Morning journal and courier., 1883-10-11
Bicycle Tournament.

bIers Get the State ChamptOnship-The Rink Show.
 The great and glorious State bicycle tour nament yesterday was not so glorious as the New Haven Bicycle club promised, owing to failure of many of the promised wheel men to appear and to faulty management at Hamilton Park. But the management of large tournament is a work of some magni- tude, and perhaps the members of the New
 Haven Bicycle club will learn by experience.
 They certainly deserve some credit for their
 enterprise.
 The parade started about Il o'clock. Six
 mounted police, two pacers, American band
 and carriage containing Mayor Lewis, Chief
 of Police Webster and Frank Tyler presi-
 dent of the New Haven club, came first, as 8
 sort of introduction to the general parade.
 The commanders staff preceded the first
 division, which was in charge of Stephen
 Terry, of Hartford, and which included the
 New Haven Bicy cle club, numbering twenty five men, W. M. WelIman, acting captain i;
 Connecticut Bicycle club of Hartford, twen- ty men, Captain Charles E. Chase; Ixion
 Bicycle club of New York, three men, Cap tain W. R Pitmsn; Springfield Bicycle club, fifteen men, Captain w. N. Wynans.
 Dr. T. s. Rust of Meriden was in com mand of the second division, which consisted | of the Meriden Wheel club, fifteen men,
 Captain T. S. Rust; Waterbury Bicycle club; New Haven Ramblers, twenty two men, Cap tain T. R. Ackrill Crescent Bicycle club of Branford, five men, Captain Thomas B.
 Crouch; Knickerbocker Bicycle club, five mer, Captain J. R. Lyon; Citizen Bicycle club, New York, three men, Captain N. M. Beckwith.
 Several tricycles and small boys on vari-
 ous motley machines brought up rear that
 was graced by the American Theater wagon. The parade was much smaller than was | promised. Only three o4 the Ixiou club, of New York, were present. The clubs which
 failed to take part in the parade and which | were expected were the Ansonia, Stamford,
 Brockton, Northampton, Holyoke, Cheshire,
 Pittsfeld, Nashua, Germantown, Kings
 county (N. Y. ), New York, Worcester, Bos-
 ton, Chelsea, Cambridge and the Massachu-
 setts Bicycle club of Boston, making in all
 sixteen organizations which did not come to | time.
 The line moved around in the prescribed
 line of march. good many riders fell out by the wayside and when the parade struggled
 down to the Green only about one hundred
 men were in it. The Connecticut Bicycle
 club of Hartford, in their green suits with l white helmets, end the Rambler of New Ha-
 
 ly applauded all along the line. Most of the
 machines were Columbias.
 | At Hamilton Park about half past two in 1 the afternoon crowd of moderate size en- | deavored to make itself comfortable on the | limited accommodations. A squad of police
 paced up and down the track with the officers
 O. the New Haven Bicycle club and | vied with the small boys in
 exciting the admiration of the sightseers. l The band was stationed at point whence | they could not make themselves heard des- 1 pite their best efforts to do so. Two police
 men, three members of the N. H. B. c. and
 a bull terrier guarded the sacred entrance to
 the judges stand and woe betide the rash l mortal who attempted to go near It. The first race was the 3:20 class. There were nine names on the programme and four finished. Way of Hartford won, Maxwell
 of Yale second. Time, 3;03. Distance one
 mile.
 There were three men entered on the two mile club championship race, but L. B. Ham | ilton and N. P. Tyler of New Haven were the only starters. Hamilton won easily
 Time 6:34 3-4. Tyler gave up on the third half.
 The appearance of Hendree clad in his neat suit of black with black skull cap was the sig nal for loud applause. He took his honors meekly and mounted his machine with cool ness. He set off at a good rate and was closely pushed by Frazier all the way. He l won in 2:50. Frazier's time was 2:5O1. These times beat the best records.
 E. P Burnham, Newton, Mass, and George l HI. Fowler, New Haven, Conn started in the tricycle. race Fowler got the lead on the start, butssBurnham passed him on the turn and gained nearly an eighth of mile ia he | first quarter. Burnham's tine was 7:O5f | Fowler didn't finish.
 On the two mile handicap Mills of Bristol was started first. then Maxwell of Yale fol
 lowed by Fisk of Springfield. Frazier of New Jersey was the last to get away. Mex | well pnlled up and gained the lead. but was | passed by Mills at the second half Mills | finished first. Maxwell second, Fisk third and
 Frazier last, the same order as at the start | Mills time 6:29 I-2. Maxwell was two | seconds behind. In the one mile combina- | lion race Humphrey and Hale of New Haven l failed to appear. Putnam of New York and | w. c. Smith and John T. Kennedy of New l Haven were the men who started The race
 was novel one. The men rode the first l eighth, mounting from the scratch without as sistance, ran the second eihgth pushing the
 machine forward, then rode an eighth of 8 mile. then pushed the machine, and on the ! last eighth they carried their bicycles | on their shoulders. Pitman | his machine, the large wheel of which was twisted and bent from running into the fence on the last change. The time was not announced.
 Hendee won the five mile scratch race, closely pressed by Frazier. Time, 15:264. 1 This time beats the best record.
 Perhaps the best race was the three mile race for the State championship, Wm. c. Palmer of the Ramblers club, New Haven. 1 Robert F. Way of Hartford, and s. J. Mills | of Bristol were the contestants. Mills was | too much fatigued by his former race to de | good work. Palmer at once pushed forward l and put several lengths between himself aud vpQS ah0 fna distance around the first half Way closed up little on the second half and on the third they maintained the same position. Near the end of the fourth Way passed Palmer by magnificent spurt and the crowd said he had lost all chance. But the little fellow pressed his opponent very closely and the two went around the track together. Palmer spufted on the fifth half, but could not pass. but on the home stretch he gave his machine tremendous impetus and passed the line a winner by two seconds. He was brought to the stand on the shoulders of the Ramblers l and was greeted by vociferous cheers. Five out of nine men who were booked started in the next race, the ten mile handi- cap. Ives, of Mer1den, was the first to eo Hamilton, Fisk and Burnham and Fra zier followed at intervals, the last two starting together. Hamilton got the lead after the first mile. On the seventh mile Fisk passed Ives and Burnham and Frazier grad ually decreased the distance between them and Ives On the ninth mile Frazier spurted past Burnham, but left the track exhausted. He showed wonderful pluck in entering the race after going in three former races. The ineficiency of the police was demonstrated in this race in very striking way. A small boy got in the way of Fisk and caused him to take header and fall on his face in the dust He hurt his right hand severely. The l accident enabled Burnham to pass him. He surprised everybody by resuming and he was deservedly applauded for his plucky efforts Burnham soon began to show his superiority as a long distance racer and by some really excellent work passed Hamilton and won the race, Hamilton second. The judges announced Ives third. but the crowd knew better and demanded that Fisk be given third place. The fact that Ives only went around 1 nineteen times escaped the observation of the judges. They finally changed it. Burnham's time was 31:32 1-2.
 The half mile consolation race was won by Ed. Willis of the Ramblers club, making two victories for that organization.
 State Correspondence. Granbys
 Marshall c. Hayes, Christian gentleman @ strict temperance man, was rudely aceosted