The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-03
Salt Lakes Fast New Racing
Arena Opened Under Aus
piciOus Circumstances.
SPEED FANS SW00P
DOWN ON WANDAMERE
See De Roster i'm Fastest Mile
Ever Rode by Human Be-
ing in Utah.

Ten thousand Specu-eUlluScu lahS
swamped down on the motordrome n
Wandamere Saturday night and. after
occupying all the available seats, surged
into the three-lap arena, the overflow
filing IL so there was hardly breathing
space. The occasion was the opening OF
the first exclusive motor and automo-
bile racing track in Salt Lake City. The
programme OF events was or the classy
variety and q number OF new records
were established.
Considering that it was a first night
programme. everything went off In
highly creditable manner. About $40
o'clock the first event, the three mile
amateur. was started by Governor Will
liam Spry The other events OF the pro-
grarnme followed in rapid fire order and
thero was little waiting between the va
rlous races and exhibitions.
Mitchell Beats De Roster.
The hfty-mile open motorcycle race.
Mitchell OF New Orleans. who had han
dlcap of six miles. He beat Jake De
Roster by two laps. The latter punctured
a tire in the twenty NTH mile and was
vented him from winning the race.
Mitchell rode the only machine that re-
manned on the track all the time. f. b.
Whittier rode thirty miles in the race
and was about FIVE miles m the lead OF
all the field when his machine broke
down, putting him out OF the race. He
and De Roster rode a hot race for the
first twenty-five miles. each alternating
In first position. and both tapping all the
rest almost at Will.
The big feature of The nights pro-
gramme was Frank lrvings record trlal
in his famous Vanderbilt cup winning
Thomas. He circlcd the track so fast
that there was scarcely time when
there was more than one wheel on the
four wheels off tho track AS he start
ed on his mile record trial the machine
started to skid and kept on until he
had finished. riding the fastest mile ever
kind OF track. He made the mile in
nfty-three seconds. Barney Oldhed's s
best time on the Buena Vista mile track
was "a As seconds. To make this mile
and Irving was equal to the task. At
times II appeared that he would GER
tainly vault the grandstand and at other
times il seemed That he would surely
The American Traveller, with Joy at the
wheel, made mile in the fast time Of
1:01 3-5.
The fastest mile ever travelled by n
human being In this state was made by
trial. He made the mile in Is 10 sec
OnQS. "nltuer cOulQ no Deltor
AZ 3-5 seconds for the mile.
Real thrills were furnished the audi
ence by Charles Bake OF Los Angeles In
the hve-mile handicap for amateurs. He
were riding neck and neck for three miles
when Ballke's motor took fire. Bake was
going. at rate OF a mile In less than "a
minute when this happened and he made
The spectacular sight of man riding a
blazing motor around the track was
thrilling enough for the most blase spec,
tator Ballles clothing was burned
through and his flesh scorched. His in
juries will not prove serious,
+ The Summaries.
Three-nile amateur-Lon Clahin. Salt
Lake, Indian, first; orlob: Salt Lake. four
horse power Harley Davidson: second: J.
l; Anderson, Salt Lake. Thor third,
Two mile record trial-H. NJ. Graves Of
Los Angeles. worlds amateur motorcycle
champion: Time; i;34' First sadnnaH mile; As 20
Five-mile handicap, nmateur-M Ward
Los Angeles e laps). first: Raymond Sey-
mour; Los Angeles (scratch), second !;
Charles Bake. Los Angels (scra'ch)'
Onc-mile motor record trial. profession
al-Jake De, Roster. New York. Indian
10 1-5 seconds; F. f. Whittier. Salt Lake,
Merkel. AZ 3-5 seconds.
Lake, Indian, first; Victor Burnstrom
Salt Lake second: G. l.. Westlake, Salt
Lake. third. Time, ASP.
Fifty-mile handicap, PROFESSIONALISM
thur Mitchell New Orleans. Indian (siX
miles). first: Jake De Roster, New York
Indian (scraLch). second, w. e, Samuel
son. Salt Lake (slx mies). third; f. E.
whittier Salt Lake Merkel (scratch),
fourth Time, 43:2S 2-5.
One mile automobile record tral-Frank
Irving. Vanderbilt winning Thomas.
SO seconds. JOY, American Traveller
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