Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-09-26
LAWSON MAKES
A new MILE MARK
Paced by the Motor Tandem He
Makes the Mile in las.
CHAPMAN DID NOT RIDE



Down on the "sugnrbowl' track at
,hs salt Palace last night John Law
ran srho Terrific cssaycd 10 establish
new mile mark lie rodo a mile 10
I'D thus lowering John 81 Chnpman's
record Of i.4i 20 By one and two-nfth
sfe5ndr. A. the rcdoubtnhlo John
tausan tailed behind his motorcycle
and Chapman was paced on human"
nndon. both records stu stand. In
the meantime Major Taylor Will proha-
BIZ hold the world's-motor-pa paced.
mile record Of i.22 20 for one or two
days longer
Lawson rode fairly well last nlght
taking an things into consideration.
once IN awhile he looked az though be-
we're going "a let the "phwlt phwlr
run away from him. had the "rod
fueak" not been suffering from a bad
attack OF asthma at critical moments.
probably Il would have done 20 and
lawson and his pacing machine would
have parted company. The trouble last
uIght was that the pacing team. liver
lawson and Oscar julius, ala not hug
thp pole close enough but swung
around the Tim fully three feet from the
inside edge on the turns. with oscar
Julius IN front and BIN Funnnn 40 the
hack the rvuiit might have been dif-
me crowd seemed 10 be satisfied
with the ride and hailed Lawson heart
u.s. me- De- bortrode HIS wheel. Aft0f a
preliminary cantcr 81 thrc, laps the
kWcdc settled down 10 business and
Ia Nas.NNffM
motorcycle. that ala not seem 10 be-
working On the best form imaginable.
schrfah ruid go" and the Trio settled
down Ia business burning the plunkl
ai the rate " forty knots per second.
10 took four laps before the whnop.
lng.up process was really inauHutntud
and then Lawson had 90 dig tu De- Ia
tho swim. once or twice h. seemed TO
fNp back n couple % feet uH the motor
cycle cleared itH throat Ho Co speak.
boz De finished lu good shape. establish
iHg now mark Tor ambitious cyclists
90 lower.
UNDER NEW AUSPICES.
Some 1000 people witnessed the COM
rctltlun events which were distinctly
exciting. The races wrru the FIRST ones
Co b. held under the auspices u the n.
g.. a. vice the g, A. g. g. thrown over
board. y. -. ANGEL the brand new
referee. had his eagle cyc up1n the
riders from the shot NJ the pistol, cap"
promised he would Hit down hard upon
the nrHt rider who sat up during "a
race, also the hrHt man who indulgcd
In any funny business would receive
swift retrlbution. cap" also bewnilcd
the fact that his head was not built on
q swivel 20 that he could keep "a swift
lookout Tor fouls
The crowd prtrent last night ana not
know how near lt was to being turned
away without scring any racing. Some
ok weeks AGO the faithful little band OF
racing officials sent la a round-roblu 10
tho powers that be. inainuating that
check Tor services rendered would be-
Nery graceful act on the part OF tho
management Apparently the officials
received, In the classic diCtiun OF tho
street glnln. the mnckcrul oyo." Last
night the Judges practically went on
strike, After due debate. amid upllftud
eyebrows, thnt hetokencd mild surprise.
he management finally hauled down
their CnlurH and the olive branch waived
once more. Hcnccforth gentlemen who
heislk their manly bpaums with rcd
fny BE- viii rcvcl In weekly stipend.
THE RACING EVENTS.
The mt event was the one-mllc
haUil1up professional In three heats.
The starters In the FIRST heat were
lru lawson ana Turvlllo. scratch,
Julius fnrty-nye yards. Huzior.
yishV.nvo yards; Emory. 10 yards.
hrazier caught Emory ere thoy had
re6lel on ono lap. In tho next rnuud
the scratch men nailed Julius and then
NE trio paced nltu, lutcly until the
bunch caught the limit MEN. Lawson
won easily Turvule second, while
Emory had a stin tusslc % wtrRtlc
ihlrl place from Huzier n was a neat
nll clean heat. Timc-2:Oi 10.
On tho SECOND heat Furnan started
from scratch alone. Chapman being oN-
cltod ou account ~ hiH impending ATTY
mile race with lawson on Friday. Fur
man caught Tod Cuine hfty yurdHl IN
lhe second lap. After that the duo APP
nweully figured out that Weller (cigh-
TOO Tar ahead The consequence was
that thoro were two warm finishes
tharce won with Weller second. ANA
then cams Furmun and Game. 100 yards
behind, who pumped like mariners on a
sinking ship. Il was a pretty tussle and
ihe crowd arose and bowed lts acknowl-
gFmontH. Timc-2i0l. As this was the
i1i0r heat nll men qualified,
The final was a repetition of the pre-
.lmnunga-tho scratch men were too
heavily handicapped, and never at any
stage ~ tho game ala they have a
chance ~ argue the question of superb
gliN. Tod Cnino was caught IN the
fourth lap. In the sixth the local trio
Was Hull grinding one-half "A lap ahead
oi he scratch men, and then Calne quit
% diEust The three leaders had "a hot
on time an 10 themselves. Weller sailed
olt flr home on the bell lap ana came
lomp,nE over the tape three lengths In
ifuNi NJ Emorv second, and Chnnce
O gooi third. Time-2;O2.
MEAKIN's NEW RIVAL
Afior a ten days rest Fred Menllln
oncl morn returned 20 the track where
b found q nov rival In tho person Of
lawrence Beck.
Tho hnlf-milc handicap. amateur. was
q warm race. The starters were
NelNn, scratch; A. W, smith. thirty
Yards Evans, forty yards. Guthrie,
my yards; Munson, sixty yards,
lhu whole crowd was punched In tho
.econd lnp and hit the turns hlgh amid
lhe barking Of dog In the audience To-
keiher with a drum accompaniment,
ioe unlah was OF a warm iS-carnt or
Ier Mealln tried 10 shake Beck ana
Evans but they dd not Bhnke worth n
,ehi on the other hand neck had q
aPilt w hla sleeve and ride as ho
,1lld Mealln only got second place
H,,h Evans well up on his Hank Time
AMATEURS COLLIDE, !
The two-mlle open amateur was pro-
HIguye OF dizzy stack-up IN the m
enlh lap. The starters were Guthrie,
Mlulaon, Mcnkln, Evans. Il, u. Smith.