The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-08-29
Cycling.
BROKE THREE RECORDS
liver Lawson Lowers Va Ids
lille and Half-Mile.
SENSATIONAL RIDING
TURvILLE MOTOR DOES A MITE
IN 1:31.
SENSATIONAL

Eight thousand people saw three world. G
records lowered on the saucer track last
night iyer Lawson, riding from the
scratch, first broke the worlds half-miIa
competition record OF SO seconds. His time
was 30 %. in the final of this event the
same rider tied the former record Of So
seconds. When he went after the worlds
Oup-mi!e mOtOr-Daced record of 1874 ba
came across the tape in 30 3-5. another
record cone. The third was during the
;-u-:..ilc motor race. the last mile being.
ridden by the Tuville brothers in I:Sl.
which is the fastest mile ever made by a
motor ON an eight-Iap track.
The evening was so sensational that the
spectators hardly had time to grasp the
run uI events. The Judges and timers al
most went MAD, and the crowd, packed
I'm Ike sdrdlnes, hilmg every nook and
CrtE.-c down in the vast arena which
had tD Doe utilized, besides pulling and
jammln% each other in the seating area
above. did so mad.
Those cheers that greeted Lawson every
time he appeared on the track-for he
did appear Wlth-ut doing something
scusl:ouai-nust be ringing in his ears
yet Never before perhaps. was a rider
given such an ovation.
Turvilles Too Speedy.
But one thing was demonstrated Der-
tor are too much Tor any team here liver
ana Chapman tried hard, but failed They
were beaten by about half length.
The night started on well with the half
mile professional liver Lawson was on
the scratch in the first Qualifying heat.
with Vaughn, BTaZier, Green, Emery and
HodGert ahead on him ali the way from
o. tu luu Yards liver started ike A demon
a-a overlook them in hard ride He
passed all but Emery. the g5-yard man.
and finished second. His time was IS %
seconds, clipping three-tifths of a second
from the worlds record. as stated riding
/. th, scratch.
lu the second heat, Game MAY and
Pray qualified in the order named Chan
man hn.shug fourth. The final was won
10y liver IN 80 seconds, with Emery second
and Caiue third.
The tandem match race between the
Hpa-rgu brothers and. Cranes and Allen
"ro won easily by the former, the time
Tor the mile being z.O6 I-5.
liver Lawson then made his ride against
time. paced 10y Chapman and Vaughn on
Chapman motor. 1t was a pretty ride
fro-s the start and liver was going some
when he hit the tape the last time He
did the halt in 45 seconds and the mile in
l.a5 3-3, clipping twO-tifths OF a second
from the world record for an eight-Iap
track, made by himself at Los Angeles.
Final Event.
The motor race was the final event. The
TulNllcs won the pole on the tOSS-up and
Ied out chapman and Lawson following
pace. For nine and a half miles their pO-
siuons We're unchanged. As the fourth
lap ot the last mile was announced the
chapman machine shot forward and the
two tavur-tes strained every SineW to
pass. The crowd hOWled. EsVerVbOd. .
stood Up. But when Charley gave ms
brother the old familiar poke IN the back
anu turned on little more Juice II WAS
all OF with Chappie and liver. They made
a pretty finish however. just halt the
length OF the tandem behind
1ulViIirS time by miles was as follows, /
tl- last being the fastest ever ridden on F.
81 track win the same frequency of /
curreS, l.4l 20, 80, J:H Ia. 6.I6 - Sd
tuVe mles), 1910 l-5, l1:5l, I3.32, l9.lI, l6:42