Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-05-31
THE WHEELMEN.
Successful Celebration Of the
Annual Meet.
THE RACES AT THE PARK
Wing Lowers the Coast Records for
One Mile and Five Miles.
Some Good Sport.

to hold its fourth annual meet in Los An
geles on Memorial Day, it was certain
that the sports would be a success, fol
during the past year or two, the Ange
City has become one of the strongholdi
of cycling. And that the clubs here are
composed of some of the best men of the
State was fully attested yesterday, two O
the Coast records being cracked by loca
riders. The first figures to be lowered
were in the one.mile State champ
ionship race, when w. S. Wing
reduced the record from :4S1a to 2 AZ
The five-mile open race was, however,
the astonisher, for the coast record Of
Is 40 was lowered to Is :4O1a by w. s.
Wing, who rode in splendid style, and
only carried off the honors from J. P.
Percival by few feet, the last-named
gentleman also beating the previous
records.
The cyclists began to pour into town at
an early hour yesterday morning, and
the first train from San Francisco bore
quite a sprinkling of wheelmen from the
northern part Of the State, but few of the
noted. riders, however, making the jour-
ney, because they knew that they were
overmatched in this part of the country.
The Westminster Hotel was made the
league headquarters, and at 10 O'Clock
the register showed that the following
visitors were in town:
T. j. Golden, E. Nohrig, s. 81.
Knapp, Jr., San Francisco; G. @. Moore,
Stockton; G. w. Starr, Grass Valley
Emile R. Abadie, Elmer B. Burns, G..
w. Burns, G. G.. Glenn, Santa Ana; E.
Cole, Ventura; g. A. Simpson, E. S.
Turner, G. A. Johnston, s. A. Smith, O..
L. Miller, A. L. Marahan, A. L. Ryder,
j. NJ. Permar, S. L. Test, G. II. Frost,
q. w. Glover, Jr., J. H. Smith, P. O.
Prince, L. w. Williams, Pasadena.
The street parade started at IL O'Clock,
and was witnessed by large concourse
OF people. The Seventh Infantry Band
was in the lead, and then came the rep
resentatives of the California Division
officers, who are as follows:
Chief Consul, Edwin Mohrig, San
Francisco; Vice-Consul, j. Phil PercivaI,
Los Angeles; Secretary-Treasurer, Alex
S. Ireland, San Francisco. Represents
tives, George H. Frost of Pasadena,
Charles G. Moore of Stockton, DR..
Thomas s. Hill of San Francisco. Club
Representatives.. W. A. Off, for Los
Angeles; DIR. J. M. Cunagh, for the San
Francisco Bicycle Club; J. J. Bliss, for
the Bay City Wheelmen; Charles G..
Stockton. Racing Board-R. Ashton
w. A. OFF, of Los Angeles; Percy Has
lett, Of Alameda.
Then came the clubs in the following
or1or. Pou Nifx yVbaaI,,o,, Oon E.o,
cisco Bicycle Club, Oak Leaf Wheel
men, Alameda Scorchers, Outing Cycling
Club, Garden City Wheelmen, Capital
City Wheelmen, Pomona Deceivers,
Pasadena Cycling Club, Los Angeles
Wheelmen, unattached. The line of
march was from Main street to the Plaza,
countermarch to Spring, to Ninth, to
Main, to headquarters.
At the conclusion of the parade, an
interval was taken for lunch, and then
adjournment was made for the Agri-
cultural Park, where the races were to
be held.
THE RACES.
Fully 5000 persons had passed the
gates by O'Clock, the hour named for
the opening event, and the grand stand,
the fences and other points of vantage
we're all occupied. A large number of
carriages and buggies drew into the
ground, and the racecourse presented as
lively an appearance as it did during
race.day.
The first race was the one.mile novice,
in which were entered Frank Scheidler,
7. Romero, Fred Corey, Jno. @. Tufts,
Jr., and Geo. F. Martineau. 1t was a
foregone conclusion for Tufts from the
time he started, and he came in an easy
winner, with the time of 2:54, Romero
being second, Scheidler third, Corey
fourth, and Martineau last.
THE oNE-MILE CHAMPIONSHIP.
The next race was one of the crack
events of the day, being for the one-mile
State championship, held by w. s.
Wing, with record of 2:4S1s. Six en-
tries were made, and all of these ap-
peared at the start, the competition be-
ing between D. L. Burke, James w Lam
caster, John w. Tufts, Jr., j. Phil. Per-
cival, W. s. Wing and P. L. Abel. Tufts
got away in the lead, Burke bringing up
the rear, and was evidently disheartened
by his start, for after running hundred
yards or 80 he gave up. Wing got in
front at the quarter, with Tufts second,
only ten feet behind, Percival run
ming third. This order was main
tanned until the three-fourths, when
Tufts spurted and got into the lead, but
at the stretch Wing got down to work
and drew clear away. An exciting finish
then followed, during which Abel came
q nasty cropper, falling on his head, a
repetition Of the performance he had
given the previous day, while in train
ing. The last fifty yards was a neck and
neck race between Wing and Percival,
but the first named gentleman came in
ahead, in the cord-beating time Of
2:47. Percival was second, Lancaster
third and Tufts fourth.
For the next race, quarter of mile
dash, w. 8. Wing, Jas. w. Lancaster, j.
Phil Percival, P. L. Abel and ID. L..
Burke were entered, but only the last
named rider appeared, and he went over
the distance in the comparatively slow
lime of 431 seconds.
The half-mile dash was another inter-
esting event, the following entries hav-
ing been made: w. s. Wing, E. Cole,
Jas. W. Lancaster. J.. Phil Ferciyal. P.
l.. Abel and D. L. Burke. OF these,
only three came to scratch, Burke. Ian
caster and Cole, and after running 200
yards Cole retired, leaving the finish be-
tween his two competitors. Burke had
no difficulty in distancing his adver.
sary, and the blackboard showed a
record of 1864 as he rode back to the
dressing-room.
The one mile safety race next claimed