The herald., 1893-10-04
RIVERSIDE WINS THE TEAM RACE.
A Great Test of Endurance at
Agricultural Park.
The Wheelers from Riverside Again
Too Fast for the Locals.
Tho Trophy Cup to Go to Riverside,
How the Race Was Won-Who
Rode and Features OF
tho Event.


Riverside day again. 1t has been that
way in fact throughout the entire
Southern California division bicycle
meet, and Riverside can shake hands
with itself and yell to its hearts con-
tent. They have met the other crack
riders OF this section and the majority
OF the prizes are theirs.
Yesterday the Riverside contingent
won the 25-mile team race at Agricul-
tural park, and that holy terror from
Jasperville, Carson Shoemaker, broke
another coast record, covering the dis
tance in hour. IL minutes and Az
seconds, the previous one having been
hour, Is minutes fat, held by Frank
Waller.
1t was the first team race ever held in
this section and perhaps on the coaet,
and was u success in every particular,
the prize being trophy cup valued at
$3.50, donated by the East Side Cycling
club.
The riders rode to win, and while the
cup goes to Riverside the other men can
congratulate themselves upon having
made a gamey, plucky fight for it.
The Riversiders won because they
were the best team of the trio. The
Los Angeles wheelmen and East Side
cycling teams rode well, but the orange
and black were ttoo well trained. 1t is
the same old story OF team work and
concerted effort winning the day.
The park was crowded. The River
side delegation with their orange and
black ribbons seemed in the majority,
at least judging from the noise. The
local people did not have chance to do
very much ,whooping, as a Riverside
man was generally the first across the
tape.
The track was in good condition and
the wind was not so stiff as on Monday.
1t was pretty sight as the crowd of
Is riders, six on team, lined up ready
to start. The Riverside men wore
orange and black, the East Siders red
and olive, and the Los Angeles Wheel
men white with the red club emblem on
their breasts. The Riverside team was
composed of the following: @. Shoe
maker, L. w. Fox, G. Castlemsn, Herb
McCrea, J. W. Cowan and Victor D.
Noble; the Los Angeles Wheelmen were
represented by w. NJ. Jenkins, e. Ga
tensburo, F. W. Holbrook.. n. McAlesr.
Fay Stephenson and B. G. Spier; the
riders in red and olive were P. Kitchin,
II. B. Cromwell, Joe Mclaughlin, W. A.
Burke, w. X. Cowan and W. g. Hous-
ton. OF this number all finished but
Burke, who tainted at the end of the
fourth mile and had to retire.
The Riverside team had the first place
by the pole, then Los Angeles Wheel
men representative in his white suit.
and thu the crimson colors of the East
Siders, all alternating in this order un-
til the line extended across the course.
At the sound OF the pistol Shoemaker
bounded forward with the other riders
closely bunched.. The crowd stayed TO.
terrific pace began to tell and one by
Riverside man in the lead as unit.
The ii rst mile was made in 2:3916, the
second in 5.3lA, the third S.35, the
fourth in 1131, and the fifth in IA :26.
The majority OF the local riders
thought that the orange people could
never keep up their pace, 20 let them
selves lag behind expecting to come up
and lead about the fifteenth mileswhen
the Riversiders would be killed off.
They had not been training for several
months past, however, 90 be fooled in
such style, and kept the pace up
throughout the rest Of the race.
There WAS one man, however, the
Riversiders could not shake, and he was
the one of whom they were the most
afraid. He was w. M. Jenkins, the
little demon. Jenkine, however, was at
the mercy OF the Philistines and they
took all possible advantage of it.
There were the following Riverside
riders bucked: Fox, McCrea, Shoe
maker, Cownn and Castleman, Noble
having fallen behind. Jenkins was rid
ing with this Riverside bunch.
They managed to pocket Jenkins and
kept him until Shoemaker shot ahead
and obtained big lead. jenkins man
egad to extricate himself, and was away
after the Jasper with the remaining
Riversidsrs getting the advantage of his
fall. Several times be caught Shoe
maker, but the other Riverside men
would invariably come up and pocket
him again, and as he would be ex-
hAusted with his fpurt, Shoemaker
would 20 on on ahead. Jenkins was
also kept by the fence in almost every
finish, and not allowed to spurt with the
other men. q aaf}sis gs,, S
Finally, exhauated With this kind OF
riding, jenkins lazed back in the hopes
that some OF his, team would come up
and help him, but the race was too hot,
and they failed to materialize, Shoe
maker, in the meanwhile, forging on
ahead, and increasing, bis already big
lead.
1t was pretty sight to see the vari-
ous riders coming along in punches,
turn into the home stretch and epurt
for first place. Thets wore some hot
finiehes betweenthe Riverside men IN
particular, Fox, McCrea. Castleman and
Cowan exerting themselves to cross the
tape first, Jenkins riding up with them.
Phil Kitchin rode we'll tor the East
Sides team. as did Joe Mclaughlin
English Joe on the track. Houston
held his end up in good shape also.
Cromwells rat trap pedal broke early in
the race and he had to ride without
toe-clip. The East Side team rode re-
markably well and their score was very
good considering that they were one
man short after the fret four miles.
Cowsn also rode we'll.
All of tho othar man roda hard ond