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Show 4 i SALTAIR RACES t A BIG SUCCESS to M Clarke, Australian Champion, j; Rides Fastest Mile of l the 1'eaiv $ TOTTLBR WINS MOTOR i RACE FROM SAMUELSON i Cold and Rain Keeps Crowd J From Attending the Open- I ing Meet. ii J- . t- xhe opening meet at tho Saltair coll- TjL S- neiim new ten-lap track Wednesday X evening was a grand success from a rao- '? $. Ing standpoint of view, but owing to the r- stormy weather but a small crowd at- 1:1 ' tended. Although tho track was still wet 10 from the heavy rains during the day, the piy. times In all the events were fast- Tho ' riders were -at home on tho new track nl"' ' and tho races were exciting to a heat. , ' I The feature of the evening was the 5 Saltair handicap for a puree of $200. iidk v which wns won by A. J. Clavke, cham- pion of Australia When ho finished I? 5 -lCre was no one near him, beating Sam- vielfon out the length of the stretch, but Tils Clarke would never have won the raco I hid U not been for the old reliable Mc- , ' Fftrland. From the crack of the gun . "Mac" set the pace, and for seven laps 1 1 wound out a man-killing pace Clarke , il,? started on scratch, with McFarland JVB.f twsnty-flve yards ahead, but soon made jfPMt . up the distance. Samuelson. Downing 5( md DeMara were ahead about sixty mk yards and It took McFarland live laps r i to overtake these three men. lie did not stop, but went right by and tho threo trrB hooked on for a sleigh ride. In the mean- ""IS' time, Leyland. Senhouee. Hopper and M' Vt'tsl were In tho lead, cutting out a hot Be pace holding their own for some time. At the end of eeven laps McFarland had 'flT Bf to quit. From this position Clarke went iVl out like a skyrocket, and a race which fiflH$' appeared ho could never win was f cinched In the tenth lap, passing the last r man on the back stretch and shaking 11-4 Mk those who were sleigh riding. It was i'Mw one of the prettiest up-hill rides ever tjtsB feen on a track, for McFarland pulled I'jaB; up. all alone, the back markers to within hailing distance. The time was Itxm 1:54 4-5, tho fastest time that has been nude on any track In the world this year , t!fgil' The half-mile open was won by De- tfeSriW Mara, with Downing second. Mitten fell 'feii In this event and McFarland and Clarke ufcSfrl rode over him and fell. McFarland got 'Vt'jiM-' up end finished fourth. Wilcox taking j Qttem . Ulrd place. iate1 The two-mllo amateur lap race brought , jfejal. out twentv-three riders and proved an ln- rs9! terestlng event. Giles, one of the scratch srff.l' men. finished fourth; Thomas, from 105 aiir I' yards, won the race, Meyer was second ind E. J Holllster third, in tho fast rj.' 1 Umo of 3j53 1-5. The nvo-mlle motor match raco be-tween be-tween Eamuolson and Whittlcr was won SuiTI' Y tne ler in 6:22 1-5. going at tho rate SI 01 I"6 2-5 per mile. The men rode one 'ffmcfs 11,116 of the race ln 1:3L iilari- Tonight's Eases, mfl' Manager Chapman's programme for ; ThurFday night Is as follows: ' Henry Mayer, champion of Gormajiy, ! nd A J. Clarke will ride a match race, 1 k3 lw0 'n threo heats. French style, for j 3P . a purse of $1500. ' There will be a four-cornered match rfh " nc botwecn McFarland, Downing, De- WT i Mara and Mitten for n purse of J200. ': The name3 will b(-. drawn from a hat ug j' and the first two out will compete. Tho . winner of tho two winners will ride the 5C,IP! : winner of the two losers In the final, the - purse to be split, $100. $50. SP.O and $20. iggl .,'our amateurs are matched ln tho eamo u ! "ind of a race. The men are Creba, . i Brodebeck. Meyer, and King of Ogden. I w a purso of $50, making in nil ten ;. events. |