The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-24
De ROSTER CUTS
WORLD : RECORD
Clips Four Seconds From Pre-
vious Mark for Eight
Miles on Motor.
EVENTS AT M0T0RDR0ME
THRILL IMMENSE CROWD
Effort to Lower Automobile
Time Proves Hair-Raising,
Spectacular Event.

One worlds motorcycle record and
one track record were broken Satur-
day night in probably the fastest all
around card seen this season at the
Wandamere Motordrome. The chug-
chugs seemed TO be in particularly good
trim for the affair and the greatest eX-
citcment prevailed during the whole
meet.
The main event of the evening was
the last race, in which Jake DE Rosler,
the motor king. whirled off eight miles
In five minutes and fifty-one seconds,
clipping eff four seconds from the
world S record and running the fastest
mile ever recorded on the motordrome
track. The fastest mile was covered
in forty-four and three-fifths seconds.
This race started with the six speedl-
est riders on the track we'll punched.
Like flash from 81 gun, De Ros1er
spurted out ahead, leaving e. M. Sam
uelson in the smoke. De Roster was
the scratch man and had Samuelson one
lap ahead of him and four other speed
sters three laps ahead With his motor
humming like monster bird, he sped
around the track, not only smashing the
two records, but also coming out well
In the front. So fast did he go that
the judges lost track of the other riders
and after the race they were unable to
agree on the second, third, fourth or
fifth riders. The Judges disbanded
after the race with the problem un-
solved
AS De Roster and his machine spun
about the track, the other riders looked
almost as though they were standing
still.
Automobile Against Time.
Another of the highly interesting
events of the card was the trial for
u record by Bert Smalling in thirty
horsepower Packard automobile, owned
by Samuel Newhouse, The car,
stripped to the framework, made q
spectacular attempt TO pull down the
world IS threc-mile record, but fell short
considerably, The event went to Fa
thcr Time, but only after an exciting
race, In which most of the multitude
gathered at the track held their breath
in fear and anxiety,
Another of the hair-raising events
was the four-mile amateur race between
trade riders. Charles Bake, in the
start, lost a half lap and it seemed as
though he was ont Of the race. With
the other two riders speeding along at
miles. minute clip, Bake seemed
doomed, but with a burst of speed
which surprised everybody. he whirled
up W tuC IIpHU anu Ilu IUS OtnGT
ers a pip-and~tu race TO the tape He
lost by few inches, Tho last mile in
the race pulled the time down to SO
seconds, good speed for that class Of
riders.
In the first event the race was be-
tween r. B. Archbold and Lon Chaflin,
who filled the crowd with enthusiasm
by rounding off the three miles of the
race in 3:33.
In Fast Time.
The mile-a minute clip was laughed
at In the fivemile event, when Steve
Senhouse struck out to capture the first
prize. George Clayton was eager to
keep him from gotting in first, and the
result was that the five miles were COW
cred in four minutes and thirty y-eight
seconds.
A sort of chug~chug festival was
the siX-mile amateur handicap race, in
which seven contestants took part. The
SIX miles were ground off in the in
teresting time Of 4:34 The fastest mile
was ridden in 46 seconds, which was
fast enough to suit the average specta-
tor. l., Chaflin, with three laps handi-
cap, won first, with r. Seymour, the
scratch man, close second. With
seven chuggers on the track, the air
was well Favored with gasoline fumes
and racket
A spectacular finish was seen in the
flve~mjle match race between Samuel
son, De Roster and Mitchell. Re Roster
played along with the others until be
got within a half lap of the finish,
when he opened up the throttle and left
the Other. riders struggling along
quarter of lap behind. The time of
this event was SIG is, and the affair
looked as slow as it really was.
T1,pf r. Crur
really interested in motor racing was
evident from the crowd which attended
last nights meet. The bleachers on
both the west and the east sides of the
track were crowded and the grand.
stand was we'll filled. The crowd was
highly enthusiastic.
Summary Of Events.
The result Of the events follows:
Three-mile open, film.
first, Archbold, second; Galeazzi, third.
Time, 3:33
Four-mile, amateur. for trade riders
Seymour, first. Balke, second; Ward,
third. Time, ;33 4-5
Five,mile professional, invitation
race-senhouse, first; Clayton. second;
Mccormack, third. Time, ABS.
Six-mile opent to-all, amateur handi-
eap-Chaflin, first; Seymour, second;
Ward, third; Warden, fourth. Time,
/ :34,
Fiye-mile match race-De Roster,
first; Samuelson, second; Mitchell,
third. Time, 5:19 1-5.
Three mile automobile record trial
Time, 1852 3.5.
Eight mile professional handicap
De hosier, first; other places undecided
by judges. Time, 5:51 (world's rec
ord),