The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-20

VIII Aldrach and his soldier band
were the whole thing at the Palace
track last evening. The moment they
entered the big arena the vast crowd
rose up en- masse and greeted them With
a roar of applause that shook the am
phitheatre TO lis very foundation
When the band began TO play the
crowd yelled itself hoarSe in approval,
and would scarcely let the musicians
rest a moment, keeping the air nlleo
with shouts for each and every mem
Der of the organization. 1t tlckled the
boys nightly. and they played their
prettiest in return.
Tod Game was the hero of the meet
proper. Game not only won the mile
local handily but he delighted the
crowd by beating Johnny Chapman
Chapman, the unconquerable-ln the
half-mile handicap, beating him larry
and squarely, not by any accident, but,
as Chapman himself admitted. because
he rode faster than L did" Fred Mea-
kin distinguished himself likewise, but
Meakin is adopting the surest course
in all the world TO kill his popularity
ON the track. In the two-mile handl-
cap he shook off his team mate, Eddie
Smith and caught Lucas, the limit
the others, he refused absolutely to do
any pacing, despite the jeers and even
Misses of the crowd. Instead, he let
Lucas tow him for full mile, and then,
of course, sprinted and won the race
easily.
Highly Satisfactory Meet.
The meet was most satisfactory one,
taken all in all. Despite the fact that
it was Saturday night, there must have
been over 5000 people in attendance.
And the races We're good. There was
none of that hippodrome business of
Thursday evening at all. Everybody
was out for blood, and everybody raced
hard and rode fast. SO with the Volun-
teer band there to keep them in good
humor during the brief waits between
races, the people enjoyed themselves
and went away we'll satisfied.
The novice race was the only dlsap-
pointing one of the evening. There
were only three entries. and as {. Il.
Macarthur fell on the first lap il left
ONLY R Russell and G.. F. Carr in the
race They rode it as they pleased,
and on the bell lap Russell simply rode
around Carr and finished easily first IN
the somewhat ridiculous time of 1904 Ia.
This was the time announced, but sew
eral claimed that the men rode but
seven laps and that the time should
have been 2:04 1-5.
Half-mile a Pretty Race.
The half-mile handicap was the pref
test race of the evening. Turville and
Chapman were on scratch, with Game
at 40 yards Emery at 80 yards, Ed
munds at 90 yards, Julius at so yards
and Brazier on the limit. 40 yards. Lit
tie Edmunds caught and passed Julius
and Brazier in the first lap, and the
scratch men had punched the others
when they turned in for the third Then
Game and Chapman, leg and leg, went
after Edmunds. The youngster was
riding bravely. but nothing could with
stand those two at the back. They
Numbered by him on the bell lap and
all that whole circuit they had it touch
and go. The crowd rose up on its hind
legs and howled with joy as the two
swept around fighting so gamely, but
when Game, the Salt Lake boy, beat
out Chapman, the invIncible, by a half
length the whole throng went mad,
and Game was cheered and cheered
again. The time of the half-mile was
50 AS seconds, a state competition rec
ord BraZier punctured his tire and
rode a strange wheel, hence his poor
showing.
The two-mile amateur handicap was
won very easily by Mealin- He and
Eddie Smith were on scratch, with II. !
c. Matthews on the siXty-yard mark, !
and G. H. Lucas at 100 yards. Meal1in |
and Smith soon caught Matthews. but |
the three could not seem 10 haul down |
Lucas. who was riding all alone, and /
making a game race of II 100 !
yards tC the fore. On the first lap OF /
the second mile Aeakin grew weary of |
loaffng al the rear, and shot ahead |
with pretty squirt, and caught Lucas |
Then, TO the disgust of the crowd, he /
hung to Lucas rear tire and let the |
tired youngster pull him until the final |
lap, when an easy sprint won MIN the |
race
Eddie Smith and Matthews made a
nice race of it for third place, Smith
winning by a few inches at the. very /
time. Time-5:39 So.
Fine Finish In Local. |
The mile local had only Caine. Emery
and Edmunds. on the seventh lap little
Edmunds started that sprint of his,
and stole fifty yards right at the jump.
Caine went after him like a streak,
and inch by inch hauled him down,
nipping him by tire width at the very
tape in a laundering finish that again
wrought up the crowd to shouting en-
thusiasIn. Emery was third. Time
PIG
Chapman was scheduled to win the
five-rnile open. and he took it without
much difficulty. although TurVille gave
him a race for his money. Brazier and
Edmunds alternated in the pacing, and
flowed the men around at a lively gait
Game and Emery jockeyed for posi-
ton behind the pace at each mile, while
Chapman and Turville lay back and
took ii easy. Chapman even had the
impotence 10 call for a wrench from
his trainer and pretend TO fix his seat
while he was all the while laundering
around at a pace that would have kill
ed most men. When the time for the
sprint came, Chapman lit out, with
Turville after him, ard they cir0ed
Game and Emery easily, Chapman WIN
ming out by a scant wheel over Tur-
vile. Emery slipped in on thu pole
and took third money. Time-11:50 As.
Chapnan's attempt to lower Tur-
ville's worlds record of 1850 2-5 proved ,
unsuccessful. Emery and Turville and
Game and Julius paced him. but the
second tandem did not pick him up
well. and the mile was covered in
Isl %, one second slower than the rec +:
ord.
The Summary.
The summary follows:
Mile novice-Won by r. Russell
Tims-3:04 IL.
Half-mile handicap, professional
Won by Tod Game (forty yards), ]. NJ.