The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-10-08
Pickings.


The boys are anxious for the fray.
First the spr1nkling cart-then the
deluge.
thi time.
Perhaps we won't witness some excel
lent races? Just wait.
Keep your eye on the boys from Butte.
They've all had view of Swendeman' s
back on the home stretch, however.
Angel looks better than he did in Sep
TENDER. The boy has host of friends
who will raise the seats if he heads the
procession across the tape.
The eleven gold and silver medals to be
awarded at the bicycle races are displayed
in the window of Spencer & Lynch Co.
They were made by e. j. Swaner & Co.
and engraved by Held.
The boys from Butte have made many
friends here and the Salt Lake Wheelmen
will be glad to see them win Iaurels in the
coming races. Butte cannot send too
many such gentlemanly representatives.
Emise will ride W. W. Windle's 20
pound sterling racer in the comm races.
If anybody thinks Charley can't ride
with the best of them, let him come down
to the track this week and see him fool
'em.
Everybody seems satisfied with his
handicap and thinks he has a mortgage
on first place. There's a good many en-
tered in the handicap, however, and some
fast ones. The scratch men won't be
asleep, while the limit men are flying for
the goal.
Lafferty tried to take a wheel off a
buggy the other evening and got tangled
up underneath for his pains. He is now
looking for a wheel to use in Tuesdays
and Wednesdays races. If there's any
moral in this Lafferty knows what it is
better than do.
Robbins has hired the Odd Fellows
hall, SO they say, and is doing his mile in
wonderful time. Goes there at night
from what we can learn. If there's no
wagon in the way, Sam will grind stars
out of the track with his blue rim in a
way to make the bleachers howl.
The 'siuvenile division" of the lantern
parade has been placed ahead OF the local
unattached wheelmen so that they may
ride in perfect safety. We hope the chill
dren will decorate their wheels and turn
out. They will be taken care OF.
Oscar Groshell has $50 yards in the bust
ness men, handicap. There II starters
in this race, 10 Of whom will be chasing
Oscar around the ring like a pack Of
hounds in full cry. Cohen and Shelton
are the scratch men in this race, and are
looked upon as winners handicaps and
all.
The other evening we noticed one of the
men entered in the coming races, doding
in and out over the smooth asphalt, doing
wonderful (?) time and carrying lantern
In one baud with the air of trained
switchman. We concluded he must be
training. It's hard luck when the tracks
wet.
Don't ride on the sidewalk when the
streets are dry. With pneumatic tires
especially, the street is just as good as the
sidewalk. When you do use the walks,
remember the pedestrian and ride with
care. "a true wheelman, one who re-
CARDS the rights of others as well as his
own, will never ride along the sidewalks
where there is the slightest danger of a
collision at such a rate of speed that he
cannot stop his wheel almost instantly. -
The handicaps on the second day may
be changed, at the discretion of the offic-
ial Handicapped, should he find by the re-
suits of the first days races that any
glazing mistake has been made. No favor
has or will be given to single racer,
local or visiting; fair field and no favor
iS all anyone can ask.
Now that the one-mile worlds record
is clearly and definitely established, both
for standing and flying start, by Tyler's
performance, Friday, the Utah boys and
their friends may take the kinks out of
their limbs at the coming races, and see
how near they can come to Tyler's half,
in 1:o2; three-quarters in 80 3-5, and
one mile in 2:01 80, standing start, last
Friday.
Participants in the lantern parade to-
morrow night, please be on hand with
your wheel decorated, at 7:30 sharp, at
Knutstord corner, and take position in
line in whichever division you belong.
The first division will consist of the So
oial Wheel club, G.. A. Emise command
ing; second division, visiting wheelmen,
w. l.. Faut commanding; third division,
A. B. G. club, George F. Downey COM
nanding; fourth division, Juveniles, A..
w. Caine, jr., commanding; fifth divis-
ion, local unattached wheelmen, Willis