The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-06-13
Cycling.
FINE RACES ON SAUCER
Events At the Salt Palace We're
Way Up.
CHAPMAN'S GOOD RIDE
UNLIMITED PURSUIT WAS A
DISTINCT SENSATION.

The open air amphitheatre at the
Salt Palace, which must be very remi-
niscent of Roman days to the oldest
Inhabitants has seldom been the scene
OF better ali around card of races
than was given foi the delectation Of
the 1000 people who gathered there
last evening. Finishes that brought
the crowd to its feet, preceded
by brilliant spirits, were the order of
the evening, ana it is needless to say
that they were appreciated.
If the managers of the track had
brtbed Brother Murdoch of the weather
bureau they could not have obtained a
more perfect evening in which to show
the lovers of the wheel that lone of the
speed and none of the attractiveness
of the events at the saucer had been
lost amid the SHOWS of winter. 1t was
so delightfully."- like the balmy evenings
which Salt Lake-or a good portion
thereof-spent out at the track last
summer that the big crowd simply
could not restrain its enthusiasm, and
cheer after cheer rent the atmosphere
at appropriate moments.
Johnny Chapman helped in making
the evening one of enjoyment and in
cldentally rode his way right back into
the hearts of the public. He accOm-
plished all this by making one OF the
prettiest sprints that has ever made
the boards of the track fly.
Chapman's Good Ride.
IT was in the first heat OF the mile
handicap, professional. The Atlanta
boy had been gaining on the leaders, /
May Ensign and Gum, all of the race, (
but when the gong sounded and they
I started around the last lap he was
sun a quarter of a lap behind. In the
middle of the last lap he shook HIM
self and forged ahead by jumps
IN comparison to Chapmans speed /
the other riders appeared to be stand |
ing still On the last turn he was di- /
rectly behind the bunch, but he wasn't |
satisfied with that and with a sprint /
that seemed to be almost a jump into /
space he passed them all and crossed !
the tape just tire in front of May, |
who had started at the limit, 100 yards. /
Ensign finished third, scarcely as far /
behind May as he was behind Chap !
man. The time was 2:02
Iver Lawson won the second heat
with almost as exciting a finish, and /
then took the final, with Chapman
right alongside. 1t was another pretty |
finish for the two imported riders. They
were half the length of the track be-
hind the handicap men on the fifth
lap, and those advance riders were hit (
ting it at a very lively clip. Aternat-
forged steadily ahead, but did not catch
the handicapped men until the home
stretch on the last lap. They then
slid gracefully in front and Lawson
won by his front wheel, with Chap
man second. Gum third and Ensign
fourth. All of the men finished in a
b;mch. The time was 2:0f4 -5.
Some More Thrills.
The unlimited pursuit furnished a
few other thrills for the crowd and
gave the good people a chance to cheer
some more. Gum and Turville were
entered against Edmonds and Ensign,
and the first named were by far the
speedier From the first lap they
gained steadily by some of the fastest
riding done, and they did not let up
until they had caught EdmOnds and
Ensign at the middle Of the seventh
lap. It was all around one of the pref
test events of the evening. because it
was singularly free from anything that
looked like lOafing.
Fred Meakin, who established him
self as a clever rider at Fridays meet,
did not gain anything by his actions
in the tWOmile open, amateur, and
decidedly lost favor with the crowd.
On the last lap his most formidable
rival was HOdgeTt, who had been riding
a steady race and who gave every in
Z
ish. On the first turn Mealzin at
tempted to pass HOdgert, and in doing ,
so he brushed elbows. AS a result !
took a nasty tumble. The
crowd unanimously took up the cry,
Throw Meakin out"
A. W. Smith made the finish a pretty
one, sprinting forward jaunuly on the
stretch and finishing at Meakin's cy-
clometer. Meakin might as well have :
let him have it, as he himself was dis
qualified. Second place was given to
n. w Evans. who lOitered in about
half the length of the track behind. 1
The rest of the riders were left in the
shuttle. The decision awarding the \
race to Smith was greeted with cheers. !
,
The Summaries. {
The summaries follow: :
Half-mile amateur haDdicap; prizes, !
SIS, So $5-E. B. Heagren, SO yards, !
won: +. w Meakin, scratch, second; l
Richard Cranes, 45 yards, third. Time =
100. I
Half-mile professional: prizes, $50, :
SIS, So S5-JOhn Chapman won, liver
Lawson second, Glen Turville third, c.
E. Nav rOuIth- Time-1:05
TwO-mile open, amateur; prizes, SIS, I
So $5-A. W. Smith won, n. w. Evans
second. no finish for third place. Mea-
kin disqualified for fouling Hodgert. |
Time-5:3S. L
Match pursuit unlimited; prizes, $50
md gf5-WOn hV Glenn TurVillp and J. / u