The sun., 1891-11-04
WHEELMEvs ANNUAL RACES
Nsny Road Races Were Held In New Jer-
sey Yesterday.

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The bicycle clubs In this vicinity evinced
| little interest In the Gubernatoria contest
yesterday. Club races proved q stronger at
traction. The various New Jersey roads were
alive with wheelmen. Despite the edict Of the
| New Jersey division OF tho League Of Ameri-
| can Wheelmen requesting the discontinuance
Of road races in New Jersey. races were held
in oil sections OF the State. The superiority Of
| the New Jersey roads for racing was attested
to by all tho contests being held in Jersey.
Generally all the important races are held
on the famous Irvlngton- -Milburn course. but
yesterday tho clubs deviated from their usual
custom and held the most important races on
the Englewood- -Tenaay course.
The Kings County Wheelmen held their
twenty-flve-m handicap road race on the
Milburn course The road was in good shape.
and some very fast time was made BY the
scratch men.
Durant Mclean finished first, being only IS
seconds outside tho course record The men
finished as follows: Durant Mclean. scratch.
first. time hour 27 minutes and 46 seconds:
John Bensinger. scratch. second. time. l
hour 27 minutes 50 seconds: F. J. Mcdonald.
three minutes. third. time. l hour 81 minutes
SO seconds: L. B. Whymper. 5 minutes han
dicap. fourth. time. 1 hour 81 minutes second;
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sixth. time, i hour 10 minutes II seconds:
+, Kenney. minutes. seventh. :,
J. Hail. Jr.. T. ( Psise q. Kenny. and ". Young
dropped out after riding ten miles.
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The Business Mems Cycling League oi New
ark held some short distance races at MilbuEn.
ished first. W. WikofY second. and D. Hoffman
third. Time. 8 minutes 10 seconds.
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resulted in victory for the runners in both
inTaaSea Tbe eofato race was an amusing event The
dstaneeo was tive two " niles. and at Intervals oi
2Go Yards tIrnips instead st t q potatoes were
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.mrhe oi1lsials of Il the e: race, were: Judge @
B. Morrill,: starter. William II. KirEpatrieE.
The. Brooklyn Bicycle Club held their an
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Englewood course. They ran oil two races.
a fiyeJmile @ club champi3nship and the third
AeF seses ssses " Won Ro enS
easily. Tommy Ward scored the greatest
number OF points In the handicap events and
are as follows:
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Some, fifty member OF the Harlem Wheel
men attended their club races at Tenaay yes
teEday: Some exciting races resulted In the |
hsndisap; u, Fuller ~ mnp.s.. second 4: Bergen.
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minute. third. Time: 7 minutes 90 2.5 seconds.
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Two-lniIo Club bChAmptnnshtp-WDn by W. y. Cottter,
J johnson second G. A Ltchut third. Time. 27 min.
utes IL secondA
The .Montauk wheelmen held a ten:mile
race on the Westfield. N. j., |
course. There were dozen contestants. The |
race resulted as follows:
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The Columbia Cycle Club ran of seven races
They were held on the Englewood
course. Messrs. Fox and Mclean distin-
guished themselves by some very good riding. |
Their races resulted as follows:
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han, second: ID. Wright third.
Txoms safcty1Won oy DTisht Patterson; Harry
Pys,ms sSfe,y,WSn by Harry MeLean Johnston
Two;m,le oTainsryIWop by G. sheehan: A. Fox,
Fiye.mile ordnary-Won by, Alexander Fox; O.
Sheehan. second; D. A. Wright, third.
handsome silver cup was donated by John
Roster Jr., ono OF the clubs members. for
special fve-mile race 1t was won by Alexan-
der Fox.
A twenty-mile hare and hound chase was
held by the South Brooklyn Wheelmen yester-
day. Somo fifteen members raced over the