Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-08-18
EDMUNDS WINS ROAD RACE
Makes a Hard Race for The WaYarly
Wheel Pfzl
Max Alexander taLeu second Place
aud Emery wins tine
Prize.

The Nth annual road race o, the
Young Mems Christian Association
was run over the Girfield Beach
course late yesterday afternoon, and J Z.
b. Edmun ds carried of frat honors
from the tweniy-six contestants WIN
entered.
AT 8 80 the double header pulled
out OF the Garfield Beach depot,
loaded DOWN with bicycle racers,
ffioisls and enthu,iasls OF the sport.
Nine miles from the beach and ten
miles from the finish the train stopped
| and the crowd ewarmed out Co the
road, where the start was made. After
u little delay the two boys, J. b.
| Edmupds and j. w. Guthrie, VIII
| mad tho 4!i0 handicap mounted their
wheels and moment later Starter
| COnely's pistol cracked and away they
wont.
| At intervals of half minute the
remaining riders pushed III until
Emery aud Hassard, the scrh CO men,
alone remained. By this time the
men with the heaviest hsnuicRp were
q mile ana half away, aud between
Them in grou9s were the twenty-five
| Othefr, only the general outline o,
whom cCuli be distinguished in the
| dust.
Howard and Emery were quickly
| Off--EmeTy in the leau, Hassaru trail-
ing, ami then the crowu boarded tho
train. The scratch men were soon
passed, but the train did not slacken
until IL had come up to the IeR1ing
mar. He could not be recognized at
fret, but finaliy the bare arms
and legs and navy blue suit
were seen to belong to young
Edmuuds anu hearty shout o,
encouragement went up from the
train. He was peualiDg hard, and
was lar In the lesd Of any other rider.
1 n the distance two scorcheIs in rcd
veTe coming along at u goOJ clip, ana
behind them all was indistiBct.
When something over half way
over the course the engine put ON
more steam aud lett the triders behind
One mile beyond the beach tue stop
was IaAue. The judges spread tape
over tho road, the timers got out theii
watches, the sc1Ters their blanks, aud
the crowd hued up along the road
leaving only IA narrow passage way fol
the riders.
Ii proved that the engineer had
made un ecessstily fast time anu II WA
several minutes before tue first man
cams In sight. This proved to b,
Edmupds and he WAS still leading by
a taie distance.
All at once shout went up from tn,
crowd, AM Edmunus was seen rolling
over in the dust. He had struck
rut and been thrown down. IL,
jumped up Immediately, however
sprspg on mis- wheel and rode dowr
between the human walls across tn,
, tape dusty and tired, but Wet riUus.
Just behind him came Max Alex
ander, who had received two minute
less handicap, and following him wa
George ii. Lucas, a 800 man.
Nine men had crossed the tape am
tho crowd began to wonder wher
= Emery and Hassard were, when owe
= the bluff tho well known form OF tn
former rose anu GOWN the incline h
; came at u 1880 gait anu crosse
=, the line 20 minutes and so second
after the start was made. This wa
the best time made and secured 10
Emery the time prize OF fac camera
; Twsnty.one riders finished; tn
other five had met with accident
back on the rad and pushed thel
. wheels in TO tho beach. Hassar
finished seventeenth, but no was gu
OF training AMI not in shape TO put u
] the best kind Of race.
| The az D. Ia As follows.