The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-07-06
L is tame affair in :O5 is with Roberts

II is q tame affair in 8 05 1.5 with Robert
second.
The three mile team race is big affair
Lumsden is in it too. He is the Procto
Knott Of the cyclists. Kenwood is also rep
resented BY Thorne and Belden. The ILL
nois club also Of Chicago, has futile, Stree
and Sauer for its champions A good race
ensues between Lumsden and futile, bu
Lumsden always leads him. He leads TO
three miles, finishing in the fast time o
$40 l,5. Few horses could have made it.
The score is
Illinois club:
futile II, Street 20, sauer 2l-65.
Kentwood Club:
Lumsden 6, Thorne 10, Bel 26-6l.
Kenwood wins by four points. Theirs il
the silver and glass.
Jud Rowland of this city and J. Dunn o
Streator enter the one mile dash for La Sail
county, Aurora, and Joliet, but the pace wa
too fast for them. Foltz Of Joliet has set tn,
pace to win which he does in 3:2l 3.5. II,
takes the silver card case offered by Q tn,
tailor. Pat Kilroy of Streator, is second.
Now comes the one mile state champions
Lumsden is in it, of course. He is an al
day man. He wins easily in 2:5S 2.5
splendid time over this trick. 1t is fas
horse track but floor is the place fol
cycles. Burt Myers Of Peoria is second
Burt was cracked to the sky as a world
beater but he has not taken race in the
day.
The two mile handicap for safeties is a
heat race. Myers is Handicapped eighty
yards and will not start. Roberts, Mascr
and O'Connell of Chicago have the race tc
themselves. Roberts wins in $50 2-5 but
he has worked hard. He gets the clock and
Mason the opera glass. Ed. Dyer of this
city had started but was not in the race
after the first half.
Now comes the two mile open handicap
Lumsden is in it but he is weary and the
race, as pretty piece Of running as one
could visit to see, goes to Rogers of Chicago
who bsttled bravely for it with futile, who
lead until the last eight was to be covered,
thinking he had the race sure he stacked
his pace just enough to let Rogers, who had
followed him wheels length behind, by a
pretty squirt, carry off the prize by less
than wheels length. 1t was cleverly done,
Rogers. He wins the gold watch and futile
the silver lamp.
Spooner wins the consolation stake-a
beautiful pearl handled opera glass is sweet
consolation for tired and previously dis
gusted racer. He is satisfied now for he
has made his mile in 3S. Spooner is an
all week man and holds the one hundred
mile championship of the world.
The big crowd cheers and goes homeward
for the day has been prolific of fine racing
and excellent weather.
THE PARADE AND DANCE.
The Clifton is the League Hotel. The
League has dinsd and Is preparing for the
evening procession. II the streets were
crowded in the afternoon, they are jammed
now. The entire town is out. There are
seven thousand people on the line Of march,
some say ten thousand. La Sale street is
holding six thousand in her business center.
The parade should have started at seven. 1t
is nearly eight and the crush Of people is
becoming impatient. The square is perfect
jam.
At length the procession appears on Main
street. 1t is the signal for continued ap-
plause. The sight is magnificent. Down
the street. as far as we can see, is the long
line of wheelmen with their machines all
bedecked with flags and bright lanterns.
Rockets are exploding and no end of fire,
works is being released. The heavens are
half ablaze with the light from hundreds of
Roman candles and the colored lights that
line the street for blocks in either direction
The parade has lasted an hour; all have
seen it. 1t is unique, novel, entertaining-a
something not seen before,
The dance opens at the Armory at half
past nine, but the first number is not an
nounced until ten. What a tumble of dress
is here. 1t is the men who attract ones
attention. Here is the regular dress suit
there "spike tail" and cycling knee pants,
yonder a Prince Albert, over there cut.
away and on this side sack. But it is .
dance to be remembered; especially by the
ladies. They have not seen so many pair of
cycling hose before. They are anxious to see
what the hose are good for on dancing
floor, fer they we'll know their quality on the
wheel. But good cyclists, if they dance,
dance all right and the ladies were not ne
elected. There are five hundred people in
the hall and three hundred on the floor. 1t
is grand social success-one Of the success
es Of the year. The entire membership Of
the home club is acting as floor managers.
Too much floor management No, just
enough to make the party very enjoyable,
for there are many stranger to be introduced
and made happy. The decorations are con.