The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-06-18
HERALD SPORTING NEWS
SALTAIR TRACK
SEES FIRST RACE
Many Thirty-Third Degree
Fans Present and Call the
New Track a Success.

The new Saltair bicycle track was Of
ficially opened last evening. Although the
building in which the track is located is
not finished. the track itself was ready
in every particular and the accOmmOda-
tons for the spectators were the best
The track might properly be called a
little beauty as il is all of this, and a
great contrast to the one at the Salt
Palace, which is so familiar to the public
of Salt Lake. 1t is smaller. ten laps to
the mile. and the riders passing two more
times to the mile makes ii appear as if
they were riding a cycle whiri
The track is not as wide as the one al
the Salt Palace and prevents the bunch
ing of the riders for this reason. Ii is
sleeper and the riders must be more care
full, but when they do fall they do moi
drop so far. Last night a couple of spills
in the professional ranks served notice
to the public that they would be frequent
in the future.
The weather conditions acted as a
damper on the crowd and only few
hundred were present. Among them could
be seen the. thirty-third degree fans, who
have followed the game at the Salt Pal
ace for years. When il was all over
scarcely one could be found who did not
declare the races a success.
Jackie Clark won the Saltair mile
handicap with ease, Billy SamuelsOn fol-
lowing him into the tape for second
place West and Hopper, among the
limit men, got away well. and il looked
as if they had the race we'll within their
reach until on the last lap Mcfarland.
who had been pulling Clark, turned the
latter loose. and the kangaroo rider
jumped. On the back stretch. with half
"A lap TO so, both West and Hopper went
all i'm Al the same instant. and sat up
as Clarke, followed by Samuelson, sprint
ed by.
In the final of the half-mile, McFar-
land. Clark and SamuesOn went down on
the first turn. and Demare. Downing and
a rhn
named.
Sam and White Race.
T. NJ. SamuelsOn and White were the
card in the motor race, and managed to
finish il after one breakdown. without
Igoing into the seats. The seats at the
Saltair track come right down to the
track and there is no guard rail between
the outer edge of the track and the front
row of people As soon as White started
his motor the crowd around the rail start
ed for the rafters; that is, those who
did not take refuge behind the iron pill
lars that support the building. The
scramble was followed by a wild race in
which Whittle did some OF his curVirs
stunts that make one wonder how long
he Will last at the motor racing game.
On the third mile. with white a half
lap ahead SamuelSOn broke a belt and
the race was stopped. II was continued
gin he held at the time of the acct
In the two-mile amateur, the limit mer
tapped the scratch men at the start. and
three remained with the back markers
TO the finish, winning the first three
places.
The summary:
Half-mile open. nrofessionaI finaD-
Demara. Downing, Wilcox, Mcfarland.
Time, l:06 %.
FiVe-miie motor race-W little first.
Samuelson second TINE. G:22 Is.
TWO-mi lap handicap. amateur
Thomas 105 vardsl. MAYER C75 yards,.
Hollister G2o yards), Giles tscratch).
Time. 1913 10.
Saltair handicqp-Clark scratch. Sam
uelson (35 vards). Downing as YARDS.
Time loo %.