The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-21
Wonderful Ride Paced BY Lawson's
Motorcycle.
FIVE MILES IN 1881 2-5
INTERNAL MACHINE DIsTANC-
ED ALL OTHER RIDERS.
Crowd Went Crazy When All the
Others Dropped Away While
Chapman Kept at it-Machine
Finally Ran Away From Him
Also-other Exciting Races.

JQnn Chapman RODE MS way llRni
back into the hearts of the public al
the Salt Palace last evening. That he
had ever transgressed the ethics OF
cycle racing the crowds forgot entirely,
and for his beautiful ride and win OF
the five mile open behind John Law
sons motorcycle they cheered him
again and again and again.
Never have such scenes OF excitement
been seen at the local track. -Four
thousand people were there, and hun
dreds more We're outside clamoring for
admission. They had all come to see
What would be done by the motorcycle
which the Terrible Swede had imported.
They expected great things of it, nor
were they disappointed.
All interest centereG in the five mile
race When Furman and Julius mount
ed the motorcycle and John Lawson
started the machine slowly around the
track the crowd began to cheer and
then to jeer, for it looked rather heavy
and clumsy with it's manifold boxes
and levers and chains. But as it la
boriCusly circled the track, gradually
gainiLg Roadway until the tassels on
FuTmans cap began to sway and then
to stick out straight behind, the crowd
cheered and applauded unanimously.
Twice the machine circled the track
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cracked and the waiting line of racers
sprinted away after the motorcycle
Chapman Catches Motorcycle.
Chapman was first to gain his speed,
and with Iver Lawson pressing him
close he caught the machine and tackled
on close behind. Lawson glued him
self TO Chapman's rear wheel, Turville
hung to Lawson, Game caught on to
TUrville and Emery brought up the
rear of the procession. Faster the ma
chine went and faster while the row
of cyclists hung on behind, pedaling for
dear life and swaying as they rounded
the turns like the unwieldy tail of q
mammoth kite. They covered the first
half mile in 1:04 Is, but they We're only
then getting up Roadway, and the sec
ond half of that mile was reeled off in
30 As seconds, making the mile in 2
minutes fiat. Two watches caught it
in 1859.
But the pace was getting too hot for
the fellows behind, who got little of the
wind breaking force of the machine.
Emery dropped out on the seventh lap,
Caine on the eighth. Then Long Bill"
Furman turned little lever and hit it
up bit faster Coming into the stretch
on the tenth lap Turville rode too low
and got a nasty tumble That left only
Chapman and Lawson in the race, and
still that internal machine was going
faster and faster and faster On the
fourteenth lap a mighty yell went up,
for Lawson let UP on his work for a
bare second, and in that second the ma
chine had whisked away with only
Chapman in its rear.
Crowd Goes Mad.
How the crowd did cheer theni The
sharp ''phwit, phwit" of the machine
was drowned out completely. Every
soul in the crowd was on his feet. The
officials down in the center were dane
ing around in each others arms. The
band. half of them standing on chairs
and cheering with one corner of their
mouths while they blew with the other,
struck up mad ditty that was meant
for the Red, White and Blue. The
whole amphitheatre was a. pandimo-
MUM of yelling, hat-waving people.
And all the time that wonderful ma
chine was going round and round, with
Chapman riding as freely and easily
behind it as if he were touring for
pleasure. Unfortunately, no one Of the
timers caught the time of the second. |
third and fourth miles. They must !
have been ridden at a 1:40 gate, each |
one of them, for never was such speed /
made on the track. Turville and Law |
son, who were again on the track, tried |
several times to catch on as the ma |
chine passed them, but it walked past |
them as though they were tied down, |
bound fast, and with Furman waving 1
them a farewell and Julius grinning a, |
happy. contented smile as he kept his |
nose down to the wheel, it sailed on |
and on
Chapman Is Left Behind.
Four miles it had gone at gait that |
was terrible, Chapman pedaling serene
l.l, Ia, f4n4,a sas,+ mo
had remembered TO let the riders know |
how far they had gone, and thinking /
they were near the end, on the thirty |
second lap Furman set the machine at /
its fastest gait. AS they passed the I
tape the machine shst away and left
Chapman ere he realized it. Away it
went with Furman sitting up. forgetful /
of the man behind. Chapman made an +
Intellectual attempt to catch the ma
chine, ard in a second he was hopeless
~ left behind. He sat up then and
pedaled along breathing hard. When
they had gone half lap Furman
hooked back, and seeing chapman gone
he supposed the five mines We're COM
plefed and sent the machine a couple
of fast laps. with Iver Lawson tackled
on Chapman slowly finished the last
mile. and amid a storm Of applause
was carried from the track. The time
of the FIVE miles was 1881 20, a new
state record, despite the fact that the
last mile was ridden so slowly. The
four miles must have been made in
$50. certainly 10 slower than that.
Other Races Interesting.
The other events of the evening were
well above the average in interest, but
they Daled into insignificance beside the
big event of the evening. The half
mile handicap professional was won in
a beautiful finish by Mat CollinsOn (45
YARDS in 1893. II was Collinsons first
race Of the year, and he was loudly APP
planded- George Weller was a close
second, and Tod Caine good third.
In the half mile handicap amateur
Lawrence Beck (35 YARDS won the first
heat, after a smart fight with A L.
SchefsH (55 yards). George Lucas
(scratch) was second, beating Schefski
out at the tape. Time-1:07 2-5. The
second heat was won vel'y easily by J.
3. johnson from The +5-yard mark. He {
made wonderful sprint on the second
lap and distanced everybody. Horace
Tucker tscratch) made a sice jump ]
with the bell from the bunch and beat ;
J. Munson GO yards) out at the tape {
Cor second place. Eddie Smith was
fourth. Time-I:03. Eddie Smith rode
EASILY away from the rest in the final,
Lawrence Beck being second and
George Lucas third Time-1:02. Tuck !
n fell and something went wrong with
Tohnson's wheel
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