The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-26
WHEELS AND THINGS.

The road race on Decoration day
from this city to Pennington over the
fifteen mile course will be the banner
event of the kind ever attempted in
Utah. The prize list, figuring up to
about 81 1000 already, is the largest and
most valuable ever offered in this city
Most of it has been subscribed by the
leading cycle dealers. There will be
four high grade 500 bicycles, a Le-
fever automatic ejector gun worth $685.
and gold watches, jewelry and bicycle
sundries galore. No more tempting
bait was ever offered to the scorcher
to be competed for on the track or
road. To say that it is the one topic
in the clubs and cycling circles would
be to draw ii mildly. Every rider who
has the least idea he has speed and en-
durance is talking road race and Won
dering what his handicap will be, his
chances for first place, etc. When ap-
preached with the query whether he
intends to enter or not, he fights a
little shy of the question, although
secretly saying to himself, You bet 1
am going to give them a little brush
for some of those prizes"
The entries are coming in thick and
fast. All the Salt Lake contingency of
racers have entered and several out of
town aspirants have sent in for entry
blanks, while Ogden will send, down a
delegation of its best road men for the
express purpose of capturing the big
plums. There is no question but it
will be one of the hardest fought bat
ties ever witnessed in these parts.
Any afternoon one can see merry
string of flyers circling round Liberty
park at a pace that would kill an or
~; o,-y rider ic SiChf nd
one well worth seeing. The ease with
which they seem to ride, each one al
ternating in setting the pace, pushing
one another good naturally and now
and then setting a pace one would
think they were going to jump into
hot sprint for finish. but not so;
round they go again and again, until
one by one they drop out, ride up town
to their training quarters, take show
er bath and brisk rundown as fin
| Usher for the days work, only to be fol-
| lowed by the same routine the next
day; and so it will continue until
/ about one day before the race.
| The Calder's park people have been
| granted a sanction for three events, tr
I be sandwiched between the horse races
to be held on Decoration day. There
will be half mile open and two mile
|
been hung UP for the card. All will be
! class A events, as none of the racing
men have as yet been transferred tc
the professional class. All last years E
men are eligible for class A events, and
some of last years crackerjacks in A
events will have an opportunity of test.
ing their speeding ability with such
men as Evans, Jensen, Game, Weller
Thatcher, Liday and others. This fact
! alone ought to draw a good big crowd
! out to see the Calder's park races. The
prizes are on exhibition in Leyson's
] jewelry store show window.
Trade has picked up wonderfully the
past week with the dealers.
The roads out of town are in good con
! dition for a spin. Quite number OF
( wheelmen can be seen these fine days
! out for a ride and enjoying theil
mount.
Liday & Cushmans riding school is &
much frequented resort nowadays; the
professors are kept quite busy teach
ing the unsuspecting recipient Of
bumps and bruises the art of lodging
moving vehicles, street cars and stray
/ dogs.
There is a movement on foot to lift
the boycott from the Becks Hot
Springs track. The dealers are con
! sidering proposition looking to thai
end. Messrs Beck and Bamberger pos
itively refuse to do anything them
through the channels mentioned.