The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-08-01
BIG CROWD SEES
THE AUTO RACES
Opening at CaIder's Park is
Well Attended.
GRANGE WINS TWO EVENTS
QUINN is HURT IN MOTORCYCLE
CONTEST.

CROWD, that filed the dinkey
n grand stand and bleachers and
~ stretched out along the track
on either side. endured the hot
sun for two long hours yester-
day afternoon to witness the first au-
tomobiIe races ever held at Calder $
lark. There was little excitement, but
as each winner passed the grand stand
after the different races he was given
. cheer and handicap. When Chap
man rode around the track on his
motorcycle. after being in smash-up
With J. Gum, the spectators cheereo-
a veil also went up when an auto
mobile brought Gum around. with MS
face covered with blood, but smlilhs
and wavin ga crimsoned handkerchief
Society was well represented olyi
ish turnouts of every description could
he seen lined 10 on either side of the
grand stand and judges stsnd, con-
Isining many of Salt Lakes touV
Hundrew." Almost every automobile
In town was there. each one filled with
PERSONS anxious to see their make or
machine carry off the honors-
No records were broken, but some
were established. as it was the hrsC
automobile race meet ever held IN salt
Lake.
me UISL event NdS u AA1AhC DCNA =
ffve-nniIe motorcycle amateur gold and
silver medal race, but the two men
entered. H. c. James and G. W Lewis.
broke their chains at the start ana
we're obliged TO quit.
Ogden Man a Winner.
The second race was a five-mile open
automobile race for cars worth Sl,59V
or less. The prize cup went TO M
chimes
in the race were stripped Of all super
fuous matter and looked like skeletons
in their racing trim. The racers made
a f1ving start. Staley leading, Grange
second. Murdoch third and Lewis last.
At the end of the first haif-mile Grange
had secured the lead, followed by sta
ley. Lewis and Murdoch in order
Lewis. in a little black runaDout- SAT
down in the bottom Of the machine SO
low that he was scarcely visible com
ing down the stretch The mile was
covered in 1856. with GRANGE a long
distance ahead of the bunch, which
came along in the following order.
Lewis. Murdoch and Staley-@ The latter
stopped at the judges stand for halT
q minute TO adjust his machine, which
refused to spark. and thereafter ne
never was within sight Of the other
racers. At the twO-mile post Grange
had Tapped Murdoch and Lewis, VINO
were almost abreast. Murdoch being q
trifie ahead Grange was still leading
on the third mile, made in 1885, while
Lewis had slowed up and was consld-
erablv behind Murdoch BY the time
the last mile was up Grange lad Tapped
his competitors twice, who were strunS
cut for half a mile Murdoch was sec
ond. Lewis third and Staley fourth
Time-9-14
Bert Fuller is Defeated.
II. Sanders beat Bert Fuller in the
two-nile race for a trophy cup. open
to cars worth 81 500. The time was
5:25. Fuller had the pole at the start
and Sanders had a small lead, which
ne gradually increased Each machine
carried an extra man, who swung far
out when at the ends Of the track or
the side nearest the pole, so as TO ald
the auto in rounding the turns. Full
/ Ter seemed to hold the pole better and
usually went ahead on the curves
while Sanders could go faster on the
stretches. The time Of the first mile
was PAS. Sanders leading throughout
Fuller was a short distance ahead as
the two started on the last lap Inc
men Kept almost even until coming
down the home stretch, when Sanders
pulled away and won by a length
Bert Fuller then made an exhibition
mile in Samuel NewhOuse's new S4,VV,
machine The half was made IN 4
seconds and the mile in 1:34. This was
the best event on the afternoons caro-
Gum Hurt by Chapman's Fall
The three-cornered five-mile motor
cycle race between J. P Gum, Ear
StaIey and John Chapman proved dis
astrOus for the former. On the bach
stretch at the start of the third mile
( Chapman, who was in the lead. fell of
/ and Gum ran over him. The iattel
was somewhat bruised and famed. 81
j. was decided to change the event TO {
( two mile 90 between Chapman anC
Staley. Chapman led at the start anJ
/ kept ahead during the first mile. which
/ was covered in Los. On the first quar-
ter of the second mile Staley passed
! him and finished an. easy winner il
+ 3.45.
The tvo-miIe ma tch between Grang'
and Fuller was won by the former il
{ s.33 Grange led the entire distance
Fuller was almost abreast OF him a
the end OF the mile. which was made
i'm 2:26. Grange gradually increased
! his lead and passed under the wire a
] the finish as Fuller was entering th'
( home stretch.
G. W Lewis. an amateur motor
/ cyclist. did an exhibition two miles II
/ 1888. the mile being run in 1:45.
There was only. one machine in tn
/ obstacle race, runabout driven bl
( George Lewis. The automobile ran il
and out among number of chairs
1 boxes and cans scattered around TIT
/ track without knocking one over
Fuller Goes After Record.
/ The last number on the programm,
was an exhibition mile by Bert Fulle
/ in Samuel Newhouse's machine. Some
one had flooded the carborator OF tn
7 automobile and there was delay il
( starting the run BY this time tn
( track had been spTinkled along tn
I pole. 50 Mr.. Fuller was obliged to TAX
/ TIE outside of the track. On the baci
I stretch the track was wet ali the Wa,
/ aCEoss. As it was the machine c0vere'
I the mile in 1.29-one second slOwe
/ than the record for baif-mile track
i made by a similar machine a shOr
time ago in Toledo Before the after
/ Moons programme started the machin
made an unofficial mile in 1.25.
With Mr.. Fuller rode H. A Cum
/ uiugs Of Kansas City, who has bee
/ spending the last week in Salt Lake
/ Mr.. Cummings is an expert chauffeu
| and is on his way to the coast H
/ leaves Zion Wednesday for San Fran
! cisco, where he win take part in a clu
run along the FL Canine Real TO LO
Z Angeles