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Show ILL COMPETE 01 SIT PSLJICE TRUCK Lawson, Anderson and Hchir Are New Arrivals; All Ready Tor Opening. Looking fit, Ivor Lawson, Norman Anderson An-derson and Paddy O'Sullivaii Hehlr have arrived from the velodrome at Newark. N. J., to ride on t.ho SalL Palace saucer the coming season, beginning Tuesday night. These riders will need little conditioning to get Into shape for the Initial moot. The gamo is good at the vclodrotno. the now racing arrivals report, but they say the large field of slartcrs lends towards slow time 011 account, or tho danger of spills. Lawson. the old Salt Lake favorite, has been riding well but not his best, largely on account of the danger of injury from spills In largo fields. Hehlr Is touted in the cast as the coming com-ing rider of the west and already bets have been placed in tho east that Hehlr will be the man to moot Clarke and Kramer in the match race to be. run in August. These bets mean that tho layers think that Hohlr will bent both Lawson and Clarke here. General cleaning and repairing were the order at the Salt Palace bicycle track-yesterday, track-yesterday, and Manager Ernjc P.vc says that all Is In readiness now for the opening open-ing moot next Tuesday night. The track will not bo surfaced this year. Inasmuch as It was dressed thoroughly at the opening open-ing ot last season and Is satisfactory to the management and the riders A few rough places have been planed down and minor '-onalrs have been made in tho grand stand and bleachers. The lighting arrangement has also boon gone over, and the arena, and band stand liavo been repaired and put In good shape. The rid'jrs have chosen their dressing rooms, and Manager Pyo has. fixed an ofTico at the training quarters, thai he may keep in touch with his men all the time. |