The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-06-26

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Up 70 Nav IA OF tho present yoar Smith htt
never raced on any rachio, but an ordinary
On fin. dov ho comn,,nJ an, s,rc,v NJ Oh,
Fo@kland County Wheclmcn's meet. md wor
tho two.mils safety, ono-nliIo ordinary ono
mil. s,to,r scratch ard cnishoI sccor T" "
.pHF ''''s' 'o'"!" an" '''H"''. "'eo"'' II
Tho ilve-mile safety race In the latter event
he had scarcely finished his mile safety race
'o'',o no e'','"u ~ III o''t'e". i"o "i'net
had 800 yards start.
do,nhto -, J,,o A h,,o, t,,, r,rt,, -, az
safety race. and lowered the aunrter- milo
nnd. Hn hoa, II rinh ,rd law o,,,. nron,ir nee
raoin, non Th, ronord rns No. 'o ",orod
however for tho reason that ON, Of th" timers
,,iI.J n s,,rt h;s n.,,h uis ,orrorr,,,,no ;,'
!n'''u 10 s'"'t ms ""''n' nus performance IN
Of tho fact tia. he rode ,hir,y.scht .pou p
machine Will. tn .yorar, na;,hF -, ro,a.
is twenty-five tounds liz has won u, on Moor or
more races ut oil! Ct the circuit meets. and can.
tured ihe Pns mil, ordinary /. a. y; cham
Championship races he was Defeated by Viii
liam Camptel vi rodo a sixty six -gearol
Smith is Il improvinc every day and will
dopbt;ssss make some Of The crack flyers hustle
been Torme to play Tor chan nonshins con-
tests in cycling have hitherto been confined to
ridsrs engage in Scratch handcap or eH class
races for Individual prizes. running from
,edals to- grand piano or Il house and, lot
which tho championship of some two or three
clubs are run or in a single event: sometimes
one. two. or three mile race on the track. or
More elaborate ailairs Of this Kind are the
recent cup team races for the npinn shin Of
league, composed Of nrominent LicvcIa cIuhss
which havea spring and fall team race III
the Contestants Shall i enter one and the s sam n
race. and decide the supremacy then and
,hs5s some SsTy sxetns and
"a ane SasS ss Of GaS S
ship series of team races on The track. extend
ship trophy to be taken by tho he club i" Winnnc
the cyclers OF the Staten Islnnd Athletic Club.
As n basis for such an organization, a mora
essnry. something approa ching a game mors
than u race For this purpose a proCressive
tehn race was proposed by member Of the
The first outline Of such n scheme led To n
satsS fsan S i sG arF Cub c.ls to the
sGuare Garden III March for handsome sill
a cup Pun OF on Nav W9s nj h% out but
thietc cus track With some S chansa ss'a an
improvements There Were three men on each
nnsviu nom e,o o. Wn2m HnIpr tho rules had
or ~ ~ Tor the hMit mile II was required that
only two men should appear unoh the track at
o o., one IRON "ncn ciub: mat the distance
t smou.u 90 one na'. tm,c an! mat cdrh rider
On one team should ride n.atIst each rider on
inc ~ u, nther tsa"'' making nine heata or innings
u" III
&, ,nst H; %, o.inE az, oiuina nan "a race.
onI III, is,are Wa ,ut w mo iour sections.
a, ny winner ~ th0 enu -, ca"'i section was
nish wa pa" crrc1e WHIP Mt IN ,ne MhHr 1T th9
~. our va" t at "tm N huuiloEal point
III oyer" n zen y t no g"nt ms CONNECTION out
Shits to9s arI tho se tanns wGf" marked by
En;ss nnS MI mnr IL ,ehIytrd aistancGs at tho
pistn Wns rsd eo NJ ths Stntes G HGf
tin;sh nat h" YIN u, .',s s,rt ana at thn
aisnr IN 70 70 and aanb ridn Mas m,i;ihtalhtd
Sentan v "a tow Hncs s so SfrxlnG to 20
enmiJ u ~ ~ ~ 10" h"es as posSiplc IN ease no
'' Tie Harlem lem, Staten Island r.co uos ,,.
suc"css heinr warv cInsai, aace was great
intorest WAS maintnineI M t" to tss he
ninn Fomr ont 81 tbn hin ~ ro 40 'me nintn III
onIT fifth Of second 'hs f1 t%n wore Won hy
game the Hariams We're IN W. ~ si nan o, ,nt
fwn stc~os tLn Etotem ,n az Luz Iphn. ana at
Once the game was lied and the H me,e nnSa
oniy IN thc last inninr ,Th , u iiurienis Won