Show WHEEL WEL NOTES I Gunns Decoration Day ay Road R d Race RaceS S Creating Interest Interest J P Gunns big road ro d race which is scheduled for Decoration D Corat h day is at attracting attracting considerable attention from those interested in cycling events and it promises to be In every way one ono of the big things of the season It I will be at 10 in the wi b run morn morning morning morning ing over the Farmington course and will wi be viewed froman from an observation train that covers the greater part Dart oS oO the course and that will wi run run at the same speed as a the riders The finest I list of prizes that has has yet been b een offered for a similar event in this city has been put up for the riders While Wile the th list is not so large as it i has been on ott several former forer occasions it makes up un In hi quality and value everything that might be lacking in quantity and tho the riders are quick to realize that fact The entries entres have been numerous those thosa who are to compete not being confined con tined alone to this city as a about ten O den denmen men have signified their Intention int 00 o entering and Will Wil Samuelson of Provo has been picked by many nany as the probable probable able winner of the time prize Th officials will wU be F E O 0 OE oE E Emery C R H Brazier J P Gunn official handicappers J N Sharp refe referee referee referee ree W P Fowler FourIer Iver Lawson start starters starters starters ers W W Hall Hal A W Caine H O 0 Jensen ensen timers C R H Brazier Tod Caine scorers O 0 F Groshell Groshel C H Cutting A H Crabbe C judges Gunn and Lawson will wi today make malte a run over the course to inspect the roads which they expect to be in condition Those who enjoyed the races at the tha Salt Palace saucer track tra k last summer slimmer s mier and an a large portion porton of ZIons population tion was wa somewhat Interested in the sport are looking anxiously forward to the big opening of the th track which will take place June 8 s After the wi June sea season season season son is well w v l ll under way wa meets m et will wi be beheld beheld beheld held regularly twice a week and every ever indication is that they will 11 be just as interesting if not more so than those of last lat year John ohn Chapman and Iver Lawson have a n tandem of the tauf motor type that promises to make makeI things interesting and everybody I knows that the motorcycle le here last lat year helped more than anything else elseI to add interest to the races The pro I gramme for the opening night right has been arranged and entry blanks blank are now out for the riders to sign And d there will wi be aplenty of f them ready r a y to do doit doI doit I it There are more mor aspirants aspirant for track I honors in this city today than were ever gathered together at one timo within the shadows of the th Wasatch r satch Of course most of them are local ama amateur amateur amateur riders but there is no telling what some of t fe tiem iem will wll do to the records when they et at them Every Ever day dayt t they may be seen een training at the track and the work of of them the is way waya above a ove what would wo ld be e pec ed from novices I 0 Not to be outdone by their th ir friends with the gray gray suits suit across a ross the tho street I the messenger messen er boys of the Western I Union have hae ha arranged arranged for a road rond race i to Calders park prk Which Which Is scheduled i to take place at the unseemly hour of 5 6 this morning mornin A large list of prizes has ha been offered by the mer merJ merchant J chants chant around town nearly arly all of 1 the boys wll be in Somali S l around al it i ought to be a most m st successful race 0 ti I John ohn Chapman has hag ben been b en training with wih Iver Lawson at the Salt Palace track the past pat week and an their work has ha been watched w with wih a great deal dekl of Interest Int by the enthusiasts The he re report port po t Is that both oth of We he men then are ar riding faster than tha ever ev ev r did di ind d that they th Y are getting in prime tion to Q iMf V Salt SaIt Lake a few fess wrinkles this Sl fc While Chapman Ch always was wa th better b ter rider of the two thosa I who are In a a position to judge jUI e say say that when Lawson gets ge et into trim he will willbe wi willbe be able to show the Atlanta boys a afew a afew few things 4 Jimmie Shorten who sho Vho was picked nicked all al along as a winner of first honors h nors in inthe inthe Inthe the amateur class has 8 announced his Intention of withdrawing from the tha track and refuses to give his reasons r His friends will wI be greatly disappoint disappointed ed to hear ear the announcement anno t as theY were counting on Jimmie Jimie to more than make a name for himself himsel He had been training for the greater part rt of the tha winter and was in the best possible physical condition and had h d a sprint which he used very prettily after a long hard ride S o 0 Barney Barey Oldfield one of the followers of the national circuit has notified his friends in this city that he Is headed h and will wf be here to take part partin partin in the races this summer He is at t present in Omaha and is counted to be presEnt one of the fast men of tho th country countr His appearance here will cause consternation I tion ton among many of the riders while a feeling of rejoicing will arise among amons aIo the patrons of the track trackS S 0 Iver Lawson Lawon received a a letter leter during the week from his two brothers brothels John ohn and and Gust saying that they are still in Los Angeles and do not know when they will wi get away They intend to t come here for the races this summer but it i is doubtful if they will wi get here herein in time for the te opening S meet On June une 8 |