The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-21
MANY SEE RACES
ATMOTORDRONE
Match Race Between De Roster
and Whittier Results
in a Tie.
IRVING BREAKS WORLDS
RECORD IN AUTOMOBILE
Daring Riders Easily Make
Miles in Seconds, Not
Minutes.

4 crowd OF fully ou00 people WltncESou
the best motor races ever seen in Utah
al the Wandamere motordromc Wedn5s-
day night. Tho evenings card was all
that the Track management had prom
Used. aud the riders easily made miles
i'm SECONDS, not minutes Growing
Wild with excitement ut the daring eN-
hibitcd by the various riders. the big
crowd was brought to its feet on several
OCCASIONS and even the sound Of the
motors was lost In round after round OF
applause.
The De Roster Whittier match race,
the feature event OF the card, resulted
In a tie. The first heat of five miles
was won by Dc Roster in "a! %, after
the two had run practically side by side
FOR the last several laps of the heat.
The best time made for any one mile in
this heat was 10 seconds. The second
heat resulted in a tic, and il was de-
clared Il dead heat. Three judges stood
for a dead heat, two for De Roster. and
one FOR Whittier The two riders. how
ever. crossed the tape as even as IL Is
possible. The third heat was Won by
Whittier In 40l Is, the crowd applaud
ing wildly AS he crossed the tape. Owing
10 its being so late and the weather con-
ditlons threatening, fourth heat was
moi rum the race being declared lie
and the purse being split evenly.
Irving Breaks Record.
Frank Irving, the daring local autoist,
broke the worlds record for a hrce-lap-
to-tbe-nilc track. when he rode two miles
in his Vanderbilt car in LAG. The record
made at the motordromc several weeks
ago was rs. The record made by Bar
ncy Odheld on the Buena Vista one-mile
ground track was I:5a 3-5. Irving had
perfect control OF his machine at all
times and the remarkable time he made
was no less than wonderful.
The ten-mle professional handicap was
won by Steve Senhousc. who had four
laps handicap, in 7:44 20, by less than
twenty-five yards. De Roster and Whit
tier. scratch men. were second and third.
respectively, while Clayton. four laps
handicap, was fourth. The fight in this
race. however. was between Whittier
and De Roster. who kept close together
throughout the race. Whittier led most
of the time. but De Roster jumped into
the lead near the end of the race thus
getting second place The race was
pretty one and the riders were very well
matched.
Rides without Pedal.
The three-milc amateur WAS won by
Arohbold in. 3:if 3-6, with Deal second.
and Boudwin third. and the five-mile
amateur was won by Clanin in 500 As.
with Thomas second. Westlake third and
Warden fourth. Claflin made wonderful
ride and displayed great nerve and dar-
Ing. In the first lap of the race his ma
chino slipped and he almost fell off, saw
ing himself by catching his foot on the
track and throwing himself back onto ths
The right pedal OF his motorcycle was
broken off in the accident however. and
he rode the remainder of the distance
without the pedal. holding his foot out
to one side so that IL should not be
burned by the motor. Riding under these
handicaps, he won the race by over o.
wheels length
The results;
Three mile nine laps, amateur; q
horsepower belt machines, prizes SIS, $40
and S5-Archobld won; Deal, second;
Boudwin third. Time, 3:i4 3-5.
Match race, professional: horsepower
machines; . miles, Is laps; best two in
three heats; purse $2O0-Firsr neat: De
Roster, Won Whittier, second Time,
3:47 %. Second heat: Dead. Time
3:5i 3-5. Third heat: Whittier. won, De
Roster, second. Time. 4:04 40.
Six miles, IS laps, amateur, trade rid
ers: 7-horsepower machines; prizes SIS,
$50 and s15-Balke, won; Seymour, sec
ond: Ward. third. Time. 4:lS is.
Five miles. rs laps, open TO and g.
horsepower machines; amateur-Clafiin.
won: Thomas. second: Westlake, third.
Warden. fourth. Time. 5:04 AS.
Two-mile automobile. record trial
Frank Irving. Time. .4G.
Ten mile. so laps, professional handi-
cap; UP to horsepower machines. prizes
SO, $50. $40, $50. s2O-Senhouse. won;
DE Roster second: Whittier third: Clay
ton. fourth. Time. 7:4i 20