National Republican., 1884-06-24

Several hundred people went out to Athletic
upr,; Yesterday to witness the bicycle CtQtests
nnuonnccd to take place under Mr. MoXlE's
patronage. Neither event terminated sntik De-
torily. smith dccliningto to finish for second He
IN the amateur race and an accident dcrHv-
tug Prince of the main racc Of the day anti ihc
had 1t practically won. The truck was III aod
order and the time made fairly Gst
Tho first event was at mile heats, for Iln1n.
tours, with Mcssrs Cr,t, Spcr, and Smilth Al.
contestants. 1t had been announced thntl scv.
c,gl noted amateurs from nbrund had cnI4Cd
and would contend for this ulluir Int lucy
Dilcd 10 matcriulRc; Upton nnl l4iingr
whose name, were published IL starters iOtRht
pruip.siuuUl race, also were nhsruiccS.
The amateur race was called iISt, ulltl Wbcn
the starter gave the signal trlSi unsh"u UIp III
the lead. Spicr second. smith som Itcr
hauled SpiUr uul went on second. CrlslI BED
thp lir,t two laps, but nearing ihC finish od ihC
third smith sniIr,vd and took the Irnd. Vrst
huWcrrf VA, taking hmgs easy, nS nc ucllm ~
Slrutrl ahuut the middle OF the last ,nUby
du,iur iu th" front and crossing tho lilla ai
u.s,. .Wiuucr by twenty feet, Smith second Aud
Spinr "a bad third Time. B2Hs
SptOud hont.-,riet took the lead ANA IwnS
rLvyr headed In the beat, though Splrr mddc Il
determined struggle for three and II half laps,
rt' nudng the efforts 90 rUSs tri,t useless,
plvo It NJ at lie turn Gnr hUinC. CriSt crdlscd
the linz about tcu Rct w advance of SHcr
smith thy tcni intRy ryaG' Time, 3:2i'I, II
II was aluuuueCN that SpiGr ana SnHth
having each tSVu SvCOud and third, wlIuld
clntc-. "a thivd mile To- >SlUv the dispoSitilil Oi
the se'UuA nri7C, lpN SlNtth declining to Anrt
Suirr wen; the ypurS alone, doing his milt In
3an, uud Wiuutug second prize
of the ANNOUNCED entries for the pr)frs
siunul rlcc only Prince lIighum, WoOdNdc
and Morgan lul In an nppcnrn"c. The qri
were greeted with applause, the small boNg ~
the lD-c'nt corner Icing uprunriOus In thCil
manifestation, OF. approval Of Prince Ehc
seems to occupy hlGh place In the affection,
ui local young America. At the crack outhC
pistol the four mon dashed away, WooasldC Ut
! once going tn the front, where he kept hi'
! place for four and Il half miles. Prince lay
second during the first five laps, but wax thcl
passed by llighuln. Morgan dropped ont NJ
| the race at the end of the thir1lap The three
! riders kept close together until about the mid
die of the uiucigcrth lap, where llighnm and
| pruCc made dash for the lCnd, both passing
WO1lH0e. hut Prince uutroaC llighum and
won without trouble hF five feet from iligham
/ WuolSlc close up thi.d. Time l5:jS.
Iue the second heut. Woodsidc as in the
| first, took the lead, with lIighnm second, and
Prince third, In which order thcy rceled ui
! the iirSt, scCundA third and fourth miles. Ii
the nineteenth lap llighnm ana Prince paSSct
Moodsidc, md, riding very fast went by thu
stand with llighum in front. ON the back
stretch, Prince made one Of his Lightning
SpurlS ana passed llighnm like II flash hui
[. when all the spectators had concluded tn,
/ issue OF the race was settled, Prince slowed up
I and was passed by IIighnm and Woodside
liigham winning, amid much excite
down to. the stand, when th'
cause Of h's ,Stoppnge wa
1 seen 10 bc that one Of the paddles of hi
! bicycle had broken ami flcn OFT As he had
| failed tn finish, and WoOdsidC had not won
! heat, the judges hnl to award the race TO Ilig
4 ham, with NUodsidc second and Prince dis
I. iunCCd. WOOdsidC stated that when the nCci
| dent occurred Prince threw out his feet 80 tia
! he could not get hy without slowing mp, bu
| for which he would have beaten liigham 10
! the heat Time OfthC heat lGa7H.
The time Of the two heats by miles and tn
! position of the riders IN each mile follows:
First heat. Miles. l . 3
| lrlncc., .....................'.., j
! iilShanI' .'''''.''...''''''''''.
! Time, 3o5is, G!iiis 0'Ii, l3;iS l5:5s.
4 second heat. Miles. ]
iir,.,,is im2,ou,i"c '''''''''''''''..''''''' ! ! !
Time, 3:3il5, G;lG'i, i6Cili, 1885, lGl714.
Racing.
Nrw NOUE, runc 23.-1hcrc was livery larg
I attendance to-day yittho Brighton Beach race
Ihesweather was cool and pleasant, and th
track lnst.
First rncc-pur,c $50. for horses that ha
run and not won this year ut Brighton Bcucl
thrcr-yin,tors Of mile. Frank L was iiev,
| headed, ana won by lHlf length, Curaln,
'eS@, 1 I'Em ,Hira, TmiS' i9 .inIl15%,rn,,s iI5% ot
mile, itGskt won hy length, Maggie B sec
! ul!d, WpHsCl ,lird. Time, l:3Ol2
Third uoc--lrlrsc $50, for maidCns OF n
9gcs, one mile Roya! Arch won by tw
I lcnglhS, ANcriCus second, Mule third. Tim'
! laIl5
iHiuh mcc--Pursc 500. for all ages, on
| ami ole-cighth miles, liilarity, won BY
neck llnlc Fred second, Baron Fnvcrot thrc
Finh mce-Pursc $3.50, handicap hurd
| race one mile and n half. BOnnircttn won j
two lengths, Coinage second, Bally thir,
| TDae, $50
CnlcAGo, June 23.-Thr third day of IL
running. meeting af the Chicago Driving par
PHttIGCtrd fair attendance, The weather WI
. very warm aud the track sliil.
First racy-The green stakes for 3.yeHr.ol
colts ana iillics that have not won race pri,
I TO Jan. !, 1881, one mile ana 0n eighth. STRIFE
land won easily, Savanna swCrved badly M
came In n bad second, and Madison a pos
Second racc-Cltb purse of 800, for all age
one mile and three quarters. Bob miles MOi
April Fool second, and boulevard third. Tim
THIRD race-The rapll sweepstakes, for {
ages, mile heats. First heat, Finulily wo
Pearl Jennings second time, l:lSh. Setoi
heat, Fiuaity won, Th0dy second, Pearl pe
niLngs third time, l:Sl&. 49,
Fourth ruce-iIundicap purse $500, all ig'
one mile and a quarter. BOZ Sedan won, il}i
lard second, Obermoyer third. Time, 2:lls 4
Base Ball.
The score Of thcNcry credtublc game w
from the st. Louis club last saturday Is rapl
5 | duccd below. twill be seen thut Ycwcll EC
up the fine record made by him during I
week prior TO going west. Barr got in II cCiil
! of two-bagBccs, land Mullin at Inst got in .
and run. In Sundays game which st. lsol
won, llanil pitched and Morgan caught.
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