The Idaho Republican., 1916-06-30
MOTORCYCLE RACES
SUNDAY MORNING
Unique Show ON Street nd Wires Free
to All

Sunday morning will witness
notable race of motorcycles from Salt
Lake to Blackfoot. 1t will be watched
by thousands of people along the
way and Blackfoot will witness a
novel feature not only in seeing the
finish as they did last year, but by
means of the epigram display to be
made by The Idaho Republican, they
can see the progress of the race as
the machines whirl over the road
for 200 miles. Nothing of the kind
has ever been shown in Blackfoot
and it is of unusual interest because
| it will illustrate the methods now
used with moving armies and navies
showing the actual positions of those
| in action to people far removed from
the point of conflict.
The race will start at 6 o'clock
in the morning and contestants will
be released two minutes apart or
about mile in point of distance, and
they will be required to maintain a
hours and get into Blackfoot not
sooner than 1853 nor later than
1902, for the first one, and the
others in corresponding positions as
to time. They will be- checked in
and checked out at Brigham, Malad
and McCammon, and il contestants
come up to the rules laid down, they
will make the most exact speed over
the line ever made by any moving
object unless it is the wild birds.
Each rider will have a schedule and
la watch fastened on the handlebars,
where he can read as he goes long,
and if he approaches checking sta
tion too early he can slow down or
stop and wait, but If he is two min
utes behind time he must make 1t
up before he gets there or he will
be outside of the rules. The first
three riders reaching the finish at
the crossing Of Pacific, and Main in
Blackfoot If they are within the time
limit will receive the cash prizes of
500, $50 and $40. If none Of them
come within the prescribed time, then
the money will be divided equally
among the three who arrive first.
Arrangements have been made to
have the race announced today in all
published along the way,
asking people to keep the road clear
of traffic as they can during the hour
the riders are expected to pass. To
keep loads of hay and loose stock of
of the roads If possible, and for ira
velers on the road seeing a motor
cycle coming, to give the whole road
or as much as possible and do 1t
quickly; not keep the rider guessing
for a single instant as to how he Is
to get by. A man steering motor
cycle at from 80 to so miles an hour
is like Mark Twain's definition of
jack rabbit-merely flash and a
vanish and should have the whole
road on this occasion. All the towns
along the way have been requested
to police the line of travel during
the hour Of the passing, and thus
make it possible for the riders to pass
in absolute safety and give the whole
a demonstration of the
whirIwind trip of the riders. Many
people will sit at telephones along
the line of the race to report the
passing of the riders, giving their tag
number to The Idaho Republican at
Blackfoot and the time OF passing
each place. Others will be in readi-
ness to give first aid in case of ac-
cident and injury, by going quickly
to the spot with cars and physicians.
Such things, If any occur, will be
shown by The Republican office at
Blackfoot by placing the red cross
on the epigrams displayed before the
public on Main street, showing where
the accident happened and who was
hurt. The riders will have almost
continuous audience reaching from
Salt Lake to Blackfoot, and 1t Is es-
timated that from fifteen to twenty
thousand people will be lined up
along the way to observe the passing
Of the line of riders whizzing by, a
mile apart, and reaching 20, 30 or
40 miles according to the number
in the race.
. Next Sunday morning more people
will study the map of northern Utah