The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-10-14
ONE MILE OPEN.

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ONE MILE OPEN.
The races opened with the first heat
of the one mile open race, for which
there were four contestants, Pierce, c.
E. Angel, Weller and Ingham. The
latter took the lead and held it until
the fourth lap, when Angel made a
squirt of lap, but was passed by Vie
Ter, who came in first, with Ingham a
close second Time, 3:11A.
The second heat was contested by 7.
Jensen and Dell. Dell took the pole
and held it until the last half of the
squirting won by about two feet. Time,
2:3sA.
NOyICES' RACE.
Next was the first heat of the one
mile novice. The contestants were J.
5. Freebairn, Fay II. Knowlton, J. E.
Scott and T. E. Seeley Knowlton took
the lead until the fourth lap, but could
not hold out The reult was: Free
BARN first, Seeley second, Scott third.
Time. 1923 10
Second heat was by w. L. FAINT,
against the time of the other contest
ants. FAINT came over the chalk very
easy in 5000.
The final heat was won by w. L.
FAINT, J. S. Freebairn second, ]. E.
Scott third.
QUARTER MILE.
The final heat for the Utah quarter
mile. championship was hotly contested
by L. Q. Angel, jr., Weller, Ingham,
Emise, 7. Jensen and Heminway, (Og-
den,) and when about two-thirds in
lngham collided with Emise, causing
he and Weller to get tangled up,
breaking his own machine and knock
ing the seat off Weiler's- Jensen was
first behind Emise but saved himself
by jumping from his machine. Luckily
nobody was hurt beyond a few
scratches and bruises. Angel came in
first, Hemenway second, Ingham third.
Time, sc seconds.
THREE MINUTE CLASS.
Final heat three minute class. H.
w. Caine, jr., J. S. Freebairn,
Guyette Butte, and Scott were the
contestants.
In the second lap Guyette, who stood
a splendid chance of winning, had the
misfortune to break the tire on his
front wheel, and sustained an ugly
fall, and was bruised on his head con-
siderably. Angel won, but no race
was declared as the ground was not
covered in the stipulated three min
utes.
The boys half mile handicap was
won by Hamilton Coffin, Fred Meakin
second, E. G. Crossman third. The
time prise went to H. Jensen who
was too heavily Handicapped to win the
race. Time, 1:21.
OPEN ENTRIES.
Last race. one mile, open entries,
Dell, T. Jensen, Ingham, Weller and
Vii +,
Weller taking the lead and holding it
throughout with Ingham and Jensen
tie for second. Time, 2:4l-1-5.
THREE MINUTE CLASS.
Final heat, one mile, minute class
Jensen took the lead and held it until
the fourth lap, when Angel passed
him, and held the lead until within
about thirty yards of the scratch,
when he was passed by both Scott and
Guyette. Scott first, Guyette second,
Angel third. Time-2:5O Is.
HALF MILE CHAMPIONSHIP
In the half mile S. w. c. cham
piorship, Ingham took lead and held
it throughout. T. o. Angel, jr., made
a close second. Time-1:15.
TWO MILE HANDICAP.
The two mile handicap was won by
Arthur Liday, who had 80 yards
start in his favor, with j. S. Freebairn
who had an advantage of $50 yards,
second. Time-6:2615.
The prize went to George Weller,
who finished from the scratch in 6:34
The special features of today's races
will be the Business Mems handicap,
for which there are nine entries. The
tie between Ingham and Jensen will
also be raced off. The grand stand
will be free.