Show mo HE HE CORDS BRONE N the logan 0 bicycle V track takes its place in history FOSTER THE CALIFOR liTIA FLYER adler the utah wonder evans the Half mile champion and ana othe racers take ta ke prizes those who attended the races at the resort last saturday were glad of it the crowd appeared to enjoy the whole performance from start to finish there was some betting amon among the young bloods but from n the fact that the printed pro grammes were full of errors solle soine ludicrous bets were viere made one man was heard to offer ten dollars collars that jonen jensen wins this ra race c thou though a 3 it jensen was in his tent anil and other men were racing racin another bet was drawn because in a 1 the trial beats one favorite failed to qualify and thus lost the race wit without bolit entering the final the bet was called off bm because ause his back erg era iDs insisted isted that he be had bad wilu drawn it never dawned upon them that he had lost the race before the bet was up some inconvenience veni ence was also experienced in ia tile the absence of printed score cards af i pf laiq tta track was in excellent ellent con and them the weather t gr per perfect I 1 act I 1 the seats were filled and hundreds aundre s Y were ere standing along the track tr try ing to obstruct the view 1 abose 03 who were sitting down s fully three thas per ere bega arx 41 ky ta ia ba igi V fir 6 1 n ex 1 1 tion lion on oil his sterlin sterling wheel pending the races tho track officials were ivere pop poll field referee J S snowdon snowden starter geo IV thatcher NV B preston jr and G F thatcher judges B G thatcher IV IV mckegg 0 and A L forrell farrell timers noble warrum jr official scorer and gus gordon arthur bateson C R robbins It and ed montgomery 0 were stationed around the track as umpires C A emise chief consul superintended super intended everything the only class B men present were foster pierce and collier our readers may require some explanation of this classification class A men are independent riders who ride their own wheels and pay their own expenses but compete for prizes under tinder the value of 50 class B men ride for a salary paid by the bicycle manufacturing fac turing company they represent and compete fr for prizes not exceeding inc in value the first race called saturday afternoon was the quarter mile open for class A riders rider 3 there being six contestants it was necessary to run three at a time and allow the winners of the two heats beats and the second man in the best heat to compete in the final the first heat was won easily by b frank Thatch thatcher ep in 31 1 I seconds ts with geo weiler the man who made such a reputation in denver and G C 0 si sinith nith of ogden a third the second b heat eat was won by evans in with jonsen jensen second and caine third this qualified thatcher evans and weiler for the final thatcher having made the best time had the pole but the starter had trouble with his revolver and after vainly attempting to fire it lie he shouted go thatch thatcher Tha teher er did not realize that it was a start till his competitors were some distance away when lie he bitout lit out passing passin in g one and lapping the other across the he tape the time lime caught was 32 the next event was tile the two mile open class 15 there were three entries foster of san franciaco Fran cinco C collier alier of denver and pierce of B butte atte the californian Califor made the f arst mile in and won the tha race easily in collier camo in second but barely crossed tho the tape ape a toot foot ahead of pierce upon all those races there was a time unit limit which compelled the racers to go a good gait or have the raced declared off the mile open for class all A riders had five entries but smith and jensen withdrew leaving evans weiler and card in tho the race they finished in tile order named making to tile tho milo mile in ill 0 38 jack royle then went out find and established i a boys record for utah making an milo in 15 1 the live mile open was won by foster in 1359 without any 1111 culty ire iio allowed tho the other men to acet et the pace alternately for the first two miles when lie asked alint tittle time they were making upon being to told id that diat it was a three minute 0 pait gait he be jumped to the front and made a pice ivice that lowered the next milo mile to tile twenties then he fell bick back ft again td aidi and allowed pierce and collier to take the lead lint but when tile the bell lap of tile the race cattle came round foster fairly hew flew showing that thai tho the other men were ne never ver in it from tile tho start pierce had his on collier taking the second place from him the fifth event was tile the half mile championship of vanh which was won by evans in lo lowering tile the state re croil lie ile had two contes conte ants AV ciler who came in second secona anil and jensen another extra event resulted in breaking another record foster consented to L go against hensens jensens Jen send sens record 0 of f mile ire he succeeded in ill lowering it to 25 2 5 and would have done letter better but his bis pace makers collier and pierce could not keep out of ili his amy the days amusement ended in a grand hall ball at tho the orera house the prizes were rich and handsome and were given out at the opera house they were as follows i 4 MILE OPEN CLASS A 1st ast prize geo L weiler diamond signet ring 0 value 30 0 and 2nd nd prize frank That Thatch chei cr dressing case value 19 TWO MILE OPEN CLASS B let prize W II if foster diamond signet ring value I 1 2nd and prize james collier diamond signet 0 riu diug value 25 23 ONE MILE OPEN olen CLASS A lat prize C iii evans 14 K gold old chain value va SO 2nd and prize geo L weiler diamond scarf pin value 10 rive FIVE MILE OPEN CLASS 13 prize W 11 II foster solitaire di diamond anon do value 75 prize C 0 pierce solitaire diamond value 25 4 MILE TATE STATE CHAM chammoro MOo Q k only prize gold bedaf medal rc C M evans |