Salt Lake Tribune | 1908-08-20 | Page 9 | [Illegible] World's Records Broken at Saltair

IWIID'S RECORDS mm HI SALTAIR Lawrence, Crel)s. Giles JpHalstead Are Features 5o M. on Saucer. m Bra. a night for world's records at ftigmWedncsday and a medium sized piw some of tho best racing of the BJlifif A. J. Clarke of Australia broke mfimllc world's record of :51 4-5 held 1 Jhfe' Kramer, riding the distance in F. A. TtfcFarland made it poa-ifissecure poa-ifissecure tho record as he wont out f, lie crack of the gun and rode like " "Rman all the way. The men be- Wn the last lap Clarko came up on l atsldo and' the two rode abreast un- I p'r tho tape, when Clarke won out iSlilf a wheel. IcFarland beatlni? out iCflng and Mayer In the order named. "terIormancc never ccjualod In tho hls-tdC hls-tdC cycling was the performance or Giles, Crehs and Lawrence, all Ttiom broke the amateur world's rec-fiifiv rec-fiifiv the three-quarter mllo unpaced, llaft-fv-as held by A. Crcbs t-UUi-. Hnce made tho fastest time, riding in 7m2a-5: Halstcad, 1:2-1: Giles, 1:25 1-5; A; 1:25 2-5. As each man lowered Hljlfcsoril In turn the people became more luXioj'c enthusiastic. jT&Hnknott'n distance races made a hit ?VEn crowd. The amatpur nice whs 'wqsl. and after the men had ridden rftJfeHe and eight laps Uoferco Berry wte signal to ro, allowing two extra Qtofitr. tho tlnlsh. Thero was a big isBi,to tho front of the bunch, but MHSbo' had won ten laps, refused to I I wT lead and won out. beating Mc. i3Ek by half a wheel; JIume finished ,2Pirltli Meyer fourth. The time for .YTlro miles was 4:01 2-5. A2Pi0csslonaI unknown distance race :far morn Interesting than the ama--fii(ie. J3eforo two miles was readied iJp ast Tnc'n Bl iu lr0lU' expecting 'ifce to go two miles the same as the ur race, but no signal came ami hJkst paco which was set at the ex-?W ex-?W finish was discontinued. The men I '-.behind came to the front nnd for iand one-half miles Berry gave tho i-il." Clarke, who was closely watching foVelgnal, shot out of the bunch and tO'ihri front with Snmuelsnn hugging i. p.r'lwhoel. Downilng and Mayer were m tho shuffle but llolllster and jpr-tgot in the money for third and Clarke rodo two and one-half n tho fast time of -1:57 2-5. Mayer ttbst.at the two miles and McFarland btystart in the race.