Morning journal and courier., 1885-09-09

The entries for the one mile amateur tr1cy cIe race were: Ives of Meriden, Chambers of Springfield, Mass Chambers took the lead and at the half it stood: Chambers, Cripps, Ives, Winans On the three quarters Cripps had the lead, with Chambers close second and Ives crawling up. On the home Cripps kept his lead and won the race, with Cham bers second, in 3:O7; time, quarter .5Sl half :40.4, three-quarters 2:25.4 mile a:O|.
 Woodside, Brooks and Howell were the starters in the fve-mile professional race, which started with Woodside in the lead with Howell second This order the riders kept until the second mile whom it was over the tape Howell, Brooks, Woodside. There was nothing of interest T%er that in the race until the last mile, hut Brooks broke spoke and stopped; mile ineeing Woodside nearly 8 quarter of machine arear he started again with new with Howel1on the backstretch caught up finished tha mi2 waited for him and the two ell first. Howell la short squirt with How way, and Brooks she race all his own Mile. Time. no'
 1st 3:O1 35 Name. 2d 5:55 2-5 Woodsde. 3d s:11 Howell.
 5th 5th 1s:ssa.s 1s:s fGH1ai. H~eli. There is no record for the five mile l. fessional safety, so this race makes g recof, l for that bicycle.
 In the next race, the half mile amateur i the entries were all we'll known racers who | had appeared on the track before. They
 were: English, George E. Webber, Rich l Hunter, w. A. Illston, w. B. Crist, L. A Miller. Crist took the lead at the start with Miller second, and these positions the | men held until near the homestretch, wher 1 English spurted and went over the tape
 a foot ahead of Crist, who came in second
 his time being 1:15 5, lowering Hendee's
 half mile record of 1:16 1-5 made in New Ka ! ven in the spring. The time was: Quarter l 3S.2; half, 1:15.4
 The entries in the one mile amateur 3:1C
 class were: D. H. Renton, Lindel, Gordon 1 A. D. McGarrett, H. c. Hersey, E. B. Smith 0. L. Kluge, 0. P. Adams, W. F. Knapp | P. N. Harris. At the start Kluge, who rode
 a Star bicycle, took the lead with Adams 1 second, and these positions the riders kept
 Kluge winning the race in 2:41, a pretty | good record for the 3:10 class. Time: Guar
 ter, All; half, 1:20.4; three-quarters, 2:01.
 mile, 2:41
 The three mile professional tandem race
 came next. The entries were: Cripps anc l M. J. V. Webber, and Furniyal and G. H | Illston. The latter took the lead at the star 1 and passed the half about eight rods ahead I with Webber and Chambers second. Thes, | positions the riders held to finish, although
 the leading pair kept increasing the lead ant | won in S:23 2-5, nearly quarter of 8 mile il
 the lead, Webber and Chambers second, thu
 beating the bieyclsrecord of the world ,whicl
 was S:32.
 There were several entries in the thre l mile amateur race, but the race was between
 English Webber, R. H. English and w. A
 Illston. Each of the three men had his tur1 l at the lead during the three miles, but on tn last half Webber took the lead and won tn
 race in S:46 1-5, wich English second. Tn | time was:
 | Miles. Time | 1st. 2:57 g. | End. 6:01 I 3rd. S:46 l. This race lowered the former record ,whic
 was $50 2-5, by 1-5 seconds.
 The three mile professional record race wa l between Howell and Wood, the latter win | ming in S:57 2-5 with Howell second.
 Miles Time Leader l 1St. 2:46 S5 Howe l 2nd. 5:42 25 Howe 1 3rd S:57 2-5 Woo The last race, the five mile amateur recor
 race, was won by Furnival in 14:36 1-5 owe l English Webber, who came in second il l 14:37. This lowered the five mile amateu I American record IS 2-5 seconds.