Morning journal and courier., 1886-06-12
YALE RInHoLE oLuR.
Tho First Days Races of The Yale Bi- cycle Club-Two Had Accidents-TO- Days Programme.

of the Yale Bicycle club at Hamilton Parl
 yesterday afternoon, which, with the excep
 tion of two bad accidents, passed off very
 we'll. The track was in good condition anc
 there was hot sun and scarcely any wind
 just the kind of day for race, but no fas
 time was made. Thursday President Cod
 ding, of the Yale club, received the follow
 ing from President Abbott Bassett chairman
 of the racing board of the League of Ameri
 can Wheelmen:
 The racing Loard is informed that the races 0
 the Yale Bicycle club will be under A. c.
 rules The club has put forth it's advertisements an
 nouncing amateur races and accepted entries iron
 amateurs, taking their entrance fees. It has conn
 fessonals will De allowed to race in the events fo
 which amateurs are entered and this is to war
 ment. me The racing board WI promptly m 0 deciare t
 be professionals all who contest against Profes
 league rules
 This letter did not interfere with the races 1 however, as they were run under the Ameri
 can Cyclists union, and the following rider
 who had recently been declared professionals
 by the L. A. W. were among those entered
 George E. Weber of Smithville, N. J.; C.
 P. Adams of Springfield, Mass; W. F
 Knapp of Denver, Col; E. F. Burnham o
 Whitten of Lynn, Mass, and George M. Hen
 dee of this city.
 The result was that not an amateur rider
 rode in any of the races with the so-called professionals, although many amateurs were
 entered, and President Ducker of the A. 0.
 U. had telegraphed that the latter union | would stick by them.
 | The first race was the Zone mile open, '
 for the Silverthau trophy, 8 beautiful silver 1 trophy presented by Messrs Silverthau &
 Sons, the we'll known jewellers of this city. | There were fourteen entries for this race, but l race, viz, George Weber of Smithville, N. J.; c. P. Adams of Springfield, Mass; W. A. Rowe of Lynn, Mass, and c. E. Whitten of 1 Lynn, Mass, all makers amateurs and | professionals according to the L. A. w. At l the word Ego" Weber took the lead, with l Rowe a close second, and Whitten and Adams working for third place. The riders retained these positions until on the home stretch, when Rowe made splendid spurt and crossed the tape in minutes and 45 seconds, about wheel ahead of Weber, who crossed in minutes, 1 second.
 The one mile tandem race between A. w Ives, of New Haven, with G. G. Knapp of Auburn, N. J., against A. N. Weltsn with William Frisbie, both of New Haven, came next. At the start Ives and Knapp (who rode the tandem used by Furnivall and Cripps, the English professionals, at Spring field las. year) took the lead and held it until at the half, when Frisbie and Welton passed them, and kept the lead until on the home stretch, when Ives and Knapp took the front by spurt and crossed the line about twenty yards ahead of Frisbie and Welton; time, minutes, 51 5 seconds.
 E. A. DeBlois, Wethersfeld, Conn; J. H. ston, Hartford, Conn.,; A. B. Rich, New York; G. B. Boxton, Meriden, Conn.,; H. H. Stock der, Meriden, Conn.,; F. G. Warner, Hart ford, Conn.,; J. A. Miller, Meriden, Conn.,; A. w. Ives, New Haven, Conn.,, and S. Carl ton, Yale college, all amateurs, were the men who rode Tn the one mile handicap race which came next on the pro of 10 seconds, Stockder with seconds, Ives with three seconds, and the rest scratch men. Warner held his lead given him by the handicap, with Boxton second and Ives third, and the other riders strung out over the track At the half the order of the riders was the same, but on the third quarter they began to draw together and came down the homestretch well punched together, with Warner leading and Ives and Boxton work ing hard for second place. When within six feet of the tape Ives wheel struck Boxton's and the former was thrown violently to the ground, both he and his machine sliding over the tape, thus giving him third place, while Warner won the race in 3 minutes, 56 seconds, with Boxton second in minutes
 Ives was picked up by his trainer and car ried to his room, bleeding freely from the nose and bad bruise on the left side of his face. Dr. J. Waldo Jewett, who takes great interest in bicycle events, was on hand, however, and dressed his wounds, which consisted of sprained wrist, bad cut on the shoulder and badly bruised face. After having his wounds dressed Ives was taken to his home in carriage by a visitor at the races.
 The next race was the three mile open rec ord race, and as George M. Hendee, of this city, appeared on the track clad in black riding suit he was loudly applauded. He was followed on to the track by Weber of Smithville, N. J., and O. P. Adams of Springfield, Mass. When the pistol fired 1 Hendee shot forward and lay down to his | half which he made in 1 minute 21 seconds, | Weber, who had started second, was nearly l twenty yards behind him and Adams just l coming around the turn on the homestretch. | Hendee continued to increase his lead and | Weber stuck, Adams gave up and | drew out on the mile. Hendee made his | mile in 2 minutes 46 seconds, third half in 4 | minutes 20 seconds, second mile in minutes 51 seconds, fifth half in 2 minutes 25 | seconds and his third mile in s min utes 55 seconds. This was pretty l slow time, however, but was probably owing to the fact that having no one to push him, he took it easy on the last mile. He was warmly applauded, however, as was Web er, who came in about twenty seconds be- hind Hendee.
 After this race Thomas R. Finley gave & very entertaining exhibition of fancy riding which greatly pleased the spectators present
 The riders for the two mile novice race | were then called on the track by the aid of large dinner bell in the hands of Yale sen for. The riders were s. Carlton, Yale col ege, F. G. Warner, Hartford, Conn.,; and G. B. Boxton, Meriden, Conn. When 5he pistol was fired Carlton took the lead, with Boxton second and Warner taking irrrc rd | he riders held until on the third quarter, when Warner, who had been saving his wind, 1 'purted, and passing both the other riders ook the lead and sst 8 lively pace, which Carlton failed to keep, and he was oblige- to ct Boxton take second place, and these po- itions the riders held Warner winning in minutes, 43 9 seconds, while Boxton rossed the tape 5 seconds behind him.
 c. P. Adams, Springfield, Mass w. F. Knapp, lenver, Col, and c. E. Whitten, 1ynn Mass, were the riders in the two mile pen handicap race, in which Whitten had i've seconds handicap, Adams three seconds, nd Knapp being the scratch man. The nen started in good shape, but before the alf was reached Knapp, the scratch { nan, showed himself to be the z est man, having good lead which he kept increasing throughout, and I with ease won in the race, his time being rst half mile 1 minute B. seconds, mile 3
  6 seconds, two miles minutes 29 seconds. ust after Knapp had passed the iudges' a tand on the last mile c. L. Hyde '86 left V he stand and started to cross the track, the o tand shutting out the sight of Adams and : Vhitten, who were riding rapidly down the rack. Hyde had just stepped on to the rack when the machines of Whitten and q dams struck him, throwing both the riders . nd Hyde to the ground. Adams trainer picked him up, and setting him I n his wheel ordered him to proceed and fin c h the race, which he did. Whitten, how c yer, lay on the track cursing Hyde, unable T ) rise. He was picked up by his trainer nd carried to his quarters, where it was v ,und that his arm was sprained t nd he had received other bruises e hich will lay him up for ,me little time Dr. Jewett and Bobby l J 1inston, Yale's trainer, fixed him up and s 3 was sent to his hotel. Hyde was unin- red, although several of the spectators id he should have been killed for doing 1 4