The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-06-23
Cycling.
WORLDS MARK BROKEN
Chapman and liver Lawson
Make a New Record.
EXCITING TANDEM RACE
CLOSE AND NOVEL FINISH IN
MILE OPEN AMATEUR.

They were after the records at the
Salt Palace again last evening and one
worlds mark went a-tumbling. John
Chapman and Iver Lawson, who all
this season have ridden the kind of
races that brings the crowd TO its feet
with cheers. did the work IN the one
mile tandem handicap, which they rode
in / so The previous record OF I.0I %
was made at Boston in 81 by the But
Ter brothers ana had not been touched
until last evening.
In the act Of setting a new mark Tor
the riders of the world to gaze at and
wonder. Chairman and Lawson incl
dentaIly rode one of the pTettiest races
that has ever been seen on the saucer
track. They started at "the scratch
with the nearest team in front of them
at the 7O-yard mark and the way they
rode rings around the bunch was beau
tiful 10 behold.
For the first four laps the limit men,
Tod Game and BraZier. had quarter
the length of the track to the good, but
on the fifth, Chapman and Lawson be-
gan 20 gain and in the next lap were
al the tail end of the front bunch. They
held this place until the bell lap when
they fought their way in, around and
through and finished four or five
lengths ahead of elem Turville and
sons. John and Gust, a close third ana
J. w. Ensign and G. E. May fourth
A Novel Finish.
The last event of the evening, the
one mile open amateur, furnished
another sensation and one of the clos
est finishes that has ever been seen
on the track. 1t also afforded the spec
tators the novelty of seeing a man win
the final who had not qualified to aide
when ne competed for nat place in his
heat. This was Roy HOdgert and just
how he got into the final no one
seemed TO know. He claimed that his
name was called by the clerk OF the
course while that official asserted that
nothing of the kind had been done.
But whether he was called or not he
rode a pretty race and won in q most
beautiful finish by not more than six
inches A. W. Smith was second and
was awarded first place. Meakin, who
was tire and tire with Smith, got sec
Ond and Billy King of Los Angeles
was given third. A blanket could have
covered the bunch and there was a long
discussion between the officials Re1ore
anything was decideGse
Smith really rode the best race of the
bunch, taking the lead Ga the sixth
lap and holding it GRITTY until they
crossed the tape. He also did himself
prOund IN the half mile amateur, US
ing the same tactics as in the mile race.
He led the crowd right from the sec
Ond lap and held his lead prettily IN
til the finish.
The little boy. Gust Lawson. showed
many Of the older professional how to
ride in the first heat of the half mile
professional. He tackled right on the
rear wheel of his brother IVer and
hung there just like he was glued. Iver,
as is usual in the races in which he
rides. ran away from the bunch and
the small boy stayed with him. At the
finish he pluckily tried TO spring around
his big brother, but Iver didn't think
that would look nice and accordingly
came in first, with Gust right at his
cyclOmeter and the rest of the entries
far enough back to be among the also
ran"
Chappie Spirits a Few.
That Chapman's sprinting qualities
have not deserted him was attested in
both the second heat Of the half mile
and the final He won the second by a
sprint that was lap and a half in
course of running and then took the
final from liver Lawson in a pretty
forge ahead at the finish.
Another big crowd was out, fully 8, SOC
people being on the seats that surround
the big amDhitheatre. 1t was a gala
crowd as usual and enjoyed the races
immensely. The results follow.
Half mile open amateur-WOn by A
W. Smith, George II. Lucas second
William King third. Time-1:O 5.
Half mile open prOfessiOnal-WO by
J. NJ. Chapman, liver Lawson second
Gust Lawson third, CleW Turville
fourth. Time-1.04.
One mile tandem handicaD-WOn by
J. NJ. Chapman and Iver Lawson
scratch, CIew Turville and William
Vaughn, 40 yards. second, John Lawson
and Gust Lawson, 70 yards, third, J.
w. Ensign and c. E. May, 100 yards
fourth.
One mile amateur, won by A w
smith Fred Meakin second. Will King