The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-08
MITTEN WINS
RACE At LAST
Small Crowd Does Not EnthuSe
Over Mcfarland Samuel
son Pursuit Race.

One or the smallest crowds Of the sea-
son, II not the smallest, gathered at the
saucer track last evening TO witness the
bike races. Perhaps the feature Of tho
evening was the race between Mirten AMI
Munroe. Not on account of their speed
was the race feature, but because they
tried TO speed up and couldn't. It was
what might properly be termed. Tho bat
ticket championship Alltten w1n. 1t
Is the Iowa champion 3 first offens3 this
year and the crowd was lot slow in ap-
preciating the efforts o. a man who rides
AL year to win a race, and at lasL comes
out with victory, even f. there Was only
one other man in rhe racc.
1t was French style. best two In three
heats, and Mitten won two straight
heats. In both cas- IS the final sprint told
the tale and, while the stop watch might
not record a fast lap. IL wasn't because
Mitten and MunrOe didn't try. When fl
was over the staO ole Of bike riders carried
Mitten off the track AMID loud applause.
The boys were little slow in coming oJt
for the second heat aad one Of the Off
70 the crowd that "Mitten refuses TO roe
any more on account OF un Just CRITICS IN
Of the newspapers"
Didn't Like Big Race.
Judging from the manner in which The
crowd greeted the Samuelsou NJ, Fa,l2nd
pursuit race. it could not he truly called
a bowling success. In fact from the man
lieT III WHICH the small crowd rose Uu It's
feet and yelled. rotten and fake"
these must have been many present who
did not appreciate the race SamuelSOn
started out at the sound of the pistol and
gained half the distance on Mcfarland
inside the first four laps. Then The Provo
lad slowed up and took things easy for
the next half mile. SamuelsOn Ge&in
sprinted out and at sixty yards over the
next half mile had passed Mcfarland.
The race looked easy for SamuelsOn.
Perhaps the best race of the evening,
from the talents point Of view vas the
final of the mile professional IaDdicaD.
Mcfarland and Lawson from scratch
caught the limit men on the first ldD ard
then il developed into loaf waiting for
the sprint Downing was on La wsJn 5
wheel with Mcfarland pulling the rai-.
AS Mac started high on the bank Down
ing cut down 10 the pole and Clark CIuPhi
Lawson's wheel for fine sleigh iidc. As
Lawson went to the front Clark went
with him and came up on the uutaiGc OF
Lawson they reached the tape " lie
liams pulled Hopper and turned him lose
a lap and a half from home. bat Alvl'aT-
lands pull was to strong for the Hello
boy.
Hume made great ride in the nile
handicap alternating pace VITA WCs+ I'M
/ til the bunch was caught Then Hume
the sprint came had it on the rest OF
the simon pures. West was too fast fOI
Hume in the quarter and rode tbs
elongated one from the start 10 the tape
finishing a wheels length ahead. s. me
/ caught Mccormack second i'm the race
but they give IL to Hume
The Summaries.
Match race. French style. best two in
three. half mile heats-Mitten beat Nun
roe in two straight heats. Times, ia
1:12 AS.
Mile professional handicap-Fiual-
Lawson (scratch). Clark go vards) Nc
| Farland (scratch); Downing rs YARDS
Time. so As,
Mile. amateur handicap-Final-Ifum
! 2:O3
Quarter mile, amateur-Final-We est
} Hume, Mccormack. Holiday. Time
| 20 AS.
Australian pursuit race-Samuelson bea
/ Mcfarland Distance l mile; 4 laps g
/ yards Time, 3:ii.