The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-18
Cycling.

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Notwithstanding reports to the con-
trary which have been going the
rounds for the past two weeks, it was
not until yesterday that Lawson def
nitely decided to bring an internal"
pacing machine to Salt Lake City.
Yesterday morning he concluded ar
| rangements with the management of
Calder's park to run off the long
talked-of twenty-four- hour race, and a
telegram was sent to Chicago, giving
| instructions to ship the pacing machine
here at once.
A purse of s175 will be put up for
this race, and the event will be run
of June 80. The riders will start the
evening of the 18th and will ride until
the same hour the next night.
1t has been the ambition of the
Terrible Swede' for some time to be
500 miles in twenty-four hours. and he
thinks that the 30th will witness a re-
alization of this ambition. Lawson is
also anxious to ride 1000 miles in six
days, and he says that this. will be
easy for him on the eight-lap Palace
track, which will be sheltered from the
winds.
The coming Neutrality-suspicious. race
will be a competition affair, and john
Lawson. Glenn Turville and Oscar Jul
Illus will ride. Emery may also enter.
and the Terrible Swede" is anxious to
have Samuelson. the Provo boy, COM
pete, as he believes he will prove a
slayer in a long distance race.
There We're a great many disap-
pointed betters at the horse races on
nd Of N MI
wagered money that Oscar Julius would
defeat the horse Rimac were Disguised
at the ease with which the horse dis
tanced the cyclist. Many of those who
were not acquainted with the reasons
for the defeat of julius Immediately
came to the conclusion that julius
was a dub" rider who had been much
over-rated.
julius is, however. a rider of inter
national fame. and the fact of his de-
feat was due to several good reasons.
In the first place he had had no notice
of the race until a few moments before
it took place, as he entered only to
take the place of the Terrible Swede,"
who had missed the train at ogden.
He rode strange wheel with 81 gear,
and such a gear was utterly unSuited
for a mile performance under such
conditions. The track was very heavy
for a bicycle and totally unfit for d
bicycle rider.
julius is naturally chagrined to think
that he should be put down as third
rater for failing to beat Rimac's 2:23,
and he is anxious to redeem himself
He has challenged any rider in Utah.
including the Terrible Swede," for an
unlimited pursuit race or any kind of
a match race that any of the riders
wish to put up.
The failure of julius to beat the
horse has started cyclists and horse
men to specializing as to the outcome
of the race had Lawson been Rimac's
competitor instead of Julius. The
wheelmen are unanimous in the belief
that Lawson would have been the WIN
ner. and Lawson himself was willing
to back this opinion with his money.
The horsemen. on the other hand, now
think that the Swede would have met
the fate of Julius. and match VIII
undoubtedly be arranged between Law
son and Rimac. Certain of the horse
men are willing to wager 5000 that
Lawson cannot do a flying start mile
on the horse track in PA, no matter
what condition the track will be ia.
Lawson and the cyclists are willing to
cover this bet. and think it will be easy
money for them.
Lawson and julius have issued the
They will ride a tandem against all
the tandem teams that the other riders
can put on the track for an unlimited
pursuit race. Lawson and Julius VIII
start on one side of the track and all
the other tandem teams start on the
opposite side. and if any of the Utah
teams can catch the Swedes they are
willing to acknowledge defeat. They
also offer the same kind of a match
race, except the riders will be on sin
giles. Lawson and julius on one side
of the track and all the other riders
on the opposite side.
julius is a fast foot runner and has
issued a challenge to any cyclist to
race. julius on foot one-half mile TO
the cycle riders one mile.
The plans for the Salt Palace track
are all completed and tomorrow morn
ing fifty carpenters will be at work on
the new course and grand stands. The
track will be ready for the grand open
ing the night of July and the Salt
Lake public will be treated to the first
of a series of thrilling electric light
races on an eight-lap coliseum track.
There has been considerable rivalry
among a number of candidates for the
management of the new track. but f.
z. Schefski the local Handicapped. car
ried off the prize and Will be the &C
tive manager of all events held on the
track. Schefski is an extracting man
and thoroughly understands the game
and has followed the big races for the
past three years in the capacity of
press correspondent and understands
the character of races that interest the
public He will endeavor to secure
tn entries of men of note throughout
the country and it goes without say
ing that under his management track
racing in Salt Lake will be more pop
ular than ever before in the history of
cycling.
s. H. Sharman and j. p. Gum will
Assist Mr.. SchefsM in the enterprise