Morning journal and courier., 1885-09-04
THE RICYCLE RACES.

The annual races or the COnnecClcuG b1Cy-
 cle club at Charter Oak Park, Hartford, yes terday and Wednesday were decided suc- cess, as the weather was good and yesterday
 it could not have been better. Yesterday
 nearly e,0OO people visited the park, nearly
 one-half of them being ladies, who seemed
 to enjoy the races and laughed and cheered
 the riders who were victorious, but they
 were also as quick to pity the riders who
 fell. The track was good, and the wind,
 blowing as it did across the track, did not
 cause much delay to the riders, although the
 latter did not make as good time or do as
 well as they were exi ected to do by those
 present. Before the races began Thomas
 Finley gave an exhibition on 6 Star bicycle
 and was loudly applauded. During. the
 afternoon Dan Canary also gave an exhibi-
 ton of fancy riding.
 In the first race of the day, the one mile
 race of the three minute class, there were
 twenty seven entries, so it was decided to
 race two trial heats of the race, taking thir
 teen for the first heat and fourteen for the
 next and allow the five best riders in each
 heat to enter the final heat for the prizes
 The men who started in the first heat were
 D. w. Revision, Worcester, Mass; L. M
 Wainwright, Nob1esville, Ind; W. F. Sin
 CldlT, EuR1duus " L1lldu A. 1hO"C,
 Mass; H. B. Wadsworth, Springfield,
 Mass; A. o. McGarrett, Springfield
 Mass; c. P. Adams, Springfield, Mass; J
 R. Schlager, Scranton, Pa.; J. Graves, Hart
 ford, Conn.,, and D. H. Benton, New York.
 When the pistol was fired for the men to
 start they got ay away in in good ga1a
 iead snaPe and "''1 Wadsworth Tal0H second, with M
 Adams close third, and these positions the
 riders kept with the slower men pretty well
 strung out on the backstretch. Coming down
 the homestretch it was pretty race between
 the two leading men as they strove for first place, but Rowe, who until the third quarter had been fourth, made magnificent spurt and came in first, with McGarrett, who had also spurted, second and Benton third. Time: Quarter 43, half 1:27, three-quarters 2:1434, mile 2:531a.
 In the second heat the starters were: c. E. Kitchener, New York; T. R. Finley, Smith vile, N. J.; A. E. Scharf, Buffalo, N. Y.; F. F. Ives, Meriden; J. Illston, Hartford; ris, New York; Fred Russ Cook, San Fran cisco, Cal; H. s. Kavanaugh, Cohoes, N Y.; c. J. McCully, San Francisco, Cal. At the quarter in this heat Kavanaugh was in the lead, with Kitchener second. Cook third and Ives fourth, and in this order the men passed the half, and then they began to bunch together for the home, and when they turned to come down the home Ives had talk en third place, with Kitchener second, Cook third, and in this manner they came flying down the home; but at the distance flag Ives made pretty spurt and took the lead, coming under the wire first twenty yards ahead of Kitchener, who came in second, with Cook close behind him. Time: Quarter 4134 half 1:2312, three-quarters 2:10, mile 2:51.
 The next thing on the programme was the fve-mile L. A. W. championship, and the Hnntar Rootnn MoaS . Wm. A. Rowe, Lynn, Mass Geo. E. Webber, Smithville, N. J.; D. H. Benton, New York; A. B. Rich, Brooklyn, N. Y., and L. A. Miller, Meriden. After the pistol was fired the men got under way in good shape, and by the quarter were well strung out, Renton leading, G. E. Webber second and Rowe third On the half Webber took the lead and Benton fell back, while Rich came up second and Rowe third, and on the home Rowe took the lead and crossing the tape won the first mile and kept in the lead for the second, which he also won, with Webber second and Rowe third. On the home of the third mile, however, Webber spurted and won the mile, but on the half of the fourth mile he lost his lead and fell back to second. while Rowe, who was third, passed Rich and took the lead and won the mile, with Rich second and Benton third, Web Der having fallen back to fourth place. As the riders started in the next mile, the de- cisive one of the race, Rich slipped pedal and collided with Hunter, and both were thrown from their wheels, but escaped with a few bruises Rowe held the lead at the quarter, with Miller second and Webber third, and in this way they came down the home. Webber now spurted and tried to take first, but Rowe was not to be defeated and he came under the wire first, winning the race, with Webber second and Miller third. The time by miles is: First mile, 3:1O1a; second, 6:14; third, 9:333; fourth, 12:564; fifth, 1858.
