Salt Lake Tribune | 1908-07-13 | Page 7 | Saltair Bicycle Races Draw Crowd

mm BICYCLE m draw enj 1 Scratch Men Fail to Make! Good in the Handicap Events. j The bicycle races at Saltair Sunday ' night drew tho largest crowd, so far. , that has been to the Coliseum. Manager Chapman said that about 2500 pcoplo passed through the gates. That the ) events were exciting was evident from , the constant cheering of thc spectators. Dovonevltch. who says It Is bad luck to shave and who Is growing a flowing beard, came In for the biggest applausu of the evening. He defeated Worthing- , ton Longfellow Mitten ln two straight heats of a mile match race, French style, In sensational sprints, In 2.12 and 2;38. In the professional races, McFarland. Clarke and Mayer, the scratch men. had poor pickings. J. E. Achorn won tho mile handicap In 1:0-1, from 120 yards. Maver and Clarke started a sprint three laps from home, for second place, and after going two laps, behoving It to be the finish, sat up, Clarke leading Mayer by a few Inches. Downing, who was In ; tho rear, kept on going and took down , second money, with Clarke and Wilcox I finishing In order, all closo together. Tho bc3t Downing could havo taken was , fourth money, had tho two men kept on going. . . The two-mile handicap race proved too fast for the scratch men, who were run off their feet by the limit markers. De-Mara, De-Mara, from f5 yards, won tho race; Hol-llster Hol-llster (40). Palmer (70). Mitten (00) and Scnhouse (75) running ln order in a closo finish. In the fast tinio of 3.D1. The two-milo amateur tandem raco was won by Giles and Meyer, from 20 yards, beating out the scratch men, Brorlbeck und Lawrence. In tho good time of 3:51. Riding all thc way from 130 yards. Thomas won out over a good flr-ld In tho mile handicap amateur. Schnell. Hollls-ler Hollls-ler nnd Hampshire ran In order, inches apart. The thins was 1:57.