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Show Iff fiO SPILLS OCCUR II " ON MOCEI TRACK lM ' Large Crowd Witnesses Races ; jI Whittler Beats Turvillo :! ? A largo crowd went to ilio bicyclo L i races Tuesday uifiht at tho Salt Palace, where some of thu best races of the scn- ; ' son wore pulled oil. Tliero was ono fa- ) j ' miliar face cussing as the men linod up ;y. at tho tape, that of N. C. llopper, who A fir j lying at St. Marks hospital near i''; L death's door, owinjj to a serious fall he f I received in training Monday evening. Yi The prettiest race of the evening was i yl. the amateur fivo-milo lup race, which t : brought out a grand finish, and which J was liotly contested from the first lap jji J on. The pace set was too hot for J. B. t H Ifumo, who had to quit in tho fourth n mile, and when ho dismounted ho said V l( he thought he was a "dead one," but j V I would try again. Twenty amateurs Ju, f started in" this race, but thu bunch was TpL f soon cut down and at the beginning of I I tho fifth mile but cloven men remained kl to fight it out for the finish. McCor- ifl mack went to tho lead and tacked on IS J to the first man that came around him. hfi Throo laps from homo Lawrenco came I'll. around the bunch liko a shot out of a kin 1 cannon and was never headed. Dio- I'lr fonhfifllior followed f.lnsti with Wrilfht . and Giles coming up abreast on thu out- l v. sido. McCormack, who, in tho shurlle ;f K had been forced to the rear, camo up , ! around tho outside riding near the top ' rail and for a time it seemed as if ho M ' would win tho race, but he did not start ? ' his sprint soon enough, although he " & finished two lengths back of tho win- ('.""" nor. It was tho first moot of tho season ' ' that has been held without a spill of Ir some kind. Tho men rodo more carc- w?A ful and would not take tho desporato or. chances they usually do in going R through on tho pole or forcing them- Pi 1 1 solves between two riders whero thero f v is no room. p jIA F. A. McFarlnud easily won tho two- M jfe milo handicap professional race, string- P,l ! . ing out the entire field on tho last lap. M't Downing beat out Viloox for soeoud Lj J f place and Hollistcr taking fourth from JM ; Samuelson. Four laps from homo JIol- 1)3 . lister was in tho lead, which ho tried to ( hold to tho finish, but found it too much. ; Kxj f One by one the ridors went by. llo Bjf finally hooked on to "Wilcox, whero he m remained to the finish. Whittler ran away from Clem Tur- V j villo in tho five-milo motor match raco- K j: in the fast time of 6:12 2-5, going at Bf lr the rato of about lil-Pp to tho mile, HU j ; although the second mile in the race was ri turned in 1:10. in which Whittlor went HE ! by Turville and steadily gained on his Hl opponent until ho had nearly lapped HEi him. Hfi i A. talker of Australia won his first HB ' race since his arrival in ' :s country HL r when he crossed the tape ..st in tho HY- half-milo handicap professional, riding BVL. from the 85-jara mark. With this H,'if( " handicap he covered the distance in Hbl - :55 2-5. Non 6 of the scratch men quali- Hy) fied for the race. Palmer beat out Mit- L) ten and "Whiskers" Devonovitch beat BYiR ou est f'r fourth place. Hfk' Brodebeck won the milo handicap Ht; amateur in a hard sprint from a good ill . field. Morris, McCormack and Giles HaAi Ewung into the stretch and crossed the --H-LAf pe a ee aPart n tue order Hr' named. i The summaries: Hfji Vj Mile handicap, amateur Brodbcck Hf 'R 5U' H0rS secon' cCormack third. ' Five-mile lap race, amateur Lawr- B ' if t ence won, Diefenbacherisccond, Wright t M j .third, Giles fourth. Tine, 10:35. O) ff Half mile handicap, professional Walker won, Palmer second, Mitten K. IK third, Devunvitch fourth. Time, :5i 2-5. Kr pp- Two-mile lap race, professional Mc- Hl F Farland won, Downing second, Wilcox km' third, Hollisier fourth. Time, 3:57 3-5. 1, Five-mile motor match race Whittler fi won, Turnville second. |