The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-05-15
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Great Read Raee.

Great Read Raee.
Considerable disap pointment has been man
Tested over the failure Of Arthur Zimmerman
to make creditsble showing In England. Inc
object OF the Americans visit to Europe was
presumably to meet the crack riders there.
but his performances to date have been such
| that II Is openly conceded he will be easily DO
feated by any OF tho representative men.
80 far. Zimmerman has competed In three
races. and in each has been defeated with
ease. In his initial race. . half mile event
| which was run at Brighton during Easter
week. he was defeated In his heat by J. Long.
and in the final BY N. D. Fowler. both second
rate men. In three-auarters OF mile race
at the Hern-Hill track. on April Is ne again
succumbed. being beaten from scratch by u
Lambly. +. G. Bradbury. and +. l. Knight.
At the Motifs Forest Sports. on April 80. Ernest
| Itch. promising racer. had no diniculty in
benting the American. These defeats. follow
ing one after tho other. have tended to lower
| Zimmerman reputation among English rae
| ing men. Zimmerman's friends have an
| nounced that in private trials he has covered
the half mile and one mile In remarkably fast
time. which makes his defeats all the more
puzzling
Osmond. Beduin. Jones. Harris. and other
cracks will meet Zimmerman on May II In an
Invitation race It is the general impression
LII EnRlanu tHAt He Will 10 onohy souNuAo"ONs
and that he will not win any races In drst.
class company.
Zimmermans defeats are q repetition OF the
performances OF other wheelmen who have
hitherto been abroad. Davis. Crist. and Rowe.
among the speediest riders In this country In
their day. were unable to win any laurels In
England. In this country Zimmerman has
created a number Of standing records. Com
SESSIONS were made for his first race. the pos.
oy being that he was not In shHIe SHt
Of the Hn OF ii American Whss Is rapid
races s are Geins promoted in ali sections Of the
country and the suprort received from nm wheel:
Fastcr Si road event which. Is held annually on
Decoration Day is tho lrvlngton. Milburn road
been @ On @
ing interests. The preparations Tor this event
this season arc greatly IN excess Of the races
one Of the bieges. contests ever held. The en-
tries for tho race will close to. morrow Seventy
SIarphy. Van WAGNER. seeisy. Porter. G
MM.bph Craig sic SEEDS
TEs Tsqe WI be ;3Hrtsd on fhS i iISarn road;
men vii! be started of in the direction OF NIL
hnrn; Upon their ~, return they will Gass the
Tisns Of her st Ave- ms viii
continue on for two and half miles into Hilton. |
when they again turn. passing the starting |
point the second time upon the compilation OF |
their tenth mi's.. They then go over the same
mile by an additional ride to Hilton and re- |
turn. Along the course checkers will be dis |
tributcd. and at the turns unplres will be |
stationed. 1t is expected that the record. l |
hour - minutes II seconds held by Rowland |
Smith. will he lowered. |
The Castle Point Cyclers OF Hoboken have |
arranged the following club runs for May and |
June: May Is. to Passaicr Falls: May p. to
and Ocean Grove; June 3. to Washington: |
June Y. to Nyack: June 10. to Prospect Park:
The Manhattan Bicycle Club will hold q
kangaroo run to day. r. H. Bartsch will ride
club houss at 10: 80 o'clock in the morning and
go over the. following route: Boulevard to
Seventy third street. to Riverside Drive. to
122d street Boulevard to kingsbrtdge road
down St. Nicholas avenue to Seventh avenue.
to Park East Drive to Seventy-second street.
to West Drive. and then home:
The Prospect Wheemen Of Brooklyn have
May IA. to Mncomb's Bridge: 10. to Browns
vile: IS. to, Prospect Park: 81. to Coney ISL
and: %. to Boulevard.
The one-mile safety tandem champ ionship
race OF the New Jersey Division OF tho L. A. |
". has been awarded to the Union County
Handlers of Railway.
land County Wheelmen will be held at Spring
Valley this afternoon.
Tho Atalanta Wheelmen OF Newark will hold |
n run to Pompton this afternoon.
The Hudson County Wheelmen will hold
ten-mile handicap road race for club members
this afternoon. on the Milburn course