The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-09-19
GREAT MOTOR EVENT
Turville Boys Won 1t In Fast
Time of 1852 2-5.
EXCITEMENT WAS HIGH
RACE RUN WITHOUT A SKIP OR
MISHAP.

If ever more excitement was crowded
into a little more than sixteen minutes
than there was at the Salt Palace sau-
Ger track last night, the 1880 people
who were there are not prepared to
admit it. Nothing more thrilling was
ever seen on any bicycle track than the
tered, and from pistol shot to tape on
the final mile the pace was a whirl-
wind. The time was 1852 2-5.
At almost every minute the spectat-
ors were on their feet yelling with IN
controlIable excitement. The keen
night air was forgotten. the burning
o. the Salt Palace building wouldn't
have attracted a glance. All eyes were
conferred on the four machines that
moved al express train speed around
twinkling legs, all ears listened strain
ingly 10 the 'sput," "sput" of the mo-
tors.
Times there were when the four ma
chimes were punched so closely that a
spill seemed all but certain. These
were the times when a swerve of a
fraction of an inch in the foremost
tire = splinter in the board track. a
momentary laDse Of watchfulness on
the part of one Of the riders must have
meant instant and awful death to per
haps four or five sturdy young ath-
letes.
Was Full of Excitement.
Around and around they went. now
one team leading, now another. Every
moment was pregnant with deepest in
tereSt for the possibility that the sue
ceeiing moment might contain an aw-
ful catastrophe was uppermost in the
minds of every one except the dare
devil riders. 1t was with a feeling of
relief that the lookers-on saw the fin
ish. Such Ienseness is wearing on the
nerves.
The entries were Ruiz and Hausman.
John and Gus Lawson, Charles and
elem Turville. and Chapman and Iver
Lawson. The TurviIles won. with
Chapman and IVer Lawson second and
Butz and Hausman third. The ma
chimes went the entire distance with
out q skip or a break. The Ruiz and
HauSman motor delayed the start
twenty minutes on account Of a broken
crank
a new one was put in. and then the
motor refused to work until its owners
had nearly worn themselves out work
ing with it, When ii did appear on the
track. however, there was no trouble
with it. The event was started at
little after . o'clock. AS already stated.
the boys raced from the start
The LawsOns seemed to get away
badly. AID they tailed nearly the whole
distance Time and again they tried to
brush by their competitors. but each
time the others let out additional links
and the LawsOnS were compelled to
drop back To fourth. The real fight
was between three teams
How Race Was Won.
The TurviIles drew the pole and kept
IT, RUIZ and Hausman pushed them
nara number of times in the eighty
laps. and Chapman and Ivef. Lawson
squeezed Up at in ervalS. but the odd
reliable, which has never been beaten.
made good again and won the first
prize of SlOO- For second place Chap
man and his partner won $50. and for
third Rutz and Hausman' got S25 The
Lawsons were out of the money en-
tirely-
There wasn't much of special inter-
est in the other events. They were
good races, but anything would seem
tame by comparison with that motor
event In the first heat of the three
quarters open amateur. +. Smith. Fred
Meakin and E. b. Heagren qualified.
Meakiu finishing first. with Smith sec
and HeaEren third
BUrriS and Samuelson qualified in the
second heat. finishing in the order
named In the final. Burris got first
money, with Meakin second, Smith
third and Heagred fourth. Time
40 As.
Gum took the mile open in 2:13 The
tight for second was hot between c. Z. |
May and Green. the latter being the
Co,ored rider. 1t was the opinion of
many that Green finished second. but
IN" Judges thought otherwise and
awarded the place to May.
me motor race was the last event /
The time for it was 1:39. 3:15 IS.
So -, e:3S %. S:21 Is. 900 2-5,