Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-24

H., o1ace1, events many of them re-
srltine i'm extremely close hnlsheS, re-
warded Yesterday afternoon CROWD al
Fiesta mark. The half-mile professional
bicvcle race furnished the eXcltelneht
of the afternoon, S. Williams hnlshIlS
a scant half length ahead of liver Law
son in the first heat, but regalhills ma
Iaurels in the finals by Winning IN
a thrilling finish with w. IL oahluel-
son. -,,,on ridorr
CONNECTED. and although no RECORDS
were broken good time was MADE IN
nearly every event, the first mile OF inc
ten-mile motor paced race being rldden
Inv w. e. Samuelson in the FAST time
of l :OS. This is, however, record Iol
the Grand avenue stadium.
]. G. Walker, the crack AustrallaI
rider: Pedlar Palmer, liver Lawson aho
w. e. Samuelson, considered by many !,
the fastest rider in the west, were al
present and riding in top notch form
! A. Mcneil and j. Berryessa rode W
70 their last Sundays form, McNel
winning the amateur two-mile race IL
425 1-5. 49,
some of the results in the amateur
races showed poor handicapping, in one
or two instances little or none or the
distance between the first and second
man having been decreased.
In the second heat of the amateur
one-mile handicap F. Florentine, who
had been handicapped by 175 yards and
being unable to make up any ground
left the track and was fined $50 by
Referee Charles F. Gates. At his re-
fusal to pay the fine he was ruled OIL
the tracks of the association Tor SIX
months.
Florentine declares he will contest
the ruling of Referee Gates and also
will test the right of the landscapes
to revise the distance in the finals.
In the fourth lap of the amateur
two-mile event s. A. Gerber and Will
liam Long, both of whom had been
setting a fast pace and appeared to be
possible winners, collided, both men
being thrown violently to the ground
No serious injuries resulted, both rid
ers remounting and crossing the tape
The closest race of the day was the
balf-mile professional finals between
Iver Lawson w. e. Samuelson and j.
w Walker Samuelson took an early
lead. but was soon passed by W. A
Bardgett who led the field until the
last lap, when liver Lawson, with a
terrific sprint, gathered the long END
of the purse from Samuelson,, scant
foot behind.
The three-mile professional handiear
race, in which walker, Lawson, DdIu-
gett and Palmer had all been haLdi-
capped heavily, the head man. Gum
starting $50 yards ahead of Walker
proved the feature event of the after
noon. A prize of dollar was Offered
for the leading man at each lap. Ri
Valry was intense between those haV-
ing the larger handicaps for the lead
Gum managing to get away with
about seven dollars. Walker moved
gamely up and at the head of the
stretch in the last lap looked like a
winner A whirlwind finish, however
between him and Pedlar Palmer, who
had come from nowhere, resulted in
the decision being awarded the latter
In the ten-mile motor-paced race w
f. Samuelson, paced by his brother. T.
NJ. Samuelson, had no difficulty in win
ming. From the crack of the starters
gun he proved himself the best man
throughout, tapping both Duer and
Williams several times. The team work
of the Samuelson brothers was almost
perfect, the two machines moving
throughout in perfect unison. Duer
easily placed ahead of Williams, who
had been riding his first race of this
kind.
The management is establishing 4
system of arc lights and it is expected
many of the contests will be pulled
off in the evening, commencing about
June 2.