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Show WHITHER TWICERS TRACK RECORD AT H Officially Does Mile in :39 Flat, Unoffi ' :39 1-5; Challenges Ray Peck to MaS Defi Accepted. IK IN a run against time which he made just preceding thc first malch race at the motordrome last night, F. E. Whit tier, the popular Salt Lake rider, broke the track record for thc mile when he mado It In :39 flat With his machine working like a clock. Whlttler sped around the track, lowering the former for-mer track record by throe-fifths of a second and appronching the world's record rec-ord to within 1 3-5 seconds. Previous to making tho record he mado the distance In :.19 1-5. hut as only two timers were on tho stand this record was Illegal under un-der the F. A. M. rules and ho tried It again, lowering It the second time by a fifth. Just preceding the races, Ray L. Peck, who has beon winning consistently recently re-cently and -who waB sohcduled as Whll-tlcr's Whll-tlcr's opponent In the class A match last night, had an unfortunate accident with his Excelsior machine. Tho runway leading lead-ing to tho Inside of tho "pie pan" waB filled with water from the recent rains and a boat -was doing duty as a ferry. While -taking his machine through, Peck fell, both he and tho motorcycle going Into tho water. As a result ho was forced to rldo a strange machine and to this he attributed his losing the race. May Fight It Out. After the races last night Whlttler and his friends, confident because of their victory, offered to bet 5100 oven that Whlttler "OuId defeat Peck on Ids favorite favor-ite machine in a ten-mile match race. When told of tho offer, Peck agreed to this and declared himself eager for the test. In the evont that the track can bo engaged, It Is probablo that Salt Lakers will havo an opportunity again to sec racers battle. Alde from thc class A contest bctwoen Whlttler and Pock, which' was chiefly Interesting because of the keen rivalry, the hest race from tho spectators' standpoint stand-point was thc second event. Although a class B event. It was exciting from the first to the last flag and anybody's race until tho line was crossed. W. E. Sarn-uelson Sarn-uelson won tho threo miles In 2:11 3-5. At the start It was found that R. C. could not et.ter. t VL sainuclson ford i&fljm lonkcl to beanf, g'S or. made a pretty Rrfrnni the grandstand In tbt 2K and when lie asied -2H gong tli5 crowd sicol "SrK nosed him out on 8? bgjM enmo across ths line knew until the armoanct2 won. u ?TB'r The first heat r th; ntiiS) A. was won by Whlitltr buBk race wM rron hen he ttfiB: heat m 2:15 3.5. hth h?K Peck about two lapj to mSfcf china and WhltUw MartSHi gap, xP' In tho unlimited Uim rE T. JI. SamuclFon acd Bat HK v. E. Snmuelon ml r'oHiP tiinallliig won for the forsif jK-lug, jK-lug, elpht miles two ui JK fi.la. Samiielson vu rirYttfW wheel at the finish, toWW Crowd Is Pleased, K Tho "unknown dlstsici" biB mile race, tvas won by TCaH Smnlllng finished ccosi uTH uulsoti third. In thlr, u tHC events. Rognon'8 tnachkintiK havo and he lost out 03 tbK around. mk The Anal race, tbt fru-kfr day special, was eidtl3fH looked as though ScuSiiB) Whlttler. Smalllnj kJ 1 pflp III the lap hefora the '4i; Hr tier cnm hi. winning tli'tV 1:22. Peck was not b Rocnon again had reotor taB Tho races were l&rlraB tho crowd was enthus&dkK appearol to bo a favorfu aK broko ths track record rtfew nn ovation. The mt;l .B the 1913 Wandamera rkwV which, wc for wifimlV early in the summer, lK successful. |
