Show I I I The individuals who take a trip to Becks Hot Springs these days witness a scene of activity not t be found elsewhere else-where In Utah territory The racing men about twenty in number are circling the track daily from three to ten miles according ac-cording to the fancy of their trainers Nearly forty carpenters are at work upon the grand stand which Is rapidly assuming assum-ing proportions and will be fully completed com-pleted by about the Eta of the present month although the contract specilies that it shall be ready b > the 30th of May The track itself is being cared for by Herbert Slade who continually levels and rolls the places that have not a yet come don to the required smoothness Mr Joseph speaking of the course to a rep irg 1sth ser resdntative of this paper remarked Wo expected to have a fine track but we were hardly prepared to see perfection perfec-tion If records do not get smashed it eJt will beI or fault of the track The cement finish is a decided improvement over other race tracks It is quite hard but not too smoothjust rough enough to prevent the wheel from slipping The banks and curves are all the racing men could desire and many are the expressions expres-sions of approval af them Around the top of the track is being laid Hn Inch pipe for the purpose of sprinkling whenever necessary previous t its being rolled to keep it in its present condition About twenty men are working on this water works system The water is being piped from a spring of fresh water up in tho mountains east of the springs A threeInch pipe is being conducted from the spring in the mountain and will be brought right on to the track and be used for drinking and other purposes As soon a possible the outside of the track will be planted with fine trees which will have the greatest of care and will when grown aud a beauty to the course that nothing else could Underneath the grandstand grand-stand will be located the training quarters quar-ters and also a bar where nothing but temperance drinks sandwiches etc will be sold The racing men have very cosy quarters fitted up for them in the bath houses surrounding the large outside swimming pool which answers quite well until the rand stand Is completed The racing boys say they have been treated right royally by tho Springs people a well a the track association and declaro they will repay them by putting up the finest races that have ever S SIn been witnessed hereIn here-In room 200 Joseph Beck is being cared for by Herbert Slade the Big Mari who fought Sullivan at one time Joe looks well and shows he is being well taken care of a a Rooms 201 202 203 contain the necessary requirements for taking care of the MonarchSj racuse team by M R Evans under the care of Mr Qualtrough who ha his time pretty well taken up He has in the stables Charley Eans Morley Hassard Llda3 C E Wallace and Arthur a a alit a-lit 201205 Hyde and Royle are situated a is also Lindsay Hudson of the High school They are being looked after by Stanton Meakin and R H Officer jr who is only caring for Hudson until he can procure a trainer Two hundred and six and 207 is the Rambler stables where Weller and the veteran Mayccck Ted May and Trainer Jlmbal take their rub downs and ma sage treatments to keep in good condition Two hundred and eight 9 and 10 are the StearnsSmalley quarters under the supervision sup-ervision of Trainer Cnshman or Gush as he is familiarly called who has on his rl1is gfnI flyers Schefskl Combear Thatcher and Oscar Johnson Robbins helps Cush out with the rubbinb Johnson is the only class A man in this stable Two hundred and thirteen and 214 are Victor quarters wherein the undisputed long distance and road champion Thoralu Jensen and his pluck brother Holger are being cared for S by Lew Iverson Two hundred and fifteen 215 217 is where Tad Caine and Ernest Langton the National riders are being handled aftei their daily run Tod is being cared for I by Mr Gatehouse who certainly understands I under-stands his business for Tod is one of the finest conditioned men we have on the track trcl I O Two hundred and eighteen and 219 contain con-tain the Rambler riders Jacob and Lawrence I Law-rence Beck who are being looked after by Herbert Slade I Charley Wallace ride strong and stands a good chance forth novice I Lindsay Hudson a pupil of the High school Is i training for > the novice and class A handicap on Decoration day a a a Los Angeles May Is Frt Lacey a local rider today lowered the twentyfive mile competition race worlds record held by L S Meintjes made at Chicago August Aug-ust 1 1SD4 Laceys time was 1 hour 3 minutes six and threefifths seconds The record made by Meintjes was 1 hour 4 minutes 34 35 seconds Emi Ulbrecht was second a a a Drowning Bros have received quite a novelty in the way of the lightest bicycle ever built in the world and have it on exhibition hibition hi their show window I is called the Tribune and is built bY the Black Manufacturing company at Ee Pa The actual weight of tho wheel is eight pounds founteen ounces This is the wheel that created such a furore at the New York cycle show in February last I is attracting considerable attention atten-tion from the wheel fraternity In the city It is just simply a marvel of mechanical me-chanical construction and has been ridden for exhibition by a ordinary weight ma I was shipped to Browning Bros by express for the purpose of allowing them to place it on exhibition for a few days as they are agents for the Tribune wheel in this city The ordinary wheel is made in weights ranging from 20 to 2iy pounds The featherweight as it is called will be on exhibition during the next week and will then be expressed on to the coast for exhibition a there The Effie Ellsler company are all devotees de-votees of the wheeL Robert Drouet the leading man and Frank Weston Effle Blisters husband ride Cleveland Swell Specials while Miss Ellsler rides a lady Cleveland Will Ellsler business man ager of the company and two other members mem-bers ride No 4 Clevelads The Wasatch wheelmen will take a club run to Wagners today The members are requested to meet at Browning Bros at 10 a m sharp John Sharp jr captain R H McKaig has riden lCOO miles on his Syracuse machine this season at least such is the record of his cyclometer On Wednesday the fast men went a trial mile just to see if they were in condition con-dition for speeding and succeeded m making i in 221 About fifteen of them started but the pace became too hot and a great number of them dropped out Weiler Evans Shefski Royal Conlbear finishing with Wailer first Jack Royal second and the rest S S of them all bunched Arthur Liday Is training out at tho track and getting into shape for his long ride which he expects to start on about June 1st a as Beach of the Salt Lake Cycle company is training with the intention of entering the road race Beach made an enviable record in the Garfield road race on Y M C A Field day last year and bets are even that he will be among the first ones to cross the tape in the Farmington road race Uf the other men dont ride a a a Captain Hazelton of the Syracuse Athletic association was in town the I other day Mr Emise of the Cycle company com-pany took him out to our new track He was agreeably surprIsed and expressed the opinion that we have one of the fastest fast-est tracks in the country Mr Hazelton has just returned from a trip to the coast and stopped over here on his way home He is a member of the same riding club as the famous John S Johnson 5 H V Croll of the Denver Ramblers and Big Bill Rishel will be the tandem team for the Cleveland and act a pacemakers pace-makers during the e race as meets Shefski Conibear and Thatcher the StearnsSmalley team let themselves out for a lap yesterday Shefski came in first Thatcher second Conlbear third In 4 seconds We predicted that Shefski would be a good man this season and we will not be surprised to see him show his heels to the best of them as a Dan Jones goes to American Fork somg time next week to finish up the truck there As Dan put the final touch on the Beck track the American Fork people can O K depend upon having their track made I a Conlbear went a onethird in 4 the other day or about a a 20 gait for a mile Collinson ems to be a favorite for the novice He is training carefully and rides a Syracuse in claM ATe A-Te Social Wheel club g out to Draper today leaving the Templeton hotel at S a m Dinner will be taken at Mrs Greeves at Draper Charles H Spahr is training very carefully Day care-fully for the road race on Decoration S S S C L Hawley took a trip to Park City awhecl Saturday afternoon leaving this eity at 330 S S S Ed Selnor Is training along with the racing men as is also Ed iJcott the handicapper for the L A W although it is not known if either wlllrace a a a About fifty men have entered for the road race and twice that number are 1 training for the event and will eta at the eleventh hour i they consider their chances good which they are trying to determine by training S S a The Jensen boys are rapidly getting Into good form Thorald rides strong and shows up well In a sprint although anyone any-one can see heis a stayer rather than p sprinter Charley Evans goes out t the track at 9 a m and stays out there until tne 4CO train taking dinner out at the trck Charley had such a setback at the ha suc stbak te commencement com-mencement of the season occasioned by a bad fall that he is compelled to train twice a day to get into condition Trainer Qualtrough stays with him and puts him through his paces a as Jack Royle rides well and Is in good condition Quite a number of youngsters are using the old track and training for the track and road races ass Oscar Groshell has ticketed one of his Cleveland Swell Specials with a placard that reads 16 to V When asked what this means he replies sixteen times bet ter than walking tmes The Social wheel club is goIng t organize or-ganize Friday evening runs for the benefit bene-fit of ladies and those who do not like long runs and new ass members Ern Brockbank and Tremayne will be the Rambler tandem team They a practicing every morning down at Liberty Lbert park Bazil M Cornish and trainer go out every morning for a spin over the court try roads and finish up at tho park track year Comish will ride the Barnes pak a a I The management of the springs has placed at the side of the main building a bicycle rack for the accomodation of wheelmen who ride out to the springs for te a bath sprg a a a Manager Earley is quite popular with the racing men for his kind treatment of them The boys say he will do anything convenience to make them comfortable and for thelr f In a little while the great question of the supremacy of the good bicycle over the clap trap machines now flooding the market will be decided for good and all Every day the many points which distinguish the Victor are becoming known and new advocates of this peerless wheel are shouting its praises far and near Dont wait until your money is all I gone in experimenting buy the Victor 4 at once and feel and know that you have the best i i |