Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-06-27
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With persistency that is remark
able, Los Angeles sporting pages go
on telling their readers that the Salt
Lake family of bicycle riders Is go-
ing to he in the City of Angeles by
July TO ride at the new Seals garden
saucer, just completed on the coast.
The Times has been especially Jealous
in this work. A couple of weeks ago
It was announced that 35 riders from
this city would be on hand to race for
the rest Of the season. beginning with
the big opening OF the Seals garden
saucer. Sounds queer and looks queer
when one stops to think. Why in the
name of all that has a golden tint and
jlngles, should bicycle riders be sign
ing up with one track when they are
now able TO ride at three tracks with
IN an hours ride of each other? The
Los Angeles saucer Is alone i'm big
area, but here in Utah--the racing
center of the world--are three tracks.
all heavily patroniZed and all able to
hang UP good purses and prizes. Salt
Palace, Saltair and ogden, all within
a circle having a diameter of not more
than so miles. are filling up the weeks
in manner that looks awfully good
TO the riders here. Salt Palace has
Tuesday and Friday night races al
ways; Saltair Is drawing good crowds
Wednesday and sunday evenings and
ogden has Monday and Thursday.
Good purses for the professionals ana
handsome prizes for the amateurs are
hung up The crowds Justify llbcrality
In this respect the riders are putting
up races that merit the liberality.
There are many centers where racing
might be a go. but these districts
haven't the saucers yet; perhaps IL
Riverside, san Bernardlno, and other
cities around Los Angeles would build
sauCers, that city would be able to put
In an attractive bid for the bicycle
game, but until a group Of cities offer
that kind Of proposition, the bicycle
racing center stays here. Right here
In Utah Is where records have been
made are being made, and viii be
made: right here is where YOU find the
| host riders in the world today: and
right here is whore the same thing win
be found long after July a. or any
other date, for long while TO come.
L. there to be a national circuit OF
saucer tracks, II doesn't cost anything
| to guess or speculate Othis discovery
| of one kind of speculation that doesn't
| cost anything is worthy Of notice.. And
| I'm not costing anything gossip is wide
| Is INDUCED IN on this matter There
| are those who believe national cir
! cult 10 tu be effected with cities nom
/ 'NtW Nofk 20 Los Austlth lllcluucu'
| The great draw hack to such a trem-
onduus scheme is it's mmenslty The
] cost Of maintaining a national circuit
/ would be- staggering, For Instance the
! jump from this city 10 Los Angeles
is about 700 miles ANA the nearest
] track cast Of salt Lake would be Den
Yer, another jump OF 700 miles, II
| can be seen a distance OF 400 miles
would have 10 he covered 10 re0Ch
three tracks. Railroad fares would run
! ~ 10 fearful figures ana Il rs extreme
ly doubtful II the riders would earn
a cent no matter how prosperous the
season These long jumps would be
attained by numerous Inconvenience,
Travelling half the time aud riding the
other half would not be conductive
% llne form la riders, not 10 mention
the changes IN altitude Involving the
necessity OF q rider getting accllmated.
which demands sometimes several
weeks time Riders seldom shift
around during a racing season; they
find Il 10 their best interests 10 locate
IN good racing center. II Is not be-
Nevcd travo'lnr oyer the cn'i.a coun-