The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-21
Cycling.
THREE STATE RECORDS BROKEN
SALT PALACE CYCLE RACES
DRAW IMMENSE CROWDS.
Twenty-Five Hundred People Saw
Races Last Night-Fast Time and
Good Riding In Every Event.
NEW STATE RECORDS.

One mile. unpaced, against time-J.
p. Gum, 2:07 Is.
One mile competition, professionally.
\. Chapman, 2:O5 SIS.
One-half mile competition. amateur
(unpaced)-John Ensign, 1:042-5.
Twenty-Five hundred people saw the
SAT- Palace races last night-the larg-
est crowd ever at any bicycle race meet
IN Utah. There was scarce standing
room IN the coTmodious seating accom-
modations of the track.
The races were started exactly at
$50, the advertised time. and the nine
events were run off in rapid succession
me officials are making a record for
themselves in conducting these meets,
and as result the sport is becoming
the most popular ever held in the state
Ihree state records went down before
the onslaught of the racing men, the
one mile professional unpaced, the one
mile professional competition and the
half-mile competition amateur. The
band was on hand and livened uD the
proceedings, and the street car service
was big improvement over the pre-
vious nights.
John Lawson. the Terrible Swede.''
did not start, but his place was filled
by Chapman, the Atlanta crack. and
Frank Cotter, the western whirlwind"
from the Pacific coast. These two di-
vided the honors between them in the
only open professional race, which was
the one mile lap professional, Chapman
winning in state record time of 2:05 3-5.
with his team mate, Cotter, second.
Ensign Wins Half-mile.
Ensign and Meakin started from
scratch in the first event, the half-mile
handicap for amateurs Eddie Smith
had thirty-five yards. LAWYER forty.
Cutting forty-five and Froiseth fifty
five. The bunch We're quickly caught
by the scratch men, but Meakin fell
early in the race and was out of it. At
the bell lap Ensign made a runaway
race and won easily, with Smith sec
ond, Froise1h third and Cutting fourth.
Ensign's time from scratch. 1:04 2-5,
broke Papa" Smiths competitions I'M
paced haif-mile record of 1:07 Is.
The half-mile invitation professional
for local riders brought out Emery.
Game, Sharman. Edmonds and Gum
as starters. The race was slow for the
first lap. but Sharman came up with a
rush from behind and pulled into the
lead with his team mate. Gum, tackled
on behind. The race was fast from
this on and Gum jumped Sharman on
the bell lap and locked a winner. but
Emery made a splendid jump from be-
hind. and. passing Gum on the
stretch, won by half-length, Gum
second, Sharman third and Edmonds
fourth by a very close margin from
Caine.
Lap Race to Southerner.
The one mile lap race. professional.
was the race of the evening and was
run in two heats and a final. Chapman
Of Atlanta. Tod Caine and Oscar Ju-
Illus were the starters in the first heat.
Chapman had an easy time of it. lead
ing most of the way. and qualified
without difficulty. The finish between
Game and Julius was very close but
the judges gave the decision to julius.
Emery. Turville and Frank Cotter.
the man from the Pacific coast, We're
the starters in the next heat Turville
rode a game race and won. Cotter fin
shing second and Emery third. This
being the fastest of the two heats, all
three qualified for the final.
Turville. Chapman, Cotter, julius
and Emery came out for the final.
Emery struck his pedal on the turn
Early in the race and was thrown. The
'est made hard fights for the leading
place over the tape on each lap, but
Chapman succeeded in coming over
lrst six times. and, having enough
points to his credit, kindly allowed his
cam mate. Cotter, TO come through on
he inside first for several laps. Julius /
rad bad spill on the sixth lap, leav-
ng only Cotter. Chapman and Tur |
lille for the finish. Chapman won with |
i points to his credit. COtter was sec
md with 10 and Turville third with u.
There was considerable talk about |
cam work on the part of Chapman and |
,otter. but as Turville made no pro- [
est the race was allowed TO stand
Meakin Beats Ensign.
Johnny Ensign. the quarter-mile !
Imateur champion of the state. met de- |
eat at the hands of Fred Meakin in |
he special match race between the |
wo. Meakin winning two straight |
Keats. In both heats Meakin got a I
plendid start, Ensign being very slow |
n getting away. Ensign tried to ride ]
round his speedy rival, but was I'M
uccessful. although he came very near
out in the last heat. This was
1nsign's first defeat in scratch race
his season. and Meakin, who is !
new rider, was given an
walton for his wins.
]. p. Gum made a splendid ride in
lis trial against the one mile unpaced
tate record of 2:12. This time was
made by H. r. Renshaw of Denver on
he Beck track in 1895. Gum rode
cry steadily throughout and the
rowd was aroused to the highest pitch
f excitement as it was seen that he
vas getting under the record. The
of the time was awaited
\ breathless silence, and when it was
iven out, 2;07 1-5. Gum was given an
walton. One of the three watches
aught the time as 2:07 fiat.
julius Again Beaten.
The last event on the programme was
he five-mile special pursuit race be-
ween julius and Emery. julius
tarted on the home stretch and Emery
n the opposite side of the track. Ju-
us broke his chain on the first lap and
ne men were recalled. On the second
art julius gained thirty yards on his
ntagonist. but Emery quickly re-
aimed this and at the end of the first
alf-mile the men were exactly even
n opposite sides of the track. Emery
radually gained from this time on and
aught Julius at the end of the thir-
.enth lap, or one and five-eighths
lilies.
The following is the summary:
Half-mile handicap-Won by Ensign
,cratch); Ed Smith (35 yards), second;
Froiseth 900 yards), third. Time
O4 2-5. Estate. record.) 70
Half mile invitation. professional