The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-06-05
IE ITS HERE
IT'S RIGHT
EARLY SPEED ON
SAUCER TRACK
Bike Riders Already Cutting
Close to ReC0rd-WaIker
and Wright Winners.

A mile i'm lag 3-5. with the worlds req
ord standing just one second below. gives
some idea of how the pedal pushers are
starting out the season at the saucer
track This was accomplished last even
ing by Gordon Walker. the Australian,
who, riding from scratch was pushed
every inch Of the way by field, which
IS now puzzling the public as To- which is
the best man.
It happened ia the mile professional
handicap which was the head liner on the
program although at least one of the
amateur events and the other professional
event were ridden close to record time.
Tie back mark men all qualified On the
heats and the finish saw Lawson. Walker
and Samuelson start on scratch with
Bdrdgett. SenhOUse. MaCkay. Palmer,
Munroe and Burris strung out tn the
field.
1t was case of 90 from the start. with
MunrOe and Burris leading the bunch.
-Four laps 20 go Bardgett came OUT with
Walker and Lawson on i'm the order
named and opened wide for the tape.
Three TO go SamuelsOn came up on the
outside, riding high and tried TO get
around, but could not make g. Walker
came out I'm the last lap, with Lawson
on, taking first within d second Of the
record.
Big Amateur Piled.
The unknown amateur lap race saw the
big field start on at a quarter sprint clip
On overlap, some rider or other came up
from behind and jumped into the lead To
be ready on the bell lap. This continual
sprint kept the bunch in action. After
going for a mile and a half. Jack Hume
must have had a bunch, for his tall form
was seen to jump TO the front. Just then
starter Game fired the pistol. meaning
the finish Of the race was two laps away
The whole field rushed forward and with
one lap TO go, Hume I'm front. fast firing
fell ana couple OF riders dropped over
i'm Phil Wright grabbed the pace and
held it to the tape At the finish Fred
Mccarthy, the Canadian champion. gave
a glimpse Of the speed he possesses. By
riding high on the bank into second place
with a regular Eddie Bald finish Three
feet more would have won him the race.
The three-mila professional was a heart
breaker. For the first mile the upper
mark men took turn in taking the lap
money and on the second mile Frank
SchnelI jumped out as if he was after a
lap. For a fun mile he hit out a fast
clip when the field closed on him only
to have Tommy Morgan try the same
trick Tommy pulled down couple OF
dollars when the jump came for the fin
ish. This was a fight between Pye and
Walker, the two Australians, and Walker
was the best man
Wright and Mayer were the two ANA
tours to make the final fight for the
Australian pursuit Wright winning after
Mayer had made great ride, cutting
down several men.
Hardy Downing proved too speedy for
Norman Hopper In the French style. win
ming in two straight heats. Tn both races
Hardy won his race I'm the next to the
last lap and maintained his advantage to
the tape.
The Summaries.
Match race. best two in three heats. one
mile-Hardy Downing beat Norman Hop
per in straight heats. Times-3.42 3.34
lille handicap professional Walker.
scratch Lawson. scratch. Sennouse 30
yards; Palmer p yards. Time-l.f9 SIS.
Unknown distance amateur lap race
Wright. Mccarthy. Thomas. Distance
mile, laps. Time-2.I 2-5
Australian pursuit amateur-WFight
Mayer. Diefeubacher Trip. Distance
miles, 3 laps, 165 yards. Tima-J.4I 2-J.
Three-mile lap Walker.
Pye Hopper, Downing Time-6.01 %