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Show I CLUE WINS MATCH: CM OVATION L.i eats Lawson and Goullet. Latter Only by Fraction of Inch. NEW AMATEUR RECORD Ned Young; Goes Halt Mile in 56 2-5. Cutting; 2-5 From Old Mark. Every rider had bis hand of warm a imirers at the Salt Palace last night, and although the crowd was not the largest of the season by auy means, it was easily the noisiest. The three cornered cor-nered matrh race at one mile. French ftyle, was bitterly routcsted. and wheu fackie Clarke was declared winner, he received a mightv ovation, Tn the amateur division Ned Young "a6 the whole show when, in his trial heat in the half milp handicap, he pulled down the world 's amateur record rec-ord for that distance. He rode the four laps in v5fi 2-5. lowering the former lira, recorrj made in innr by Walter Demara lull; i flt the Salt Palace by Iwo liftbs of a WOL -erond luff' The first boat of the match race was Jfffl hetween Clarke and Lawson. This heat MjP was a disappointment, ag ill-fortune be- j0 fell the Swede and he was unable to Km f-atch Clarke in the final sprint, al ly) though he put up a wonderful run and 9m gained ground rapidly. Clarke took the m lead in the first lap and led slowly until the fifth, when he sprinted. Th pace 8f 88 hot for a lap and Lawson hung 9 'lose to Clarke's wheel. With a lap I to go. Lawson tried to go around Clarke. I but the latter went up the track and prevented him from doing so. The Swede then attempted to go under Clarke, but the space was so narrow ihat Lawson 's pedal struck the cement at the bottom of the track and slowed up so mueb that he lost almost twentv yards. He started after Clarke, however, how-ever, and finished only a little more than a wheel length behind. Crowd Is Divided. The next heat was between Goullet I r,nd Clarke and the finish wns so close J that manv who were on the line Je j clared that Gonllet had won. still others -an. I in this class whs a large majontv I of the crowd thought it a dead' heat, I while still others thought that Clarke w had won. After a prolonged conference, & the judges decided thai Clarke was the- Bft ictor. At the becinDing of the heat UU larke wcut out in front and ambled UUi -lowly along in the lead for four and a Mm i''''' wnfM1 ,:e started the sprint jfrtfL With two and a half laps to go. Gonllet UfuPl started after him and the prettiest 1iT 4 '-print of the year ensued. Goullet led i'tMM '-v a wnce' length for a lap when H'Ui?i ' ,arke overtook him and led for half trr lap- Then thev ro.i neck and neck 'HWM ,or a while and Goullet shot ahead, onlv til'tiii ' 'tJBf '"F advantage again in the last HHft tCD .var'8 tWi1 Clarke received loud applause, hut !';rtjtj was censured by the referee for stav- ! toll 'n" out 9sJyna heat in the 'rMi three-quarter inile handicap, Gonllet fUwSi went into bis heat, .end rode a killing .ojMja iace, put, i lance Btaved in bis training tKwjj room, contrary to inst ruction, aud )aved himself for his race with Goullet jrjSl Goullet Wins N. C. A. :io9BU "e mo5J important in'-e of the night, tnflltl as ar BS etHn''''3ii 0' 'he riders is concerned, was the fivp-rnile N. (', A. rhampionship. whi'Mi whs won bv inchfs by Goullet, with Lawson second. This increases Goullet s rilre.;d hie lead and I also raife.s LawteiL Fog4fr also i i-trengthened his position h finishing third. The pace was hot all the wav, as is geuerallv the ca-- when there IS a dollar awaiting the winner of each lap. The limit men mad the pacjj M fast that the six scratch nu n had great j difficulty in pulling them down, In thif race Rvan was called out of Jh race nnd 6nel 110 for roiiffh riding With onlv four lapn to go and only J the best of thp riders left in, the sprint started and, with two and a half laps to go, Goullet went around the bunch with Fogler on his wheel. Goullet gained a big advantage and it looked as though he would have little trouble when LawBon shot around the buneh on the last lap and effme within an ace of winning. Clarke was left behind on the final sprint and failed to get in the money at all. In the three-qnarter mile handicap, professional, Goullet was the ouly scratch man and the pace set bv the leaders was so hot that he was forced to drop out for the want of space. The Summary. Three-cornered one-mile match sprint race First heat, Clarke won from T.aw-son. T.aw-son. Time, 2:51 3-6 Second heat, Clarke won from Goullet. Goul-let. Time, 2:65 3-5. Half-mile handicap, amateur First heat. Young won, Kramer second, Tllgham third, Hampshire fourth. Time, .56 2-5. (New world's record.) second near, iiaiset iiisu, gcaniin) second, Stahl third, Walker fourth. Time, :68. Final heat Toung won, Schmertz second sec-ond Kramer third, Halset fourth Time, :57 '-5. Threc-quarter-mll handicap, professional profes-sional First heat. Goullet won. Mitten second, Downing third, Ryan fourth, Root fifth. Time, 1.28 Becond heat. Walker won. Hill second, Thomas third, Fogler fourth. Duer fifth Time. 1:24 4-5. Final heat Mitten (60 yards) firt: For-ler For-ler (20 yards) second. Ryan CBS yards) third. Thomas (RO vnrtis) fourth Time 1 19 1-5. One-mile handicap, amateur First h?nt. Young won. Obers second, Halset third. Stahl fourth. Time, 2 04 Sprrind heel. BchRiertS tvon. Gemple lecondi Cook third, Kramer fourth, Walker Walk-er fifth. Time, 1 :57. Final heat Young (Bcratchi won Schmertz (30 yards) second, Kramer (40 yards) ihlnJ. 'Halset (60 yards) fourth. Time. E:8 2-5 Five-milt JS" C. A. championship outlet (scratch) Won, L&wsoo (scrach) second. Fogler (scratch i third. Hoot (scratch) fourth. Time. 10;?fi. America vs. Australia. An especially interesting programme will be Offered Sunday nigbt. The feature fea-ture will be thp international series between the Australian and American team. The American team will be Law-son, Law-son, Fogler and Root, while fioiillet. Harke and Walker will represent the antipodes. Tn this event the nipn will be brought together in three different styles of racing, including French style i pursuit racing and match racing. Thpre will be a two-mile professional handicap and a race for the lesser light1-. The amateurs will be seen in ? miss-and-oul race and a tnree-quarter- niile handicap. |