The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-29
FOUR WORLDS
RECORDS BROKEN
Benefit Meet at Salt Palace for
Injured Riders Is a Great
Success.
ABOUT ONE THOUSAND
DOLLARS ARE REALIZED
Ernie Pye, S. H. Wilcox and
Ray Duer Each Establish
New Marks.

Four world records were smashed at
the Salt Palace saucer track Sunday
night on the occasion OF the big beneht
meet for the injured bicycle riders. Be
fore the onslaught OF the willing and
speedy bicycle riders records which nave
stood for many years were broken. An
enormous crowd witnessed the races and
was thoroughly satisfied with the excel
lent program given. The record. preak-
ers were cheered TO the echo and the eX-
citing finishes OF the different races oC-
Casioned much applause,
The Cyclists Benefit Fund association
realized from tho races approximately
the injured cyclists. whose Injuries are
due to falls on the Salt Palace track,
The plan is to give the organization con-
troll of permanent fund which wiit IN IN,
sure that the cyclists who suffer from
accidents in races and In training VIII
be we'll cared for. The different sources
of revenue have not yet been checked up.
but the committee Is In hopes that the
fund Will reach $1,000 The full and COM
plcte report OF the committee Will be
made pubic as soon as the funds are all
turned over 10 the association.
Pye Breaks Two Records.
Ernie y. Pye. the popular little Aus
traian pursuit champion. rode his head
off In the three mile unpaced record trial
Sunday night and lowered two world $
records. In his record trial he went TWO
miles In i:02 50, which Is four-hfths ot
a second under his own world s record
for the distance. and three miles IN
90 10. eight and four-fifths seconds
lower than the previous world S record
which was made by w, T.. Samuelson on
July .. 1909. He rode a great exhibition
and the announcement that he had broken
two records was greeted with storm OF
applause.
a second off the worlds quarter mile
motor-paced record which has stood for
eleven years. The record Wilcox was
after was that made by Major Taylor III
Chicago. November .. 1899, of twenty
seconds. which has stood ever since that
time. Taylor, himself, failed TO lower 1t
first trials by Wilcox were each made In
20 l-5 seconds. one-fifth OF a second lower
than the record. The first two trials
We're made by Wilcox behind Arthur
Mtchells motor On the third trial be-
hind Whittlers motor he went the quar-
ter mile in the fast time OF ~ seconds.
which is the new worlds record.
Ray +, Duer easily lowered the world q
record for two-thirds OF a mile behind
pace. going the distance in 55 seconds,
breaking a record that has stood for four
distance was :5S 3-5. made by w. w,
Hamilton at Coronado. Cal, on March 2
1898.
Clarke in Form Again.
The half f-mile open invitation Profcs-.
sional was one OF the very best races OF
Clarke, Ivcr Lawson, Major Taylor ana
Gordon Walker. ths four fastest riders
at the Salt Palace track competed, TWO
laps to go Jackie Clarke went around the
bunch and maintained his lead to the
tape Clarke was himself again and had
the old-tlme "kick' that has made him
famous around the world. Major Taylor
rode In greatly improved form and gave
Clarke n game challenge, He finished
second. beating Lawson by length.
Walker finished fourth. close up.
A puncture prevented Jackie Clarke
from breaking the worlds record in the
three-quartor mile professional race. TWO
laps TO go after great pull by Mocfar-
land Clarke was well inside Of the record
but received Il punCture that put him out
of the race. From the rate at which he
was going at the time he punctured u
was certain that ha arring accidents Clarke
would have added the three-quarter mile
handicap record 10 his long list
Hopper Mile Stands,
Norman Hopper missed establishing
new Hopper mile by Il second Sunday
night. He made the time In 30 2-5, just
a second less than tho famous Hopper
mile made by Floyd MacFarland at the
Hopper benefit on August 2l, 1908, Nor
man Hopper wanted TO be the one TO
lower that record at Sunday nights ben
eht but the pace wasn't quite fast
enough.
The amateurs did great work in their
quartermilc dash and Australian team
pursuit The former was won by Givlin
and the latter by Colvin and Gempe
Ray Duer and S. II. Wilcox furnished