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Show SALT LAKE CYCLIST WILL L00P-THE-L00P Local Man Now Building Loop at the Salt Palace Alhcrt Nelson "Will Attempt Feat Decoration Day. DIavolo's loop-tho-loop feat, which was witnessed for tho first tlmo In this city last fall Is to bo outdone hero this summer. sum-mer. A loop of still larger circumfercnco and with a longer and steeper runway Is now being constructed at the Salt Puluco ground and tho peoplo of Salt Lake will bo given opportunities all summer to witness wit-ness this thrilling performance. For tho past week carpenters have been working on tho construction of tho big loop and runway. Tho loop is of ellptl-cal ellptl-cal ahapo. being twonty feet high In tho center and sixteen feet wide, and tho runway Is nearly ninety feet long, with a descent of 32 degrees. Tho top of tho runway run-way from whoro tho start Is mado Is for-ty-fivo feel nbovo the ground. Tho runway run-way was completed last night and the loop portion will be commenced this coming com-ing week. It is understood that Robert F. Wood rad Is back of the proposition and that ho will securo a rider to give nn exhibition loop at or.o of tho resorts on Decoration day. The affair !b being built In sections which are bolted together, and It can be taken down and moved from place to place with but Httlo trouble. Tho plan is to set tho loop up at ono of tho popular resorts and glvo tho first exhlbltlun on Decoration day. After that It will be moved from ono resort to another. Notwithstanding the danger connected with tho hazardous undertaking of looping loop-ing lho loop several of lho best riders In Salt Lake havo signified a willingness and even anxlousness to . try It. Albert Nelson, tho young mun who achieved con-sldorablo con-sldorablo notoriety for his perilous para-chuto para-chuto jumps made at Caldcr's park last year, Is anxious to mako a trial on tho loop. Tho wheel that will bo used In riding tho circular planks la now being manufactured in this city. The wheel will weigh about soventy-tlvo pounds, will havo hard rubber tires and oxtr.i strong frame. Th undertaking Is based on scientific principles. One of the profes-uors profes-uors at tho State University was secured to figuro out the velocity of a wheel and rider of given weight necessary to cnclr-clo cnclr-clo the loop and tho grndo of the runway run-way required to produce the velocity. It was also necessary to scientifically ascertain ascer-tain tho strain on tho wheel and on the loop and build these so as to withstand the Impact. It Is expected that tho loop will bo completed In about two wcoks' time. |