crowd OF the season, and. for
that matter, one OF the largest in the
history of the saucer track.
Lawson Makes Another Record
One new worlds record was estab-
llshed last evening, In the second heat
professional, Lawson lowered Hollis
teT's record OF 1.22 As for the distance
TO 1:21 20. In the final heat. Hopper.
with sixty yards handicap, won out.
Lawson. who was run up on the final
lap, was second; Wilcox third, and
Munroe fourth. Time, 1;2l 20.
The one-half-mile open professional
was productive of the prettiest finish OF
the evening. Lawson beat Mcfarland
out at the tape by inches. Downing was
third Folger fourth. IT was in this
event that Samuelson sustained mis- In
jury. Time. 80 seconds,
Hume captured the one-mile open.
amateur, in a fashion that was SO easy
as TO be almost shameful. Three laps
a,ly hf,Ny ff.ak he g Il
and. when the other riders attempted
TO pass him on the bell lap. he simply
ran away from them Mclaughlin was
second; West, third; Diefenbacher.
fourth; Mccormick. fifth. Time. 2:04 As.
Hume was to have made try after
the one-mlle motor paced record, anna
teur. but on the second lap his front
wheel went down. Hume was riding
in great style when the accident oc-
Cured, and the opinion seems to be
that he would have lowered the record.
He did not make another attempt