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Show ' Long String of Spinners Announced. Patrons of the Saucer Track U See Some Great Racing. i News of Many Old Favorites Headed This Way, ns Well as of the Coming Bicycle Stars. , EiHL AGRAZ, the speedy California Cali-fornia amateur, arrived In town last evening and was accompanied accom-panied by Fred Castro, also a California favorite. Agra's: was one of the most popular amateurs who rode on the saucer track last year and his arrival ar-rival will be hailed by all the old bicycle bi-cycle patrons as a good omen, Castro Is a 'new man but Agraz says that he will make good and Agra- ought to know. These two plucky riders will try their speed against the local bunch and they promise to make things pretty Interesting In-teresting In the amateur's camp. Agraz brings along a pair of strange rollers on which ho has been giving a series of exhibitions throughout the State of California Cali-fornia during tho past winter. He will probably perform some few stunts on this new apparatus for the local bicycle bi-cycle public In the near future. Trouble in Australia. Agraz has also a letter from Orlando Stevens, who has been riding In Australia Aus-tralia for the past winter, In which Stevens says that he has left for San Francisco and that his ship Is scheduled sched-uled to arrlvp there tonight. On arrlv-In arrlv-In San Francisco he will come directly to Salt Lake. Stevens goes on to say In his letter that Floyd McFarland and Hardy Downing have been disqualified disquali-fied for three years on account of foul riding In the "Sidney Thousand." The riders have taken the matter Into the Civil courts and are now suing the track authorities for damages. They intend remaining In Australia until some decided action has been taken, because, under the laws of the N. C. A. they will not be allowed to ride on any track which that association governs. This will exclude them from riding on the local track until the N. C. A. authorities au-thorities decide differently. If the riders lose cut In their damage suit they avIH probably make an effort to have their suspension commuted to a fine. If the N. C. A. decides against McFarland Mc-Farland It will be a hard blow to Iver Lawson, who has been his team mate for the last two years. By their clever system of team work these two riders have Bcooped up most of the cash wherever wher-ever they have gone. Last year they beat out Frank Kramer on the money proposition and they have just lately made the far-famed Major Taylor bite their dust. The breaking up of this famous cycling team would be an Important Im-portant event In the cycling world. That McFarland and his friends will not use their money sparingly In lighting light-ing out this case Is an assured fact They have already stated their deter mination to appeal the matter to the higher tribunal of the N. C. A. and will try to make things merry for their Australian prosecutors. The progress of the ense will be watched with Interest In-terest by all the cycling world and especially es-pecially by the local public. First of a Long String. Agraz and Castro are the first of a long string of riders who nre now headed head-ed towards Salt Lake to arrive. A great many of last year's professionals have already signified their Intentions of coming back this year. Some of the most prominent ones who are sure to return are: Frank Hoffman, William Furman, John T. Staver, J. P. Gunn. "Jack" Burrls and J. II. Leyland. Manager Heagren has been very busy of late corresponding with a number of top notchers scattered throughout the whole country. Most, if not all, of the following have already signified their Intentions of racing here during the coming season; Judd Ncwhark of Boston, Bos-ton, Eddie Root of Valcsburg, N. J.; Charles Hatfield, also of Valcsburg; L. R. Lake of Newark, N. J.; G. H. Collett of New Haven, Conn., C. B. Acohrn of Now York; J. P. Bowler of Chicago and Nat Butler, who Is now making a name for himself at Atlanta, Ga, A Mile in 1:05. Earl Stalcy, famous because of his last year's molor riding nt the saucer track, writes Manager HeagTcn that he and Hopper are now In Denver. Hopper Is busily engaged In overlooking overlook-ing the manufacturing of his new motor, mo-tor, which will be finished by the end of this week. Riding on this new machine, ma-chine, Hopper hopes to clear a mile In 1:05. Hopper will leave Denver for Zlon Just as soon as his machine is completed. com-pleted. Staley says that hc will probably prob-ably come along with Hopper but lf hc does not he promises to arrange his affairs af-fairs so as to arrive in time for the opening races. Local riders will anxiously await Hopper's arrival with his "Red Devil." Hopper Is a rider of no little l-eputtitlon. Last year he won the "Sidney Thousand" by one of the most sensational rides ever made on an Australian track. Last Bummer he rode on the local Baucer track and did things up like a champion cham-pion until hc took a bean spill In the middle of the season while riding at a break-neck speed behind a motor. From this serious accident he did not entirely recover before the end of the season but he Is now In the best of shape and comes hero to make up for lost time. The fact that he has purchased pur-chased a most expensive motor shows that he Is In for business. He Is after big game. Stanley will be remembered as the popular little amateur who made such a hit two years ago. Last year he turned professional and participated only In motor races. In this line of work he was the most successful rider at the saucer track. Manager Heagren received a letter yesterday afternoon from William Blum, the crack little Chicago amateur. He says that he will leave Immediately for Salt Lake and declares that hc will bo In condition to participate In the opening meet. Blum was one of the best unpaced riders who rode at the saucer track last season and he will be a strong addition to the amateur band. |
