The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-05-31

Bicycling seems TO have completely
eclipsed every form Of sport here as
elsewhere as was demonstrated yes
terday by the intense interest mani
Tested in the various events.
The racing season opened most aus
piciously. the day being sunshiney but
cool. with a breeze from the north.
which while making the day more
pleasant, bothered the cyclists little.
especially the road racers.
The officials.
The officials chosen for the races
could not have been improved upon.
DR.. Henry n. Mayo, an old time
racing man and the holder of many
championships in days gone by, filled
the important position of referee to
the entire satisfaction of all He was
so fair in all of his rulings that there
was never a chance for a protest
Dick COnley was the starter, and he
kept things moving, preventing any
tedious waits. The judges were A. +.
Holden, George F. Downey and George
Westervelt, and their decisions met
wita the approval of all. NJ. J. Ken
nedy, w. NJ. McCOnahay and H T.
BrastoW, H. w. Griffith, P. J. Daily
and w. c. Shoup acted as umpires.
Ed. H. Scott was the official handi-
capper, while A. P. Senior was the
clerk of the course and S. E. Robbins
and ". E. Hubert did the scoring.
The rOac race was a complete sur
prise, 7. 5. Jensen, the solitary scratch
man, who was looked upon as a sure
winner of the time prize, with excel
lent prospects for finishing first, was
the thirteenth man to cross the tape,
While I. D. Fenton, an unknown
quantity from Ogden, with a nandi-
cap OF four minutes, swept everything
before him, finishing the fifteen miles
IN 1870 and carrying off the first
prize, a Cleveland Swell special, $125,
the time prize, 800 diamond, and a
Crescent scorcher, $50, for riders who
had never before won a. prize, a total
Of S315.
After this marvellous performance,
the modest young man from the juno
ton City went on home and won a
time prize there in the afternoon.
The Road Race.
The fifteen mile road race from Salt
Lake 10 Pennington, gotten up by the
Salt Lake Cycle company, was the
nrst event on the card. The course
was IN fine shape. considering that it
is over an ordinary country road, the
recent heavy storms having laid the
dust and leveled it eff somewhat.
torty-one men were entered and all
but one started, the first man being
sent off promptly at II o'clock. All
along the road from start to finish
were spectators, and the plucky young
lderS were Justify cheered. Every man
rod TO win, and it was a struggle from
the first.
An imense crowd packed the OBJ
servation train run by the Hot
Springs road for the accommodation
OF spectators, and they had a good
view of the race.
The officials had a. special car and
were OF ahead, in order to be in at
the finish.
Fenton, the ogden wonder, COM
menced to move up" before the first
mile had been covered, and when he
let himself out, he passed the others
one by one At one point on the read
the flags marking the course nad been
taken down and some of the riders
were sent away off, losing much time.
McConahay, who was riding strong
and looked like a candidate for a
place, was among the unfOrtunates,
aud through the mistake he lost all
of the handicap and was out of the
race. AS the Wheelmen neared the
finish, crowds lined the course, ard
when FentOn finished first, ne was
given a rousing reception.
He was followed by Soffe, VINO came
IN with but one pedal, having broken
the other. He made a surprisingly
good showing as it was. but would
have crowded the winner very hard
had not the accident occurred.
Lester Freed came in third, closely
followed by II. Durrant
But Jensen-the invincible Jensen
was out of luck. He rode in good
style. but the Ogden man, with his
handicap was too much for him.
Webb and Corbin, who were among
the tail enders," made a very pretty
finish.
Cyrus Hawley was the last man to
cross the tape, and he would mot have
finished at all had not the crowd, in
a spirit of fun, forced him over the
Senior failed to finish and Liday
was not heard from after the start.
Spahr, of Pocatello, finished twenty
Beach. of the Cycle company, was
the eighteenth man across the line,
and his admirers cheered him heartily
The score:
The official score is as follows;
T. D. Fenton. minutes, first, 49 40;
u. Soffe, 719 minutes, second, 54iO;
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