The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-31


Despite an increase in the seating
space at the Salt Palace track the
crowd that fiocked thither proved too
big to handle, and many were unable
to obtain access to the arena. Four
thousand people saw the races and sew
eral hundred were turned away. The
races were not so fast as at previous
meets, but they were well contested
and the crowd was pleased. George
Weller, in an exhibition half mile,
broke the track record by 3-5 sec
onds, making it in SO seconds.
Tod Game won the half mile local
without great difficulty, all his more
formidable competitors meeting with
accident Edmunds rode too high On
the first steep bank and fell, drawing
BraZier down onto the dirt BraZier
ran back again and caught the bunch,
but it spoiled his sprinting capabilities.
Emery slipped a pedal on the last lap
so that he could not catch Game on the
final sprint He finished second with
Jensen third. Time-1:07 40
The novice was an exhibition of err
ratio riding that kept the crowd guess
ing fer the way those inexperienced
youngsters darted up and down the steep
banks was narrowing to the nerves.
For a wonder none of them fell and
when the sprint came Harry Heagren
ran away from the others and finished
easily first with F. T. II. Smith second
and A. +. Anakin third.
Julius was given applause enough for
three when he tackled onto Turvilles
rear wheel and finished second in the
first heat of the mile open. Jensen got
third and Tod Game was left out in
the cold. Time-2:19. Chapman walked
away with the second heat, Emery TAX
inc 4 ,fr-l
julius Is Popular.
Chapman won the final in a bruis-
ing sprint with Turville close up. Ju-
Illus showed a sprint that he has evil
IDENTIFY kept hidden away and finished
third amid much applause. Brazier
beat out Emery at the last turn and
took fourth place Time-2:10.
The mile amateur was prolific of ac-
cidents. Ensign struck his pedal and
was dumped at the start. Then he
mounted again and even though lap
behind started to finish. AS he was
passing the bunch on the sixth lap he /
cut down INTO Cutting and fouled him, /
giving MIN bad fall. Eddie Smith 1
and Mealin had an easy thing of it and 4
Smith won out in a galloping finish by !
two lengths over Meakin. Time-2:14 /
Ensign finished but was disqualified for
fouling Cutting.
1COl &c w GlltI IlHdue Ills llTSI appear
ance in several years in an exhibition
half mile. He was greeted with APP
plause from all the great crowd. which
showed that his victories of years past
have not been forgotten. Paced by
Oscar Julius and q. Z. Chaffee he made
a pretty ride, covering the first quar-
ter in 25 3-5 seconds and the half IN
53 seconds, establishing a new state
record for that distance The fastest
ride before was made by John Lawson
in 80 3-5 seconds.
Pursuit Race the Feature.
The race of the evening was the five
mile pursuit race, in which Turville
and Chapman were pitted against
caine, Emery, Julius and Edmunds
The two teams started on opposite
sides of the track and at the pistol
rack Game and Edmunds jumped and
taught fifty-fOot lead on the first lap.
SO it went for six laps, the four local
men gaining slowly on Turville and
Chapman But then the local riders
began to lose ground gradually. while
rurVille and Chapman were riding
stronger than ever. The crowd shouted ,
ldjurations to the local boys to hit it
ID, but they We're spent and on the {
fourteenth lap Edmunds sat up. Game =
md Emery and julius made a last
desperate effort to sprint. but the other ,
elbows We're laundering close on their :
rail and in the second half of the
eventeenth lap Turville and Chapman {
aught and passed them. The time for
wo miles and two-thirds of lap was ]
"a. making the gait at which they
ode about 2:06, remarkably fast time.
The Summary.
Following is a summary of the races: !
Half-mile local-Tod Game won. O
Emery second, Holger Jensen third. j.,
'ime-I:07 Is
Nile novice-Harry Heagren won, F. :
l. 7. Smith second, a. E. Anakin third.
'ime-2:2O.
Mile amateur-E. E Smith won. F.
V. Meakin second. Time-2:l4. l
Mile professionally. NJ Chapman
ION, Glenn Turville second. Oscar Ju-
us third, c. r. Brazier fourth. Time
10
Pursuit Race.-Turville and Chap g
ian caught Game, Emery. julius and !,
,dmunds in two miles two-third laps. !
ime-4:24 I
Friday Nights Races. t
Friday evenings programme shows r
,ur events scheduled. as follows: S
Half-mile handicap, amateur; prizes 4
alued at SIS. $40, s.. p
Mile open, amateur; prizes valued at r
%, SO ard So. l,
hree-quarter-mile handicap, profess +
onal; prizes $50, SO. So s
Two-mile open, professional; prizes Z
10, SIS and $40 sr n
Monday evening there will be a big y
eet, with nine events in the pro- =
-amme and record trial by Glenn c
urviile. sea +
Salt Lake Men Defeated. Z
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