St. Paul daily globe., 1891-05-31

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Is "l~ dismounted, and the
friendly nature of their errand became
at once apparent 1t was an army of
bicyclists. Each member of the uni
formed assembly rode a wheel Of one
pattern or another. There were tall
wheels and short ones, some OF one pat
tern and some of another, but all alike of
modern manufacture and designed FOR
speed. The cyclists convention, for
which the st. Paul Cycle club had
been making preparations during the
preceding three weeks, was well under
way. The most surprising feature Of
the meeting, to those who witnessed the
arrival of the visitors, was that there
were so many lady riders. No less than
thirty rode over from Minneapolis,
ST. Anthony Park, Hamline and
other adjacent suburbs. Each fair
rider was attired in neat cycling
costume of blue, with gold and
in some cases silver braid embrodering.
a more enthusiastic lot of youngsters
were never gathered together. They
wheeled and pirOuetted their graceful
wheels in and out among the crowd un-
til the spectator was fairly daZZled by
the glistening wheel spOkeS as they
spun around, and bewildered by the
maZy movements of the gliding assem-
bly,. 1t was evident even at this early
stage in the days programme that if
numbers meant success, success was as
sured.
The Parade.
The opening feature was the parade.
When the First Regiment band struck
up the march Militaire" the number
of wheels had been swelied by the ar
rival of the st. Paul contingent to 400.
Four hundred bedecked and beribbOned
bicycles in procession traverSing EX-
change street is an unusual sight, and
every one turned out to see it. The
streets were literally packed with peO-
pie all along the line of march. On
Ninth street, Fort, West Tenth, Rice.
Iglehart. Summit place, and, in fact, all
over the route, the multitude await
eG the procession. On the re-
turn to the Windsor dinner
was served to the entire crowd,
and the expedition with which the
hungry guests were fed reflects great
credit on the management of the hotel.
A brief breathing spell was taken after
dinner, and then, with footing of
horns and tinkling of silver bells, the
400 cyclers headed for the racing
ground. 1t was great day for racing,
too. Just trifle to warm, perhaps, but
racing weather isn't made to order, SO
no one complained of the heat.
The starting point was on st. Anthony
hill, at the intersection of Western and
Holly avenues, and there also the
races finished. The crowd was enor-
nous. The police arrangements were
totally inadequate, and the finish
of every race was hampered by the en-
croachment Of the spectators on the as
phalt track. The track was all over the
latter substance, and took in four blocks,
making, as supposed, a mile course. The
fact that several races were finished in
from two to three seconds under the
amateur record, however, points to a
probability that the distance was less
than supposed. The judges were
A. l.. Haman. j. Il. SchuSler
and William S. Dippo. Timers:
j. A. Bullard, Roger Kennedy and G.
II. Cooper, and scorers, S. L. Heath,
Charles II. Bowers, [. r. Snow and I'll.
j. Pyle. Harry c. Bowers officiated as
clerk of the course, and j. II. Clayton
sent the fields away.
The Races.
The first race was one mile. for begin
nerS. There were five starters, all of
ST. Paul. l.. c. Wahl won it in 2:594,
George Metcalf second in 3:09 Van
York fell at the turn into the stretch
and was picked up insensible. He re-
NAMED so for fifteen minutes. On his
recovery he was taken to the hotel in
hack.
The second race. one mile safety open,
was won by j. S. Johnson, of Minneap-
oils, in 3:O74, W. E. Walsh second in
3:O9sI, w. E. McCune, of St. Paul, third.
The starters for the third race, one
mile, for noyices, were Harrison, of
Minneapolis; HokaDson, Lowenberg,
Smith and Hatch, of ST. Paul. The race
was run in three heats, and won by G.
c. Townsend in $685.. This time is
three seconds better than the record,
and shows that the track was a short
one.
The fourth race, one mile. ordinary
open, was taken easily by S. johnson,
of Minneaeolis, in 2:392l, Alex Graham
second, and ID. W. Van Week, of ST.
Paul third.
Rather an amusing event was the
fifth, short half-mile for girls and
boys under thirteen. The entries were
Clarke, jackson, Hainert, Armstrong,
Constans, Miller, Egan and little Madge
Wellington, the ouly girl III the field.
To the surprise of all, little Madge
| finished first. and it did not develop
until the tail enderS arrived that she
| had cut off a block to be in first at the
| death. Freddie Clarke was given the
race. Time, 3:20.
| The eleven-minute class, three mile
dash, was by all odds the race of the
day. In it IL. r. Steenson. of Mime
| apoliS,went over the front of his wheel,
! and cut himself severely in the stom-
ach. He was taken home last night in
a dangerous condition. The starters
we're: Steenson, Harrison. Peterson,
Merrick, Donner, Hatch, Brooks and
Skilman. G. G.. Townsend won it in
| 9:57, Charles Peterson second, and a.
w. Harrison third. Townsend is a st.
Paul man.
The final event, the ten-mile team
race, st. Paul VS.. Minneapolis, was a
fizzle. When Steenson fell in the pre-
ceding race he was riding the wheel of
! Grant Bell. one of the Minneapolis
team. The team captain wanted to sub
stitute Alex Graham, but st. Paul OBJ
| jected to this. The Minneapolis team
wouldn't race under the circumstances,
| and the match was off. The course was
run over by Briggs, Bird. Van Week
and McCuue, of the ST. Paul team. Van
Week covered the ground in 2S:49. The
proceedings were wound up with
dance last evening at ArmOry hall, most
of the visitors attending.