The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-02

me ieioiu anu Aidue HUSH Will the
tracks.
Lawson viii go for the state mile
paced record of 200 2-5, made by j. d.
Parks. If he succeeds in making a
mile under two minutes he will receive
a special prize offered for the perform
ance. If successful, it will be the first
than two minutes.
Philadelphia has been one of the l..
! A w. racing strongholdS ever since
the L. A. w. detection in other parts
OF the country, and the fact that Will
low grove and Woodside park tracks
were advertised to run l.. A. w. races
| all this season has been used quite ex-
| tensiveiy as an argument that the L..
A. w. was still in control in the Quaker
CITY. The news comes now that Will
low grove track is to be turned into a
water carnival amusement place and
the track to be dismantled, and on top
, OF that the Woodside park manage
ment has now announced its in
tention of running N. c. A. events
from now on. The reason for
the determination to forsake the l.. A
W. is given by the Woodside park
people in the statement that the l.. A.
w. racing men are so few that they
cannot draw crowds. Church and Nc
Duffie have been all the talent that the
l. A w. could furnish, and the Phila-
delphia public have become tired of
witnessing match pursuit races be-
tween even such a speedy pair as they
nave proven to be, and are clamoring
for races with the National stars as at
fractions.
The Cycling Gazette, one of the
strong eastern cycling papers, has
hn io1at
control and has acknowledged that the
n. C. A has won the victory. Editor
Mears has been a prominent L. A. w.
Official and worker for years. and is in
position to know the inside workings
of the racing game. and his surrender
is a hard blow to the L. A. w.
New Orleans, a city of 500, 900 inhab-
1tants, has only one cycle dealer. Poor
ly paved streets and hot summer
weather are responsible for the lack
of interest in cycling.
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F. A Mcfarland, the California
crack, has proven his right to the title
of handicap king" He has won all
the principal sweepstake handicaps of
this year from scratch, and his win
nings already are up in the thousands.
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The Waltham track managers are
preparing to run a mammoth meet in
August in opposition to the l.. A w.
national meet. All the N c. A. cracks
will compete, and the prizes will be
far in excess of those given by the
L. A. W. The outlaws calculate that
by having far the greatest number of
national stars in both professional and
amateur ranks. they will be able to
offer the visitors to the National meet
a programme of as good sport as they
ever saw, covering a period of three
days.
This will be the supreme test of the
n. c. AL. A. w. fight, and in addition
to the races, the Waltham management
proposes to give a number of novel en-
tertainments in the nature of a river
carnival and pyrotechnic display at
night to undermine the loyalty of the
leaguers. The Waltham and Charles
River tracks, on which the n. C. a.
and l.. a. w. rival meets are to be
held, are close together, near the fam
Gus l.. A. W. stronghold of Boston.
Vailsburg. n. j., is holding regular
Sunday race meets. Four thousand
people witnessed last Sundays events
at that place.
The great Zimmerman has again en-
tered the racing arena.
The Opals will have a strawberry run
some time during the coming week.
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j. r. Bruff will act as official referee
for all c. a. c. c. meets in Salt Lake
this season, as provided for by the
rules of that organization. Will Fow-
Ter has proven such an efficient clerk
of the course that he will be retained
in that capacity. 1t is the intention
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the Salt Palace managers to have the
same set of officials as nearly as pos
sible, as by so doing the races can be
run off without bitches or delays.
A. G. Spalding of sporting goods
fame and organizer of the American
Bicycle company, the big trust, will
probably be its first president.
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At big annual century run of the
wheelmen Of Greater New York last |
there were 977 participants, |
and among this number there were but |
fifteen chainless wheels. This is dam |
aging evidence to those who claimed |
the chainless to be the coming wheel. |
for it has been acknowledged by all |
that New York led all other commune |
ties in point of chainless sales, even !
taking into consideration the larger |
population of that city.
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Charlie Murphy, the wheelman who |
made one mile in 81 As seconds behind |
an engine Friday, has at last realized |
an ambition that has been his for a |
number of years past. Murphy is one !
Of the oldest racing men on the track, |
having raced with George Hendee and |
Rowe, the old ordinary champions, |
twelve years ago, and is now a good |
Did has been" when compared with |
he Sprinters of the present day. He |
S quite well known here in Salt Lake. |
rs he was a member of the national |
,ircuit racing team in 1895 and raced !
IN Beck's track here in October of that |
year and also rode at Ogden in the |
,ircuit races there. Murphy has done |
,ut little track riding the past two
,ears, and stated last summer that if
lie ever succeeded in riding a mile in |
| minute he would retire from the
game forever.
The officers of the Opal club have ar
'anged for a short run Friday even
ng around the principal drives ard
lark, and grand strawberry feast and
avn fete at the residence of Miss Opal
Hicks, corner of Ninth South and Fifth
Cast. The club will leave the hall at
80 p. m.
"zIM'' AGAIN ON THE TRACK.
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