Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-06-20
SWIFT WHEELS OF STEEL,
Nd,rday's Great Bicycle Raclng at
BsCk's Hot SPRINGS.
..,,,. Of Records smashed Com
pl,rsly-YounF Thatcher Pro''"
himself n Regular CemsL

y..,ard.y was n red letter day In
a.. annals ofS.lt Lake cycling. SINE
soo people witnessed the races at
Mar prices, the universal verdict
,.,ng that they were far anu AWAY the
,,usyer held in Salt Lake.
"s.ndy" Thatcher was tue hero OF
The hour, for ho clipped an even sec
and from the worlds record, and Incl
fatally made things interesting for
.,,c,.tors and participants alike In
,,,fy race ho appeared In.
usuard also made new record for
ma, mile unpaced dying start, lower.
,nS n from $50 40 TO 2.95 Hat.
;" hyde IN class A, mile, secured
Pacific coast record, 2lO,
-hicb not time caused the phce.mak.
,ng tandem to wish they hadn't under
taken the JOB.
ace. one mile, S entries. A. T. Hin
"a, given the pole, the others strung
,,gbt across the track to give them
rlsnty Of room to perform those circus
,,Irk. that are 30 inseparHble from n
m.ncss, However, IL was necdlesi--.
nobpdy seemed TO want 10 act the pace;
ibo Hfst lap was acoompa lied by
gsldIs band In "We wont come home
I'M morning." and HIrcAstic remarks
from the blesoheTH. Every body woke
nm in tho last lap when Charley Smith
,hol to tho front aud crossed the tape
thitty yards ahead VI CoTlez, with jos
-. VE.N h.
Ths second event, one.third mile
scratch, clRss Is. was tho gem OF the
msst. /, was race from the pistol
shot. Evans got bis ihNofiio place on
ihe outside and the seven leading
lights Of the local cycling world fairly
burnt their tires. On tue home stretch
Evans put on one oil Ills
phenomenal sIurts, but Thatcher
also had one In reserve, tue Lo-
gan athlete coming IN hrst, Evane
second, with II. l.. Scheiski n close
third, Thatcher beating ths world's
record by one second (time al 30,
Thus besides winning the $50 ring he
secured the 500 diamond offered by
the Track association for the man who
mAksa q worlds record ON the home
tack.
Tue quarter milo hcIhtCu CLASS n WIS
won BY Collinson, ii. y. Jensen
,scond, and Fowler, tho Ogden man,
third, in 33 10 with = close finish.
Fowler was protested as being a class
b man.
The one mile class Is was evidently
q rscord.broaking scheme, a. the /, .
and 8 places In each lap were accorded
A2Aud points respectively. soheiski
took two second places anu one brst,
which was tied by Weller In 2l9 leo.
The public were disappointed In not
having the race run over again, but
Weller and Bcheiski preferred TO toss
for the prize, which wassocuted by the
former.
The business mems race. with eight
entries, caused quite an outburst Of
paitl,anship. II. II. Mckay, the
heavy weight, clad In skin-tight
blue, received 100 yards han
dieay; J, l.. Barrow, tue dim
Inuliys, 100 yds; L,rin u. King,
the dA,hiDg druggist, 20 yd,; johnson,
Mel and spencer, 90 ydg, with Adonis
McConshoy and Hewe,t scratch.
Avodupols got n good start AMI with
smile bsth childlike and bland
worked his pedal extremities like n
iWO.yeaf-old. The crowd yelled them.
selves hvaTse ~ Mckaig kept the lead
aud finally laBdsd over the line good
first MeConahoy showed fine speed,
tut failed to develop In the last 100
yards, Hewett overhAuling him In a
tyle lhAtis familiar to the yiolators OF
the bicycle ordinance. The rest OF Salt
Lakes athletic business men were, 10
FAY the least Of II, a little scattered.
The mile scratch, olass A, with Croll
aud Rlshell tandem pAceniaksrs, was
another gem. Hyde and COllinsOn
Struggled LOT supremacy throughout
aud on the home stretch raced the
tandem; Hyde nrsi, CollinsOn sec
ohd; time, 2.lO-whlch was n record
for tue UnlteI states west Of the Mis-
s9uH.
The seventh event, class b, one mile
handicap, was the closest Of the whole
afternoon; Haissrd 20 yards and
Thatcher 80, with C0nibear, Evans
and Scheiski scratch. The scratch
men soon closed up, Hassard and
Thatcher leading until the last turn.
when Evans got the bank hnu raced
Thatcher down towards the goal. IL
WAS u splendid racs anu nobody could
plAce tue winner until two OF the
Judges decided for Evans, the other for
Thatcher.
sPOKEs.
Beok's cycle track has established
reputation M fast one.
hyde will DO cmphhticslly heard
lfOm later. so will 5oheiski.
Home grown talent was very much
In evidence yesterday afternoon.
VIM. MoConshoy surprised his
itiends with hrs class Il scoTohing,
What's the matter with Thatcher M
Ah9me produoIion2 He's all right.
Crimson anu white got lite share OF
ihe plums, Still u was dibtIuC,ly
HANDLERS day.
II Decoration Day races were worth
" cents, yesterday atternoon's sport
WAS the best % cents worth on record.