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Show in 1 SECOND WORLDRECORD Doing three-fourths of a mile in one minute and twenty-two seconds, L. Thomas, winner of the professional handicap event of the bicycle races at tho Gleuwood saucer track last even-lug even-lug came within one second of the world's record for tills distance. This was tho featuro event of a classy program, pro-gram, tho three place contestants coming com-ing home with their wheels lapped. Tho events were witnessed by crowd of about six hundred. A bad mlxup occurred in the Becond hent of the amateur event, all riders with the exception ex-ception of the two in front going Into a heap LaBelle, by grabbing up his badly damaged bicycle and running hair way around the track was ablo to capture third money In the event. The complete summaries are as follows: Australian pursuit (amateur) 1-2 mile First heat: Colvln first, Smertz second; Cook, third; Broglor, fourth. Time, 1:07. Second heat: pberg, Ilr3t Smortz second; La Belle third. Time 1-06 3-5. Final (2 miles, 6 laps, 160 yards) Colvln, first; Oborg, second; Brogler, third; Cook, fourth. Time, G:17. Professional handicap, 3-4 mile-First mile-First heat: Thomas, first; WeBt, second; sec-ond; Carslako, third; Halatoad, fourth. TImo 1:25 Second heaU-Crebs, first; Drobach, second, Heblr, third, Stein, fouth. Time 1.22. Final Thomas, first; Crebs, second; Heblr, third; West, fourth. Time, 1:22. Amateur handicap, 2 miles O. Smertz first, Colvln seeped, Oberg third, A. Smertz fourth. Time 4 20 3-5. Western championship, professional, 3 miles Walkor first, Halstead second, sec-ond, Hehlr third, Stein fourth. Time 6:20 2-5. M Anderson won the prize offered for the greatest number of laps. The final event on the program was the three-mile motor race, which was won by Samuelson on an Indian In 4 minutes, 2 seconds. There was but one other contestant Mc-Cormack. In this race SamuelBon" lapped his opponent four times and then in the last lap received a puncture and won tho race by pushing his madhlno to tho scratch, the big lead gained In the earlier stages giving him lime to win In this manner. |
