Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-19
CRACK RIDERS
in MOTOR RACES
FRED HIKE IS COMING FROM
FRISCO
GREAT PROSPECTS FOR MANY
NEW RECORDS
Track Being Worked over and lndica-
tions Are That 1t VIII Be
Faster Than Ever
Before

Entries for the Derkum motorcycle
race meet to be held at Ascot park next
Sunday are coming in very rapidly and
the outlook at the present time is such
as to indicate a very successful meet.
The track is showing up we'll under
the treatment that it is getting every
day from the sprinklers and the heavy
steam roller
In speaking of the track Paul Derkum
said yesterday, They are certainly go
ing to give us a fast track. 1t ought
to prove the fastest in the west and
if we do not break lot of records l
win be very much disappointed. Ben
Breese will be here to ride against me
in the 100 mile event and we have
strong hopes that another entry Will
be made before Saturday. He is a
professional and will ride against
Breese and myself"
An amateur entry that has made
glad the hearts of the many speedy
riders in the local club is Fred Hike
of Chicago. He is at present in San
Francisco and has sent word that he
will be down to ride.
AS Hike set a faster pace in one
hour race in the east than the local
boys did here they are all anxious TO
meet him in competition.
Notwithstanding reports to the con-
trary w. G. Collins who did some very
fast riding here during the past year
and at various times previous to lis
leaving for San Francisco where he
has been for several months, will not
be here to ride Collins suffered very
severe accident while racing in hill
climbing, contest at San Francisco a
few months ago and has promised his
family that he will not compete In the
racing game any more.
August Chelini is one of three who
are to come down from San Francisco.
and considerable speed is expected
from him. The competition Will De
very keen in the various events, as 1t
will be a contest between the north
ern and southern riders. There have
have been few changes of mounts
among the local boys since the
last meet and some of the old favorites
will be seen astride the wheels that
Athey tried hard to beat before and that
\ II add to the spice of the occasion.
In the Thor camp will be Earhart,
Seymour Shafer and Derkum. Hike
will be the star rider in the Indian
wigwam, while Blaylock, Graves and
Risden will have Indians at the sldI =
ing line as usual.
Billy Hoag is suffering from a badly
injured hand which will prevent his
riding and has also prevented ms get
ting a machine ready for another rider.
Lee Richardson will be in the game
with two Harley Dayidsons and hopes
to make a getaway with first place
with a special machine that he Will
enter in the free-for-all.
Bake will steer a Merkel this time
instead of Thor. having made the
change of his own initiative.
The races will take up all of the art
ernoon and will start promptly at
o'clock. One of the events had to DC
cancelled to allow of an entire pro-
gram being carried out. The race thai
was sacrificed was the Australian puf-
suit.
All of the races will be fast on ac-
count of the quality of the track and
the riders and machines that will COM
pete. and there is every probability thai
a, long list of worlds records Will DC
made over next Sunday afternoon