The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-05-31
If 1T HAPPENS
IT'S HERE
RECORD CROWD
SEES ROAD RACE
First Place Won by A. Broad
beck-Time Prize Captured
by ]. v. BurnstrOm.

Cycle fans, those who like TO see the
ambitious youngsters hammer off the
miles on q country road witnessed one
of the greatest races in the local history
Of this sport yesterday morning, 1t was
the twelfth annual event and drew one
OF the largest crowds. had one of the larg-
est entry lists and was one of the best
contests ever pedalled over -Utah's his
tOIic road race course In that crowd were
cycle fans who Witnessed the first race
held in 1885 These same persons have new
er missed d race since, and in spite of
the decaGence of the cycling game, seem
Just as enthusiastic as ever
The riders are not the same. 1t is a
new ana rising generation that has taken
the place Of such Old war horses on the
load as Fenton Of ogden, Thorvold Jen-
sen and o. Il. Emery of Salt Lake They
lac just as fast and make just as game
i-tttHnpts 10 win, and after following the
s~Neniy 0Gd bikers tOr the thirteen miles
Ia mOs.ng tran, it must be admitted
t-iat the sport is Just as fascinating as
/ was IN those Sood old days OF cycling.
A. Broaobeck the Winner.
y slim youth. covered with perspiration,
uieu, Yet game, ms head surmOunted with
!. sooa healthy crop OF red hair which
6l.stened IN the sunshine as he came
pumping over the tape, won first honors
yesterday. Ills name is A. BrOadbeck,
las number in the race was 30, and when
not winning road races, young Broadbeck
SPENDS his time working for The Salt
Lake Herald as one of its carriers. Not
Two feet behind came Joseph Wessman,
and glued close to his rear wheel was
Fred Sansome. These three men starting
ON different handicaps. came down the
stretch, lined on both sides with hun
dreds OF people with rush like the finish
or the sprint race. 1t was in this sprint
the reserved strength OF Broadbeck won
for him the first pace in the race
Just after leaving CenteTville. Wessman
ana Sansome We're seen TO be the leaders,
riding easy and changing pace clearly
using their heads and holding themselves
Tor the final struggle Back a little far
liner was seen a bunch of four OF five.
one dressed in black suit was seen to
take the pace and set a hot clip. 1t
proved too strong for the rest and the
youngste~ in black tights looked back.
saw he had shaken the rest of the crowd
and then began a steady grind to land
the flying pair half mile in the lead.
From the train it was seen he was slowly
but surely making up the difference and
lie was soon proclaimed the winner by
those who study bike riders and their
form. Fully three miles from the tape the
rider III black caught the two leaders.
1t was BrOadbeck and from this point to
the finish this trio kept up hot pace,
being careful to keep out of striking dis
come up and beat them out at the finish.
Scratch Man Time Winner.
With these three across the tape, the
riders began TO arrive every few seconds.
Now and then there would be a bunch of
three or four fighting it out in a sprint
Tor place Again they would come in
pairs and singy, each giving a final kick
OF satisfaction as he crossed the tape.
Then the crowd began to cry for the
scratch
riders had passed the goal that j. v
Burnstrom dashed out of bunch of four
Fifteen more handicap men came in be-
fore Maybee and ArchbOld both of whom
have time prize to their credit A hur-
ried examination Of the times showed
Burnstrom was the time prize winner
covering the course a full minute better
than any other rider.
Hard Luck Stories Plenty.
The mishaps were many and the hard
luck stories were many. But this is a
part OF road race and one of the fea-
lures that makes the outcome extremely
doubtful. A full half dozen spills were
plainly seen from the train and the riders
left stranded TO find their way home, or
to the finish to locate some friend with
their clothes. Luckily no one was serious
~ hurt and few bruises and a broken
wheel tell the tale of all the mishaps.
The officials, as usual, We're a busy
crowd, but road racing has reached a
stage in Utah where the officials know
their business and in a short time after
the race was over the winners and their
times were announced.
The train service this year was better
than usual The train had plenty of speed
and kept with the riders, frequently stop
ping to allow several punches to pass
When near the tape the engineer made his
final sprint and turned the crowd of over
1,e00 loose at the tape already roped off
The weather was ideal for racing. The
roads were in the best possible condition
and Manager RippetO could not have had
things pass off better The Herald sport
ing annual was much in evidence on the
train and at the finish when the times
made yesterday were compared with the
times made in every road race ever held
over the course.
The place winners, their riding numbers,
handicaps and riding times are here:
Summary OF the Finish,