The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-05
FAST FIVE MILE RACE
Motors on Saucer Break a West
ern Record.
ATTENDANCE WAS GOOD
FREEMAN DEFEATED IN THE
MILE HANDICAP.

The western motor record 1or dH
eight-lap track was broken before d
large crowd at the saucer last evening
The time was 7:51 for five miles. and
the motor was ridden by Charles Tur-
Vile and Oscar julius
The evenings programme consisted
of mile handicap and 1ve-mile
match motor. Freeman and Downing,
the two circuit chasers, entered their
first competition race here at last even
ing's events and the best they did was
a fourth place by Freeman
The motors known as the "Old Reli-
able" and the Atlantic Boy both act
ed well and gave as good an exhibition
of speed as was ever witnessed on the
saucer
First Heat of Motor.
The opening event was the first heat
of the five-niIe motor John Lawson
and Glenn Turville were astride 'Old
Reliable" and Charles Turvile and
Oscar julius held down the honors on
Atlantic Boy" The latter machlhe'
being the quicker to start, took the
pole and started at terrific pace
around the track 'Old Reliable helc
on for four laps. then took suduSh
sprint and ran around, taking the pole
The position was held for two miles,
ed on a few more drops of gasoline,
sending Atlantic Boy" TO the front
The latter machine held the lead I'M
til the fourth lap of the last mile Inc
Terrible Sweed'' and Glen Turville
made q grand fight and won the race
by inches in S:27-
The second heat saw julius and
Charles Turville again off in the lead,
but they did not hold it long 1t was a
continual fight for the front the entire
distance, first one and then the other
motor setting the pace. Charles Tur-
vile and Oscar Julius took first place
by a small margin. The time of the
miles was as follows: First mile,
1:37 rs; second mile, 3:17; third mile,
min. fiat: fourth mile, $40, and fifth
mile, SIS As.
Fastest Heat of Series.
The final was the fastest heat of the
series. Charles Turville announced be-
fore the start that he would turn AT
lantic Boy loose, and if the Terrible
Swede" did not attend strictly TO bust
ness he would lose his happy home,
and he came near making his threat
good. He jumped to the front at the
start and held it throughout the entire
distance.
The pace set was a hair raiser"
The motors flew around the track like
demons, and the best "old reliable
could do was to hold on; never once did
the latter motor try TO come out from
behind and take the lead The time for
the miles was as follows. and beats
anything ever made on a track of, this
size IN the western county:
First mile, 1875 20; second mile,
BIZ Is; third mile, 4:45 3-5; fourth
mile, 6:21 Is; fifth mile, 7:51-
Other Events.
The first heat of the mile handicap
brought out Downing on scratch He
l. L. Trr~
when Z came to the sprint did not
have the necessary speed to get better
than fourth place, Glen Turville receiv
ing first. Green second and Hausman
third Time. 300
In the second heat of the mile han
dicap, professional. Freeman at
scratch, caught the bunch in the sec
ond lap, and won as ne pleased, with
Gus Lawson second, Roy aOdgert
third, and w. A. Ruiz fourth. Time,
2:07 Is.
The final was very interesting race
for the talent. Hodgert, HauSman and
Green got off in the leading bunch
Freeman, from scratch, caught the sec
Ond bunch and expected them to pull
him up, which they did not do Ruiz
team mate, Hausman. was in the lead
ing set. The riders with Ruiz tried
hard TO get him to pull them up, but
Ruiz played wise and told them to go
up II InSy We're SO ANXIOUS 10 get a
place
Freeman saw his mistake in not over
taking the leaders at the start. but it
was too late to give him better than
fourth place, HOdgert winning first by
a lap over HauSman. second, and
Green, third. Time, 2.02 As.
Only one more meet will be held
this season, and that is tonight. A
good programme, consisting of a mile
open, professional, and a ten-mile mo-
tor with four tandems entered, will
prove interesting.