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Show OIT OGDEN SAUCER. Fastest Meet of tho Seasonat Glen-wood Glen-wood Park. Special--to The'Tflbun, . OGDEN. July 31. Ono of the largest crowds of tho season attended tho bicycle races nt Glenwood park tonight, and enjoyed ono of tho fastest moots of tho season. With a ttrong wind to light against," Billy Somuolson went after his own quurtor-mllo unpaced world's record. Fw expected him to succeed, suc-ceed, but he surprised tho crowd by tlalng Us own mnrk of 21 seconds. Ono of tho watches gavo 23 l-.ri seconds- Tho onc-mllo mntch sprint rnco between N. C. Hopper and J. B. Bowler proved one of the most exciting events of tho evening, Bowler won tho n8t heat and Hopper tho second. Tho third heat was tho fastest of the three and went to Bowler, nfier a tcrrlllc sprint. In tho fast- llmo of 1:67. Billy Samuolson, riding from scratch, pulled down tho money hag for the lialf-inllo handicap handi-cap professional. HIb tlmo of 63 1-5 seconds comos within three-quarters of a second of equaling the world's record, held by Frank Kramer. Hplllstcr wus second and Achorn third, Tho wind ;wns responsible for Jack Hume's fallur.t to lower tho world's half-mllo unpaced record, held by N. C. Hopper. Hume mado tho Oli-tajico lu M 1-5 seconds, which Is Just one oecond fhort. Nervo and nothing cIfo won the llve-mllo mntch motor raco for E. B. Hcagreu. This machine operated by T. M. Samuelson wns Just ns fast, but tho fall of a fow days ago evidently has not been forgolton and Samuelson didn't .apparently .caro tq risk hla machine at full speed. Hoagren kept up a tcnlflc gait throughout and finished two laps to tho good. Tho final of the threc-quarlcr mllo open, amateur, went to West In tho tlmo of 1:31, Castro wnH Bicond and King third, Hoppor retrieved tho honors lost In tho match raco by winning out In tho quarter-mllo dneh, professional. pro-fessional. Williams and Holllster finished next In tho order named. |
