Salt Lake Herald | 1909-04-04 | Page 22 | S-P-O-R-T-O-L-O-G-Y

s e p e 0 e R R e T e 0 w L e 0 e G w y yBY BY SY W D RISHEL RISH EL The Salt S Jt Lake bicycle fans fana who hap happened happened happened to visit tho the old saucer track at nt atthe atthe the Salt Palace during durm the past post week scattered over saw a pile of old lumber the arena and a few tew sticks of ot timber leaning up against the seats here and there all that la is left of or the famous race racecourse racecourse racecourse course It all means improvements enta The old track has seen its day d and had bad to give way 1 to a faster one sooner the Increased or r later to keep up with speed of the motor and pace followers When Manager Harry Heagren secured se M secured cured a lease IMSe on the track this thle year a prevision provision was made in his bis contract that thata a new ne surface be put on n the thi track and while willie this vas nee a being done to improve the lines linea of ot the track to make better be ter speed peed The track has been torn out during dur during ing the tM week and a force of carpenters win will be put to work at once to rebuild the old bumps that it Heagren says PI proved so 50 dangerous to the tM motors willbe will wilt willbe be he en entirely eliminated and that the stretches will ill have a gradual raise into the end banks Manka This Thia still ill allow allo the riders to take the turns without throw throwing their tiler pOId poel position lug ing In themselves or changing which means more tion In any an way war peed speed The TM track ck was U built for fo a speed peed not rant to fifteen tale sec seconds exceed a mile a minute and on e and this was considered beyond be ond tile the emit of human endeavor ten years dope d pe ago 0 But the riders have even better and only stopped when the curves refused refu ed to longer hold the speeding speed peed speeding will wiH al mi milow allow allow ing motors motor The Tle new banking low a speed of a tulle mile a minute surd and records may I II be De expected te to ga go g a aW W this summer