Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-08-29

TINE WAS: IS 3-5 SECONDS.


Hardly 1900 people witnessed tho bic
cycle races al the Salt Palace last cvcn-
ing. this fact was doubtless owing TO
the threatening state OF tho weather.
The feature OF the meet was nu ut-
tempt ON the part OF John Chapman
10 lower the worlds haif-mllr uup1ced
record. Chapman was scheduled Go run
up against "a mile but at tho last moe
ncnt De- decided 90 go Tor the half. owe
Ink 90 the fact that there was % aUu
hruor" blowing Tint gave him 20 severe
handicap. Chapman on "a Zoo EUII
made "a worry plueky ride and Succeeded
100 cuuulling the record OF 90 $50 seconds
made by William Martin OF Springfield.
Mass, Who made it ON o. thrcU lap
track nt Nowby oval. Aug 20. is1s
Chapman rode tho hrst quarter iu 20
Hat
when tho nnnuncIotor give ont tho
result ana proclaimed 10 to be- % world H
record tho crowd dii not give vent 70
any great demonstration Of outhu-
Hlasm. in fact. owing 10 the hirh gear
Ing ~ DhupmHn'H wheel l0d them to
believe that tho boy from Gunrgia was
not pcdaling TO hm fun driving capl-
ONE MILE HANDICAP.
The onc-mlic handicap. amateur was
% fine rugu that brought tho crowd to-
tie feet nH Johnny EuFign beat bic old
rival without tho possibility OF re-
doubt Mcukin. Euaign aud Smith.
who was sick. started from scratch.
Horace Tucker had sixty yards. Glare
cure cutting was given eighty yards.
y. Munsun started from no yards and
Fred Carter the limit OF il0 yards Ia
the second lap cutting caught The two
leaders ana headed out on % maifi elm
I|HHIMu N tho I.H|I#.HH
Ing the puCymnkns the hfth Top found
the order Co be Cutting MuukIu. EnaIru
ana Tucker, and "a blanket could have
covered the bunch. Upon rounding the
north bend on the seventh lhy. Ensign
shot up tho track and passed Mraklu.
with Tucker trailing ON 20 his rear tire.
The trio dug out Tor home with smith
in the aim distance Mcuklu and En-
sign Eumgiy disputed every inch uf tho
oval and put every pound they had ON
the pedals, FIRST ONE would rulu foot
only tu lose % the next SECOND ua the
other would close up the gap. Ensign
led hy four feUt until the home stretch
was reached when Mpuku made "a
Jump ana closed up on Enigu'H rear
tire, lu which position they finished.
Tucker came boz Just ahead uf Eddie
smith twenty feet behind. Time.
SPLENDID RACE.
inc iWnHWllc handicap, professional
developed some good guneralshlp on the
part uf TurNIllo who ultimately Cap-
turud the first prize OF $50 He and
Chapman started from scratch Tod
tliuo was ON tho alXty-yard mark. -.
r.. Emory had eighty yards. J. %. Ed
mundH 100 yards. oscar Julius 1856
yards and g.. u. iuzlor 10 yards. Clluc
started out right 90 the pistol shot and
caught Emory then the two started nf-
tor the leaders. They caught the bunch
IN the fourth. The seventh lap saw the
Hcrltuhmcn up with the crowd. Calnc
pacing the gang, while EimuudH dld
similar duty Tor the urazier. Julius a
Co., who. were some nfty yards ahead
~ the H'lntchmen. In the ninth lap u
yell went mp uH Turylllp shot up tho
track from behind The bunch and
started out Tor tlH leaders. before he
had circumnlyigutod the track he had
caught the bunch. In the next lap
Chapman started inter his rival, but
TurNlllc had already secured his desired
position aui was riding strongly Al
tho bell the procession uWukD from ltH
lgthnrgy and Turylllo mndc things
hum Nobody lu the crowd could hold
him and he rpmpei home amid ncCla-
nation BrHzlpr ana Chapman came
sailing along two lengths bohiul fight
Ing the race like hun 1ugs. The former
surprised his friends by beating tho
Gcurgiu dyer over the tape hy % couple
Of Inches and a coat OF yarnish. Tho
time 1 10