The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-06-01
MOTOR RACES
A I F AIR
GROUNDS
BIG CROWD WITNESSED VARIOUS
I EXCITING EVENTS.
ing one-Race Between Howell
and GIasmann the Feature.

Fine weather prevailed at the fair
grounds yesterday and those interest
ed In things motoring were favored
by program OF racing and exhibition
such as has never been offer
ed In this city. Promptly at 2 o'clock.
according to schedule, an imposing
array of motor cars Of all sorts. kinds.
colors and descriptions were lined up
along Washington avenue. prepara-
tory 10 the parade about the city and
thence TO the fair grounds where n
carnival parade was held, the gaily
decorated cars making several rounds
OF the track. More than one hundred
cars were lined up in the procession.
This part Of the program disposed
OF, the track was cleared and the first
of the races were lined up at the post
This was originally scheduled as u
two mile motorcycle race, but il was
decided to make it five miles. Many
OF the owners of motorcycles in the
city were entered, but first honors
and a prize of $40 went to w S. Stew
art Arthur Thomas was second. re-
ceiving a gold medal, while the con-
ISOLATION was given to Glen Tout. Time,
$50.
The second event was at five miles
for automobiles costing less than
$1,000. This was won by j. Baumeis-
ter in handy fashion, who received
a prize of SIS. Second place was
given to DR.. F. S. Osgood, the prize
hnfpo oil
In the third race cars costing from
$1,000 to $4,000 were entered for a
ten mile spin. j. c. Jensen In a Cad
lilac, won first money, SIS. and the
cup offered for second prize went to
Mr.. Cortez in a Maxwell car. ]. w.
Duff1n running third in a Buick. Time.
1917. This race was in the order of
long drawn out procession. Jensen
being one mile ahead Of Cortez at the
finish. who In turn led the Dufin car
by mile and half.
The fourth event was a five mile
exhibition by Dodd OF Salt Lake, in
20 horsepower machine. The time
for the distance was given as Z min
utes and IL seconds, which is consid-
cred remarkable on half mile track.
The next feature on the program
furnished the same sort Of amusement
to the spectators as clowns arc expect
ed to furnish the patrons of circus,
being SLOW race" at one half mile
All speed levers were set at high
gear at the start and the rules of the
race did not allow their being changed
There are few cars which can be sue
cessfully operated at this tension and
the regulations stipulated that any
car getting stalled was to drop out Of
the race. Archie Browning. in Cad
lilac, finished first, winning gold
medal, while Cortez, in his Maxwell
finished second. No time was taken
of this event.
The race between Judge Howen
with his thirty, horsepower four
cyclinder Maxwell car against ex-
Mayor Glasmann and his two-cyclin-
der Maxwell, twenty horsepower.
proved an easy victory for Judge
Howell II was considered nervy,
however, by many who knew that Mr.
Glasmann had recently received his
car and had practNed with 1t less than
dozen times, with no previous eX-
perience. One thing sure, If Mr.. Glas-
man is ever brought up before Judge
Howell for violating the speed law the
Judge will possess the knowledge that
Glasmann can go fast enough
The sixth event was a match race
at three miles between Phil Kohn
and ]. w, Dufin in their respective
Buick cars. for $50 a side The
match was won by J. w. Duffin in six
minutes and Is seconds.
The ladies' race did not take place
owing to the non-appearance Of Miss
Rita Williams, who accepted the chal-
lenge of Mrs. Phil Kohn, earlier in
the week. This was the only disap-
pointing feature of the program and
the opinion prevailed among the au-
toists that Miss Williams is not a
good sport" and will be barred from
participation in any later events.
should they be held