Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-31

With the grandstands packed from
end to end, and the parking space
crowded with automobiles, the immense
thrpng at the Coliseum yesterday after
noon was rewarded with the most
spectacular events in the line OF mo-
torcycle racing and an exhibition of
an automobile on saucer track going
a mile a minute.
Although the races were not To be
Gin until 2:30 p. m, as early as an
hour previous to that time the people
began to come by hundreds. AT :
O'Clock the grandstands were Weu oe-
cupied and when the races were called
the largest throng ever assembled
within the fence of the great saucer
track. was there and anxious TO see
what the results of several events
would be.
II there ever were sins of starting
late committed by the management IN
the past, these will all be forgotten In
the splendid manner in which the
events were carried out yesterday al
ternoon. Promptly at 2:30 Starter
George Adair had the men for the
first number on the program on the
track and with a splendid start the
gun was fred with the two klttle
brothers and the youngster Raymond
Seymour on the mounts, for a slN-nllie
race for trade riders on double-cyhh-
der machines. From the instant of get
ting under way it was nip and tuck
between the Kittles, but seymour
iumped into the lead and demonstrat-
ed that all the good things that have
been said about this lad were to be
sl1bstantiated here at his home, Sey-
1nour made the p laps in 3.43 so, ana
the young fellow received one OF the
heartiest oVations at the close OF his
run.
The next number on the program was
a six-nlile race open to single cylinder
machines, with Graves, Seymour and
fearless Bake on the track. Bake
won in the time of 5;41 SO seconds.
1t will be many day before such
an audience will ever see such race
as was the ten mile event with
horsepower machines and Graves, HUI
bert Kittle and Raymond Seymour as
the mounts Thirty-fiye laps were
made on that track with the machines
of Seymour and Graves running nose
and nose almost the entire distance,
while the finish was the most SEN
sational thar has probably ever oc-
Cured on any track in the world.
Tearing around the oval side by
side. the finish lap found every man,
wheels of automobiles and stands, as
the daring young riders came rushing
down the last curve and into the home
stretch for the finish lap. almost ell
bow to elbow. AS the gun was fired
for the finish both man could have
touched elbows at the two fast rae
ing machines crossed the tape pre-
cisely nose and nose. 1t was dead
heat 1t was one of the most spectacu-
lar events any motorcycle track has
ever seen in the history of the game.
Crowd Cheers
Yells of applause and approval came
from the wonderful throng for the two
riders. The nam of each was cried
out as the returning heroes stepped be-
tore their admirers. Young Seymour
had the pleasure of realizing that he
has hosts of friends, and the older
heads on the motorcycles had better
look out for this youngster. Modest
as a school girl in her early teens,
the shaking of his hands sends a blush
across his cheeks. and from his ma
chine he retires modestly from the
lmelight. But Seymour has proved
that he is a wonderful rider and that
he will become one of the great riders
of the future there is no doubt. The
time for the ten miles was S:19 2-5 Sec
ondS
Scarcely was this event over when
the big professionals took to the track.
The Merkel team, Whittier and
Mitchell, and Samuelson and Dare
Devil Derkum, appeared for the half
hour race.
The occasion was the first appear
ance Of Derkun since he sustained the
disastrous fall at Ascot park in col
lision with De Roster, and Paul still