The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-08-16
OGDEN DEPT.
RERHLD BRUNCH OFFICE.
5l3 UTAH LOAN g. TRUST BUILDING.
Ogden. August Is.
THE RACES.

Yesterday was the great day of all
days among the wheel people in this
city. The read and track races under
the auspices of the Wasatch Wheel
club have been the talk of all admir-
ers of wheel sport for some time. A
large number of visitors from Salt
Lake and other places came in on the
morning trains, and by noon there
was 500 or 600 strangers in town to
be on hand at the races in the after
noon. It was noised about early in
the morning that 7. D. Fenton, the
champion of the road race at Salt
Lake City on Decoration day, would
not be in the race as advertised Il
was said that Mr.. Fenton, who is an
employee of the r. G.. W., asked for a
lay-on and offered to procure a sub
stitute, but his request was refused.
Just why this was no one seemed to
be able to answer but that it was a
direct hit at the bicycle club in this
city seemed to be the general impress
sion, and it does not make the wheel
people feel very friendly to the r.
G. W. During the day it was limited
that the real trouble was that some
Of the club people in this city ar
ranged for an excursion oyer the u.
P. That may or may not be true. If
it is, the general public do not appre-
ciate the fact that they are disap-
pointed because of some petty differ
ence between the two railroads.
The ten and one-half mile road race
was started lao p. M, and the racers
finished in the following order: w. B.
Graves, 27:31; w. H. Anderson. 2S:161a !;
W. M. McConahay, 29;09; E. L. Gilman,
2S:5S12; w. H. Drabble, 26:501a; Arthur
Liday, 26:35; f. C. Berry, 31:12; ]. A.
Greenwald, 9O:45; A. C. Pearson, 1920.
The first time prize was won by w.
H. Drabble, Of Ogden, the second by
Arthur Liday, of Salt Lake, and the
third by w. B. Graves, of Ogden.
Liday was fouled by Graves when
near the finish and thrown from his
wheel Liday entered a protest, but
the judges decided in favor of Graves,
as it was purely an accident.
The track events were as follows:
One mile novice. won by Walter
Webb, Ogden. Time-2:16, breaking the
state record. Joe Beck was second and
Robert Proudfit third.
One mile scratch, class B-Won by
w. P. Fowler, of Ogden, George Weller
second, f. w. Thatcher third. Time
2:15 3-5
1t is a horse racing track, and this
knocked the Salt Lake riders out.
Fowler won as he pleased
Half mile scratch, class Avon by
c. c. Hazel, F. H. May second, W. f.
Cortez third. Time-1:09 2-5.
Half mile scratch, class B-Schefski
first, Thatcher second, Fowler third.
Time-1:07.
One mile invitation. class A-Walter
Webb first, Robert Proudfit second, w.
F. Hart third. Time-2:151k.
One mile, class A, boys under Is
Ross Wells first. E. V. Pickering sec
ond, Maurice DeLovage third. Time
$50 %.
Five mile handicap, class &c. NJ.
Evans first, w. P. Fowler second, Lii
day third. Time-14:50A.
Five mile handicap, class At. H.
May first, John Beck second, w. NJ.
McConahay third. Tine-13:4S
The prize offered by the Wallace
Scram Jewelry company for the rider
presenting the best appearance on his
wheel while contesting, was awarded
by popular vote to Walter Webb.