The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-07-25
The Successful Termination OF
the Cycling Meet.
Kansas City Riders Were
Strictly sin It" From Start
to Finish.
n. r. Warren, of Kansas City,
Lowers the Mile Record
of Missouri From
2:44 3.5 to 2:3O
Flat.

The weather Yesterday was all tnat
could have been desired by the Sc
dalia wheelmen and their visitors to
carry out the postponed races of their
annual meeting. The sun shODe
bright and hot all day.
The parade formed in front IF
Sicher's hotel between l and 2 o'clock
and. headed by the Sedalia military
band, paraded the principal streets.
a large crowd witnessed the form-
ton. The cyclers went out Thirl
street to the Association park, fol-
lowed by those desiring to see the
races.
Kansas City carried away the
honors of the meeting, winning most
of the events and having the distinc-
ton of lowering the state record OF
2:44 So to $50. II. X. Warren,
who made the record of 2:4I 3-5 last
year for Kansas City,
was the record smasher
Yesterday. In event No. 4, he lower.
ed it to = 80, and in event No. he
lowered it to , 80 winning a hand
some gold medal.
In this event Warren was to have
started thirty-five yards from the wire
but he concluded to make scratch
run of it and came back to the wire and
when his time was announced at the
end of the race his friends cheered and
rushed up and extended their con-
CALCULATIONS.
F. a. Padgett, of st. Louis, lower
ed the worlds amateur record ON a
unicycie. The record was held by
Bert Miles of Peoria, ILL.,, 30 ~, the
record of yesterday was 90 %, for a
quarter of mile.
The following were the officials of
the meet:
Referee, W. A. Todd, St. Louis.
Judges, Edgar S. Barnes, Mexico;
d. E. Meyers, Fort Scott; Joe H.
Kelly, Sedalia.
Timers, A. c Davis, St. Louis;
George NJ. Matthews. Kansas City;
Gus Pleus, St. Louis.
Starters, A. J. Emery, St. Louis.
Clerks, A. J. Emery, 81. Louis;
X. H. Laing, st. Louis.
Umpires, W. F. Logan, Sedalia;
w. T. Maddox. Sedalia.
Scorers, F. A. Padgett, st. Louis
F. +. Huffman, Sedalia; &. S. Ed
mOnsOn, Sedalia.
1t was 3O'clock before the bell tapped
for the first race. The crowd on the
ground was then estimated to be be-
tween 800 and 1000.
The first race was Onea mile novice,
and was won by H. G. Wood of Kan
sas City; time, 2:44i c. w. Reben-
schied, Kansas City, second; ID. Co
burn, Jr., st. Louis, third.
Event No. 2, half mile handicap,
Frank Furgason. Kansas City, first
time, I'LL; f A. Grath, st. Louis,
second; H. N. Warren, Kansas City,
third; f. F. Barnard, ST. Louis.
Then came the most interesting race
on the program. that of the boys one
half mile handicap. There were sew
eral entries, but Henry Reben-
schied, of Kansas City. was
the winner. with Babe Latour,
of Sedalia, a close second. j. Cooper
Davis of st. Louis, finished third,
time, 1921. Rebenschied and La
tour are not yet II years Of age. The
winner was complimented by the
judges on his record.
Event No. Al. X. Warren,
Kansas City, first; Charles Kinde-
waiter, Kansas City. second; w. G.
Wicke, St. Louis, third Bert Hard
ing, st. Louis, fourth. Time, 2:39.
Event No. >. - Charles Kinde-
waiter, Kansas City, first; E. A.
Grath, St. Louis, second; g. P.
Moore, Kansas City, third; Fred
Kansas City, fourth.
Time, 2:424.
The sixth event was devoted to
fancy trick riding by E. E. Clark, of
Sedalia, who won much applause from
the grand stand by his difficult feats
Oh an ordinary.
1t was in this event that Padgett
lowered the worlds record on the uni
cycle.
In event No. Z, D. Coburn, Jr., of
St. Louis, went under the wire a win
ner, and it was also in this race that
Warren made his second record Of the
lay, mile from the scratch in 2:3O.
Coburn had the advantage Of ninety
i've yards in the start. Warren was
second, E. A. Grath third and Frank
Furgason fourth.
Event No. 8, one mile handicap,
Missouri division championship; Bert