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Show THE BICYCLE RACES. Joe Wood Makes the Record for a Mile. RECORD NOW STANDS AT 2:53 4-5. Anscll Wins the Club Championship Ingham Beats Emise Hemingway Heming-way Takes the Five-Mile Handicap Handi-cap The rival d Jensen Wins the Hoys' Rare Robbing Take; the Consolation Latest Sporting Xfws of Interest. The wheelmen made a mistake in holding their races at the West Side track. Thls was shown by the attendance ou the opening day, and it was emphasized yesterday. The fact is that cycling, the grandest of all amateur sport, appeals to an element entirely en-tirely different from that which is attracted by horse racing. It is purely an athletic sport, and while the racing feature is a novelty here it ia safe to say that such a meet as tho one just closed would have attracted at-tracted such an attendance as it deserved had it been held even at Liberty Park. But at all events, these races liave sriven wheelmen wheel-men a big impetus in Salt Lake and next year the number of riders will be doubled. Then, too, we expect to see the wheelmen have a track of their own. The first eyent in yesterday's programme was a mile race, 3:30 class, best two in three heats, in which Harding, Hall, Hemingway, Caine, Robbina and Hazelgrove started. Hall took the lead at the start and set the pace to the eighth, when Hemingway forged ahead,' and the men came into the stretch well pushed. The struggle between Hall and Hemingway was a very pretty one until the former lost his pedal when half way down the stretch and Hemingway came in first, 1 with Harding second. Time, 3:134'. In the second heat Robbina took the lead j and cut out a hot pace for an eighth of a mile, when Hemingway forged ahead and won handily in 3:01. Then came the half mile raee for boys from 14 to 18, best two in three, in which : Liday, Therwald Jensen, Albion Caine, jr.. and McGraw started. The boys spurted from the start and came down the stretch very fast. The struggle was between Caine ana Jensen, but the latter proved the speedier and took the heat in 1:24, with Caine-. a close second, Liday third and McGraw Mc-Graw last. McGraw dropped out in the next heat, and it was nip and tuck between Caine and Jensen all tbe way around, tho latter winning win-ning in 1:24. The final heat between Eraise and Ingham, each of whom won a heat on Monday, was then run off. Tbey got a good start, and Emise led the first half mile. Ingham then closed up and led into the stretch. Ingham passed the tape fifteen feet ahead, taking the heat and race. Time, 2.-57 4-5. Joe aod Billy Wood were the only starters In the mile open. The latter led to the stretch, when Joe closed up and gained the lead by a fine spurt, winning by twenty feet. The finish was a very pretty one. Then came the mile run for tbe club championship, in which Angell, Ingham, and Hemingway started. The latter set the pace to the half, when Ingham went to tbe front, with Angell in the rear. tVhen the stretch waa reached, however, Angell closed up and came in with a fine burst of speed, winning by fifty feet, Ingham second, Hemingway Hem-ingway third. Time, half, 1:30; mile. 2:56. Joe Wood then came out with pacemakers to establish a mile record, and he succeeded, the watch showing 2:53 4-5 as he crossed the tape. The five-mile handicap came next, with Angell and Will Wood on the aca-atch, Hemingway Hem-ingway 300 yards, Harding 400 yards, Caine 600 yards. Harding overhauled Caine at the mile and a half, and made a pretty race with Hemingway down the stretch. The second mile showed 'the latter leading, and tbe scratch men had gained bnt little on him. Harding and Caine were out of the race by this time, but Hemingway fairly flew around the track, winning by 300 yards. Angell and Wood made an exciting finish, the former for-mer coming in ahead. Hemenway's time was 1538; Angell'e, 16:01. The last event was tlr- consolatian race, one mile, Robbina and Haxtdgrove being the contestants. The former won easily. NOTES. Joe Wood set the mark for the boys. It is 2:53 4-5. Emise showed great speed when pacing Wood. He held his own for three-fourths of a mile and was in it at the finish. Young Angell has a great head, and he uses it in every race. Hemingway astonished them all. He will start from the scratch next time. Angell woa every event in which he entered en-tered except the five-mile handicap. narry Browne is a racer from away back, but he trained too fine for this meet. Mr. Willis, the champion wheelman of the Tribune office, waa to have ridden a mile against the record established by the steam street roller, but cupidity caused his downfall. down-fall. While going over to the track he recklessly reck-lessly undertook to ride across a bridge only forty feet wide lor a large watermelon and fell into the river. In consequence of this, ! he was unable to appear. |