Salt Lake Herald | 1900-08-21 | Page 3 | Rube Shields's Turn

RUE RUBE SHIELDS TUN TURN Rider of the Stir Met With Narow Narrow Escape Last Night Rube Shields did his tur turn at the theSal Sal Salt Palace for the first time yesterday esterday afternoon riding down a fight flight of stairs feet feet long and at an angle of 45 tie de I I grees extending from the roof of the Palace He repeated the performance I lat last evening before an immense crowd which 1 l nager Peters smilingly gath gathered gathered ered In after the fireworks show was ove over S Shields comes down Like a streak of greased lightning a watch held on him last night showing that that he makes the descent tn in a trifle less than four see sec seconds 1 He has probably feet in to stop and could do it he says I it if he could keep his while going at the awful rte rate But he lost them I last night upon striking the ground and feI fell no less than forty feet A I of horror went over the crowd at the sight but Shields picked himself I up al all right and was not injure injured be be besides I sides skinning his hands up He Is booked for a week one ride a aday aday I day anti and Manager Peters is consider lug Ing the advisability of putting of off the turn until after Pains display each night which appear appears to be doing the Palace more good than anything I