Morning journal and courier., 1884-09-10
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SMASHING PREVIOUS RECORDS. Charter Oak Park Gains Distinction as a Fast Bicycle Tracks,. Sellers of
 England, the Champion of the
 World, With a Record of 2s39-E. P.
 Burnham of Newton. Mass, Breaks
 the Best Tricycle. Record.
 The Connecticut Bicycle club of Hartford held it's first bicycle tournament yesterday and made great success of it. The track at
 Charter Oak Park was in splendid condition,
 the crowd very large, numbering over 1000 people, and the riders who contested were
 men of great ability as the records show. The
 great event of the day was the one-mile race which s. Sellers of England won and in so
 doing made the mile in 2 minutes 39 seconds, one and four-ffths seconds faster than the best record in the world made by Richard Howell. After achieving that splendid tri-
 unph Mr. Sellers won the fve-mile race in 15 minites48seconds,b beating the best profes- sional record by three and three quarters seconds. E. P. Burnha1n beat the best two
 mile tricycle. record by thirty three and one quarter seconds, the former best record of 7 i minutes 54 seconds being made in New Haven last October by Mr. Burnham. These and other events made the afternoons sport exciting and the day an important event in the history of bicycling. Hartford is .iubi- lant and the Connecticut Bicycle club duly elated.
 In the morning there was parade through the principal streets. Colts band, led the march, followed by the commander of the parade, Dr. N. P. Tyler, of New Haven, and his aids-W. H. Thomas and w. H. Hale, of New Haven; Dr. Rust and S. s. Ives, of Mer- iden, and Captain w. N Winans, of Spring field.
 The order of the procession was composed as follows:
 Connecticut Bicycle club, 3S men,
 Captain c. E. Chase,
 Meriden club, 20 men, Captain T. S. Rust.
 NM Middletown 4Id @ club 16 men. Captain Hogan
 Holyoke club, men, Captain E: c. Clark.
 Pequot club, East Hartford, 16 men, Captain A. S. Citizens clubs representatives (of New YorA-
 Dr N M Beekwith, president [. A. w.;
 Ge0Fge g9TESt A Well Wells George Martin t Huss,
 In tba nara, ,,J John 1hdro 2; C;o,sIps Spencer;
 and F. D. Fisk of the Lowell Bicycle club
 One hundred and fifty riders were in line behind the club, who were not members of it, and were under the command of E. F. Harrington.
 The tournament began promptly at 2:3O o'clock. Crowds were pouring into the park from special trains on the various railroads. The grand stand was crowded, and fully three -fourths of the occupants were young ladies. Colts band played between the races. The heat was intense, but did not in terfere with the time.
 The first race was the one mile, 3:2O class. c. H. Parsons, of Springfield, was the win ner. William c. Tracy of Rockville, Conn, came in three-quarters of a second behind him and +. w. Westervelt, of Springfield was third. The time was 2:494, beating the best amateur record of George M Hen dee by three-quarters of a second. There was loud cheering at this unexpected result. Hendee's record was made at the meeting of the New Haven Bicycle club last fall The crowd could hardly get over it's astonishment at the breaking of 8 record by the 3:2O class and Parsons was at once a hero The first prize was gold medal valued at S25. the Eecond a silver and gold medal valued at $15.
 The second event was a two-miIe tricycle race. George M. Hendee was entered, but the crowd was disappointed as the champion did not appear. E. P. Burnham of Newton, Mass, and R. Chambers, of England, started They went for the first mile as if they were hitched together. Near the finish the En- glishman tried to pull out and pass Burn ham, but he failed and Burnham won Time. 6:32. Best previous record, 7:051I First prize, Hartford bell bearing sewing machine, value, S7O,; second prize, hanging lamp, value,
 In the half mile race for boys under six teen years there were eight contestants. Fred K. Brown, of Springfield, won; Howard 5. Hart, of New Britain, second; Thomas R. Finley, of Smithville, N. J., third Time. 1:2475. First prize, silver and gold medal, value S1O; second prize, cuff buttons, value 1 The fourth event was the one-mile club race. It was won easily by H. E. Bidwell | A. G. Gruendler second and George E. Lief dngwell third. Time, 2:554. Prize, gold l medal, value $50.
 Seven were drawn and five started in the 0ne-mlle race. Eliot Norton, of Springfield | had the pole; Asa Dolph, who has been dubbed ''the coming champion, ,' second; and Charles A. Frazier, with his F'Star'' machine outside. Dolph got the lead, with S. Sellers, of England, second, and G. H. nlston, of England; third. Frazier got a bad start. but went up on the back stretch. On | the turn Sellers went to the front and came town the stretch at tremendous pace, close y pushed by Dolph. The race was Sellers l and the time was 2:39, beating the best rec ord in the world. Sellers was cheered en- 'nusias1icaIy- Dolpn nnlshed second, Nor on third, Frazier fourth, Qlston fifth,
 D. J. Canary, the champion fancy rider of he world, gave an exhibition of his skill in ront of the grand stand. The exhibition 'Voked considerable applause. MT. Canary wonderful tricks. His perform nce on one wheel was marvellous
 The seventh event was the one mile ride nd run race. Charles H. Miller, of Spring ield, and c. B. Ripley,o of East Hartford. ap- 'eared. They pushed their machines for the rst quarter, then rode quarter, then dis mounted aud ran for quarter and then rode 0 the finish. Ripley led from the start and I1 nade the mile in 4:3614. First prize gold l medal, value $25; second prize, bicycle fife, , alue $13 Lewis Hamilton of Waterbury, and a mem er of the New Haven Bicycle club, R. F. i Way of Hartford, L. A. Miller of Meriden , nd J. F. Ives of Meriden started in the ve-mile race for the State championsbiD 8 hamilton led on the start, followed by Way. i filler and Ives Way spurted and passed I hamilton, who fell back to third place and t yes took second place. The first mile was [ lade in 3:16, with Way ahead, Ives second c nd Miller last The two miles were covered F 6:29 3-4 and the riders passed the wire in t le following order: Ives, Hamilton, Way, t filler. The next mile saw the riders in the | b Ime order, the time for the three miles be- o lg 9:37 1-4. At the end of the fourth mile Ii le positions were unchanged, the riders be- e g well together. Time, 1891. The riders u osed up in the turn. Way passed Hamil- h n on the back stretch Ives lead to the d 'xt turn, when Way passed him. Then O amilton made squirt and drew away from ft e others and Miller takes second'Dlaee a es finishing third and Way fourth: time it :52 3-4. Prize, diamond medal, value s8O e
 few Yale men got together and p we the Yale cheers for Hamilton | g 1o is in the class of '86 ol Another five mile race brought out Frazier, larles A. Smith of Rochester, N " eorge Webber of SmithviNe, N. J., s. Sellers. A orton of Springfield, and Chambers and ston of England. Frazier got the best of g start. On the first mile Webber got the | :, i'd, Smith second, Frazier third, nlston 'i 1rth, Norton fifth, Chambers sixth; time, St )615. The second mile was finished in the w lowing order: Frazier, Smith, Webber, B, Hers, Norton, Chambers, nlston; time, u A On tha third r,nila INahla, loa l..ou:e,, d