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Was Riding In Record Time. But
Tumbled.
RODE INTO THE DIRT
QUARTER IN IS As AND HALF
WOULD HAVE BEEN NEAR 81.
Other Races Were Very Close and
Very Exciting, With Some Sensa-
tional Finishes-The Judges Fell
Asleep and Could Not Tell Who
Was Who-Speedy New Amateurs.


son from breaking the half-mile record
at the Salt Palace track last evening.
With less than 100 yards to go, and
when he was well within record time,
Lawson rode too low on the track and
got a bad fall into the dirt.
Lawsons ride wrought the spectators
up to q tremendous pitch of excitement.
Julius and Furman paced him upon
tandem, and with splendid start down
the high bank, they were off with the
gun at a terrific rate. the Terrible
Swede" clinging to their rear wheel as
though he were glued there. The first
two laps were covered IN 25 AS seconds,
and the tandem team hit it up a few
notches on the third lap. Rounding the
curves, they lay out almost horizon
tally, their speed was so great. With
the bell Lawson put fresh ginger into
ais pedaling, and SKINNED safely
around the first curve and into the back
stretch. But midway Of the north end,
where the bank is very steep, the tam
lem drew ND above to let Lawson nm
sh alone. He rode low on the track.
IND so fast was he going that it seemed
Us though his pedal must Strike the
lirt on the outside, for he was, lying
lat out on the track. Then came the
3lightest possible Swerve, his wheel ran
from the boards to the dirt, and in
flash he went all of a tumble. Wheel
and rider were for an instant a whirl-
ing, inextricable mass Of flying steel
and limbs and dust; then Lawson Law
stretched on the dirt. Officials picked
him UP in a moment. and he seemed
not much hurt, though afterwards he
feared his coilar-bone was broken. but
could not be sure until surgeon had
examined ii. He has broken his collar
bone twelve times in the past five
years. So excited was everyone over
Lawsons fall that the timers failed to
catch the tandem's time. It was about
81 seconds, which is within the record.
Smith Defeats Meakin.
Eddie Smith gave Fred Meakin hard
race in the mile amateur. There was
preliminary LOAF, but Eddie Smith
jumped at the beginning of the seventh
lap. He gained a half length on Meakin,
and then for two laps the two rode
like demons Meakin Tapped Smith
again and again, only to lose it by a
momentary relaxation of speed. Com
ing into the stretch, Meakin, by a SUI
prerne effort, forced his wheel to
Smiths knee. but that was all, and SO
they finished amid a shouting that
shook the leaves of the tall populars
back of the track. Lawrence Beck and
L
it hard race for third position, and
they both finished in reaching distance
of the winner, Beck a trifie to the good.
The time was 2:22 Az.
C. E. Chaffee enjoyed what is popu-
larly known as a ''cinch'' in the half
mile professional handicap. Starting
from the sixty-yard line, he easily dis
tanced julius Cifty-five YARDS and
Jensen fifty yards}, and was soon a
erranS HftN feet in the John En-
sign (thirty-five YARDS had meanwhile
run around Teddy Weller (forty-five
yards) before Weller could get UP
steam on his high gear, and caught
julius and Jensen. Weller soon caught
them, but none Of them, pump as hard
as they might, could reduce Chaffee's
lead. Back in the rear were Tod Caine
and Emery, the scratch men, and Joe
Edmonds twenty yards) having a nice
little time all by themselves. But they
were too haevily handicapped to cut
any figure in the finish. When the bell
came Chaffee was still a good fifty feet
in the van. Weller was the only one
with any sprint left, and he circled
Ensign in grand style and finished
good second. Julius was coming up
strong behind and at the tape he. too,
caught Ensign and beat him out by a
clean half wheel for third place. The
judges were asleep and could not sc it,
so Ensign got third place, despite the
protests Of almost every live man
around the track. Chaffees time was
400 2-s.
Good Work of Young Beck.
-Four of the lesser known lights in
the amateur class Were in the three
lualter-mile handicap Nat Evans was
On scratch and he hauled down Beck
(forty YARDS and Cutting (forty-five
YARDS in lap or two. ]. H. johnson
City YARDS rode a strong race for five
laps, but had not the lasting powers
and when the bell lap came all were
punched. Lawrence Beck jumped with
the bell and. with Evans tackled on.
made a warm sprint all around, win
ming by half a wheel. Cutting had
paced the others until the sprint and
had nothing left. so he was only a poor
third. Time-1:3S
Ednonds made a grandstand play on
the first lap of the mile professional.
He baked himself and was out of it
when the sprint came and Turville won
without difficulty, with Chaffee tightly
glued TO his rear tire and Game close
up. Time-2:14 So. BY refusing to
take the pace. Julius spoiled his chances
for qualifying in the second heat. En-
sign paced two successive laps and
then got his dander up and made
scorching sprint of II for the last three
laps Chapman made his customary
beautiful squirt at the close and beat
Ensign out handily. Julius being poor
third Teddy Weller got lost in the
shuttle by riding too high when the
sprint began. 1,in1e-2:16 2-5.
Riders We're Lazy.
Edrnonds paced the final. but the
riders were lazy and he ran away from
them for three laps On the bell Jap
began q, wonderful, hair-raising fight
between Chapman and Turville. Tur-
Vile had a lead of a wheel, but Chap
man worked up on him until they were
almost neck and neck. A tires width
Chapman needed to win, but he could
not get it, and thus they finished. with
Ensign a good third and Chaffee and
Game trailing. Time-2:12 1-5 As
usual, the judges We're sound asleep
and snoring when their services were
needed, and the nearest they could get
to the result was TO call it dead heat
between Chapman and Turville- The
was so sure of the result
that he announced Turville a winner,
and this suited the crowd.
The results follow.
Mile open, annateur-E. y. Smith won.
+. w. Meakin second. L. p. Beck third,
n. W. Evans fourth. Time-2:22 4-5.
Balf-mile handicap. professionally. /
i. Chaffee (sixty yards), won; George
Weller forty-five yards). second; j. w.
Ensign (thirty-fiye yards). third; Oscar
J,,1f,,c (f5ffv-fiya vars7cA fourth