Show JACKIE ClARKE MAY COME BACK Fast Australian Writes He HeMa May Return to Salt Lake for Racing Season W Yo V E Samuelson the local bicycle rider has received a letter from A J 3 J Clarke the crack Australian cyclist in ii t which the latter said that In all probability probability ability he would return to Salt Lake Laki from Australia for tor next n summers rac rae ing season If he comes comes back he lie will Wi 1 ride at both the Salt Palace and Salt Saltair Saltair Saltair air tracks Clarke is now riding at the thi S new saucer track at Melbourne win winning winning ning fling almost every eVer race he enters entera The Official Gazette and Cycling Record Re ord of or the th League of Victorian I Wheelmen published at Melbourne gives an interesting account of or the tb a opening of ot the Princes saucer track in ii 1 that city At u the opening of the ne nov track rack A J Clarke E A Pye F Mc Farland and other riders well known in Salt alt Lake won all aU of the important races aces Of an exciting pursuit race at this his track in which Clarke distin distinguished himself the Official Gazette has ian this to say The event of the evening at the saucer track on Saturday Jan 25 26 was an Interesting pursuit race contested by b a New South Wales ales team ing ng E B Horder T J Gascoyne B P QuInlan and Dan Plunkett and a Vic Vie torian t onen team consisting of A J Clarke P E Hehir F FL L Millard and R H W Morgan The teams started from op osite sides of the track trao and directly one ne man of o one side passed the whole of or f the opposing team the race was won son The first three miles traveled travel left eft neither side with an any great ad a vantage antage so far tar as 3 distance went but bu Millard of or tho Victorian team had le re trod tired and Clarkes other companions were vere both so weary wear they the were unable to o give him the requisite pace Tho Tha Th race ace is all aU over oer said everyone but just lust when the position appeared most hopeless Clarke sprinted away train from the Ike remnant of or o his team and strove to wipe out the halt half Jap lap separating him from the New South S uth Wales Vales quartet Riding magnificently he lie had caught his men in three and anda a half hair laps and after two unsuccessful at tempts to bore his way wa through he be eventually A full five min mIr utes ates sheering rewarded Clarkes ef fort |