The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-08
Thornley's s Letter,

New YORK July ~. lJlU.
Mr., r. f. Kelsey. box II, Times Square
Station, New York City
Dear Sir-In confirmation OF my con-
versation and statement 20 you over The
telephone yesterday and supplementary
thereto ! would like TO say, that in refer
ence to the suspension by gour rrprescn-
tative in Salt Lake City OF Mr.. Emil
Agraz that this suspension Will be- sus
tained by this organization 10 The letter.
The same Will hold good OF Mr.. Samuel
son, provided IT shall appear ihat Mr..
Semuelson is a member of your orSan,za-
ton or has committed some ofiensc while
competing on bicycle. II he Is not a
member OF your organization, and his Of
Tense. whatever II may be, has boon COM
mltted on motorcycle while riding I'M
der our sanction, or without our sane
tion, on one of your tracks, suspension
cannot be sustained by this organization
until the facts are placed properly be-
fore me. This Is In accordance with my
Interpretation of the alliance VIII In eN-
lists between the +. a. VI, and the n. &.
a., and l beg to say that we have no in
tenton OF violating the contract between
us in this respect or in any other, j
would also like TO say that. since | have
mttee OF the F. A NJ. that have been
particularly scrupulous in endeavorjns 20
keep bicycle events out of our pro-
grammcs unless they have been sane
toned by you. / will ask you TO bear
me out in the statement that / have
been quite successful In this effort.
regret. however TO have to call your at
tention To the fact that you have not
been equally successful in recipro>acion
in this matter. II has been notorious
that at the Salt Lake track, motorcycle
events have been run of without r, A.
NJ. sanction. Also motor-paced races ad
libitum. While / have refraincd from
calling your attention TO these facts as
a matter OF policy. 1t seems almost i'm
possible that you could not have Been
fully aware OF the facts. AS long as
he ~ M rontnrrrrlp track of
factory dimensions which would insure
a reasonable amount Of safety in Salt
Lake City. I have refrained from inter-
fering. Now, however, as there is sat
iEfactory motorcycle track in Salt Lake
City II seems to me that some return
Of the courtesy and consideration we
have shown Your people in Salt Lake is
in order. We have no intention or wish
to enter into the bicycle game, but when
the motorcycle people In Salt Lake cour-
teously requested permission 10 give n
refused, even though l am informed they
were given 10 understand at one time
during negotiations that this permission
would be granted, ! beg to say that We
are fully alive 10 the advantages OF tho
friendly relations existing between the
two organizations and have no wish what
ever 10 sever such friendly relations or
do anything that would cause bad feel
Ing. but II is always poor game that
doesn't work both ways. Therefore in
| asmuch as we have persis,ently refused
TO allow a. bicycle upon any motorcycle
track without your permission and sane
ton, and have sustained In every case
your suspension OF riders who have vio-
| lated this condition, we now call upon
! you to see TO IL that no motorcycle. either
| In exhibition. pace-makinE or competition,
| be allowed upon any track operating un.
| der ~. 6. A. sanction unless such motor.
| cycle event has first received the sane.
I tion OF this organization | am, sncers
! ly yours j. +. THORNLEY,.
| Chairman