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Show HOPPER BENEFIT MEET AT HM TONIGHT Entire Gate Receipts to Be Turned Over to Gritty Bicycle Bider. Tho bost bicyclo programmo of tho .season hns been scheduled for the races at tho Salt Palace Tuesday night, tho ontirn receipts of which will be given to Norman C. Hopper, "who was injured on tho Salt Palaco track tliTee weehs ago in training and who is still at St. Mark's hospital. Every bicycle rider in tho city has entered for the meet and the men will try to break a record in each event. The Hopper record mile is to be cut as low as possible and tho figures placed so low that thoy will stand for somo time to como. The amateurs will compete for the one-mile Western championship. Tho men will quality in heats, which will bring the best men together for the final. There is also a five-milo amateur ama-teur lap race. Tho professionals will ride in a two-mile lap race and a three-; three-; quartcr-milo handicap. Four motors will start in tho ilve-milo motor raco, in which Samuolson 'and Whittler will try to break the world's record. The featuro of the programme is probably prob-ably tho unlimited pursuit race between an American tenm against tho foreigners. foreign-ers. Both sides will bo well represented represent-ed and ono of the most interesting contests con-tests of tho year ought to be tho result. |