Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-09-23

Some Rather Tame Bicycle Races
Mark the Close.
FRtf-soR-All-pacf WAS orr



The annual fair Of tia Western Mich
igan Agricultural and Industrial society
ciosed yesterday with fair attendance.
The csry schoois we're eiosed Ia order
that ths pupils might have day II the
fair. Net asore than - awaited them
selves Il ths privilege bat these we're
suiAcisntly obsfrep<roas TO make up for
any dsheieney Ia nambers. The special
esests q the day, the free-foF all pace
aud the bicycle races we're scarrely
gorgeous successes bat that xss not the
fault u the association Thursday
night's raia soaked the track until it vas
hsaslsF than . cooking school biscuit
IL xssnt "a a. drive an on team on.
moch isss race horses The track xas
worked do~n foo several hours. bat 10
didn improve enough 90 make racing
Fos.ibie. - The free Tor. al pace Was de
elared Oh. BY 3 o'clock the outer part
fhe bicycle races possible. and a. 80
they acre called.
Rather Rocky" Bicyciinx-
bicycling - a great sport. but it, rae.
ing naethods will have 70 be improved
before the public viii stampede itself IN
attempting "a gain admission 10 the
gr0unds The prizes awarded yester.
day we're the richest ever hung up IN the
city but the wheeling wasn't The
average bicy Gle race 10 little more than
a 100 yards dash. and that Was the chief
characteristic q yesterdays events
With fes exceptions the riders loafed
until they came into the stretch. and
thea spurted 10 the tape. And some 81
the iosilng ~ouid disgraes even . man
employed On public improvement In
the nnish 81 the three mile lap race.
three Chicago cracks. men that have
flushed second and third in races with
Zimmerman. deliberately sat on their
wheeis and let Brown Of Muskegon
scorch the tape BY eighty yards Any
81 them could have beaten him by .
block This tied Barrett and Brown.
Tor second place. and had they run il of
a. Barrett had intended. Brown wouldn't
have turned the three quarter pole. A
large part q the crowd paid is money
% see raceS and the hippodroming
fatigued them exceedingly. There was
no ~ay 10 prevent IL. however. The
track vas 50 heavy that time limit was
virtually impossible. All the judges
and crowd could do was to smile and
look pleasant
onieers in Charge
The officers IN charge OF the races
we're a. follows: Official judge. r. q.
Studisy: referee. A. b. Richmond. Judges.
" b Jarvis K u. Hahn. and j. H. 1ay-
Tor: timers. ". Il. Holden. A. II. Chaplin.
and ". b. Simmons. clerk % course.
" X. folgcr; assistant clerks % course.
George Chan. A. y. keomcr; starter. r.
4. Heath; umpires. +. T. Ickes. {. III.
Annabel. Ralph DeVries-
There we're ten races on the program.
and every one of them filed with fast
riders
Novice Race
The starters IN the ono mile novice
were a. ID. HERMAN, |. &. G.. Chicago;
Fay Diamond. Hastings. Mich; George
G. Biiekls. g. X b. q. Grand Rapids:
A. A. Hall. Tecumseh; +. l. Bedford.
Grand Rapids; Horace Brown. Muske.
GOO. l.. r. Howard. Il. :. 6ilmsr. Grand
Rapids The racers strung out az the
quarter. with Herman in the lead. The
positions varied little % tho knish
HERMAN crossed the tape an easy win
ner ia 3Otis Howard finished second.
and Diamond third. The FIRST prize was
a 80 gold medal donated by A. Preusser.
and the second clio medal
On accOuat II the large number Of
entries the nile open race was run in
heats. The entries In the FIRST we're
George n. Barrett. G. &. C.. Chicago; G.
4. itoot. &. G. G.. Chicago; James Levy.
q. 4. G.. Chicago, Viii Evans. Lansing.
a. a -
=. " Hntchius Lyons. Michigan; John
StrachSn. ;. &. G.. Saginaw. Will LET
trgeeli. tsrand Rapids. ard u. :. Gil
bosiy took n vacation 10 the three-quar-
tsr pole. and sparted down the stretch.
Barrett fnsshed first. Evans second aud
less Time. 81 The starters
n the scroud heat were y. ". ballard.
G. 4 G.. Chicago. G. n. Peek. c. &. C..
Chicago. A. j. Nicoiet. e. q. c.. Chi.
cago. George G. Blickle. ~. X H. c..
t,rand Rapids. g. NJ Bortree. q. r. r.
g.. Viii Leftn9weil. a. A. Beelby. A.
fnrss l. r. Howard. Grand Rapids:
Wi Lonn. IAPorte. Indiana Nicolet
got a bad start add lost fully 100 yards
AZ The ccin. The heat was a red hot
sco5rh from tare 70 tape ADD was de
Faithfully refreshing after the previous
heat Ballard fnlshesi FIRST. with
t.vlsns pretty second and Lonn
ihlfa Time 3Ge THIS Nas the
best tius q he day 1;us steele. ". e.
e. chicago. T. = Richmond. @. r. h.
g. = n Ickee. g. X r. G.. and W Y.
sCuznr. g. r. r. G.. Grand Rapids.
started IN the third heat. shich vac not
sufficiently warm g. dry the track
Steele fuishesi an easy krsf in 500
Irep Nchmeui as seeond and fckes
third
Fsss y Friendly RscxA
The winners - frat. se-ond and third
placcs ia tAs three heats thee wheeled
for ths piuns Il va . friendly. socia.
BE sort - a race. and after the riders
rrachel the hall the grand stand vent
- deep When the crowd sNoke II
f,und that Steele bad Npn the race in
8 N. aith Eprrett secoe,i Troop Rich
neri third snd Evans Fourth The frst
ritfe was a fl5o bicycle offered By Per
Ans 4 Richmend. the SECOND a go sil
vpr tea set ard ths thirsi a sls revolving
tork ea@e efer~d by t.stnn. Lyon q Go.
char - T. Rect a. G. c.. Chicago.
.'iiDes Lew g. a. G. Chicaen. A ~
lAsrrin4n q. g.. Chirago. r I. Rich
aser,i ~ - ri g., G. l. Sreeneoosi. q
~ "a C. a. ~ Phippen. " n a.. &.
- Norsree ~ Y n g.. VIII Lsfing
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