Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-07-05
cLOsEoFTHE wHEELNEN'sV
The Races at Hagerstown Yesterds.
Crist Wins q Good Race.

The annual meet OF the League Of American
wheelmen concluded at H2gerstovn yesterday.
The races were run at the fair grounds on .
hslf-mile track. The attendance was very
large and the racing was excellent. and many
OF the finishes were very close. The track was
little soft, but, considering the weather, il was
IN excellent shape. The referee wss Mr.. Luz
comb, president OF the league. The hrst race,
OF one mile. was won by v. l. Emerson a
Baltimore, in 3.2l
BARKER rs rHE cHAnrIox.
The second race was O oae-rnile run for the
i. A W. championship. The entries were: A.
b. Rich. New York; A. c. Barker, New York;
w T. Crist. W. II. Benton, Washington; W. I.
Wilhelm, Reading. Pa; Isaac Kinds, Baltimore;
:. ;. Brown, Washington. Brown got the lead
iirst and kept il lev hundred yards. WI
heim and Kinds were two wheels behind him
~ the nrst turn When at the quarter Kinds
pulled right out of the crowd and took lead
OF about SIX feet. de held il at first haif-mile,
with Barker close behind him. he was followed
by Benton, with Crist fourth The other three
were but lew feet behind Crist The pace
was too fast for Kinds, and on the lsst turn
in the backstretch Barker took the lead and
me whole crowd passed the Baltimore man,
who was clearly out The race down the
homestretch was exciting. and Crist took Ben
tons place, and they finished in the following
order; Barker. Crist Wilhelm. Rich. and Brown.
The others we're out Time: SOS. Second
silver medal
The loo-yards slow race was won BY II. E.
Dayhof, of Hagerstown in 2.36
The fourth race. half-mlle dash, was won
by W. ): Wilhelm. OF Reading. Pa, in rs Is
Vim. II. Ash, of Baltimore, won the fifth race,
a two-mile handicap, IN 6:l3 Is.
The one-miie tricycle. race for the 1. Aw
championship amounted TO nothing There
were but two entries-N. L. Emerson. OF Balti-
more, and 7. s. Brown, of Washington. Brown
was on heavy tricycle., and Emerson on a
racer. Emerson won. Brown didn't even
attempt TO finish. Time, $50 rs. Prize,
| gold and silver medal.
cRIsT WIS 4 GOOD RACE.
The next was a mile race on safeties for the
i. A-W. championship. The entries we're Chas.
T.. Larow, New Haven. Conn; W. J. Wilhelm,
heading, Pa, G.. A. Rickett New Haven. Conn. |;
W. 4; Crist, OF Washington, and W. ID. Banker,
Ihtspurg. ms race was a beauty. Ia-ow
took the lead at once with Crist close behind
MN and Pickett next; Wilhelm was last. They
kept their positions at the first half and on the
second time around Wilhelm moved up and
! took third place. Crist began to move up and
passed Larow, who was passed again by VIII
helm and Pickett On the turn the order WINS:
sris' Wilhelm, Pickett and Larow. who
mad dropped from first place TO fourth, and
they finished in that order. Time, sos Ia
frlzes were gold and silver medals.
THE TWO CLOSING EVENTS
The next to the last was a one-mile race on
tandem safeties. The entries were: W. ID.
and A. C. Banker, of Pittsburg aud New York;
w. L. Crist and 7. 5. Brown. Of Washington.
The Banker brothers walked away from the
other teams. The Washington team went
around the track once aud then drew out The
hagerstowners kept pluckily on, though they
had no show. Time 2:l2 rs. Prizes are gold
medals.
The last race was team race between Penn
sylvania bicycle club, of Reading. Pa, and the
Berkeley athletic club of New York. The race
was won by the New York club. Rich leading.
Time S0S 2-5. The prize was silken banner.
The races were not over till twenty minutes OF
8 o'clock
The parade was the feature Of the day. The
District Of Columbia division embraced the
washington cycle club, - men, Capt L. L.
Curry; the Columbia cycle club. Is men. Capt.
hammond, and the Capital club, Is men, Capt.
A. n. Low.