 al race and the riders were: Robert James, Eng; W. M Woodside, Chicago, H.; Fred Wood, Leicester, Eng; R. A. Nelson, Bos- ton, Mass; John Brooks, Biossburg, Pa.; R. Howell, Leicester, Eng. At the quarter Wood was leading with Howell second and James third, but on the backstretch James crawled by Howell and Wood and took the lead. On the homestretch Wood spurted and with James came down the home neck and neck. At this the people in the grand stand stood up in their seats and eagerly the two riders, but Wood was the best and he went under the wire about half wheel ahead of James, winning the race Time: Quarter 54 IA, half 1:38, three-quarters B. l2 1-2, mile 2:50.
 The entries were. M V. G. Wsbber, Eng; H. w. Geakell, Bristol, Mass; G. E. Weber, Smithville, N. J.; P. Furnival, London, Eng Furnival took the lead at the start, with GaskeIl second and G. E. Webber on the Star bicycle third, with NJ. V. C.. Web Der fourth. These positions the men kept for the first two miles. On the backstretch of the last mile English Webber pulled up and took the lead, but he could not keep it and had to give way to Furnival as they came down the homestretch and the latter won the race, with G. E. Webber, who had spurted, as second and Gaske!l third, with English Webber fourth. The time by miles was: First mile 3:051a5, second mile 6:07114, third mile 900 1-5.
 F. F. Ives, Meriden; w. A. Rhodes, Dor chester, Mass; Robert Cripps, Nottingham, Eng; George H. IIlston, Hartford, Conn.,; W. N Winans, Springfield, Mass, and R. tricycle. race, in which race Chambers lowered the tricycle. record three seconds. Cripps took the lead at the start, with Winans sec ond and Rhodes third. These positions the riders kept for two miles. On the quarter of ;he third mile Illston drew out, and Ives be- gan to crawl up on Rhodes, Winans and Cripps who were ahead of him, and they came down the homestretch with Cripps ahead and Winans, Ives, Chambers and Rhodes following close be- hind. Just as they had rounded the turn, Winans slipped his pedal, and in overturning ,ollided with Ives and Rho des, throwing them both from their tricycles and allowing 1nIy Cripps and Chambers to finish the race, which Chambers won by ten yards, having spurted and passed Cripps. The three men who fell sustained only few bruises. The time as given below was: First mile, 3:17; second 6:5111 ;third, 10:04; old record, 10:07.
 The next race was the one mile amateur race of the three minute class, and the prin- eipal event of the day, and the one in which the two heats were raced early in the after noon. The entries werei Rowe, Kitchener, McGarrett, Adams, Finley, Renton, Ives, Tllston, Cook and Kavanaugh. At the start Adams took the lead, with Rowe sec- ond and Kitchener third. At the quarter Kitchener won the lead, with Rowe and Ad- ans close behind, and the three came down the stretch well punched together, but near the flag Rowe spurted and won the race by few yards. Ives, of Meriden, was close behind as second and Adams third. The time was: Quarter, 424; half, 1:2414; three 1uerters, 2:0714; mile, PAT.
 The next race was one mile amateur spe- oial race, and the entries were men who had appeared on the track in other races, their names being English and American Web bers, Powell, ,Cripps, Rich, English and Burn ham. For the first three-quarters Burn ham held the lead, with English second and G. E. Webber third, but on the home English spurted and came in ahead, with Burnham second and G. E. Wsbber third. Time: Quarter 4234, half