The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-16
Tricky Riding Displeased Crowd at
Races.
HIS POPULARITY IS GONE
BUT HE STILL has SPEED AND
DEFEATED FURMAN.
Won His Match Race By a Half
Wheel-In the Handicap He Re
fused to Do Any Pacing and the
Crowd Jeered and Kissed Him
Amateurs Had Bad Tumble.

John Chapman lost the last vestige Of
ais popularity with the Salt Palace
crowds by his ride in the mile handi-
cap last evening. Chapman has fond
ness for cling!ng to some one else's rear
wheel during all the earlier laps OF
race and then jumping away and TAX
ing the race by a short sprint. But
last night he met man in w. @. Fur
man who refused to act as tow horse
for him.
1t happened like this. In the first
qualifying heat of the handicap Fur
man and Chapman had been on scratch,
with Chaffee at As yards, Caine at 90
yards and julius at IS yards. The two
scratch men had no difficulty ia catch
ing the others, but on the bell lap,
when Chapman started his usual sprint
he met an unexpected difficulty. Fur
man was right after him, and as the
two burnt it up around the last turn
Furman put on steam with those long
piston-rod legs of his and easily walked
away with the heat, while the crowd
cheered him to the echo and tainted
Chapman with being a "has-been." The
time of the heat was 2:06.
Chapmans faithful ally, Turville, was
shut cut in the second heat. He start
ed with Iver Lawson from scratch, Ed
mends being at 40 yards, Emery at 60
yards, Weller at IS yards and Brazier
at 100 yards. The long mark men We're
too many for Lawson and Turville.
They fought over the pacing question
and meanwhile Edmon6s ran away from
them, caught the limit men and won
the heat easily in a pretty sprint, WITH
Brazier second, Weller third and Emery
fourth. Time-2:0S AS.
Chapman's Scheme Fooled.
That left Chapman and Furman on
scratch in the final Chapman had dis
covered that he had caught Tartar
and with visions before him of the COM
ing match race with Furman he made
up his mind to let Furman bake him.
self in the handicap. So with the gun
Chapman settled back and prepared
for comfortable sleigh ride, while
Furman caught the limit men. But
Furman was onto him. He paced one
lap at hot clip and then ran up to
let Chapman take the pole. But Chap
man simply tagged along behind like
an obedient dog, SO Furman took an
other lap and again ran UP. Again
Chapman followed him, while the
crowd jeered and hooted and Kissed,
calling Chapman a gutter" and worse
things Meanwhile the limit men were
going it for dear life, and as the two
scratch men sat uD and ceased riding
they had an easy thing of IT, Brazier
made a strong sprint with the bell. but
Julius nipped him at the tape and Won
out by tires width. Weller being third
and Edmonds fourth. Time-2:06.
There was scarcely a spectator in all
the crowd that did not hope to see
Furman defeat Chapman in the match
race. But their hopes were vain. Jul
ius and Game paced the race, and
Chapman caught them at the crack of
the gun and when it came time to sprint
he ran around and with Furman work.
ing his level best close at his elbow,
Chapman won by half a wheel. The
time was 1853 2-5, new state competi-
ton record.
Other Races Rather Slow.
The other races were scarcely up to
the average as to speed. The first heat
of the three-fourth mile handicap, anna
teur, was marked by bad spill in the
fourth lap Tucker and Smith, the
scratch men, caught Nat Evans go
yards), A. L. Schefski Gao yards), c. L.
Crowton Cos yards) and ]. II. johnson
(e5 YARDS in the first two laps. In the
resultant playing for positions Crow
ton ran into Smith, ripping eleven
spokes out of his rear wheel. Smith
Schefski bumped into him and went
down also. Tucker was forced up to
the rail by the scrimmage. but sue
ceeded in edging along and passing the
others con tinued after Evans and John
son. Smith tried to so on, but his
wheel was too badly wrecked, and on
the next high bank Smith ran up and
jumped over the rail. Evans won the
heat, with Johnson second and Tucker
third Time II * Tarap
scrat ched in the next heat, so it was
simply a ride around. Lucas won from
scratch in 1:49 as, Seek. (25 YARDS be-
ing second, and c. J.. Sturrock as
YARDS third. The final went to Lucas
easily. He and Tucker caught the
bunch without difficulty. and then Luz
cas- sprinted away, Followed by John
son, who beat out Evans in a close fin
ish. Tucker was fourth. Time-1:41.
Eddie Smith won the two-mile open
with an ease that was very disappoint-
ing tc those who have watched
George Lucas riding of late. Beck
paced the first mile and the riders then
alternated. Smith made a run away
with the bell and won by. thirty yards,
Lucas being thru and Evans fourth
Time-4;50.
The summary follows:
Three-fourth mile handicap, amateur
&C. II. Lucas (scratch) won, J. H.
Johnson (65 yards) second, n. w.
Evans $50 yards third. Time-1:41.
Mile handicap. Professionalism
Julius t75 yards won, C. r. Brazier
600 yards) second, George Weller (S5
yards third. ]. B. Edmonds Gao YARDS
fourth. Time-2.0e
Two-mile open, amateur-E. z. Smith
won, G. II. Lucas second, n. w. Evans
third. Time-4:50.
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