Morning journal and courier., 1889-09-04
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. CYCLING TOURNAMENT. The WheeImen Have Anoth-
 CT Big Day. RACES AT SPRINGFIELD. Good Work for the Opening
 Session. WALL STREET FAILURES. Serious Illness of an Irish
 Statesman.
| WALL STREET FAILURES.
THE CYCLING TOURNAMENT.

THE CYCLING TOURNAMENT. Another Big Day Among the wheel-
 men at Hartford - Hendee's New
 success-Some Very Fast Riding
 The Other EveRts-Two Thousand
 Spectators.
 HARTFORD, Sept. 3.-The second day of the Hartford Wheel clubs tournament to-day was marked by notable events.
 Two American records were broken. Hen dee lowered the one mile safety record from 2:46 made by Davis, of Harvard, to 2:41Z, and the Banker brothers made the one mile tandem safety in 2:S7, breaking their own previous record of 2:39.
 The riding of some very fast miles also oc- 2,000 spectators were present.
 The one mile handicap Safety race, the first on the programme, had ten starters and was run in two heats. Van Wagoner of Newport winning the first in 2:46, and w. D. Banker the second in 2:53. The final heat had six starters; Van Wagoner, Banker, Smith and Hendee at scratch, Benson and Harding 75 yards. At the start the scratch men spurted up to the others and then kept well together until well into the homestretch when all made spurts, Hendee riding in his old time form and passing the rope first, with Harding and Benson 25 and 30 feet behind. Time 2:41I. The best previous time having been 2:45.
 There were forty entries In the one mile handicap and these were divided into four heats, the first and second man in each heat to run in the final. The first heat was won by Scott of Providence, 75 yards, in 2:41 :; Kinds, 150 yards, second. The second heat was won by IL. Clarke, 75 yards, in 2:s91S; G. M. Worden, 200 yards, second. The third yards, in 2:45115; F. A. Delsbarre, Conway, Mass, 75 yards, second. The fourth heat was won by E. Dau0hy, West Winsted, 100 yards, in 2:421A; F. W. Roberts, Pougkeep. sic, 75 yards, second. The final heat was won by G. M. Worden, 200 yards, in 2:3424; ;; Delabarre, 5o yards, second, E. Dauchy, 50 yards, third.
 Daniel J. Canary gave another exhibition of fancy riding.
 All four entries in the one mile State l.. A. W. safety championship started. William Harding of Hartford won in 2:5S1z, DO. Slea of Hartford second, @. A. Pickett of New Haven third.
 E. Dauchy of West winsted won the one mile Hartford Wheel club handicap cham- pionship with 75 yards in 2:43111, C.H. Wood 1:25 second, l.. Forster scratch third. 1u6 Ou0 Ull6 0.GU claSH BAI0Gy W66 won Oy Wm. Schumacher in 2:5611s, A. F. Benson second.
 The five mile lap had ten starters. The first to cross the tape had three points, next two and next one, except in the last, when the first man counted four. F. F. Ives of Meriden won the second, third and last miles and was third in the first mile, giving him il points.
 The one mile tandem safety handicap was won by H. 0. Backus and G. A. Pickett, New Haven, 150 yards, in 2:31. W. VanWagoneI and A. Henry, Newport, R. l., 75 yards, were second. Scratch time was 2:37. The one mile 2:50 class, limit 2:55, with three prizes, was won by L.Forster, Hartford in 2:531s, CIV Worden, Manhattan Athletic club, was second and F. A. Delsbsrre, Conway, Mass, third.
 The one mile consolation with three prizes was won W. G. T. Glass, Berkeley Athletic club, in 2:501S. s. s. Bowman, New Jersey was second and T.W. Roberts, Poughkeapsie third.
 The three mile L. A. W. championship safety, vas tied again today and again was declared of, the men loa6ng and failing tc come within the limit of 9:15. W. D. Banker, of the Berkely Athletic club, finished first in 10:2414. G. M. Hendee second. This morning 200 of the wheelmen who
 were attending the races took a run to Weth ersfeld, visited the state prison and were en tertained by Division Secretary Treasure, Deblois. Gel. Pope of Boston, was in the party and made speech.