The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-07-20
CYCLING.
JULIUS HEARD FROM
The Horrible" Sweds Repeats
His Salt Lake Performance on
lnofensive Quakers.
(PhiIadeIphia North American.l


Oscar Julius. the Terrible Swede, won
notable victory at Woodside park
yesterday. Mounted on an ordi-
nary racing wheel and paced by a mo-
tor cycle, he demonstrated to an
amazed and laughter-convulsed audi
ence that even the eloquence of a press
agent cannot convert superannuated
pillow and dray horses into heet-footed
racers.
The attempt was made. AS adver-
tised, the redoubtabIe Swede met his
equine rivals in a twenty-nile race.
The venerable steeds struggled bravely
to deliver their share of the bargain.
Several did manage to make the cir
cult OF the track without falling dead,
but the gait at which they travelled
was scarcely Cresceus-like. They
seemed abashed by the presence of SO
many people. and yearned to return 10
their accustomed places on farm and
in car barns.
One of the seven unfortunates had
apparently seen some track service and
could travel fast enough to keep his
rider awake. So he, poor beast, was
compelled to do the work of the entire
team after the first relay.
The Terrible Swede came on the
track a few minutes prior TO the race
and took a look at his opponents. BY
a great effort he kept himself from
smiling, took a few spins about the
track behind his motor and announced
himself ready for the great struggle.
A gaunt. half-starved Bucephalus was
led up as the first victim. Julius took
a flying start, but the stubborn horse
never moved. The jockey resorted to
club. Still the animal baked and
the referee had to call it no go.
A fresh horse-fresh in Colonial times
was brought to the mark, when
julius flew around again. With much
beating this flyer was finally persuaded
to move at reasorrab BILE gallop, but al
though Julius obligingly went as slow
ly as he could TO keep the wheel up he
finished fully 100 yards in the lead on
the first relay.
The tired nag which took up the third
relay was totally somnolent. No
amount of prodding and beating with
barrel slaves and whips could make
him move. Seeing that he was a hope
less case, the next jockey did not wait
for him to reach the finish, but started
after the flying wheelman. This was
the fastest relay of the afternoon, and
this poor horse, as he held his own,
was made to go three laps before TAX
ing a rest. For the remainder of the
race he had to run every other relay.
Altogether, he did eight miles of the
running, and at last was so exhausted
that he almost fell in this tracks.
Thereafter the Terrible Swede"
gained fully a lap on every mile and
was lenient enough to take no notice of
the horses when, in their eagerness to
catch up, they did not wait to be
touched off" julius kept on increas-
ing his lead until at the end of the
twenty miles he was nearly three miles
in the lead. and this without consider
ing the fact that the horses regularly
missed lap after lap.
The crowd enjoyed the spectacle i'm
mensely and cheered the tottering
horses on to their work. Julius didn't
need his motor to win, and in justice
horses, for they needed it far worse
than the cyclist. When it became evil
dent that it was a question whether or
not the horses could be made to finish
the race the officials stopped taking the
time and employed all their efforts to
make the. horses go.
The last horse, if possible. presented
the most ludicrous spectacle of all. APP
parently respondent at the poor show
ing which he and his companions had
made he bolted across the board track
when only halfway around and insist
ed on going to his barn to hide his
shame.
In addition to the race between Julius
and the horses, there was a ten-mile
race for amateurs. It was won by w.
Stroud in % minutes 3 rs seconds. Nc
Dewitt was second Trotter third and
Henster fourth Stroud won by q Ian.