The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-08-17
SUCCESS ASSURED.
Several Records Were Lowered il
Denver Yesterday.

Denver Yesterday.
Denver, Colo, Aug 16.-The'national
racing tournament of the League of
here today in the presence of over
| 10000 people. The arrangements were
carried out perfectly. and the success
of the tournament. financially and
otherwise, is assured.
There was some disappointment
over the non-appearance of J. S. John
son, the Minneapolis champion. His
wheel broke in the mile open trial in
the morning, and he did not qualify.
Western men are a little disappoint-
ed that their racers did not win more
prizes, but are jubilant over the per-
formances of Barnett, of Lincoln Neb.,
in the two mile handicap, and the good
the Illinois men, Anderson, and Gard
ner, and also Weller, of Salt Lake, and
Maxwell of Winfield, Kan.
The records lowered today are those
! for the one mile novice, one mile open
class 3, and five mile national cham
| pionShip.
Lee Richardson, of Chicago. also
went against the half-mile record for
backward riding, and reduced it from
2:57 to 2:35. Richardson gave a fine
exhibition of fancy riding.
The mile novice was paced by Chat
| fin and Phillips, and the result was
the fastest mile ever ridden in novice
race.
The first championship race was
the half-mile Twelve men started
Sanger went clear of the bunch in the
back stretch, but gave up in the
straight. Bald. the winner, is from
Buffalo.
The fourth event, the one mile open
created the greatest enthusiasm of the
day. Sanger took the leads at two
thirds and held it until 200 feet from
the tape. Here Sanger, Titus, Brown
and Bald were tapping each other
Sanger had the pole or was close to
| it, Titus, coming very fast, cut inside
of him. Sanger's wheel was seen to
| 'wobble" for an instant and Titus and
Brown both finished ahead of him.
Titus was disqualified for foul riding
and Brown was given first place with
Sanger second and Bald third.
Titus friends claim Sanger was not
near enough to the pole to claim and
also claim that Sanger tried to elbow
Titus off the track. Titus time was
2:10 g. 5, which is the record for a
scratch race, the previous record be-
ing 2:11 -5 by Sanger.
Brown, the winner, is a Cleveland
man. In the two mile handicap, Bar
nett, of Lincoln, Neb., VINO had a ham
dicap of 100 yards, passed the leader
on the second mile and won by 200
feet. In this race Dodson fell in the
fifth lap and Mcclure and Hamilton
went over him. None were seriously
hurt. In the five mile championship
the time limit was set at IS minutes.
Seven men started. The pace was set
by several racers alternately, and a;
the four mile point Cabane took the
lead. The squirt on the last lap was
very hot, and at the finish five men
were closely punched. Titus won and
beat the worlds record for five miles
in composition, making the distance in
1913 1-5. The previous record was
1927 2-5, also held by himself. Muir
hey, of Brooklyn, second, Zeigler, of
California, third
Summaries:
One mile novice = Clyde Turnbull,
Denver, won; Charles E. Jacques, of
Chicago, second; R. K. Frain, third.
Time-2:23 3-5.
Half mile, national championship
z. c. Bald, Buffalo, won; Raymond
Mcdonald, New York, second; Otto