Show p. p 0 Q G I Il II i tt l I pw WALTER D. D The tragic death of Floyd d Alfred MacFarland McFarland Mac Mc Farland which W was S flashed to us over o the the wires late lato last Saturday night shocked the entire world News o of oC the accident spread all aU over the elt city like wildfire and e pronounced pro pro- d sympathy n 3 wa heard both for tor Mac tac and for tor Mrs Mac l- l Farland rland H It His ItIs is ml ht hard td to th that t Big Mac Is Iti dead especially that he ha should have hwe met death In Jn such uch a manner aa as ashe h he did To Mae Mac was to love him like Iko a n brother He was WM always a a square shooter He would battle MUle you if I he thought the tho occasion demanded It It I. I but he always battled above no e board and when It was 01 nil nU over ove ono one could not re refrain refrain refrain re- re frain from thinking all aU the tho more of or him His lila wonderful personality personam had won for or him friends throughout Salt Lake City and he ho had hOod been ben such a figure hereabouts that he was AS almost almot universally uni kno known and and well wel liked His Ills death was blow to the cycling COome game of oC which he ho hut had b been tn a apart apart a part far for years ear and nd It Is Ie extremely doubtful if JC vc We e shall ehl ever gaze caze upon his like Iko again This Thle bl bI big man mn of or the bike gge had been a wonderful fellow In In- In deed He was known throughout tho the United States and he lie was known throughout Euro Europe and It Is Js doubtful It If there was another man man In Jn the sportIng sporting sport sport- ing game gme better known o or ot more sore universally U ally liked He W was S an International characterS character He played the tho boards boarde of or EurOf Europe Europe Eu Eu- rope for years car He made four tour trips tripe to Australia her where his riding proved provell to tobe tobe tobe be a sensation to the natives s He rode roe in Pr Paris and In Berlin and he lie was well welland welland el and favorably known there In th the last laRt few years be he promoted races race In those big European cities as well wel a as RS In Prague and Brussels He Ho was wn Wll Big Bib Mac over o there as 8 well wel aa na over here her and he W ws held In in Just as hl high h r regard ard Mac was waa a man ma among mong men He had a big hiI heart hert and an always helping helping hand He us 11 lad h d n a R mind of or his own thou though h And ami he was what was wal as known as a battler batter Tho The char character of or Mac F Farland rland stood sto out In man many ways Above ALove all 11 ho was wal fair fair and square When Ien hen he fought rought It wa waIn wain In the tho open When ho was vas against you he let you know Jwo It and he would even enn It It Isme Is iv you OU the choice choie of or weapons I would woud ho bo me Inc and you OU for or n A battle bAtte the other of or the often orten say to ono one or riders J now go o to It i. i And when the Ute rider fight was on he nev never r dodged the Issue Itsue never wa employed unfair mea means nOVer meins-nOVer never ns-never never neve took an n a advantage vanta e that wasn't his b by rl right ht and nd by lu superior Mor thought and manipulation ma ma- he he was a proud fellow relo was he Big Mac and he just thought he couldn't HIS be second rend He was a smut smart feU fellow 0 too to and you couldn't lose himIn himIn him himIn In an any conversation Though he ho re received received re- re only a 1 modest school education he us r reU really ally became brilliant as ns he lived Mac Mc Farland's dealings s with wih the riders rider who made this country their home was wa always alwes above board They scrapped with n BY him over little things s sometimes but In the big things he always gave them the best but of or It He lie w was S a n natural natural- horn leader and therefore therdore hl hIs hlf trials numerous were s Mac Farland was waa always olwaN considered the brainiest brainiest man in the tho bike hike game gme Even Champion Kramer who Is some soma general himself conceded that honor to Mac nc himsel Ho lie could ride ride too In his day and though he never claimed to tob tobe tobe beat be such a n wonderful sprinter he ho the b stars In short distance distance open races time lime and time again Macs ICs lon long suit auit was In the handicaps and he was WS known for years cars as 36 the tho Handicap King Every Even now and ami then though an m angle would come ome up and Mac sc would show the wa way to Kramer ramer and ami Cooper and Bald Hal Haland That always alwn's al always al- al and Stevens In a t sprint race raco ways wn's tickled him and he made mad the very VCr best st Rt sprinters sprinter In the sport respect mm hIm Its It's pretty re tough to feel that Old ld M Mar Mac 1 Is gone cone |