The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-09-05
STARTED ONLONG RACE
Lawson and Turville Doing "a
Hour Ride.
MEN WORKING WELL
AT 2.o6 THIS MORNING TUR-
VILE WAS AHEAD 2 MILES.

The big event on the saucer track last
night was the twenty-four-hOU race.
or rather the first part of it, for the
men did not start till 1O:O61k o'clock.
and will, therefore, finish at the same
time tonight. The competitors for
track honors are John Lawson and
Charles TurviIle. The former holds
the American time record for twenty
four hOurs-52S miles. Both men are
hopeful of beating that record and
Iessening the distance between it and
tne worlds record of 624 miles, held by
the Englishnian, Walters.
The magnitude of the feat under
taken by the two racers who started
out last night can hardly be realized
till one considers what il must be to
neg away at any kind of ha I'd wo-lS for
tweuty-four hours without stopping a
moment for any kind of refreshment
rest or relaxation. All the food and
drink that Lawson and Turvi1le will
partake Of during the twent--four
hours viii be snatChed from the hands
o. their trainers without even slack
ing up from the killing pace at which
they are sailing around the saucer
The bin of fare looks quite attract
i've. il is true. consisting of bOvinine,
imported ginger ale, matted milk tab
lets. cpgndc and calfs foot jelly. con-
contracted soups, fried chicken, celery,
apples and peaches, chicken soup and
sherry. The liquids are drunk out of
a peculiar. professional little tin pot
about six inches long and an inch and
ii half in diameter. This little food
conveyer has a narrow mouth about
half an inch wide. so that the racer
viii not spill the contents down the
outside instead of the inside of his
neck.
a small army of attendants is in con-
tiuual attendance on each of the rid
ers. and a regular little repair shop is
laid out on table for each. Each has
a pair of motor cycles, one to act as a
relief for the other and keep the pace
hot throughout the twenty-four hours
There is really quite a lot of business
connected with one of these twenty
fOur-hOur races.
The night began to get chilly before
the LAWSON Turville race got under
way. Fully 5000 people were on tine
grand stand. and almost all waited q
see at least the start of the great race
The motors gave a little preliminary
race on their own account in order 4
get their machines in good running or
der. Vaughan and Gus Lawson riding
for Lawson and elem TurVille an;
King for Turville.
one minute after 10 o'clock the Ter
rible Swede" came out on the track
riding around at a moderate pace, ant
NE was followed two minutes later b.
TuTVille. The motors with their princi
pals went putting around at a grad
ually increasing speed about half a lal
apart. Then the gap was closed VI
and the teams came together on tn
scratch and pistol shot announced
that the race was begun. TUrville i'm
mediately shot to the front and main
tanned lead of from a half TO quar-
ter of lap for the first twenty min
utes. The distance covered by the rid
ers for the first hour was as follows:
First hour: Lawson, go miles; Tur
Vile. 30 miles, laDs.
Second hour. Lawson, Sc miles,
lap; Turville, 81 miles.
Third hour: Lawson, 50 miles; TuT
VILE. sc miles. Laps.
At 2.06 this morning. at the end q
the fourth hour. Turville had riddle
112 miles and Lawson 10 miles Bot
men were riding well.
IN the second hour Lawson lost fiv
laps on account of a loose toe clip Bot
riders were taking food and drink a
the end of the second hour.
The other races on the DTOgTamm
last night were a half-mile open, anna
teur. and "a one-mile handicap. prOfes
sionaI. each run in two heats and
final In the half-mile Jack Burr
came in first in the final. with Eddi
Smith second and William +. Kin
third. The final had 20 he run o
twice, owing 90 BurriS and HeagFe
running together ~ the start. in cor
sequence of which, foUling Burris wa
left at the post. The time was 1907 L
The one-mile handicap was won b
W. =. Vaughan Go yardS). Gus LawSO
second tN5 yardS); elem TurVille thir
t65 yards). and J. p. Gum third 6
yaglsD Iver Lawson. who was
start from the scratch. did not run.