Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-09-03
GARFIELD beach ROAD RACE.
Joe tdmunds Gets frs, Prize and Tod Game
me Time.
wss Pretty Contest from start To rinish
Other spor'. on NJ .. I.aEu.


one Of the pretiiest road races ever
run In Utah. was that which took place
over the uarncld Beach course last
evening under the ausiloes of the 81 l.
League. From start 10 nniah the con-
test was an interesting one. The handi-
caps being 10 cquitabiy arranged az 90
hrlnlng the riders vel together Ia cross
ing the tape. Young J, ~. EdmundH
thu ii-year-uid wonder crossed frrt
and added now laurelH TO his recently
achieved fame ~ a Nheelman. The lad
had tWo-mlnute handicap ana rode
alone the greater part ~ The way, pass.
lng easily those who gol ou before hin.
illl time MAS $500 80 and his position
40 the nnlah Won for him go IN cash.
Tod Calne. a scratch man, Won the time
prize uf ~. this faNnrlte NhcelmIn
making the ride Ia 1855 80, little less
than @ seconds better time than Ed.
muds, who after the race declared
that had he known that. h. would have
won both time and nrHi urlarn.
The start Nan made about 10 miles
from the beach. eight riders entrrlnE.
10 was aiia y, m. when waiter English
and Archie May. both ogden boys. were
pushed on with fuur.mlnute handl'
cap Two minutes later founE Ed
munda was started, and one minute az
NNi NMIN NHNNMNNAH ANNMNNfN ANM r W FL
LludHifnm pcdnled away. Then came
the scratch men, lieri GoOdsell 0f Og-
den and %, y, Emery ana A. W
Cnlne. Ir. 81 Salt Lake.
The observation train followed the
boys pretty closely and good view
was had OF the entire race. Walter
English, the hfst 20 start. made good
timr Tor considerable distance. but
when within couple ~ miles OF the
finish Edmunda overlook him and
kept nrat place, 10 the sud NJ the race,
English getting second place and a
prize OF so. nnEier and flndatrom
paced each other a good part of the
way, but a fan hy the latter, caused the
former 10 run Into him thus disabling
nfazIrr so that he failed 90 make the
nnlsh. punctured tire forcing him 10
walk quite u distance 90 the beach.
flndsirnm however, got mp ana ped
alrd on ana was third 90 cross the tape
winning prize ~ $40. lu the dis
lance Calne and Emery could hr seen
making steady gains on their olmpeti-
tors. hut within a short distance ~ the
finish Emery received a ram, which
threw him IL considerable distance be-
hind ana gave cllnr Hn opportunity 90
fyrs, ahead and win the prise. he en-,
tsilnT nfih IL short distance behind
Archie May who took fourth place with
a bounty Uf 81. flori Gn0lsel was
badly disiancrd and failed 60 finish.
| Dmery came IN sixth
Here ~ the nuiHh the riders ap-
| pthrlng according 10 their positions;
TIME.
T. J. u Edmunds. mln..... $500 30
q Walter English I mIn..,,,,.aiiie 2-b
p II. W. Llnlstrqm I mlu.,.,,,2aia 2-b
Z, Archie May, 2 mln.,,,..,..,,a2iai 30
o A. W, Cainp, Jr, Hcratch.n.2s;hS rs
O. o. Emery, 1cr1tch.,,,...2aita
Those In charge of the race were,
! George WUHtcrvpn. referee, A. J..
llIggs. starter; r. l., Conley, clerk n.
l. Anderson, W. o. scar, August
stein. acorcrai q. n. Butler. j. = Jen-
son. r. g., lrantley, judges Or
/ pfnutz. n. A. Mnngurh W. w, Hall
/ timers; q, \, Butler u. l.. Conley
I handlcappera,
other sports of the day were a gun
rlug shoot which was won by Dave
/ MafgettB. basket bail game between
the League and y. G, NJ, T. teams, Won
d by tho former; "a race between Tod
I Calne aNhcel ana Albert Rrlaer afolt
] won by the former. The swimming and
rowing races ala not materlallze.
The crowd al the beach was not az
large AS generally expected hut enjoy
ment was the order AN the same. III,
| committee in charge, consisting ~ W
J. sloan, u. w. nayncs and j. ~
l Hlgga, ala good work aud descry,
credit Tor the manner IN which they
managed afialrs In genFeal.