Show WITH THE WHEELMEN Frank Thatcher Is contemplating riding rid-ing again He has many admirers at the city and county building and there Is I I I some talk of raising a purse of 500 that Thatcher can beat J I Chapman n quartermile Thatcher is a quick starter and would rely upon getting away from the mark to win the contest con-test Should Thatcher decide to make the match Chapman Is ready at any time to celt the terms and will bet even more than 500 that he can defeat the Utah man p S The Y M C A Wheel club will take a run to Taylorsville tomorrow afternoon after-noon nool j j j + S S The Opal club will leave at 9 oclock today for Hills farm to be gone all day Capt C L Berjy Is planning n run to Ogden canyoli for next Sunday U M Tho match race from opposite sides of the track at the Salt Palace Tuesday night between John Chapman and Ivcr Lawson s John and Gus Lawson will be for a 100 purse with 70 to the winners win-ners and the race will be for blood The only hopo that Chapman and Iver Lawson will have In overtaking the Terrible Swede will be In the first mile or two John Lawson has never been defeated in n pursuit race f p p William King the amateur rider from Los Angeles has challenged Fred Meakln to a match race of any style or I I distance King is now fast getting into condition and Is getting used to the high altitude When he first came here he was always short of wind In a sprint i t the last meet he gave evidence n of great speed and he will soon be with the best riders wih S S The twofoot platform extendng out from the pole Is a great Improvement to the Salt Palace track I is now pos sible to start at any point on the track as fast as on the home stretch and better times will bo made In the handicap handi-cap races S S H Councilman Hartensteln has received fourteen answers to twentyeight let ters written to different cities of the United States and Canada regarding their bicycle ordinances Of the four teen letters received from a many dif ferent clUes there Is one from Port land Or which states that cyclists ar2 cyclsts allowed to ride upon the sidewalks out side the paved districts and It Is permitted per-mitted only from the 1st of November to the 1st of May With each letter re ceived l copy of the city ordinance pertaining to bicycle riding was in closed and In no instance with the ex ception of Portland are the ordinances orinances so liberal as the one Introduced into tho Salt Jake City Council by Mr Harten stein three ceks ago The cities from where letters were received by Council man Hartensteln are as follows Troy N Y St Paul Hartford folows Rich I mond Va New Haven Conn Den ver Los Angeles Portland Or NQW I I Orleans Providence Springfield III SprIngfeld Il Toronto Canada Atlanta and Spring Held Mass |