Show I RAGES WERE FILURES Crowd Disappointed atd Salt t Palaces Sauceraj I I I J jtf CHAPMAN NOT INTRIM d J I fP t FiftyMile Race Was a Cold Dismal Event Chapman Fell Off in the Tenth Mile and at Close of Fortieth i Milo Referee Called Race Off With Johnson Over Six Miles Ahead Chapman Unfortunate in His Machines Ma-chines Vaiighn Won the Three Quarter Milo Race I I II The longexpected John LawsonJohn I Chapman fiftymile molcrpaccd race I which was to have come off last night as an exceedingly warm number flattened i I flat-tened out colder than a dead cold I griddle cake for Chapman fell off In I the tenth mile and from that point ho lost steadily until at the close of the fortieth mile when with Lawson six miles four laps and 100 feet ahead and the spectators beginning to freeze out I and no home Referee Sharp called theI riders off the track and gave the race to Lawson Lawson was paced by Julius and Gus Lawson who remained with him to the I end whllo Chapman was paced for the I I time that he had pacera by Charles Turvllle and C E May and by Clem I Turyllle and leer Lawson Chapman I f was unfortunate in his machines but at I the same time their shortcomings did not affect the general result I At the beginning of the race it was announced that Charles Turvllle challenged l chal-lenged the winner and had put up a 100 forfeit But at a late hour last I night Lawson and Turvlllo had not come to any understanding In the first five miles Qhapman made several attempts Inspired by applause to pas Lawson but failed In the sixth and ninth miles Chapman motor slumped and he caught on behind John Lawson in n clever way But In the last of the ninth mile Lawson had pulled away from Chapman for a lap which was k I increased to two in the tenth mile I was then evident that the race was r Lawsons as the spectators saw with surprise Chapman steadily fall behind unmistakably baked For the next few miles Chapman appeared gasping with his tongue almost hanging out uf his mouth and very pale A frcsh motor mo-tor was given Chapman but 1 t did not seem to help him any j though on the sixteenth mile he revived and held his own for four miles encouraged by the I crowd In the twentysixth mile Chap mans motor quit and he rode alone for the remainder of the race with John Lawson piling up the laps in thick l profusion Liquid refreshment was handed the men In bottles at this point as they rode The rest of the racc I was nothing but n monotonous procession proces-sion Chapman apparently making no effort and being played out The Swede I won with hands down his time for the forty miles being 1 hour 17 minutes 9 seconds The fifth mile was In 906 I the tenth mile was scored in 175G the fifteenth mile in 2712 the twentieth mile In 3619 the twentyfifth mile in 4632 the thirtieth mile In 5616 the thirtyfifth mile In GGllj and the fortieth for-tieth mile in 7709 Lawson gave a fast exhibition run at the close of the race to show he was In good shape The match race was prefaced by a threequartermile handicap professional profession-al race William Vaughn won the first heat In 132 35 at fortyfive yards 3 P Gunn captured the second from fifty five yards In 12S and the final heat was won by Vaughn in L31 25 with W A Rutz second and Gus Lawson third |