The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-09-02
GOULLET HAS To Do
BEST To BEAT YOUNG
Amateur Gives Star Profes-
sional Hard Battle and Loses
by Small Margin.
CLARKE BEATS LAWSON
In Match Team Event Jackie
Proves Faster in Making the
Final Sprint.

big enthusiastic crowd turned out to
see the Salt Palace races last night. The
events were run off so smoothly that the
programme was finished In better time
than ever before this season The race
that attracted the greatest interest was
the match race between Ned Young,
champion amateur, and Ar Goullet,
champion OF the professionals 1t was
hardly expected that Young would win.
and ne acquitted himself credtably, rid
Ing much better race than his most
ardent supporters expected
At the gun. Goulet took the pace and
started out very slowly. 1t was Young s
first race OF the kind but he seemed
perfectly at home and was ready for a
sprint Mt any moment. Goullet kept the
pace very slow for the first five and one
half laps, when he began to hurry a little.
With two laps TO go Goullet started his
sprint and. much To the surprise of the
crowd. Young ciung to Goulets rear
wheel until the final stretch when ne
sprinted and tried TO go around, but
failed. although he gained some distance,
and lost by less than yard.
One OF the best events on the card was
the match team race between Root and
Lawson and Clarke and Walker. There
was considerable jockeyIng all the way
and Root and Lawson teamed so well
that they succeeded In breaking up the
team work Of the other two riders COM
pletely and Walker dropped out a lap and
n half from home. With a half lap TO
go. Root dropped back and left the race
TO Lawson and Clarke The sprint was
hot and Clarke beat the Swede out at the
taDe by about a foot.
The fiye-mle Zip" professional race
was an interesting feature and brought
out some lively sprints. The winner OF
each mile was given $40. while the lead
er OF the string at the end OF each lap
was awarded 81. This caused sprint at
Mitten stole almost a half a lap on tine
bunch and when they went after him at
the end OF the mile he was too far ahead
10 be overtaken, With two laps to go
the gun was fired and pretty sprint fol-
lowed In which Fogler nosed the bunch
out.
In the three quart er-mile handicap
professional Hardy Downing was given a
long handicap and he rode so well that
he not only won the race, but failed to
lose any OF his advantage,
The one-mile handicap amateur brought
out one of the best finishes OF the even
Ing, Young fought hard at the beginning
OF the race and overhauled the limit men
Inside Of two laps. After lie caught the
bunch he figured II would be easy to win
On the bell lap Schmertz stole a sprint
on him and gained ten yards before
Young could get going. Young rode his
best and won at the tape by few
Immediately after the five-mlle race
Hill and F'ogler rode an unlimited pur-
suit race. Both men were tired from the
effects of the five-mile grind and the pace
was slow all the way Hill had better
wind and after a long race gradually wore
the Brooklyn boy down and passed him.
Summary;
Three-guarter- handicap profes-
sional-First heat. Downing, won: Goul-
let, second. Hehir, third; Thomas. fourth:
Fogler. NTH. Time, 1:22 2-5 Second
heat. Root, won: Ryan. second: Lawson,
third Mitten fourth. Clarke, fifth, Time
1:24. Final heat, Downing G20 yards),
won, Fogler Geo yards). second. Ryan (4O
yards), third: Thomas 45 yards). fourth
Time. 1.2l 2-5.
Match race for ono mile between Young
and Goullet-Goullet. won. Time. 3:17 Is.
One mile match team race-Clarke and
Walker won from Lawson and Root
Time, 21T.
One mile handicap smateur-Young
won. Schmertz. second; Kramer, third
Cook. fourth. Time 1.56 As.
Zip" five-mile sweepstakes-Fogle er,
won: Clarke, second; Ryan third. Time,
1925 1-b
Unlimited match pursuit race-Tred
Hill won from Joe Fogler, distance 2
miles. lap. 10 yards Time, 6:57 2-5.