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Show RAY SEYMOUR SHOWS CLASS; AGAJNAVIIIIIER CracK Indian Rider Hangs Over Another on Fred . Whittler. , Although Fred Whittler and bia Mar kal damonatratad Improrad form at tha motordrome last night. Bay Seymour, tha crack Indian rider, again pat ona oyer on tha local boy la a manner that apallad aoperlorlty of either machlna or rider. Seymour rode brilliantly last sight and, for the Bret time alnce bla praaanca bare as a professional, local fun laid ande their home prejudice and ' (aye the Tlaltor a band each ae be baa' lone alnce deterred. ' RaySevmour baa thowa klmulf a cieaaut aporumaa ana a aiotor noes seeond to none. Last night waa ao exception. ex-ception. The former trade rider kaa the machine with which to do these things, bat to a man up a tree it looked aa if ha also outgeneraled Whittler in all three of the events in which tha two appeared together laat night. Beytnour has shown time and again this season that he can go around when ha wants to, but last night Whittler Whit-tler wat also able to do that very thing Several tioiea in both the match race aad tha eight-mile open, Whittler had the necessary "juice" to go around, but he went by et tha wrong time because, in each instance, 8evmonr merely drooped back Into Whittler 'a "pace and when he got ready, naturally went bv with a sufficient margin to win.' Whittler appeared to have hit machine ma-chine in tintop order Jast eight because he rode hevmour neck and neck all through, but be may have used poor judgment. . In the Bret heal of tha ava-mila match race Seymour aet the pace with w hit-tler hit-tler on. Coming into the ttretch. hit-tier hit-tier set tail to paaa him with a sprint, hot the dietance wasn't ouite long enough or Seymour had too much speed. 8evmour won bv a few feet. In the aecoad beat Beymoar Jgaia went to the front for about half tha distance. The two then changed place, several timet and at about a mile to go Whittler took a big lead. Reymonr did the wise thing by remaining in Whittler'e pace and then coming out with a burst of apeed for the final tprint. Heymour woe by a !- The eight-mile epea for professionala bronght out eeveo ttartera. trorn the etert. it waa a race between BeymouJ on an Iadian aad Whittler on Merkela. Tbsw three timplv ran away from the rest of the eld. Broad-. beck waa lost in the j'', " time, but during the aaiddle i ' , JJ? came back to earth and P' '"? an the gso between the leaders and , t'.'ilindewao that he wo. fourth b.ndt- 'yAfter the race bad narrowed dowa to ik.1,.1 1 snile. Whittler. aad .Seymour fed. neck and neck ""; the the lead Each seemed to have tne ILd to go by whentvr he ehoee t do sTwhit'tler took a, long "ape to go. At a lap to go began to pick up and, coming into the sTrSch . hePc.m. out of Whiter a pace like a shot and nosed out y7 aa beady a piece of motor riding, aa haa ever been seen oa Bay track. . Lon riaflin won the ve mile open fo, trade riders, e pretty reee. .t Warden was eeeond. with W.ti.ke third, riaflin fared badly a the three-mile three-mile trade rider elate. One O- Johnson, (Continued on pegs 1.1.) ran away from the rest of the Held a if thev were going in opposite diree tiona. Brodbeek won the rara eaeily from Ward in the final sprint. The erowd was easily the larffeat of the season and the eard went off with out mishap, ao that everybody waa pleased. The summary: Sevmour Whittler match, (Ive mile heats Bcvmnre in atraight heata. Time, 3:43 15. S:42 I S. Five mile open, trade riders Claflin, Warden, Westlake. Time. 4:4 4 fl. Hit ile prof evtional, class B Brod Tieck,"-Ward," Hvatt, Thomas. Tims,' 4:.ir I S. Three mile open, trada rideraWar-den, rideraWar-den, Claflin, Weetlake. Time, 2:43. Johnson flniahAl second but waa dia qualifled. Kight mile open, professional 8ev-more, 8ev-more, Whittler, Ward, Brodbeck. Time, 8:00. SEYMOUR (Continued from page II.) Jr., rie1 to emulate the "gtutitg" of aomeooA he had teen before and from the very outset ran flaflin and War-Men War-Men all over the resort. Johnnoa was in front almost throughout and even vwntflfh he tied the ynn?f he waa tiaiiaMT'' een up near the Ivixea whenever Claf )in or went lake tried to get around. He did thin an often that even the pert a tore hi need him when he dismounted. "Bill" Risher eagle eve caught John ton in the art riff lit off the reel an that lie was rightfully disqualifled from first tlace, which was (riven to Warden. Rod Brodbeck and A I Warl. on Mer kels, had things to thtir liking in the fix-mile, rlawi B, profexional. The two |