The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-08-22
Cycling.
KING LOWERED THE RECORD
SPEEDY CALIFORNIAN DOES a
MILE IN 1:36 Is.
STIRRING Event on the Saucer-Profes-
SIGNALS Disgust Crowd By Loafing
Events GO to Old Favorites.

Billy King, the speedy amateur from
california, lowered the coast record
Tor one mile. motor-paced. from l :3s "a
/ 10 1876 10 at the Salt Palace track
/ last night He did all he expected 10
I 40 and great deal more than the
crowd expected him to do. It was one
OF the prettiest exhibition rides ever
seen on The saucer
=, KING got flying start behind the
nurVllle motor, with Glenn and Charles
Iurvllle riding it,. He followed the
oMHt pace well until the sixth lap.
wren there were signs of his weaken
ing but the officials shouted enco1ir-
agement every time he passed and the
plucky little fellow from the Golden
cate aid not give uD. He seemed to
take new life when told he had ridden
the nrst half-mile in Il 3-5 seconds. and
away ne went to victory, lowering the
, marx by more than two seconds.
Inc other feature of the bicycle races
vas the fireworks across the street
Ohless the management can induce the
PROFESSIONALS TO cut out the loafing act
theSy can entertain little hope of hold
ing the usual good attendance, espec-
lally now that the nights are becoming
cooler. -
The onemile professional, 2:1O class.
was particularly raw in this respect.
Billy Vaughn. Glenn Turville, Gus Law
son and Oscar julius were among those
IN the race, and right on the start the
crowd Smelled rat, seeing those fell
lows In a "2:1O class contest. Perhaps
none of them has ever won a race in
Tess than 2:10. but it didn't look good
10 the crowd. and Referee Sharp ex-
pressed his intention of investigating.
In this event Vaughn, Turville,
Caine, Gus Lawson and Gum quail
ned, and as they ice-Wagoned il around
the track part of the spectators yelled.
Get off and walk" or Whoa while
the other part watched the shooting
rockets over at Walkers field The
final was won by Vaughn. Gus Lawson
second and Turville third. Time
2:13 3-5.
The quarter-mile amateur developed
a pretty race between w. f. Samuel
son. Jack Burris, Cranes, Meakin and
Beck in the final, Meakin winning the
hnal, with SamuelsOn second and Beck
third. Time-:31 As. The third heat
of this event was run in 81 Is. Sam
uelson doing most of the riding.
The one-mile tandem handicap, anna
teur. was won by the forty five-yard
men. Meakin and Eddie Smith, with
the scratch men, w. Samuelson and
Cranes, tackled on close behind. The
Heagren brothers were third. BurriS
and King, who were on the fifty-five-
yard line, breaking a pedal. Time
LES
The last event was One-mile open,
professional. Chapman, of course. car
ried his heat, Iver Lawson carried the
one he rode in. and Gus Lawson quail
fed over Emery and Brazier, who ap-
Deared on the track last night for the
first time in a long while
The final was won by Chapman. with
Iver second and Gus third They fin
ished in a group and Gussie claimed
that his brother and Chappie pocketed
him on the last lap. The protest was
unheeded, as was a similar one from
Gum in a former event. Chapman's
time in the last event was 2:01
The attendance had fallen off some /
but not so extensively as might have
been expected with the Theatre and
Pains pyrOtechnic display pulling
against the track