The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-06-03
FII| HARDY -,
|I|I| ROAD RACE
Ls1t laker Captures captures, the
q Honors in Big Race
70 Pennington
lbs lRcHBOLD GETS IS,an
| FIRST TlME-fklAE
4 Eightsen-Mile Course in
|u.90 After Wonder
full Ride.

- NA(elf
,,arb roads and over smooth
rsss Hardy OF Salt Lake yesteI-
first place In the big post
|srnaon Day road race Charles
q u.. years time prize winner,
..rrss in the fastest time and
IE tdrd place
L. Makes Wonderful Ride.
Ia vrObably made the best mile
a =, before been made In the an
d. sartng at scratch. he grad
"A away from his followers and
\ !. vay along until he was WITH
4 +, re leader. During the most
=, y vas entirely without pace,
"A uakes his ride seem all the
|-,c,sral. His time was Sl:0.
Ia Gets Second Best Time.
h. tIre-prIze was won by Ber-
!. ,lso started on scratch. He
w, NTH bis bicycle during the
z r8es but won sixth place HIS
a, gN Inc fastest time for the
| as Of riders was wone by u I.
|E51l He started with the three
"a ard hnished fourth, thus win
Syrls and a gold medal
ixis Spoiled by Rain.
u, oyer which the race was run
XII for the riders as far north
- bal al that place old Jupiter
( ~ tssn busy and as a conse-.
| :, asdy-clay roads were very
N the rI1ers rs they finished
|rgss iTem head 10 foot with mud
shscis carried enough brick
kck up a small brick yard.
his Were Numerous.
ItrsJ roads were, Of course. the
ID et extraordinary number of
% fbe rider who finished the
rsh say that ne did not have
~ The exception. Cases OF a
/-A L the course OF a couple of
IL @Dnoa. Among the number
hs EoTst falls were George
yao reached the tape In TWEEN
AZ With his arms and legs
y and bleeding. Chick Fehr
t,lA sith bruises from head to
~ Sirlhs was one of those
? sholesale spllllng act, while
n tmbled clear across the
Z Alter passing the first bend.
scrnlre Of the men failed to
1fs, and although nothing has
~ % far OF any serious acci-
: probable that some Of the
y. nms exciting tales of heavy
Essea wheels.
lac Starts on Time.
= vas started at exactly 3:le.
- The starters pistol was
q se7en-minute men spurted
nictrs and began the tedious
! s@ all OF the seventy men
way and the observation
esl The scratch men were
" train at Warm Springs
III Ng fast and close. The sec
Supposed OF four, four thirty
sN men. was caught by the
as hot Springs They were
- distance Of about a mile
Ns te by II. Kesler, Along
49, houses north OF Becks
"a eaneh. The first of the
X %ertaken at S:35 O'Clock.
'assetd up and riding In fine
a Alrison in Lead.
ss noads of Bountiful were
~ eecame so slow that the
eup and walt for the riders
AM from View for about Ten
~. saen they again appeared in
vas riding alone about a
mIle ahead OF the rest
n st ,a oil the race, was work
S,eh MIN when they dis
- ~ lhs sight OF the train. On
sS Sseu sss,lhe Inc tao came along to-
ps.uung pssung hard to capture the
H. 1uy 1y got a little the best
=, ~sn .'. Inc finish and su;ept
Slth e lead OF about yoi,r
tzs Ss,S a pace. and not more
n t-..,- Uenlnd the first two.
\ " M. ss riders finished in peirs
,Slz !. oae riders Gro eressed a.i spec. ,S
Z ne us was the extent Of the
- - no further track v,n s q
y ~ h KesIer was the last @
.0sd Witnesses Race.
4 Ss,I +, Nv Witnessed by even .
. TN nan had been expected
hs,S Along the road tax
ptM5 hundreds OF countrI,
n 4s''a Of keeping oaHS ali te51na and
s. I,t,l tabls gives the hana,c.n.
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