Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-07-18
Excellent Program of Bicycle
Races Arranged tor
Their Benilt.
MOTORS CAUSE EXCITEMENT.
,.o,nor Record smnshed--fonrth In
one wcck--in the tfVc hne
Amateur Contest.

=. vas highly appropriate. II was
-, ,iyht AT the Salt Palace, so 1t
bighly appropriate that a record
.noua be clipped and that each race
Il aso,rd he fearful flight, The bicycle
a ,rogron turned out TO be wlnner--''
81 free from accidents despite the
81 .ood made in all heats there was
N NE hardest kind of footwork backed
n -, nv the finest kind Of headwork ana
d was all seen by the biggest crow1 VI
q d. year The crowd ives on It's iee'
q W. constantly, either gasping or
4 nsoorine one race was started as soon
q os,or another had ended as possible
81 t,oor,rr the interest at high tide. He'd
~ aid its share towards MAKING
s"eryone happy by playing rag-timH
and popular airs.
a ANOTHER RECORD GOES.
The five-nile amateur saw anoenSi
rerord-the fourth in week rlashet'.
4 There we're races aplenty IN TINS SNe .n'c
rsonty-three riders started ana ,nc
,,.ck vas completely covered for the
t,rst mile Then they began dropping
out leaving the best to fight II out
yosr the rest of the distance. III tne
third mile Crehs and Thomas TOOK
snaak and tried to so around the puhcu
nut the bunch got nervous ana closeu
the distance. Then steal alter So
was made resulting in some pretty i'lIo
contests. On the bell lap l>aWreHso
made a sprint and went ahead nut ne
co,,ldn't hold the lead Mccormick
bumped IN his back and rode AS II hte
dorended upon IL. Meyers tackled on
second Wright was third and Halsleau
fonrth Timc-10:Sl two-ffths OF
second lower than the amateur rccoro
made by wilcox in Ogden, 1900
EXCITING MOTOR RACE!
samuelson, Turville andWhttler were
the three motors entered IN me optm
ive-mile contest, TurVlhe toon an-
lead with whittier riding slow on ac-
rnunt of his machine acting unlelidply
suddenly Samuelson shot ahead ana
after "A neck and-neck race passe'
1,irv,lie. The latter tackled on ana |.
Vas a beautiful contest. Whittier kept
lsicking the Juice into his machine ana
rho three machines fairly jumped over
the high places. Whittier passed iur-
vile hut samuclson's machine was ny
this time. spinning around me .ra az
80 eas II looked like a streak IN tne
lnmp light. Samuolson Tapped Iuf-
VILE with Whittier hanging on Ihen
'r,,1.vule hung TO the pair, They KEPT
UP the fearful gait making the uIne LOT
the five miles. sos 80
The two-mile lap handicap SAN some
of the prettiest work of the season
and Mcfarland were on the
stretch with men strung all around the
track. Turvlle was only few YARDS
behind the scratch. Downing picked
mn sam" and Mae" and pulled the
|pair up to the middle. Then samuel
Ison bumped and pulled Mae around
.nlthough the bunch made the pair ride
at the extreme upper edge of the
strack Two laps from home Mac
!stnrted his famous sprint and came
lin hrst although pushed 10 his fastest.
WALKER WINS ONE.
The Australian pursuit saw Walker
{rde into first after I.eyland had quit
fThis ride was also dandy and brought
walker big hand. The summaries
follow
Il Australian pursuit race. professional
R-Leyland and Walker, Senhouse and
lTurvillc. Achorn and West Time
n 90 3-5 Distance. . miles 176 yards.
Mile handicap, amateur, fnal-Hollis-
}ter 90 yards) Mccormack go yards).
3Maycr 900 yards), Hampshire Ola
4yards). Time-2;0S 2-6.
tive mile lap, amateur-McCorma
,Meyers Wright, Halstead. Time-lO;Sl
tuec0rd).
\ Two mile lap handicap, professional
fMcFarland tscratch) wilcox 40
YARDS, Palmer go yards), Demara 90
3sardsl rimo--3.57.
Five mile open motor-Samuelson
fTurYille whittier. Time--b:5S S-5.