The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-24
DOWNING'S FINE WORK
Wins Both Professional Races at
Salt Palace.
NOT M'FARLAND'S NIGHT
FAMOUS RIDER WAS NOT so
SPEEDY AS OF OLD.
Races Were Best That Have Been
Given For Some Time, But Only
Small Crowd Was There, the
Night Was So Collaborating
Beat Out Mcfarland In Handicap.


II was unfortunate that the GOODNESS
of the evening kept the crowds away
from the Salt Palace cycle track last
evening, for the races were excellent,
the best that have been held at the
track for some time. All Of them Wee
fast and there were one or two close
finishes that were alone worth the
price of admission. But the cold
weather was too much for the crowds.
And it certainly was cold. The frost
gathered on the track early in the
evening, and il was so slippery before
the races We're over that it was found
impossible TO start a tandem on the
track at all At each attempt the ma
chine slipped off and dumped its riders
as soon as it struck the sharp curves.
Not McFarland's Night.
1t was not McFarland's night to
shine, evidently. for he could not win
a first place TO save him. Hardy Down.
ing won first in both of the profession
al events of the evening. Mcfarland
only succeeded in running second in
the lar leap and got no better than
fourth in the open race.
In the first heat Of the half-mile
liver Lawson were on scratch, JULIUS
had thirty yards Game fifty-five yards
and Chaffee sixty yards. The scratch
men had bit of fun in catching Game
and Chaffee, and it was not until the
turn into the stretch that they did the
trick. Game had a good position at the
front, and Chaffee, when the scratch
men came by. tried to cut in on the
pole. But he was too close to Caine,
and all he succeeded in doing was to
catch his front wheel on Gaines rear
tire and he went into the dirt. Nc
Farland and Lawson had it hard to the
tape, the former winning by a tire.
Game was third. Time-1:O1.
Freeman Gets Second Heat.
The second heat was easily Free
mans. He started from scratch, with
Downing at fifteen yards, Turville at
twenty-five yards and Emery at fifty
yards. Downing got a poor start and
Freeman had circled him and had
caught Turville before either one of
them got on the track. Then he went
after Emery. Him he caught in the
next two laps and rested a bit while
Freeman and Turville caught up. On
the sprint, Turville had good posi-
ton, but he was out Of condition, for
Emery rode right around and finished
next to Freeman. with Downing poor
third. Time-1:04 2-5.
Downing Wins Final.
Freeman fell on the frosty bank at
the start of the final, and the race was
thereafter between Mcfarland, Down
ing (who this time started just a few
feet ahead of the scratch men, rather
than trust the slippery bank) and Iver
Lawson. The scratch men had no
trouble with the long mark men. and
at the bell lap had it all their own way.
The three made il d hot sprint to the
tape Downing winning by a wheel,
Mcfarland second and Lawson third
by a length. Time-59 As seconds, re-
markably fast considering the cold and
the condition of the track.
The mile handicap amateur was en-.
livened by a miXup that put three of
the riders out Of the race. Eddie Smith
(scratch) had the others punched in
lap or two. and as the sprint was about
to begin, Munson 600 yards) cut down
in front of Evans $50 YARDS and Mathi
son (120 YARDS and the three went in
a heap Eddie Smith ran around the
fallen riders and finished a good fifty
yards ahead of A. W. Smith CAS- yards),
the second man. Beck Gao YARDS was
third by ten yards, and SwartwoOd (110
yards) fourth by twenty yards. Time
2:15 20.
Too Slippery For Tandem.
Caine and Chaffee attempted to pace
the two-mile open professional on a
tandem. but after two attempts to get
around the frosty curve and after
wrenching the handlebars out of the
machine they gave it up and the riders
went out without pace. 1t was slow
for the first mile and not until the lat
ter half Of the second mile did the men
commence to hit it out Then McFar-
land started out, with liver Lawson at
his wheel. Downing Immediately ran
around the two and the three of them
sprinted for a lap. Mcfarland seemed
to tire and he dropped back, Freeman
coming IN out of the bunch and re-
placing him. Between Downing and
liver Lawson the fight was superb.
Neither had the advantage for a half
lap and at the bell they We're going
IL abreast.
Exciting Finish.
They had left the others a length
behind and the crowd whooped excited
ly as they came around the turn,
Downing a bare tires width to the
good Just al the tape Iver gave his
wheel a last desperate shove and
pushed ahead of Downing, winning
10y a tire. The judges could not see it
that way however. and although the
crowds yelled franticallv for Lawson,
the decision was given to Downing.
Freeman was third and Mcfarland
fourth. Time-a:4I.
The summary follows:
Half-mile handicap professional
Hardy Downing Us yards) won, f. A.
Mcfarland (scratch) second, liver Law
son (scratchl third. Tines As sec
.ond.
Mile handicap amatuer-E. r. Smith
(scratch) won. A. w Smith as yardsl
second, L. p. Beck GO YARDS third.
Time-z:15 %.
Two-mile open profeSsional-Hardy
Downing Won. Iver Lawson second, H.
3. Freeman third. F. A. Mcfarland
fourth. Time-4:4.