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Show CO GLiS J Saniuelson Lowers Ik Three-Mile lark, . George Collett Makes Beauti-fuf Beauti-fuf Ride, but Loses j Race. Redman Brothers Take Most of tho Amateur Prize Money at tho Salt Palace. I - y "Pedlar" Palmer, the Australllan speed merchant, won the three-quarter mile handicap, race for the professionals profession-als at the saucer track last evening In! the record-breaking time of 1:22 2-5.' The time will not stand as an official' record, however, for Palmer received a handicap t of clghty-flve yards. Tho race, however, was a pretty one and was one of the most keenly contested events of the evening. Collett's Great Ride. The ride of George Collett from scratch was the feature of the race". At the. crack of the pistol, the brown-. legged New Yorker started after his competitors at a clip that was little less than heart-breaking. On the llrst lap he overhauled Downing, who received re-ceived a poor start and was unable to get his stride. "Dutch" Hoffman, riding from the thirty-five yard mark, was captured at the second turn and then came the grind to overtake the limit men. Riding- close to his handle bars to cut the breeze and with his legs working like piston rods. Collett slowly but surely cut down the distance and' tagged the bunch at tho bell lap. The fearful pace had told on the Easterner, -however, and he lacked the necessary ginger to outsprlnt his Rivals at the finish. Palmer Pal-mer crossed he,' tape first, Chapman second, Hoffman third and Collett fourth. The time was 6 3-5 seconds faster than the former record of 1:20, -held by Chapman. Samuelson Breaks Another Record. Billy Samulson clipped ten seconds off his own world's record for three competition miles last evening, covering cover-ing the distance In 6:11 flat, Hoffman was second, Achorn third and Holllster fourth. Jack Sharp, the N. C. A. representative rep-resentative gave Instructions to the riders to eliminate team work and each man was compelled to go It alone. The order brought forth good results for the race was much more fiercely contested. con-tested. Iver and Carl Redman won tho tandem tan-dem race hands down. At the end of the first mile this team lapped the others and rodo in llrst without a struggle, capturing tho prize money and most of the lap rewards. Iver Redman surprised tho amateurs in his half-mile open race, when he stole a winning lcrtd two laps from the tape. Redman made his bid early and was well In front before the other riders "got wise" to his plans. Agraz and Heagren made a desperate attempt at-tempt to beat him out, but In vain. Redman was first. AgTax second and Heagren third Time 1 02 1-5 The team pursuit race went to Stayer Sta-yer and Holllster "Baldy" niude a i pretty sprint at the end of the first half mile, overhauling Palmer and Emery without trouble. Stevens and Gunn made a feeble resistance, but were overtaken fourteen laps out. Time 2:52 2-5. By breaking tho world's record last evening Samuelson won the gold medal med-al offered recently by Manager Sam Porter of the Konyon hotel to the llrst rider to lower a world's mark |
