Show BIKE RIDERS DEMAND PRIZES Representative Sharp Takes a Hand HandIn In 4 SAYS CLAIMS MOST MU sr BE PAID wiri is ZD War has been heen declared against the saucer track by the bike riders and unless the management comes up with I the prize money mon fw forthe the race the franchise rights are in danger of being revoked So say the bIbs riders and the local representative J 3 N The riders hare baYS about made arrangements to leave the one onee and aM leave have placed their claims against the track in the hands of Sharp who wo will try and col collect collect lect th the same from the owners of the thern track This amount t was learned last ev evenIng ning is I about 1460 and accord according ing to Sharp will hays hav to b be paid be before fore forc any more races will be sanctioned Sharp when s sa t last evening said The management Had no right what whatever whatever ever under the rules of the N C A to calf cali off and I told them so at the time I have taken the matter up with A O G Batchelder chairman ot of the N C A board of control and am sin now awaiting a reply from him As I understand the rules this amount will have to be paid pId or the franchise will willbe willbe be taken from whoever owns the track This means that whoever una races c next year have to pay the riders t all that is coming to them or they can cannot cannot not get et a sanction to run a a single meet Asked to Bid d on nit Percentage The bike riders claim that they were informed last Wednesday night that th the races would be called off unless they r agreed to ride on percentage At the f time there was a crowd of people t around th the gates of ot the track waiting to get in and the riders claim that t I rather than disappoint the people some e of them agreed to pt these terms s merely to get the rate off oL It Is un understood understood I that there was wac a stormy meet meeting meetIng ing in the office omee of the management after atter the races at which time Representative Representative Sharp informed the secretary that he had no right to call oil off the v The riders then agreed with each other to continue the race as adver advertised advertised and nd accept no money and make a demand for the full as an adver advertised This Thi it appears they It is also claimed by the bicycle riders that there was a big crowd present on the opening night and a crowd on the second night They claim B I Ithe the management made good money on these two nights and then wanted to work the percentage racket for the rest reet of the week Last Galled Off The races scheduled for last night were called oft eIf and again the riders were on the warpath The boys boy had agreed to 75 per cent of the gate receipts and claIm there was ho 10 reason why the races should not be berun berun te teis run as advertised There was wan quite tea a I crowd who went down to see the races acee is isit last evening and did not know that it they were called off until they reached rt the gate Then an Incident happened that it seemed to be very funny to a number of persons who stood around waiting 1 for cars toJ to them back to town Several of the riders Wh have hse ridden races all summer Williams A eras Limbers Limberg Fisher her and Leyland started in to get wheels and were held up at the gate with the order that they would have to pay y their way Into the grounds These riders ridden went down with the Intention of ridIng as usual and aad thought It strange that they were compelled to buy tickets to get in So did others standing around who over overheard heard the conversation McFarland a Kick When it was aas announced last evening that there would be no races perhaps the two maddest riders in the town were and Iver Lawson Mc Mo McFarland Farland said the Salt Palace had used Ivers name to draw a crowd of people down there and then given Iver and aM himself the goby In Justice to Manager it j I must be said that he did his best to straighten matters out between who I ever ere is responsible for foil the turn of af fairs and the bicycle riders However It seems that he was Ignored In the matter and now It is up to the N C A Ato Ato to say whether any more races will to be held there or not |