Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-07-11

ltep would capture the time pris9 and
incidentally win the honors fof OgGen
or salt Lake as The case IN ghi be. IL
wns fully expected that Feni5n would
slatt o. stated In last EVENING". NEWS,
which Information was obtaiued sJm
two officials HR late As three O'CLOCK
In the afternoon. a ter the race,
however, it Isbked out that Fcntou
seven days ago Informed 90 Y. n. &, a.
that be- could not patllcil ate unless
Tho event were fosipousd Tor q lew
JAYS NJ hu was suffering rom a bad
frlau on nis index 1ugeT thai troubled
him somewhat Hu vac utsed that
.hu financial emf o. tla venture rested
anon his appearing ami ths boys Duo.
iucui him % FrnI in his entry ppplicn'
! ton with the hope that by Wed gslly
evening no would hH able % -intt. ilo
clIuu down from Oglrl on Iucsday
night with his wheel sui racing clt-
tune, hat attic Iust moment decided
l To- ,gatoh the tacu 'rgm tuo tfaiu.
Up0u the ttlin arriving Ht the
starting Iolni, corner Ui luirl West
! and FINN North, there was r. htuc
delay ne atarting Hs 10 transpited
nat a1me desplCuulc individual
mai puatuI thu tires Of both
/ of tho jensen t0yt' WHEEL, probably
hlulug that tho condition Of the
| wheel. would br unn1tiCei until the
rlirr were on thrit way AMI thus
| throw them out VI the race.
Atcra uUlsy VI forty minutes the
/ ten minute m0u wcts started ut j.l2
! nm, ami from then on procession oil
/ tOur forty cyclists started T. rocl I'll the
/ n teen miles 60 the goal (wnefe we're
| .ht 100 AS advuflIa. az ten minutes
/ ilftr Jensen aul Ouuiuuar started ut
| fcrAtcu, followed by the observation
/ tain. C.nnibraf took the lead until
| TIE lime kiius were reached, when
/ Jensen forged hbtaI amid tho pihuIits
! ut the crowd. AZ the cut Jensen be.
/ Vhu 10 make the IUCu 'ul the train nud
! nIfly fnuuNay from 10, leaving Com
| uibrar n quarter ut mile behind. The
tut.o little steam motors dug In With
viii and kcyt the passengers
busy removing uinders from heir eyct;
however, Jensen hupt up his pace M
FAR a. the syringe, when his tire col
lai sed, throwing him out Of the race.
On nearing Bonneville tho tram
0veilauie1 DuffEnt & Go. Bnd Oliver
Gallup, ~ the "chtur'ul iiiYW f,.
marked, can VI q gaiiOp." From
there on bflei glimpsps were caught Of
stfuuF.out racers debating the right Of
way with bovinot, hay wagons anu
other obstacles incidental 10 a county
road.
On reaching Pennington there wa6
huge scramble amid cloud ~ uuAt
" secure pusitiOns ~ viow the finish.
The prevailing idea seemed 10 be 10
block up the road. There was a cry
Of "Hvfo they comtW "Clent the
cOufs,m otc., and tho crowd scattered
enough to leave very ragged laue Of
about two feet Wide down which ilew
Ffauk Frrtzs, closely followed by q.
a. Hutst aud DrRbble. OF Ogdru.
Tho next quafiatte consisted Of Haz-
zatd, Jake Stevenson anu A. Rnisnr.
Ruiarr stood show fof frst place but
on fOurd ding tue corner FfUetu anu he
ativi company over a COW, Rsiser talk.
ins Bn r,rgsut tumble. Hazard made
superb spuTg tor the time ptlzi but
the human lane was not wide enough
90 10 charged right iuto ihsm win tho
til,ci Of moving machine. He
picked himself up tn time to throw mt
iioyrin across tho tape. THIS WA
HaELatd's second tumble, NJ earlier iu
tho race whIlo leading little Jcueon he
bit the dust, Jensen riding clear
. over him. PenTs0u, Of Draper, also
, arrived, riding like veteran an
. secured the second tins prize,
/ McCouahuy, OF whom much Wa.
h expected, DID not ditaprOlnt his nu'
mirss anu but from the fact that he
i had 10 dlrnUunt 10 get round wagon
he might have secured u bBttor place.
. But the Atoad race IL made up oi
1 "liH"--in fAct, every one OF the contest.
auis had m "li" 10 register on tut
= h0mcward journey. Connibear, the
. scratch man, came Ia No. 20, aiiel
which Holden retired from tho task Of
time keeping ana tha stfagglers driltod
In In time To catch the train and avoid
, the storm tuEt was by that time IN
pfOgtosg.
, Altogether II was a good race de'pit,
the breeze that was blowing. Some
) rehabilitation was manifested at the
, hanuicappiug, which enabled some
, dark horses % carry Oh the honor
ID anhlg, OF Ogden, secured ilTst tim,
, pii1s, with A. q. Pearson, VI Draper
80 und time prize, Jonsou THIRD, anu
HuEEard fourth.
The following II the ll,t Of the mi
twcnty'eighl over the tape!
Flank Freeze, 0 minutes, flrsl; time,
$3.50.
q. a. Hunt, - minutes, second
time, bl.ii,
: W, II. Dtabble, Ogden, minutes,
! thlIui time pTlzp6 time, 6O:lG.
II, J, Jensen, 3 miuu ~, fourth;
time, 52'lG.
W. II. sibley, s minutes, nth; time,
5i5i
A Relser 10 minutes, SIXTH time,
, bd'27,