Morning journal and courier., 1891-09-12
THE BIoxoLERAoE

SpringheId,s Great Day Fifteen
Thousand People at the Park
Wtndle Wins the 81 700 Prfze-The
other Races.
SPRINGFIELD, Sept. l1.-Another pleas
ant day and 5000 people giaddened the
hearts of the Springfield Bicycle club this
afternoon, when the second days races of
their tournament began. The two-mile
tandem record was lowered and the one
mile tandem also.
There was one unpleasant feature about
the races-that of the inexcusable blunder
of W. s. Bull In putting very silly time
limit on the one mile worlds record race.
he tried to be funny and placed the time
limit at 1928 2-5 when limit of 2:25 or
even 2:28 would have satisfied the spects-
tors. Having placed time limit on the
race he should have abided by it. Instead
of doing this he exercised his prero0stiye
granted by the rules of the law; allow
ing the referee to override his own limits
If the time was nearly as low as the limit.
and he believed that the riders had consci-
entiously tried to get within the time. His
decision that WV. Windle won the 81 900
piano caused much unfavorable comment
among the spectators, but it had to stand.
Below is the summary of the races.
out of thirteen races in which he has start
ed this week, and seven of them were bicy-
cles.
The first race was a one-mile ordinary
novice and had five starters and was won
by F. A. Landry in $50 As, N. J. Rum
rill second.
The quarter-mile ordinary, open, was
run in two tlial heats and a final. There
were five in the first heat, which was won
by w. w. Taxis in 81 3-5 seconds, G. N.
Murphy second, and four men in the sec
ond heat, which was won by A. A. Zim-
norman in SO 1-5 seconds, 81. A. Citizens
second. The final heat had four starters
and was won by A. A. Zimmerman in
81 2-5 seconds.
The final heat in the one mile safety, $40
class, had nine starters and time limit of
2:50. The race was very pretty one from
start to finish, being anyone's race to
within 500 feet of the tape, and was won
by G. W. Dorntge in 2:36 As, F. G. Graves
second.
The final heat in the half-mile safety,
open, had nine starters and was won by
A. A. Zimmerman in 1:l3 is, P. j. Berlo
second
Canary then gave another of his dizzy
balancing exhibitions on bicycle.
The two mile tandem handicap (open)
had three teams start, with F. M. Brinker
and w. D. Banker at scratch, and F. R.
Fuller with Fred Herman 220 yards ahead.
The run was won by Fuller and Herman
in 5:04 2-5. Banker and Brinker made the
two miles in 5:04 3-5, making a worlds
record
The great one mile safety worlds record
(open) called out the fast men, and there
were eleven of them. Zimmerman, Berlo,
Windle and other such flyers. There was
time limit of 1923 2-5 placed on the race.
G. I. Taylor led at the /, and at the ], and
at the Z. w. w. Windle won in 2:23 So,
P. J. Ber!o second, and A. A. Zimmerman
third. Referee w. S. Bull of Buffalo de-
cided that w. w. Windle was entitled to
the race.
The one mile ordinary handicap open
among them. Citizen and Taylor had so
yards handicap and were practically
scratch men. The race was won by J. w.
Robertson, with rs yards, Foster second,
40 yards. Time, from so yards mark,
2:262-5.
The one mile safety handicap, closed
that is, open to riders from Springfield
and a ten-mile radius-had seven starters
with w. NJ. Haradon and Fred G. Graves
at scratch, and was won by Fred G. Graves
in 2:29 is, w. NJ. Haradon second.
The half-mile safety, 80 class, had fif-
teen starters and was won by George F.
Taylor in IL 2 5, Graves second.
F. NJ. Brinker and w. D. Banker tried
for the mile tandem record made Thurs
day of 2:2S 2-5 and lowered it l is sec
onds.
The consolation race had fourteen start
ers and five prizes, and was won by E. A.
McDugee in 2:36 3-5, F. T. Servis second,
H. G. Tyler third, 81. ]. Pote fourth, an d
S. U. Merihew fifth