The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-12
Cycling.
A WARM ROAD RACE
Captain Smith Won Race and Novice
Prizes.
LAWYER BREAKS RECORD
RODE THE TEN MILES IN
27:541a.
LAWYER BREAKS RECORD
Smith Was Given a Greater Time Al
lowance Than he Needed-Ten
Carloads of Excursionists Wit
messed the Sport-Lawson Match
ed Against Gum and Sharman.

ed Against Gum and Sharman.
A. w. Smith, the big captain of the
Social Wheel club, came very near
duplicating the Pennington road race
performances of Fenton and Emery in
| the Auerbach Garfield Beach ten-mile
road race yesterday. He won the race
and novice time prize, and only missed
lrst time prize by forty-seven seconds.
Little Bert LAWYER, riding alone from
scratch, again proved his ability as a
road rider by winning the time prize
AID at the same time broke the ten
mile course and state road record He
rode the ten miles, practically alone
and unpaced, in 27:541, the former
record being 2S:15, held by Tod Game
Smith was picked as a winner by
the knowing ones, as he had been
given very liberal time allowance He
has been considered by the local road
riders as one of the best road men in
the state. but as he had never been in
road race, the handicapperS gave him
three and half minutes over LAWYER
The result proved that had he been
placed on scratch he would have fin
lshed third, so his handicap was en-
tirely too large; in fact, much more
almost
two minutes ahead of A w. Bean, the
second man.
The observation train left the depot
about 2:3Q, drawn by a double-header
and consisting of ten well-filled coaches
AT the starting point, ten miles from
the city, the train stopped and the
racing men were promptly lined up on
the tape. Joseph Watts, a diminutive
novice, George D. Holding and H ].
Il hn five
sent awav at the crack of Starter
Dowse's pistol, and A. ]. Cope, c. W.
whitman and A. w. Smith, the $3.50
men, were lined up and sent Scurrying
down the road one and one-half min
utes behind the five-minute bunch. A.
W. Bean was alone on the two-minute
start, and Frank D. Smith, the winner
OF the Decoration day race, and Clar-
ence Cutting were the next men to
start, having one minute handicap
over LAWYER
When LAWYER started out alone Cut
ting and Smith were almost out of
sight down the dusty road, and the
other punches were lost to view in the
distance
The spectators made a rush for the
train. which pulled out after the flying
form of LAWYER. He was not overtaken
for two miles, and when the train was
abreast of him he had gained on Cut
ting and Frank Smith, who were just
climbing the first sandy hill on the
Garfield road, four miles from the
start. Smith was tackled on to Cut
ting, but when in the middle of the
hill he had a spill and was forced to
run to the top. By the time
he had remounted, Cutting was
far ahead, and Frank Smith never
caught him again. One mile further on
big Smith, the winner was sighted,
riding like the wind, having passed all
the other competitors before half of the
race was over. As the train caught up
with him he sat up for an instant and
waved his hand to cheering friends
and then bent down to work again with
a clear road in front. Bean, the two
minute man, was making a game ride
a halfmile behind Smith, and was
holding his own, for he held second
place to Smith from this point on to
the finish, Smith gaining but nine and
half seconds on him during the en-
tire race.
The observation train went by the
Garfield Beach station at full speed,
and came to a halt at the finish, one
mile the other side. Smith soon made
his appearance at the brow of the hill,
and when he crossed the tape, a winner,
none of the other riders were yet in
sight. Bean soon appeared, however,
finishing second. H. j. L. Smith, a
five-minute man, came over the tape
third, only twenty seconds behind Bean
and right at his heels A. ]. Cope rode
leisurely in.
A shout went up as Cuttings flying
figure in a flaming red suit was recog-
nized coming over the brow of the hill,
for little Bert LAWYER appeared imme
diately after, only 100 yards behind.
LAWYER had almost made up the min
ute handicap which Cutting had over
him, and was making desperate effort
to beat Cutting to the tape. Two hun
bred yards from the finish he was at
Cuttings rear wheel, and as the two
flashed over the tape their two wheels
were right side by side in a dead heat
for fifth place. 1t was the most excit-
ing moment of the race, and the crowd
was wild with excitement.
Frank Smith came slowly pedaling
down to the tape in sixth position, and
before crossing the finish
line. He was induced to walk over the
line with his wheel, and after that COM
paratively long delay, his time was
only 31:1S, which, considering his two
falls, was a meritoriouS ride.
The balance of the riders came stray
Cling in. little Joseph Watts finishing
last, but gamely sprinting like a win
ner. He was given hearty applause
for his plucly ride.
The following is the order of the fin
ish of the men, with their handicaps
and actual riding time: