The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-28

been obliged to sit on the fence and
see the little band of local riders &C
| by
Columbia college is at her old tricks
{ again and won the bicycle races in the
| games with Cornell recently, Columbia
has been the undisputed champion OF
the college tracks for a number oil
years.
| An eastern paper states that there
are from ten to fifteen wheels per day
being stolen. Salt Lake cycle thieves
are seemingly trying to equal that rec
ord, for every week several stolen
wheels are reported to the police and
cycle stores Wheels can be insured
against theft and such insurance will
do much to relieve a cyclist of the fear
of having his wheel turn up missing
some day.
S. H Sharman will leave for the east
this fall to enter Cornell, and will be
on the Cornell racing team next sea-
son.
The city council spends hundreds of
dollars each year in fixing up the drive
around Liberty park. There are three
wheelmen who ride in the park to one
buggy that is driven there. and it seems
as though the city dads might spend
$500 to finish the cycle path which is
already graded around the park. The
city councilmen who will father an or
dinance or appropriation for this pur-
pose and push it to a successful issue,
will receive the grateful thanks of 5000
cyclists and do much to increase his
popularity with the cycling element.
The horsemen would also be pleased to
see the cycle track finished, as it would
leave the wide drive open for their
exclusive use and benefit.
The Utah Cycle Path League is
growing slowly and the Beck's hill side
path will be completed this summer.
subscriptions up to date will be turn
ed into a common fund and work will
be commenced on the south end.
The century riding craze has died
out and it is probable that il will not
be revived. There was a time when a
100-mile in a day was a remarkable
performance, but it has come to be
looked upon as a matter-of-fact per-
Torrance, and the incentive for riding
centuries has gone. The Utah division
of the Century Road Club of America
has languiShed and the state now mas
no state centurian or membership. 1t
is probable that some of the fast rid
ers will go after the 100-mile record
here this year, as it is considered an
easy mark
There is some talk of running a re-
lay race between Salt Lake and Provo.
Such ride was made by the riders of
the two cities several years ago, a mes
sage being carried to the mayor of the
Garden City and his answer returned.
The time was slightly over six hours
for the round trip. This could be cut
down considerably by the riders now
in training.
Logan is to have an outlaw meet
Decoration Day. After June they will
race under c. A. c. G. rules.
The meet was arranged for before the
wheelmen of Logan had learned of the
action of the Salt Lake riders in going
over to the California league.
Big Charlie Wells, the Californian,
who has many friends and admirers in
Salt Lake, was in the 100-mile race
with Lawson in San Francisco. At one
time during the race it looked as
though he would gain a lap on the
bunch which would have been equiva-
lent to winning the race. He lost to
the Swede, by only a few lengths.
A new rule of the L. A. w. requires
that state championships shall be con-
tested only by members of the league
A Utah state championship under those
would be very dreary af-
fair indeed.
Don't fail to see the great road race,
Salt Lake to Pennington. May 80.
There will be fifty men in the race, and
you can see the start and finish, and
have a good view of the riders all along
the course. Special observation train
will leave the Salt Lake 81 Ogden rail-
road depot, South Temple and Third
West, at 9:45 a. m. Fare, 80 cents round
trip.
John Lawson, the Terrible Swede,"
rides a Cleveland bicycle. He used it
in his famous 100-mile ride in San
Francisco, breaking the worlds rec
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