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Show I World's Greatest Riders At Lagoon Track July 24 VI. WARD Thrills galore are In store for the sport fans who witness the gala tjpori card which will be staged at the Lagoon La-goon race track Sat ui day afternoon,1 July 24, One f the late features' added to the card will be air thrills I by C. o i'reyt and "Happy" Clark.' well known in the west as aviators of the gilt -edge type. Clark will depart from I.os Angeles next Wednesday in a new Curtlss plane equipped with a 240-horse'power motor, oound for ngden Clark will attempt to make the trip to this city without Na stop. He will be featured on the Lagoon card next Saturday in death defying slum.- In the air. The machine will be piloted by C. O. Prest, well known in Hits section for his daring, while Clark will walk the wings and perform, other dare-devil stunts. Seeing is appreciating, according ac-cording to word received from the coast and one can not appreciate the stunts unless they are on hand to witness the thriiis Other air stunts will nubi le stUTlt flvlr.g, changing from one plane to the other, n la Lockliar, and other features The aeroplane stunts, togeiher with fixe championship motorcycle r.i a with twelve of the world':, fastest riders rid-ers In harness will headline the bill together with a bed tv. o in three fall wrestling contest between Jack liar-bertSon liar-bertSon of Ogden and K. O. Komonoff of i'u'W York. The motor events will nee the class of the dirt track world In harness. A! Ward, one of the be-t riders In America and au.att u. champion for a number Of years, v. IK be one of the Stars entered. Ward will mount tho famous Indian racer. Ward will be remembered by I gdcnlte. as the stur of the team composed of Ward. Balke, Seymour und Graves, which made sucn a dc- '.ded hit on the Salt Lake track during dur-ing the motor days at that track Vard was rated as one of the greatest professionals in America In IhOSg doya and will co:ue in Cor added glory next Saturday. His machine recently shipped from the factory will be in ffrst-Class shape for the races and the little flyer will no doubt be heard from. Key Peck. California star, Fred Whittler, old-timu favorite and a for-oio! for-oio! world champion; Larry Fllokoh-stln Fllokoh-stln and others have already entered fOI tl e professional races. C. ( . I'rest. aviator, and former motorcycle star will attempt to do a comeback in the motor rai es i rest was at one time one of the best men in the world on the dirt track, Fiank Mclntyre of Ogden and a form r rider of the dirt tracks In Calif orn Is will ie pitted against the atara Mclntyre Is an obi head and his ogden friends expect ot turn out en masse to root for him Bobby) liurns and Speedbnll Walker, two "C the woi'.d's greatest riders, will ar-j rive here next week from the cast,' while stars from the northwest arel expected during the porepart of the! w cel.. A special five-mile bike race with' tli" state's best amateurs will be thei opening feature. Men In this event Will! i handicapped up to 3"0 yards a side car event for amateurs and a I three-mile amateur stock ruco Will also feature the motor events. The wrertling contest has aroused considerable interest and both Unix Un-ix rtsori and Romanoff are out for victory vic-tory HarheitSdn Will return to Ogden tbmoprbw from Yellowstone National park and complete training for the contest He Is reported In perfect condition. Komonoff Is expected here from the east during the earl) part of ihe week. This match will be best two in three falls to a finish. A battle royal and sprlpi i.um mr men, women and qhlldrsn will Le featured. fea-tured. T'. o.- in charge have made arrangements for a record crowd ar.d tho Word riven out yesterday Was to ) the elfect that the events would l pulled off as per schedule, doing away with delays. Tho first event is scheduled sched-uled to start promptly st 3 o'clock. |