The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-01

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race on the 10th of the same month is
the topic of conversation in wheel cir
| cles. In this race our own Jensen will
! try conclusions with the Junction City
crack, Fenton. The friends of both
men are backing them quite heavily
1t is given out that both men will
start from the scratch and not separ-
ate as was supposed.
Jensen is in excellent condition and
competent to carry the money that is
being placed upon him for this event.
He will make the race of his life.
Charley Evans is the favorite for
class B races and will make the race
of his life for the $3.50 diamond medal
put up by J. H. Leyson & Co. for the
mile invitation class B.
George Weller is in good shape and
appears to have awakened from his
lethargy and will give a good account
of himself on the Fourth. He is re-
ported to have done a half in IL 1-5 on
Thursday last.
VIII the Jersey skeeter" be induced
to stop over here and ride on our
track? This is the question among the
crackajacks. If he does we will get
some pointers on how to ride.
If Zimmerman does consent to stop
over, he will be seen on the sd and
oath of July.
Poor Frank Thatcher, He seems to
be in hard luck. Frank is in the best
possible condition and would undoubt-
edly give good account of himself
and possibly carry off some of the
valuable prizes on the Fourth, but
for that protest of Coffin's. Frank
still says he will not ride unless he is
allowed to go with the Rambler team.
The Novice will be an interesting
event. as usual. The list of entries is
much larger than those for any pre-
Vious event and may have to be run
IN heats. 1t is rumored that a tandem
will be used to set the pace. as the
race on the 18th was such a terrible
loaf until the last lap that the audi
ence fairly 5eered.
The track association has added
ABOUT six more training rooms. the
number previously not being enough
TO accommodate the racing men who
VIII compete on the Fourth.
me entries for handicaps closed on
the 18th The other events Will close
on July /. o'0''e
Croll and Rishel. the Cleveland tan
dem team, are training carefully everv
day and will pull the boys at a fast
CLIP on the Fourth in class A events
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Young Jensen and Carl Holzel are
last men for class A and will make the
o'hers IN their division ride to win.
Shefski and Confbear are ridi,,, :,
fine form and promise to make GOOD ~
showing for the events in which fbeT
are entered.
Manager Woodmansee. when he
learned the ruling in Frank Thatcher's
case, was heard to express himself
rather forcibly. for church-going man
of his standing.
B. j. Haruwell, better known as
''Ronnie, is making a graphite that
has met with the approval of the
wheelmen, who claim the home article
is as good if not superior to the i'm
ported.
AS there is no business mems race
on the Fourth. champion McKaig will
not be seen on the track at that meet.
Joe Beck will try for the novice as
usual, although not so strong favor
lite.
Langton stands a good chance to
carry off the medal for the novice on
the Fourth. He is in excellent form
and rides like vet
Tod Game mas received his Barnes
racer, and it's a beauty, finished in
white enamel and nickel silver, and
weighing nineteen pounds. Tod will
ride to win on the Fourth and his
chances are considered good.
Liday is being handled by Quail
trough for the races, and shows up in
good form.
Records. Records seems to be
the cry with the racing men since
Thatcher lowered the one-third mile
diamond up for the first class A man
who breaks a worlds record.
In the two-third mile class A event
on the Fourth an effort will be made
to lower the worlds record, which is
something like :25 and fraction.
Inc nile CldSS u Will De
event in which an attempt will be
made to clip off several seconds from
the record. In this, as well as in the
two-thirds mile race, tandem will be
used as pace-maker.
Hyde and Collinson are looked upon
as the favorites for class A events
for the diamond meet.
Morley Hassard has left the Mon
team and joined the
Stearns4 Smalley team.
Jack Royle does not seem TO be so
strong favorite as at the commences
ment Of the season for class A races:
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Chicago, June s0.-F. H. Stanwood of
the Illinois club today won the fifth an
nual century race of the Illinois Cycling
club, making the run in six hours and
thirty-four minutes, lowering Smiths
time and the record three minutes. The
course is what is known as the Elgin-
Aurora course. Mrs. George NJ Bunker,
captain of the Unique Cycling club, low
cred the woman'S century record today
She rode over the Elgin-Aurora course
and made the 100 miles in seven hours and
thirty-eight minutes, thus lowering the
record of S:22 made by Miss Anna Porter,