The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-14

give him a polite, concise and correct an
swer to his question where he may or
Untruth No. 2 "And I might add that
most of the fines comes from riding on
the sidewalks of those two s~reetS that
are not paved
Since my appointment I have made
nearly forty arrests and not one of them
has been made for riding on the side
walks named and IL our clerical scold
will consult the police records he will
ind seven out of every eight arrests nave
been made for "Scorching on the side
walk, or riding without a. lamp at night.
1 quote again: MY second charge is
against the self-constituted bicycle detec-
tives who wear a concealed brass badge
authorizing them 10 arrest" etc:
"Self-constituted detective" is good,
wearing brass badge authorizing them
to arrest is also good.
Let me try to pierce the dense cloud of
ignorance which seems to envelop our
Rev. brother with one or two rays of
The two wheel clubs in joint meeting
presented the names of twenty-five wheel
men whom they judged best fitted to
Chief of Police Arthur Pratt. He selected
nine or ten from the number he deemed
best qualified 10 serve and presented their
names to the board of fire and police
commissioners, which confirmed their
nomination and they were each sworn 10
discharge the duties of special police mot
detective.) So they do not ito quote
AGAIN., "sneak upon a fellow wheelman
and put him to expense, etc but in dis
charge of their sworn duty they do arrest
offenders, whether knowingly guilty or
otherwise cuts no figure, for ignorance OF
the law is no excuse and for a teacher
and leader of the people to plead ignor-
ance is most humiliating and pitiable.
When commenced a year ago to ride
a wheel, the first thing l did was to ask
a policeman where to and where not to
ride and l got clear, concise: correct
answer the first time trying and for the
gentleman to say had 1 ridden according
to their (the policemensD knowledge l
Il IN of
seems to me rather tough on the part
of the decalogue which says Thou shalt
not bear false witness.
I quote some more IF they (the spe-
cialsl can show what good they do the
They have been instrumental in allow
ing the wheelmen of the city the use of
the sidewalks for the past eight or nine
months by requesting che city council to
pass the ordinance reducing the speed 10
four and eight miles an hour ana pronllS-
ing to see it enforced and then keeping
their promise so far as in them lay, and
had It not been for them our lamenting
Wheel in the mud instead of on the side
walk. They have so far kept their prom
Use 20 enforce the ordinance that Tor the
past eight months among the TWO tnous-
and or more riders in Salt Lake nineteen
twentiethS of the reckless riding has been
stopped and so far as can learn only
two or three pedestrians have been IN
jured, and those not at all seriously,
He says again: 81 have no respect Tor
them (the specials). Well it's hard, but
we will try and worry along without 1t,
and what is moro to the purpose, we
won't scold or whine.
In conclusion I will suggest If the Rev.
luminary will only swallow his spleen,
come up like a man with his 81 and Join
one of our excellent wheel clubs and let
his light shine on them and through them
perhaps we poor misguided and perverted
bike specials may be benefited.
Hoping you will give even this too long
article room in your paper, am, as ever
81 fpw-
respectfully, o. b. HEWEII.
Asbury Park, n. J., July 13.-None of
the people who attended what was to
have been the last day of the L. A. w.
meet will forget the weather condi-
tons.
In the middle of the day. it began
raining but cleared UP before o'clock.
and when the afternoon racing began
the sky was perfectly clear.
The bicyclers had started from their
several handicap marks in the Two
mile race. The thunder clouds We're
driven over the athletic grounds and
streaks of forked lightning darted
hither and thither among the clouds.
The spectators still kept their seats,
while the riders still sped around the
track in a hurry. AS soon<as the race
VAS over and the winners of the first
three places announced, a fearful
storm broke out. The pieces of frozen
rain which fell ON the roof Of the grand
stand and the canvass covered
bleechers were as laSge as quarters.
The track, in-field and surrounding
ground were completely flooded and
the hospital tent as well as the dreS-
sing tents were rendered useless. AS
soon as the storm cleared off the Of
fcials agreed to postpone the final race
for the two mile handicap, as we'll as
the winners of championship races and
trials against time until next Monday
afternoon, as the majority of the con-
teStants signified their intention of
staying over to take part in the events.
When the trial heats were begun this
morning and the contestants In the
two-thirds mile contest took two
minutes and seven seconds to cover
the distance the Judges decided to put
a time limit on all ten heats in the
open events
Mile open. class B, was won in an
satisfactory manner-by Coulter the
flyer of the Falcon team.
The quarter mile championship was
won by Eddie Bald, whose work this
week has stamped him as the Ameq-i-
can class B champion. Bald. McDon-
aid and Zeigler and Jenny were the
starters. On the back stretch McDon-
ala went to the front, but on the turn
Bald made a dashing sprint that put
MN over the tape a winner by ward
before Mcdonald with Jenny third
Inc professional two mile handican
was the last to be run before the storm
broke upon the meeting. Rumford |
won by seventy-fve yards, but Bakers |
win Of second place was a very popular |
one. ''-''i
Chicago, July 13.-John Lawson tbis !
evening demonstrated his ability to !
roe nifty miles in record breaking !
time. While his performance was mer7 /
ltorlous, the ride counts for naught as |
a record breaking feat, inasmuch as /
Inc course was not in the prescribed I
limits OF the Century Road club. The !
MI miles were done in 2:51 1-5 being |
% 80 seconds better than the record |
made by Charles BartheI Lawson was |
paced by five tandem teams.
Denver, July 13.-In the Highlands |
Wheel club races this afternoon sew |
aral racers showed remarkable time. |
A b. Hughes broke the five mile. com |
petition, state record, in 1915. He was
q scratch man and finished third. Hale. |
l5O yards, won the race. In the two /
thirds mile class 3 race, Hamilton
broke the state record in 1:34. w. r. |
Grove rode the novice race in 2:15.
Reno. New, July 19.-H D. McIlrath.
of the Chicago Inter
Ocean, and wife. on the way from
Chicago to San Francisco on bicycles.
have arrived in this city. They had !
to arrive on Monday evening.
0ne hundred bicychsts and represen-