The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-14
DOWNING SW|PES
RACE FROM IvER
Five-MiIe Sees Great Finish
Australians Winners in
Pursuit Race.

How to ride a halflap on the cement
while sprinting at breakneck speed and
come over the tape in time to steal a race
from champion was demonstrated by
Hardy Downing last evening at the sau-
Ger track. Downing has long been known
as Heady Hardy. but after last night S
performance IL must be changed to
Merry Nat the Game Kid
II all happened in the final of the three
quarter mile handicap, which, according
10 the outcome OF natural bicycle rea-
soning, belonged to liver Lawson. Riding
from the scratch Lawson was we'll in p0-
sitlon for his famous sprint when the
bell rang to go. Lawson started his
spread-eagle swing high on the bank and
began cutting down the fighting front
bunch in fashion which meant first
money. Downing was well TO the rear on
the back stretch and jumping below the
black line dug in underneath the moving
bunch higher on the bank Six men in
all were passed without striking wheel
and as Lawson shot down from the top
of the bank after clearing the field he
saw Downing digging for the tape few
yards away. Lawson gave final jump,
but Downing was already there by half
wheel amid the cheering of the crowd
1t was probably the nerviest feat per-
formed on the track this year, and Is an
even bet ii could not be accomplished
again in a thousand times without the
man trying il being sent TO the tail grass.
This finish was easily the feature of the
evening.
Where Mcfarland Wins.
The five-mile lap race saw the tall form
of Floyd Mcfarland win out with Law
son close second, both beating Hopper,
who again tried his famous steal for home
sprint.
In the getaway of this race, the slow
er bunch was placed five yards apart in
order TO get a start without falling. AT
the crack of the gun, Achorn and Smith
= LEAF of he hpn ed
nation and captured several laps before
the rear men reached them, Then it was
a parade until three laps from home,
when Williams jumped, with Hopper on
behind. A second later Clark jumped
from the rear with Mcfarland, Lawson
and FOlger in the order named. The
Australian went all in, getting McFar-
land, Lawson and Folger up TO the head
and Folger went for the tape, the first
named two passing Hopper in the stretch,
who beat Folger out for third position.
Where Australians Win.
The three-team match Australian pur-
suit race was hard struggle between the
two teams. When the end came in sight,
Palmer started his all-in sprint to get
Clark and Pye within striking distance
of the other team. When Palmer dropped
out, Pye went with Clark on, evidently
intending to pull Pye up for a final
sprint which would send him around the
Othef team. THIS sprint was not needed,
as Pye had speed enough left to pass the
team himself pulling Clark around with
him.
Elongated Jack Hume won the quar-
termile, unpaced trial among the anna
tours, with a mark OF 70 So, which is
three-quarters of a second under the rec
ord held by Hopper, when the latter was
riding simon pure. In the final OF the
mile handicap Hume was unable 10 fin
ish after getting the limit men. Crebs
won the race which was a gift TO him by
the judges In his heat Crebs was given
fourth place over Schnell, who won this
place by a good margin. Schnell was
which did not quality him for the final
cuss words, for which he was suspended
for ten days from further racing.
The Summary.
Quarter mile record trial, amateur
Hume. % SO; Crebs, % 2-5; Giles, 20; West,
IS; Mclaughlin, 26.
Three-quarter mile handicap, profess
sional. final-Downing Us YARDS, Law
son (scratch), Williams (55 yards), Mum
roe G5 yards). Time-1:21 So.
Mile handicap, amateur, finaECTebs (S5
YARDS. West Q5 YARDS, Holiday go
YARDS. Wright (55 YARDS. Giles (S5 YARDS,
Time-2:O2 90.
Five-mile lap race. PROFESSIONALISM
Farland, Lawson, Hopper, Folger, Bard
gett. Time-l0:01 50.
Match Australian pursuit race-ClaFk
Pye and Palmer beat Bardgett, Williams
and Hollister. Time-7:35 Distances
miles laps 30 yards.