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Show EXPECT TO BREAK WORLD'S RECORDS Speed Merchants Ready for Great Events at Sal duro Today TRIAL RUNS ARE MADE Salt Beds Make Ideal Ra cmg Course, Fast Time Marked Up (By Staff Correspondent) ElCr TR4CK SALDUBO T tah Auk U W th the ton mile speedway of nature b own mak ne eur eyed and ready for use and the motors geared to their highest the Bl t7eu Bena eq aled its record of yesterday wh le the Mar n on and Maxwell each ldwered the records four fifths of a second The Benz dr ven by Tetzlaff made the half mile n th rteen and one fifth seconds the Marmon an 1 Maxwell weut the route m n neteen and two fifths Igured on the ho r bas s the Ben.a traveled at the rate of 13b n les an hour and the either two ca s at a f a tion less than a nety n e Tetzlaff in the Benz cane v th three m les of equal use Bur an a re ord n ade with the ame car at Daytona Beach Fla when he went at the rate of 141 m les an ho r Carlson Iro e tl e Maxwell d.nl De Alene the Mar o aga n today It s probable that botl Carlson an 1 Tet laff w 11 t y a half n e aga nst t me m the Benz dur n tomorrow s aces Course Is Laid Out The s rvey of the course n the forn of a ten m le speed vay was completed and the dr vers cl ose tl e sunset hour to make the r final t a s on one of the stra ghtaways About fiftj persons can e over n wagons carr ages and automob les from "Wendover to see tho tr o ts The salt is nuch lryer today than yesterday Wh le all of t e otors have been geared to the h ghest speed they were not turned loose th s afternoon Manager L. Moross as well as all of the drivers enthus ast cally declare the great natural speedway one of the wonders of the world and a course that s w tho t an eq al Tomorrow s races w 11 be the fastest events ever seen n the west Tetzlaff is confident that he can equal the v orld s m le rccorl an! the rema nder of the dr veri are t it as s re that they can s rpass the records of the r try outs Is early every v s tor today was anxious to take a fast r de and no one was re fused Another High Record De Alene made a n nety five m le rec ord w th C W Lam le of Wen lover as a passeno-er As yesterday a 1 of the speedy cars except the Benz, have laid in wa t for the through passenger tra ns and raced up and dpwn the salt beds for a distance of four or fi e m les The b g motors eas ly o td stanced the trains As soon as the mach nes passed the trains thev were turned on a c rele of about a m le and another race was begun The car windows were crowded w th cur ous faces and the dr ers were repeatedly cheered Preparat ons are be ng made ton gl t to have the Marmon an 1 Maxwell cars go as far east as s safe tomorrow o meet the spec si tra n from Salt Lake and race with it to Salluro The tra n is expectel to reach he e about 1 o clock and n orler to have everything in read ness the dr vers and the r mechan cs will start to work on the r mach nes at dayl i?l t The races a e scheduled to bemn mm? lately Don the amval of the pe i tan Secretary W 0 Stark nf the -iH Lake Oommerc al club and V P T cobs a Salt Lake eneineer a t ved th morn mg and surveyed the course for the soeed tr sis The part of the cou a w he sed is two m es on" ird su e ed on a c ve w ch f ex ended w d fo n a ctrc e th rty mi es n c rc mfe ence It is dec a ed bv the eneineer and othe s who have inspected the Bait bed that a thirty mile course can be eas ly ad out Will Race With Trains Tomorrow' a program n e v begin with the race with the epe t n Jo owing- this a 1 of the speed e cars t y a race against t me ani match races will be run between Goe z and Carlson of the Max-well team Though the salt beds seem to offer an e pecia v good po o course Manager Moross Is afraid the cars wl 1 not stand the turns and the polo gan e w 1 be e mlnated In addlt on to the regular programme the speed er cars wi 1 race with all through passenger trains It has been arranged to have at least two sets of moving- pictures made of to n orrow s events One set w I be made by the Denver & Rio Grande off clal photographer from Denver and another for the Salt Lake Rotary club OFFICIAL SANCTION FOR RACES IS GIVEN Official sanct on for the eco d t a s to be he d at the Salduro salt beds th s rfternoon was granted veterda bv the Contest Board of the Amer can A omo b e assoc at on at New "V ork W D Rishel a Utah rep e en at e fo the contest boa d stated las n ght that e er p ecaution to see that tet mes we e orrect wou d be taken He has re oueated F T Gardner Utah representa I e of the F M the governing bodv of motorcyc e racing and C L. Berr Utah representative of the N C A the hod which control bicyc e ac ng to help in the tlm ng today In order to re move all suep cion of a doubt as to cor rect timing Mr R she a so has request ed that each person p esent carry a stop watch and time for h mse f n order to keep a check on the of f c a t ming Word received from the race course yesterday was to the effect that a ten ra le circular track had been laid off in order to break the speedway reco ds of Tnd anapol s and Brookl ne England These are two of the fastest c rcular tracks In the world and Manager Moross Is posltl e he can break all records he d by these two tracks The speedway rec ord for a mile Is 35 seconds and In yes terda s trials one of the Maxwe V racing cars did ame n 32, or three seconds under the record Rotanans to Attend At the regular weekly luncheon of the Rotarj club yesterday it was voted that all Reparians attend the ra es toda This will Insure a crowd of more than 100 Public ty Manag Geo ge Cow ng of the Commercial club a so announced that man members of that club would be on the spec al train wh ch eaves this morning Coonel 1 A Bento genera agent for the D & R G and estern Pac fl sa8 the n i road has made e eryt ng read A de luxe train will pull out of he D & R. G depot promptly at 10 o c ock th a morning' and make only one stop This wi be at Q antsvll e Btat on, from which p ace a wire for ten t eke s was rece ved yesterday Prom there the train wt 1 travel as a speed spec aJ to he salt beds 115 m es west of Salt Lake. Races Will Be Free Those in charge of the speed tr als wish to Impress upon the publia that the races today are in the nature of a boosting1 proposition for Salt Lake s newly d s covered speedway Manager Moross was quick to see the posslb ties of the salt beds on his visit the e a week ago and was gad of the opportunity to use hi rac ng team in s owing the wo id the fastest racing- courso ever d scovered. His services and the se f his cars are furn shed without remunernt on of any k nd The e Is o ha ge h e er f admission andteo epe e h special rate made bp o occas on |