The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-02
Cycling.
CLOSE ANDF Asst RACES
Best Exhibition at Salt Palace In a
Month.
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NOSE AND NOSE FINISHES
YOUNGSTERS GIVE AMATEUR
CRACKS A SURPRISE.
NOSE AND NOSE FINISHES
Beck and Guthrie Beat Out Ensign
and Meakin In Half-mile Handi-
cap-Edmunds and julius Make a
Good Showing In Professional
Class-Two Mile Record Broken.

Close finishes and fast time charac-
terized last evenings races at the Salt
Palace. A crowd of about 1000 specta-
tors saw. them, and, taken all in ALL
the meet was about the most satisfac-
tory one WHICH has been held on the
t:-cn-- in the past month.
The three-quarter- mile handicap pro-
fessional was a hard ride right from
the start. julius (seventy-five yards)
and Jensen (eighty-five yards), liz out
with the pistol, and, riding well to-
gether, made a fast ride at the start,
and While Turville and Chapman, the
scratch men, were catching Game
(thirty YARDS and Edmunds forty-five
YARDS, Jensen and Julius were still
whooping it up a third of lap to the
good. But when the fifth lap came,
Turville and Chapman had caught
Game and Edmunds, and We're close at
the heels of Emery (sixty yards and
Brazier (seventy yards). Then Chap
man ran away from Turville, and,
rounding the last turn, caught and
passed Jensen and julius. julius pick
ed up Chapmans pace and let himself
be towed in a good second. Turville
rounded Jensen and beat him to the
tape by a couple of lengths. Time
1:29. AS this is the first time such a.
race has been run in Salt Lake, the
time is a record. The whole distance
was ridden at less than a two-minute
gait.
The first heat of the half-mile ANA
teur handicap was Won easily by
Meakin. Cutting fifty yards and Ana
kin (sixty-five yards, ran dead heat
for second place. Time-1:04.
The second heat was a bruiser, and
went to Ensign from scratch. Tucker
forty YARDS almost caught Ensign 1t
the tape, and was good second. Beck
(sixty YARDS was third. Time-1:O2
Scratch Men Surprised.
The final produced the prettiest fin
ish ever seen on the track. The scratch
men found the proposition too tough
for them, for Guthrie (ffty-fve vards)
and Beck (siXty yards) had some en-
ergy up their sleeves that they had not
used before, and the bell lap found them
still well ahead, with Anakin, Tucker
and Cutting coming UP close behind.
on the entire last lap they were riding
three and four abreast, and going like
were pocketed in the rear. On the last
high bank Beck and Guthrie were rid
ing nose to nose and blanket might
have covered the whole bunch of seven. /
So they Numbered across the tape, I
with all the crowd on its feet cheering |
ike mad. BY bare tire's width Beck !!
won out, Guthrie being second and /
Tucker, who had stolen in on the tape, j
third. Time-1:03.
Referee Bruff disqualified Guthrie, it !
that he had not qualified in I
the trials.
Emery won some applause by TAX !
ing the first heat-the mile trial-of /
the two-mile open. Chapman did not |
try to sprint, and simply hung to En-
ery's tire. Jensen was third. Time (
81 S-5
Joe Edmunds hung On to Turville's |
ear tire in the second heat, and then
beat Turville at the tape in pretty
nose and nose finish. Game was third.
2-5.
The final was paced by Jensen and
3razier, and was a scorching ride all
he way. Turville had the best posi-
ion, and when the sprint came, was
away, with Chapman at his rear tire.
Chapman tried to pull out abreast, but
he pace was too hot and only at the
ape did he lap Turville'S While finish
ng a scant half length to the bad Ed
nunds beat out the bunch for third
,lace easily. Time-i:0S is, a new COM
PETITION record for two miles.
Cutting fell at the start of the mile
mateur, and dragged Tucker into the
irt Tucker was game. and stuck to
t, however, catching Munson, Ensign
nd Cutting on the second lap. Munson
ried to run away on the bell lap, and
feakin caught him easily, as did En-
ign and Tucker. They finished strung
ut in that order. Time-2:31 IS
The summary follows:
Three-quarter handicap, professional
j. NJ. Chapman (scratch), won, Oscar
ulius (seventy-fve vardsl second
lem Turville (scratch) third. Time
20
Half-mile handicap, amateur-Beck
sixty YARDS won, Guthrie (fifty-f1ve
ards second, Tucker forty YARDS
bird. Time-1:03.
One-mile open, amateur-P. W.
leakin won, ]. w. Ensign second H. J
Tucker third. Time-2:31 2-a
Two mile open, professionalism
urville won, ]. NJ. Chapman second,
B. Edmunds third. Time-i:0S Is. I