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Show Kelson meets his llASTERJi TRACK r Is Great Pursuit Rider; es Lawson's Quarter Mile Record. Sit comes to pursuit racing, in has another think coming. tg stock could liavo been pur-, pur-, 10 cents on the dollar when got through with him last jf an unlimited pursuit race in fiio champion caught his man in Ilk four laps and 110 yards in t'timo o 5:20 l-o'. Samuelson .sbably tho favorite in this race Tamer could count his admirers fecore also. Both men wero loud-jsuded loud-jsuded as they enme out. on the V 6000 people. Long betoro the 'Sa'rted all the seats had been filled ij 1000 peoplo crowded into i tho Tenter lining up ten and filteen :r- around the iuner edge of the inxious to get a glimpse of tho Sre Tho men were started from Besides of the track, Samuelson Htat tho tape and Kramer on the m mark on tho back stretch, jho pistol was fired, Kramer dug Jto his pcilals and it was nnmc-&Bcen nnmc-&Bcen that he meant business, ion rode a hard and steady gait, id not hold out at the pace he :.'tand the champion gradual y led, him. Tho people went wild citemunt and Ivramor was given and enthusiastic reception as ubunted. The surprise of the the short distance that Kramer firin. Even those who had picked ato win thought the race would 5c one. Kramer stated betore a that he expected to win in wo miles, and did have Samuel-sight Samuel-sight in the stretch at this dis-Fno dis-Fno race last night showed aie ce in a champion and an inlenor .Whilo Samuelson has done some ursuit riding, ho met his Water- i Jniht. The' race also shows up 'fas being an all round man in r'clo racing game, good at any ftrace that can be named. Pre-Ot Pre-Ot beating Samuelson, Kramer quarter mile against time in .Iwhich ties Iver Lawson's ruc-'Ho ruc-'Ho best Lawson could do last ras :24. AV. 13, Samuelson eov-3"idistance eov-3"idistance in .24 4-5, one second ("than Kramer's time. Mitten eT'.slowcst quarter on the track, ajbeing 27 seconds. 1 Is Fast One. lilo handicap professional proved away for the handicap men who Iwiu and had the scratch men sle to win all world's records aiavo been broken by many sec-The sec-The first heat was ridden in 5, iu which Ivor Lawson and r quit riding after going five fast as they could with the first srly half a lap ahead of them, d brought out all tho ginger the Lad in them. Downing, JDorlan, Monroe, Limbcrg, Wilcox. Pye, ind and Clark qualified. Every I the race gritted his teeth and the enorgv he had into his Pyc, Clark and McFarland together and ai'tor six laps of test riding that has ever been the local track managed to get hailing distance of the limit McFarland had pulled Clark Ik and the human motor then Iron out, Clark going ahead and I the bunch, but his strength o and when tho spriut came for ih hb could not go to the front, easily hold tho lead and won out ilcox, "Downing and Glark fol-ih fol-ih 1:40 3-o. Giving Clark the f it, he rode the distance from in at least 1:40 4-5. .ra was given a rough rido in mile lap amateur race and when At came for the finish the best d do was to remain in third chnell winning with Mayer soc-)Mara soc-)Mara won the half-mile open ebs, Murphy and llollister fol-in fol-in the other positions, mile open amateur DcMara, ebs, second: Murphv, third; ilol-onrth. ilol-onrth. Time, 1:U0. iilo lap race, amateur Schncll, layer, second; DeMara, third; r, fourth. Time, 10:40 2-5. handicap, professional Dorian, ds) first; Wilcox. 100 yards, sec-JWniug, sec-JWniug, 60 vards, third; Clark, (fourth. Time, 1:46 3-5. |
