Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-05-30
TODAYS BIG ROAD RACE
Time Prize Won by c. H. Cutting Who Rcde
the Distance in So Minutes.
TAPE CROSSED FIRST BYE. W. ulNDsTaoM


The Decoration Day road race or
1898 Is now a thing of the past. 1t oc-
Cured this morning over the Farming
ton race course and was witnessed from
special observation train over the
salt Lake and Ogden railway by
something like 800 people. There was a
stiff more easter blowing when the boys
set out from the corner OF Fourth
North and Third West streets. but th-
breeze swung around to thewest before
Bountiful was reached, and the
scorchers had u withstand It sidewise
as they speedeI on to their destlna-
ton.
There were twenty-eght starters. the
first OF them setting out at 11:32 with
a handicap Of six minutes over the
scratch men. These were John f.
scheib, II. f. Croy T.. L. zoellner and
d. C. McRendy. Then came the $3.50
men consisting Of Charles +. Rice, j.
c. Olsen, Charles T.. Whlteman, a. j,
Beveridge, y. Il. Culmer and +. a.
Mangupi, who was said to be suffer-
ing W cold feet and did not start.
one minute later the 4;30 men were
pushed off, these being George Keen,
Ira Holbrook and j. n. Augustus
Then came the four minute class, made
up OF f. >. johnson, Il. w. Lindstronl'
>. ii. Sharinan ana Z. H. Gatrell.
Those starting In the three minute class
were A. w. Beam, =. Forsyth and w.
G.. Bywater and these were followed
by W. Miller, MIR. Samuelson and
u ]. Luce with n 2:30 handicap. while
tharits H. braZler anu 'hihes %:
Sterllng enjoyed minute anu h't,i
handicap. Inc scratcn men Mere ~ Il
L. renrose, a winner ldst scar, y, ~;
cutting ana -, II, LauVer, Al soe soYu
81, 1870 s Nun t t,e o,,tsat Ia, oniclfiv re-,
gained his feet. mounted his Cleveland
and sped away.
i.i'i'i'D $3.50 az
Ihe tram CARRYING the entnu l, sly,
iIlehus OF tne vontestaa.s li'9F ~. o'i.
Just as tne scIsteh men eSr th eHs t,s,
epIneF 70 t'!y -, VI ~. ~ $3.50
pItSc, rs pulseu I'm ,t,, ,,,,st IN
anu iiechs VET ela . ~ az nt ~
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on,,,d La sa',, ,,',sbim,, snr ali mai was
T., ~ w ~ al 17nd ber" and tl,sre
M , vivt ty ~ H., gtrurgIng FOR sturem-
~, -, Ia 80 ,',,tit a strnns, sr,trt
ono ahead of ION.
a. rad crov,ds Of interestcd cItizens
cbcered tbe bovs nc thev nassed while
from the train yeii oftcr Well went ~,
becausa Of tho seeming sIincrIority Of
ono whaeImen oycr nnother n Is n
race 10 which was attached NM in
tsrest and when the Hftaen niles in
tert'a,,nrr bat,yeer sail I,oke nnd Ia
p,ington were covered most 81 tha rid l.
,.,.s wera winded and had IN he pivep
attention IN, tbsir resncctivo friends
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FINISH VI me hASh'
The train pulled into Pennington
none too soon for those
who desired to witness the
crossing of the tape. Down the road
came the riders, some close together
others quito distance apart. The
first to roll in amid the great enthusi-
asm Of the crowd, was f. w. Lind
strom Of the four minute class whose
time was chalked down at % minutes
anu ~. % sSgorlGs' lnen caiie wy noS
IN rev, W u. 'SWatsI' pl 'ne III
lIl,llu.e cIass' Who llaue ttv iuii u, o.
minutes anu % seconus; ,ne tiiltu %
reach me goal was ira Holnrook OF me
i;dV order VINO covered the distance ~
% minutes ana 8 SECONDS. Ihen N
the order named, came George Keen
Charles f. rice, II. ;. Johnson, ). -
sharman' Charles IL. Brazier, a. W
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