The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-14
Terrible Swede" Does Some Great
Riding.
ENSIGN LEADS AMATEURS
CINCHED HIS CLAIM TO CHAM
PIONSHIP LAST NIGHT.
Salt Palace Meet Proves to Be a Pro-
nounced Success-Sport Witnessed
by Big Crowd and Some Speedy
Sprinting Was Seen-Bicycle
News and Notes.

If fast racing, wonderful records and
well-conducted meets will attract the
patronage of the Salt Lake public, such
meets as were held on the Palace track
last night will certainly do so.
The opening races the night of July
4 more than satisfied the spectators,
and last nights events surpassed the
racing of the last meet. The first event
started promptly at $50, as announced,
and the entire programme of seven
events was run off in rapid time with
| out a hitch. The crowd almost filled
the seats all around the track, and al
record followed record, and the mel
fought like fiends for places and posi-
tons the crowd was aroused to the
highest pitch of excitement.
Lawson Breaks Worlds Record.
John Lawson, the Terrible Swede,"
| again demonstrated beyond doubt
that Salt Lake now possesses track
faster than any similar course in the
country, for he broke the worlds man
paced mile record for an indoor track,
and that, too, in spite of the fact that
he rode one and one-half laps unpaced.
| The former record was a fraction slow
| er than 1:53 and was made by r. A.
Miller at Galveston. Tex, this spring,
| and Lawson brought down these fig
ures to Isl 3-5. What he is capable of
| doing with two sets of pacemakers is
only matter of conjecture, for during
! his entire ride he was continually call
| ing on the tandem team for faster pace.
| Turville and Julius were the pacing
tandem team and are entitled to great
credit for their share in the perform
| ance.
John Ensign has cinched his claim
| as amateur champion of Utah. In the
one-mile handicap, amateur, he started
from scratch with Fred Meakin, who
was his most formidable competitor at
| the July meet, and set such a rapid
pace that Meakin was left behind at
the end of the first half-mile. E. B.
Heagren was the only other starter In
this race and had 100 yards handicap,
but after shaking off Meakin in four
laps, he kept on after Heagren, and
passed him in the fifth lap, and gall
Hoped home a winner with six lengths to
spare.
He again demonstrated his superior
ity in the half-mile open by easily de-
feating both Meakin and Heagren. The
race was fast to the bell lap and as the
signal was given for the last lap, Mea-
kin tried to pass Ensign, who was in
the lead. Ensign fought him off game
ly all the way around the last lap, and
Meakin gave up on the home stretch.
finishing second, while Heagren took
things easily and came in third, six
lengths behind.
Five-mile Professional.
The five-mile open professional was
run in two heats and a final and was
one of the interesting races of the even-
ing. ]. P. Gum, the one-half-mile /
state champion; Todd Game and o. E.
Emery were the only starters in the
first heat, two to qualify for the final. |
Gum rode a beautiful race and showed |
the best condition that he has exhibit |
ed since he has been on the track. The |
trial heat was only for a distance of |
mile, and was in the nature of a loaf |
for the first half. Gum led all the way |
with Game closely following. Gum
livened up shortly before the bell lap
and as the gong sounded. jumped into
a sprint and opened up ten lengths on
Game and Emery. Caine showed good
staying powers, however, and rapidly
closed up on Gum, and when the two
came over the tape, Caine was only /
a length behind the champion. Emery
was never in the running and was third
by five lengths.
The second heat also brought out
three starters-Turviile, Julius and
Brazier. The latter was a favorite with
the crowd and made a good race. con-
finished third, close up. Turville won
the heat and Julius qualified by coming
in second.
The four men who had qualified in
the trials-Gunn, Turville, Game and
Julius-lined up for the final race for
five miles. Emery and Brazier went
out on singles to pace, Emery being
the first. Turville was the lucky man
to catch the PAGERS rear wheel, Gum,
Julius and Game falling in in the order
named. The men went around In this
order for one mile, and Emery dropped
out and Brazier went in to pace.
At the beginning of the second lap,
however, Julius became dissatished
with the gait and came up with rush
from behind and. passing the pace
maker. strung the bunch out in a long
line around the track. The pace he
set for a quarter lost the rest but Tur-
Vile got under way and closed up the
gap and Gum and Game also worked
up into line again and Emery once
more dropped in front to pace. The
two miles were made in 4:32 as against
Julius former state record of 4:51 20.
At three miles the figures were re-
duced from 7:17 3-5 to 6:49 and at four
miles the leader came over the tape in
9:OS breaking the former record of
9:47 Is SO AS second. AS the judges
failed to note who was leading at the
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will stand.
A Magnificent Contest.
The last hilf mile of this race was
a magnificent contest. Turville looked
a winner as he shot out into lead and
Gum and Game vailly endeavored to
pass him. At the bell lap the exciting
part in the race lay in the fight for b
second place between Gum and Game.
Game had the favorable position on the
pole and Gum was right at his side.
All around the track Gum tried to
pass him and the crowd howled with
excitement as Game held his position
even with the champion. Gum made
desperate efforts to force his front
wheel ahead of Gaines and swerved
down the home stretch but
Game held his own and amidst the
greatest excitement the two came over ;
the tape in a dead heat for second
place.
Turville was the winner, Julius fin
shing fourth. Time-11:20, broke Law ,
sons state record of 1901 made on
Calders park July 4th by 80 seconds. ,
but as Lawson's race was unpaced his
time still stands as unpaced five mile :
record This time is the fastest ever ]
made on an indoor track in a five mile
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