The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-31
DEMONS
THRILL CROWDS
Give Good Entertainment in
Curtain Raiser on MOTOR
dremc Track.
TERRIFIC WIND HlNDERS
START OF PROGRAMME
Racing Fans Find Excitement
in Spectacular Prclimi-
nary Heats.

Speed fiends al the Wandamere motor
dromc kept large crowd on uptoe Tues
day night in the curtain raiser Tor that
race course for the season While good
time was made in the professional events.
tho first programme failed to produce
any record breakers.
The best time made was in the finals
of The eight mile race. when Roy Sey-
more finished IN o:5s. AN average OF a
mile in A. 2-3 seconds.
The cvonts were delayed on account Of
high wind AT the hour SET for start,
ing. The arc lights swinging in the wind
four OF the lights were blown from their
fastcnings and IL required nearly an
hours work TO clear the track of broken
bits Of glass. However. the wind died
as suddenly as il came and there was
no Interruptions from that source after
the races opened.
In the amateur events, in the first race.
for three miles, Bund and Burlngame
were first and second, respectively, Ca
lcazzi failing 10 get his machine in the
start The time for this event was -
This was open only 10 amateurs riding
horsepower stock machines.
Find Thrills in Prelims.
For the several thousand speed fans
gathered. the real excitement began when
tho first thrcc-miic heat in the eight
mile professional race opened While
the second heat was moro exciting on
account of the spectacular riding OF Al
Ward. the first heat showed better time.
Riders entered in the FIRST heat were
Ray Scymorc, w. r. Samuelson, Red
three riders qualified in the order named /:
time. 2.15 20. In the second heat Ward
had trouble getting his machine going and
the start was delayed several minutes.
When the signal was given Ward was
trailing as fourth man, with Il. E. Whit :
Ter. Steve Scnhousc and r. NJ. Samuel
son in the lead as named. AT the finish
Ward had forged TO the lead, with Whit l.
Ter crowdLng up to within a few feet OF
him. Scnhouse and Samuclson finished
quite bit behind tho leaders offering a
pretty race between them. Scnhousc won
by nose. thus qualifying for the finals.
The fourth event. a five c-mlc open TO
amateurs. johnson. c. l., WcstlalSc. Mai
Warden and V. Bcrnstrom finished as
In the final elsht-mic professional, the
fifth event. Ward again found trouble
and did not get in the race. This was
er throughout the race, Seymorc held
the lead, once taking II, and won a bare
machine length; time, 5:5S, L. T., White,
Red Brodbcck aud w. y. Samuelson
finished IN the order named.
Motors Give Trouble.
The sixth event, the fve-mile consola-
tion professional race, gave Ward,
Thomas and Scnhouse opportunity To get
on the track. Ward still had trouble
and delayed the start. Senhousc blew
tire as he was making his start and
again the start was delayed. Thomas
stayed in less than half tho distance,
Ward finished first; Senhousc, second
time, 5:15 So.
The seventh and last event called for
n fifteen mile race open TO professionals.
The management cut this race down to
ten miles on account of the delay In the
early part OF the programme. By Il mis-
| understanding the gong was rung AT the
end of the first five miles and In order
To make the event stick the second five
miles was run IN a separate heat. Six
riders entered this cvent-Ward, Whit
tier, ScnhouSc. Ray Scymore, W. T..
Samuelson and Ben Deal Ward was left
out with trouble with his machine on the
start and Scymorc dropped out on thc
first lap for the same reason. leaving
four TO contest No time was called on
the first five miles
When the second five miles was run
| only three riders entered, SamuclSon,
Whittier and Senhousc finishing in the
| order named. The Time FOR the two
heats OF the ten-milc race was I:ii %,
or an average OF iG 20 seconds mile.