The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-28

paced Five-mile Match.
VIII Two mee is yesterday afternoon
and evening at he Salt Palace track,
the local cycle rtcing came 10 con-
clusion. The aggregate attendance at the
two meets was about 1.0OO-certainly no
more than that, FOR it was SO cold. both
in the afternoon and evening, that il was
uncomfortable sitting out of doors. This
largely accounts for the small crowds,
this and the further fact that the public
OF this city has had so much of cycle rae
ing 5hat it has become slightly satiated
with the sport
The meets We're both interesting. and in
the afternoon Mcfarland established a
now five-mile record, lowering the one
made recently by John Chapman by over
a half minute. He made the distance in
$40 20 In the evening Mcfarland at
tempted TO lower the worlds record OF
81 20, made at Birmingham, Ala, two
weeks ago but only succeeded III making
the distance i'm 80. which lowers the
Utah record made by John Lawson, by
seven seconds.
Exciting Four-cornered Match.
The mile four-cornered match between
TurVille, liver Lawson, Freeman and
Downing, was the first event on the after
noon programme ana il was exciting for
two heats. The final was disappointing.
as both Freeman and Lawson 1ell. and
that left the race in Downing's hands:
The race was run on the same principal
of the heat races on the turf, the winner
being supposed TO take two heats. IN the
first there was some rather questionable
team work between Iver Lawson and Tur-
vile. The two lay back until the sixth
lap. Then Turville shot around Downing
and Freeman with Lawson IN tow, and
he made ii fast for the next two laps.
With the bell Iver ran away and Downing
after him. 1t was nip and tuck between
The two. lVer winning by half Wheeq
with Freeman third. Turville sat up on
the sprint and made no attempt TO nnlsh
The time was ZIG
In The next heat Freeman spoiled the
team work of Turville and Lawson by
fucking himself in between the two. As
q result. when the bell lap came, lNer was
in a poor position ana freeman Z illlu
Downing had ii as they pleased. DoWn-
ing took first place and Freeman second,
with Turville a poor third, and lVer far
IN the rear Iime-2:S3 10.
Third Heat For Blood.
The third heat was for blood, as was
evident from the demeanor of the riders
when they came on the track AGAIN
Turville and Lawson hung back anu az
the half mile started to swing around
the others Stevens. from the MIDDLE OF
the arena. shouted warming to his run
ming mates and they hit it up Immediate
~. As a result all tour We're gong II
abreast around the turn. SO close were
they that It seemed as though a miX-up
was inevitable at the first high bank.
They passed that safely and whlzZed over
The tame so punched that a handkerchief
would almost have covered the lot OF
them But at the next came disaster.
Freeman and Lawson We're hlSh on pi!s
hank and as they struck the curve IVel' 5
wheel shot up the mereSt trliie. ana ne
cohded and the two came down the track
together. Both We're much prulSeu' NM aIp
Lawson hurt his ankle quite badly with
these two out of the race IL was an
Downing's and he ran away from Iur-
VILE on the bell lap. Tfme-2;Si.
Owing 10 an accident to one or the
motors the pursuit race was declared OH,
and Freeman and Downing went nile
exhibition on another motor u was d
corking pace they hit on, ana they coy
cred the first eighth in - seconds, the
quarter in %, the half in 46 10, the three
quarters in 49, and the mile in l:SS 10.
McFarland's Pretty Ride.
McFarland's five-mile exhibition was as
pretty q ride as has been seen TINS year.
lie chung to the motor as no rider that
has appeared on q Salt Lake track has
dared 10 do Not for a second did he lose
his grip of the rear tire OF the machine,
hugging il at all times so close that ne
often rubbed his front wheel against It's
rear tire Downing and Freeman were on
The motor aud with the gun they got right
down and worked for all that was IN them
Mcfarland WAS behind with his nose
down TO his wheel riding along as easily
as though he were going TO call on his
best girl and did not want to hurry for
fear of melting his shirt BOSOM de COW
cred the half mile in SO seconds, the miie
in IA two miles in S:2S. three miles IN
5:14 10 four miles in 6:59 ana i've miles
in SAG 20 As be neared the nnlsh anu
Orlando Stevens, mis- running mate. VINO
had Just arrived from the east in gaudy
pair Of gold hose announced through the
megaphOre THAI he MAS well within tho
record, the crowd began 10 cheer him Wig
orouslv, and he was given an ovation
when he finished.
Evening Programme.
First on the evening programme was a
five mile nl8t0r-pacCd match. between
IsCwn.ng ana Julius. liver Lawson was 10
have net Downing. but his INJURY IN the
n,iN-up with Freeman prevented ms al
Iemrtug 30 ride. SO ne got on the motor
and Julius rode in his place. Freeman ana
Mcfarland Were Dowulngs pacemakers.
and he started from the east side OF the
track while julius. with TurTille- and iVer
Lawson on his motor. started from the
tape. Julius Was the HrsJ 10 eaten his
motor. and he gained upon Downing
from The start Ia the first mile julius
gained a uuartcr-lap. aad then MS pace
makers made Il beautiful squirt, and on
the third lap eli the second mile Julus
caught Downing. Then they Went oinS-
cong Tor another mile. with no cnange IN
position Al the opening of the third mile
Julius urged his pacemakers 10 make an
attempt 10 mass his rival. They were
cQuai 10 the effort. but julius was left in
the slGfiie when they jumped. and they
had 70 drop back and let him eaten up
again.
Julius Wins.
This satisfied Julius. and he pegged
along in DoWnins = ear for the rest Of The
distance. Downing sprinted away from his
pace at the bell lap. but julius was after
him. and his effort WAS futile. Julius won
10y a half Tap. BY miles. the time was as
follows. julius being ahead all the time:
one mile 2:0j; two miles. $3.50. three miles, !
5:44: four miles. IA: five miles 9:4l.
Owing 10 the failure Of Starter Sharp's
gun TO 90 of at the proper moment. Nc
Fariand trial for the mile record was
not 50 successful as il might have been. !
Several Of the timers did not start their
watches and only two caught the time. He
was paced 10y Downing and Freeman, and I
the time. as caught by TWO watches, was
1.q While this does not lower the world
record. IL makes a new mark for Titan. 4
beating John LawsOns mark of 1:45 by
seven seconds.
Motor Cycle Race.
The nve-mile. three-cornered motor ey-
Gle race was an exciting event. Three of /
those machines going at once on the track |
made the noise something hair-raising 1
and worked on the nerves of the Specta-
tors so thar they kept up an almost con- !
tinuous whoopipg rurgille and McFar- /
land had slisprlY the better of the start /
and Tor three miles they maintained their 1
lead with Julius and lver Lawson just |
back OF them and Downing and Freeman |
trailing. Something went wrong with the 1
motor ridden by Downing ard Freeman. 4
and they were left far in the rear at The /
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