Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-09-09
John Lawson Goes After a Record
but Falls Badly,
WOULD HAVE MADE MARK.
hot Finishes the Feature OF the
Races Last Night Judges Troubled
with OPthaimia,

Despite the chilly weather nir-
sized crowd assembled ut tH. Salt PALE
nee bicycle track lost n.ahi and wife
messed good program. Possibly the
racing was not up tu standard last
evening certainly the Judges H.smI ul.
dlctcd 20 the chronic habit uf failing
asleep at critical moments tn awake
with a start OF glad suru... HHI award
position to the nHt mHn their Doe
vildored optics cncount.r01 Th. som.
uambullsta were particularly lu ,,l-
dyucc ln the haif.mllp handicap Pro.
f,ssi1nli when ploddiHE oscar Julius
was neatly buncocd out OF s. and Eu-
sign awarded third place. although the
unanimous verdict Of those adjacent
| Co the top. was that the yellow l1d was
half "a wheel bchind the sNrdn. Again
! Ca the last race ON tho pr0Fumathe
| final OF the one milo prufgsHionul-
! Chapman and Turvllir indulg,d ln %
guady time. smoked tho planks ON the
/ home stretch and came r1mplnr over
the tape with a six Inch margin bee
| tween the two rideta. The announcer
t1Id how Turyuls won but the Judges
NNlu u' fUHNth ua ono NANlNh NNNlNl.
| ity and wltsh without our consent.
and promptly gave tho decision, dead
| heat" and the gidly man behind tho
! mcEauhnnc was promptly quuFhed'
The meet wua enjoyed hy the audi
uuco. however, from the fuut that thorr
] were mo- tirgsomo waits end further that
| the card was OF Just the right length.
LAwsoN's BAD FALL
Promptly on time. John Lawson. ape
] ptur,d uu the track md prepared Co go
| after George Wciier'H h1ltWiio record.
] 'The Terrible swgdp' would have ace
] ulmpushed the feat with great DIX, ful
/ seconds Co spare. had not hr mot with
! am accident by riding too low ON the
] track and shooting the rhutDH Into tue
] dirt Julius and Long hlll' Furmnn
! paced the rider ON q tandem and gave
] The svedo Verltahla sleigh ride.
/ PAGERS and rider Numbered down The
/ steep bank ana over The tape, the f1H-
tul shot rang out and thH Hptnbtuft
| yelled aEaiu as Lawson hit thy turns
] ut % clay -uypr' urrl" NHH Terrible.
! u1zo Uu Go tha tll 4.u tFU aU' blurred
! along utc u MIuaTr bullet 1bg hut
[ two Ilut wore gUuud out ln b 90 aec-
] Oulr. HH1 The pHrrrH then opened the
| thfUUI" Cor Gao third nervous. moi
| NIluUH held their breath lH the lads
lay out aud cnmr cnNurilng rpunl the
! aeul. Lawson was hugglug tho polo
Fu us Co squeeze out every available
Inch. thu tandem ran uu tho bank Co., lot
! the SUHlH made e. brilliant finish, Win
| barely go yurIH Co rn ana "a WORLDS rec
ord practically assured. the gallant
| rider HWpINpl iuEt u fraction ut an
inch and tho uryt instant hr was plnW-
Ing the dust with bis shoulder Rider
| and wheel fpll iu % heap with Hlckeu.
ing thud and % cloud NJ dust obscured
! mOmHntlry glimpse uf iurglgd mass
of steel. racing suit anu SWrir, VINO
o.. .a.H.|.. o.. IA HH" 10
crowd OF officials around HIM Thoy
sorted out things and then Lawson
opened his eyes aud murmurcd, II am
still the Terrible SWedr.'
Al nrft d was Thought that no had
broken hia collar bone but he came up
smiling minus the lusH % several square
! inches Of Uutlule. lle has broken hif
collar bono twelve times Zoo tho past
| Ave years. The timers were Fu excited
over the accident that they omitted Co
take the tnudrmH time
SMITH AGAIN VICTORIOUS.
In the ouc-mIle open amateur. Eddie
smith gave Myakiu o. husky time and
| succeeded u again defeating hlH old
rival in u tropical style. n, w, Evans,
/. T. Beck e.. a. cutting and j. H.
Johnson were the starters, j, MunHnn
| had entered but was uulurky In pune
turing q tlry while taking preliminary
] rautrr prior Go the rlcDa. A the pistol
. o. "
Two laps. then smith forged ahead fur
"a couple moro Co Doc followed boy McuMn
| for The next TWO. tutI tho seventh,
! there was NO astonishing gait
I'M evidence. ON rounding tho south
| corner In the seventh Smith sailed In
/ with Myakin close behind Tor q lap
these two sturdy amateurs ser-Hawcd
| AZ they rode like juvenile cyclones, on
the homo stretch MDakin mt every
ounce he had into hts pedals, smith was
weighed and found not wanting and
rode over the mark by the margin Of "a
wheel. Then the crowd arose ana made
Few lncuhprput remarks, Beck and
Evans had a neat little tusscl for third
place. that WAS ultimately secured by
the former. Time, 1899 80.
CHAFFEE HAS a SNAP.
Tie half.mlle handicap professional
brought out The following starters
Calnc aud Emory scratch. EdmondH,
20 yards; Ensign 81, yards, Weller %
yards. Jensen, 30 yards, Julius, so
Yards: chance. 90 yards,
chance nj Pucatollo, In the classlc
dIctiou of tho boy who Hnoaked over the
fence and was in evidence In tho front
row. had % 'puNdln,' \ lap and "a
holf found Eusiru aud Weller catching
tho bunch with tho Idaho lad ahead.
Forty yards bHNiud were the scratch
men and EdWuuls engineering n little
excursion uu their own account. the
excursion went through an right but
never came up with the special In front.
chance finally rudc over The tape, sit-
ting up. winner by forty yards
Weller with % big sprint up his arm
rode around Ensign ana finished sec.
ond, Julius came in on the other eide
and passed Ensign at the tape by siS
Inches, but tho Judges were SUFFERING