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Show II 8AR0GETT DEFEATED BY PYE II ITCH Australians Win Two-Thirds of ! ., All Prize Money 1 Offered. The sprint card nt the Salt Pfilnce saucer track Friday night brought out I :i large crowd of eyeliner enthusiasts. The I features of the meet' were tho riding of the limit markers In the handicaps and I tlie defeat of Waller Bardgctt ny -V. E. ' I've In the mile match race. I "pvc defeated Bardgett in two straight heats, winning each by nearly a length- Saxon Williams paced the first heat in ' 1:5') L'-5, and the second heat was rld- ! den In :02. Bardgett tmld after the race ; that he was a poor match race i ' but was confident of being able to double up Pre in open competition. L Pnddv llehir of Australia, won the mile handicap professional frotn the -V? mark. In the fast time of l:.-0 2-n. -" son. and Walker, on scratch, could not make up tho. handicap?, the tlrst eight bade markers being among the also rans. t Herbert Ncsbitt of Australia beat Jack ! Burrls for second place and Frank ; Sehnell finished fourth. The two-mile lap race tirorefslonal proved a hot event, the men riding all the wav at top speed. Ivcr Lawson burled himself In the large field until near the finish, when he enmo out and won as he pleased in the fast tlmo of 3:o3. Pedlcr Palmer beat out HcMr for second 1 place, and Wilcox ran Into fourth money. Outside of Lawson's win. the Australians Austra-lians took all the big money, and from present, appearances It looks protty much like Ivor Lawson vs. Australia In the operi races. Wright won the three-quarter-mile open amateur, beating out McCormack, with DIefenbaeher running third. McCormack showed a little rough riding rid-ing In tho two-mile lap handicap amateur. ama-teur. He switched tho entire field about "o much that when the finish came he had things all his own. "Mae" said that a spohe was loose In his front wheel, and he was unable to hold the black lino around the track. McCormack started on tho 75-vard mark. Brodbcck beat out Wright "for second place, L. Thomas taking tak-ing "a close fourth. The summaries: Throe-(uartcr-mile open amateur Wright won. McCormack second, Diefcn-bschcr Diefcn-bschcr third. Time. 1:3:: 2-5. Two-mile lap race, amateur McCormack McCor-mack (To yards), won; Brodbcck (55 vards), second; Wright (scratch), third; Thomas (15 yanls), fourth. Time. Mutch race, professional, mile heats T'vo won. Bardgett second. Time, l:fi!i 2-5 and 2:02. Mile handicap, professional I lehlr (55 yards), won: Ncsbitt (70 yards), second: Burris (00 yards), third: Frank Sehnell (X5 yards), fourth. Time. 1:50 2-5. Two-mile lap, professional Ivor Law-son Law-son won. Palmer second. Hchlr third. Time, r.:5o. |