The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-10
Big Crowd Enjoyed the Annual Ex-
curSion.
O. RElSER WON ROAD RACE
C. 81. CARLQUIST TOOK TIME
PRIZE IN $3.50.
Thirteen Men Started and Race Was
Exciting and Close-Married Men
Won Ball Game-Stephen b. Love
Made Best Score at Clay Pigeons
Other Sports.

IN every respect day that VIII be long
remembered by all Coop employees.
Fifteen hundred people took advantage
of the excursion and the long pro-
gramme of athletic sports furnished
First on the programme was the road
race. o. Reiser, husky youngster who
comes of an athletic family. won the
race, starting from the one-minute
mark and finishing the ten-mile course
in 31:50 c. II. Carlquist, one of the
scratch men. won the time prize. He
went the distance in 1880, a remark
ably good performance.
The race was followed by special
train loaded with z. c. NJ. l. employees.
The riders were started at Brighton
station, five miles out of town. Z.
Carlquist, small. but chunky, and
red-cheeked lad. had the limit. five and
one-half minutes, and he had disap-
peared into the dim and dusty west be-
fore the next three riders, Earl Midg-
ley, j. Salisbury and J. kendrick, the
three minute men, were sent away. a
minute later Art Brewster and Z. ID.
Smith We're sent flying westward, while
w. Wilding followed in thirty seconds.
The oneminute class, all strong and
keen eyed youths, went next. o. Reiser,
w. Sperry and H. Nightingale, and af-
ter these the three scratch men, c. H.
Carlquist, Z. Davy and Theodore Rel
ser.
They Are OF.
Then the train started off with the
crowds hanging on by their eyebrows
as they watched the riders. Just where
the road crosses the railway to wind
through shaded ways among the farm
houses at the mountains foot. the
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to be loafing, and disputing about the
pace, but on a sudden blue-clad fig
ure shot away from the others and rap
idly put yards between himself and
them. 1t proved to be C. H. Carlquist,
and by a. pretty quarter-mile. squirt he
caught Sperry. d one-minute man, who
had been deserted by the others of his
class. Behind Sperry Carlquist chung
for a moment, getting his wind, and
then he went out after the next bunch,
Nightingale, Wilding and Brewster.
Beyond these three they were stringing
out pretty well through the settlement,
and up the corkscrew hill beyond
where two girls on wheels were pacing
some of the leading men. The train
by so rapidly that it was we'll
nigh impossible to tell one from an
other.
But down beyond whirling along the
children there was little figure in
maroon on whom every eye now CEN
tered. AS he darted through a farm !
yard and whizzed along near the track |
is number. ''13.' was visible. 1t was |
the little Carlquist boy, and he was |
riding a plucky race. Far in the rear I
4 dozen little figures appeared one af- !
-er another over hilltop, and the dis !
-ance was rapidly dwindling between /
tnv
samely along abreast of the train. /
When they first came in sight they were .
good mile behind young Carlquist;
1t Colorado beach they were but a half
nile behind, and passing Black Rock
he distance was but a Scant quarter
nile. and there was still that last long
hill to climb, the last straw
or winded limit men.
Reised Finished First.
How the race was going back
mong the others it was impossible to
ell from the train, and as it Numbered
through Garfield beach even young
was lost sight of. But when
he leading man darted into sight on
he crest of the hill above the finish
inc, where the spectators had gathered,
whooped, for it was Carl
uist, and he seemed a sure winner. A
econd later. though. another figure, o.
seiser, all in red, came into sight, and
yhizzing down the long slope to the
ape, superior length of limb told and
seiser passed the boy and finished with
DO yards to spare. Next after little
arlquist was Nightingale. and close
pom his heels c. II. Carlquist, brother
f the plucky lad who had led them all !
UGH a dance, and he was the winner
the time prize. They came in in
unches after that and all in the race
ave Sperry finished. Here is the sum-
larry of the race: