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Show If'FWiW hi But Frank Kramer Secures 01- I ficial Title, Assisted by VS Bike Riders. ' ;H M HEAGREN WILL MANAGE SALT LAKE CYCLE TRACKS H Past Season Was a Failure H From a Financial jH Standpoint. H F. A. McFarland . is without question rH the marvel of cycle history. The older he gets tho faster ho rldca. and -ulH today Is the oldest hlcyclo rider in t"n 'H buslnosa, aa well as ono of the fastest. 'jH He 8tartod as an amateur In San Joso in Jm 181, and ever since ho has beeti on the ( path, racing winter and summer, year WjB In and year out. Tho winning of the lata six-Hay raco at Madison Square Garden .1 froni the best men In tho world is con- Ji4S sidcrcd his most meritorious performance ,BHMkr , on tho track. In this raco all world's 'PRSBjV records were broken and It was the mosL SIhHM gruelling contest ever witnessed on th New York Kaucer. At the finish of tho raco, McFarland was apparently as fresh as when ho started, having gained seven jjBL pounds durlns tho six days of racing, jfSb In competition McFarland won moro raceo than any other American rider, and If wjj points are . counted he is the American flS champion. The finish of tho New York race, show- H' Ing tho world's record in miles, la as fol- 'H IrnS" Miles. Laps! McFarland and Moran 2.737 1 Rutt and Stol 2,737 1, Hill and Demara 2,737 t Walthour and Root .'. 2,737 0 Collins and Mitten 2,236 0 'B Galvln and Wiley 2,736 8 H Anderson and Vanonl 2,236 - t . Palmer and Drobach 2,734 4 Former record, 2,733 miles and 1 laps- ' Cash won by teams First, $1500; sec-ond, sec-ond, 31000; third. $700; fourth. $500; fifth, $P,00; sixth. $250; seventh, $200. ! Official Champion.' Frank Kramer is credited with winning the world's sprint championship, having defeated all comers, Including all the host men In Europe. He was materially aided ! In his races In tho east in competition, and It Is said that without aid ho would havo fared badly the past season. How- jjH over, ho won and was declared tho offl- jH clal champion. Germany was probably tho best country for prize money the past ynar. It Is cald ' that $257,000 was given away to bicycle tm riders in prizes. Tho StegHbr track at nH Berlin alone gave- $05,200, with Cologne a XB close second. flH The racing season In Salt Lake City SH proved a failure in 100S, but this was IJH not duo to lack of interest In the sport. llH Mismanagement had a great deal to do HH with killing the sport. During the prevl-ous prevl-ous two years tho fans were given tlic jH best riders in the country'. a.nd the pro moters last year tried to do without the jH best riders, and, as a result, the people stopped going to tho races. The Ogden track was forced to close early In the season. The Saltalr track closed before the end of the season, and while th Salt m. ilHi Palace track continued to run uhtilth'6.t iiJH cold weather, tho riders had to compete " riaifcXi for much less money than they had ro- jHtr celved heretofore. Hl Heagren Will Try. Ba H. B. I-Ieagren will try to guide tin -Kv sport in 1909. The Interest is still here. TBt and if he secures tho best riders in the -H country he will make a success of the game, but If he falls to sign up a ma- 'flt J Jorlty of the best men he will find a hard row to hoc. He will manage the Ogden jEJF I and Salt Palace tracks, but does not 2? I think favorably of Saltalr. If there is Jf I any racing at Saltalr. Manager Langfonl 1 of the resort will demand It on all big ?i r days, and Heagren says he does not be- I w Hove ho can make a success of the gamo J J Jf he has to split the riders and give g racing at both tracks on the same day. I il Matters may be adjusted satisfactorily a all around, and, the fans hope, for the 3 benefit of the sport. Heagren says he believes he will have a good season and Owa a will try hl best to put the game whereijfcf,-M, It was two years ago, and he ;sys hr V TBSlfirjlT everybody will got In and boost ho be- fcfof d'' Hevcs the sport will be as attractive as fUR |