The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-07-26

TTAD that old individual who has
II been win Us since me beglnning.
carrying about with him an hour
glass and scythe. and commonly
known as Father Time. been among
the six thousand spectators at Wanda
mere motordrome last night TO see the
blOod-tingling finish between II. T..
Whittier and Jake DeRosicr in the five
mile motorcycle event. The old man
would have been constrained to stroke
his whiskors and exclaim. b gosh.
they talk about red letter days"
but il was a 'red-letter night az the
big motordrome. whore begoEgled men
astride motorcycles swished around the
third mile. egg-shapcd track Ike SO
many phantoms fairly splitting the
wind.
Jack Prince. who built the track:
SAYS that 70 has a seating capacity OF
6 000 That being the case. there were
{. 900 spectators on hand last night TO
see one Of the most interesting cards
arranged since the motordrome was
apened. Every seat around the big cir
Gle was occupied. The boxes We're filled
and 81 was a responsive and apprecia-
tive crowd
the diversified card carried interest and
excitement. the feature was the i've
mile race between Whittier. DeRosier
and r NJ Samuelson. The latter was
given a handicap Of one lap, and be
finished In front with about one hun
dred feet 10 spare. While Samuelson
won the race. the exciting finish be
I tween whittier and DeRosicr claimed
the undivided attention Of all eyes.
They hooked up from the very start.
and at no time during the flNe-mile
speed journey were they more than III
teen feet apart.
DeRosier set the pace. and Whittier
followed in the wake OF peRosier' s
machine so that the latter was notice
ably worried. DeRosier jockeyeq IN an
effort to Outwit the local boy, but every
effort at strategy ended in failure.
! whittier chung on tenaCiOusly When
| the usual signal was given for the
/ last lap. Whittier moved slowly up
on his opponent. When within about
100 Yards OF the finish. he took com
mand and crossed the finish about two
machine lengths IN front
Had the pace been a trifle faster
early In the race. Il is likely that the
I five-mfle worlds record Of 3.45 would
I have been broken. As e was. the time
was announced as 3:4S-
Riders Are Confused.
In starting two Of the events. the
! er missed fire and COmewhat confused
! the riders In the ten-miie event there
was also confusion due 10 the starter
/ getting the wrong signal and he
Tagged the riders at the nine-milo
post instead OF the finish. As to the
/ winner. this made no difference. as
l whittier had the race won after he had
raced DeRosier into submission after
about six miles Of terrific speeding
I Something went wrong with DeRosier's
I machine. and he slowed mp and with
drew.
The first event. a three-mile go Tor
amateurs. was a rather tame affair
and was won handily by Lon Claflin
4 The four-mile race for trade riders was
2 fairly good. and seemed TO warm the
. crowd up. metanhorically speaking. Tor
I tho professional events to follow.
In the fourth event. four-mile pro-
I fessional invitation affair. W +. sam
uelsou demonstrated his capabilities as
~ rider. Senhouse. the Australian
/ hooked M with Samuelson i'm severa
! wind-suiittinE spurts. but had TO sue
cumb 70 Samuelson in the end.