The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-09-01
Cycling.
ANOTHERRECORDGON
Charley Turville Rides Mile
In 1882.
BEATS LAWSON'S TIME
EXCITING MOTOR RACE WON Nv
LAWSON BROTHERS.
rs LAWSON'S TIME

Another world record went glimmerinay
down among the things that were. Char
ley Turville clipped 1 3-5 seconds from
the worlds one-mile record doing the
mile in 1:32, against Iver Lawson's time
of l.j3 3-5, made last Tuesday night on
the saucer TurVilIe says he can do il in
I.25 if the motor can carry him that
fast
The other great event was the ten-ntla
motor race John and Gus Lawson against
Chapman and lVer Lawson. The La vSon
btothers Won IN the most exciting contest
Fred Meakin, in two trys failed to low
CT the world 5 mile amateur record.
Hodgert Won Match.
The HrSt event was the match race be-
tween L. l.. Hodsert and &. r. Brazier
best Two IN three, quarter, hail and one
mIe heats. Hodgert won the race. taking,
the hair and the mile heats, the finish me-
ing close in each Brazier won the Guar
tcr-mile heat Time for the quarter g; -
seconds: for the hair, EOS rs; Tor The
mile, 2.23 4-5. The last named was as
bad case OF Loaf as the saucer haDitues
In Meakin's trial for the record Of
l;56 % held by Billy KING. he was paced
by elem Iurville and Billy Vaughn
knowing they had another trial to pace
later IN the evening, the men were
srUuCny enough to send the motor about
ed Tor more speed every lap, but the pace
makers wouldn't hear him Later he
elem Turv,lle. but he couldn't 1oIIov- the
...ce the second time. II was too fast.
ms pest Ilhc LOT Ine mile I-S9 10, was
made IN the second trial In the first the
IT, was l:l5 is.
Turville's Great Ride.
Then came Turvine's trial. paced bv
Nauzhu ana elem Turvile on the old
Reliable II was magnificent ride
from the start and TurvIle had speed
LETT al the nnlsh- lie was wildly cheered.
1t Is understood that liver Lawson VIII
make "a trial against Turvilles record.
The motor race started with Chapman
and Iver riding their new motor. which
arrived yesterday. TOR the first time. n
is a. beauty. but has not quite warmed
up yet The LawSOns had their old ma
chine, which everybody supposed was a
back number 1t isn't. Neither are the
lest ride of their lives. little Gus whom
every body is inclined to look upon as
hHnt-we1sht beng right there with the
GOODS.
Motors Led Alternately
The two teams passed each other re-
SIDE. stralning every nerve to take the
Itsld from their opponents. On the finish
OF eacn mile uD TO the sixth the contest
anus ied alternately. It was Chapman,
LaWsonS. Chapman, Lawsons Chapman.
l-iWSpns, ana Jhen LawsOnS led in the
seventh. Chapman led in the eighth, and
the LaWsonS lyd in the ninth. They pass
ed each other by falling back about 10
feet and making sprints. the equal of
W..-CE nave never been seen here.
The last mile was neck and neck for
the first halt. when the LawsOns went
ahead slightly. on the sixth lap CHAPMAN
and lver were about fifteen inches i'm
front all the way around and the crowd
yelling madly and waving hats. drowned
the shouts of the announcer and confused
the riders.
Chapman misunderstood.
Chapman thought the seventh was the
last lap ana. crossing the tape about a
loot atv al, he and 1Ver quit thinking
hET- nd rr-s.r I
around for the last lap and came in sew
Cral yards ahead Ii is difficult to saw
v 10 might have won had there been no
MISUNDERSTANDING. Both teams rode a
fierce race The time by miles follows:
20 %; 80; 5:u9 IS; 6:5l; S35 Give miles,,
here was some falling of in the at
tendance last night. bat il was hardly
loose