The morning call., 1894-07-05
RODE FOR PRIZES.
Exciting Bicycle Races at
Alameda.
THOUSANDS OF SPECTATORS.
Close Finishes and Fast Time
the Rule.
THOUSANDS OF SPECTATORS.
MANY CRACK WHEELMEN OUT.
Four Chinese Enter a Two.Mile
Handicap and Afford Laughable
Feature of the Day.

Two thousand people sat in the brolinp
| sun at the Reliance Athletic Park in Ala
media for three hours yesterday afternoon
| to witness the bicycle races given under
the auspices of the Acme Athletic Club
ami much of the time the heat was so in.
| tense as to be extremely disagreeable, but
the crowd only perspired the more and
made no complaint for the races were good
| The ladies, many oil whom were present
| in pretty summer suits, clapped theil
! hands and waved their handkerchlefs as
the contestants whiZzed under the wire in
a bunch while the ecstatic wheelmen
nearly went wild.
Most of the events were we'll contested.
With the exception of the two-mile cham
pionship. l.. A. W., the riding was hard
and furious from start to finish. In this
race the six starters loafed along in a
bunch like City Hall employees going 10
work until the last half mile was begun.
At this point g. A. NisseD of the Bay City
Wheelmen made spurt and won the race
by three lengths 10 6:2S.
The races began with One-mile novice,
in which there were nineteen starters.
The race was run in three heats, the first,
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final s. B. Vincen. of the Bay City
Wneelmen won the first heat in 2:44. with
A. p. Swain of the Acme Athletic Clu b
second and Ell. w. Philips, unclassed
third. II. Hutchinson. W. +. Pettis aud
w. H. Brainard finished in the order
named In the second heat. Z; R. Griffith
of the Reliance Athletic Club won the
third in 800 2-5. with J. Nj. Colquhoun
and Fred Brown second and third respect
lively.
The men got a good start in the fin ais
and went half way around the track in a
bunch. Then Vincent opened up short
gap between himself and the rest of the
end Of the half mile. w. F. Pettis of he
Reliance Athletic Club made squirt at
this point and won the race by half q
length in min. 80 1-5 Sec, with j. NJ.
ColQuhoun second
There were seven starters in the quarter
mile dash. Tie first and second IN each
of the two heats entered in the fields. K.
l., Long won the first heat in 2 min. 40 10
sec. with Russell Cushing second aud II.
c. Smith third. c. S. Wells, j. A. Desi-
none and Tony Delmas finished in the
order named in the second heat The fiD al
heat resulted in a lie between Long aud
Wells. Half an hour later Wells beat
Long by two lengths in 80 % sec. Wells
had a slight advantage in having a more
result he was practically four feet ahead
Of his opponent when the race began.
As there were tblrty-six starters in the
0ne-mile handicap the race was run in
four heats, the best three in each OF which
entered in the finals. The best time made
in the preliminaries was by +. Dieckman
in the third heat.
When it came to the finals Starter Wet
more was faced by c. d. Bates, c. II.
Balm, c. F. Lemon. c. &. Gilbert. G. f.
Neece. E. G. Brown. f. DieckmaD. c. r.
Griffith, S. B. Vincent, j. Ii. Dieckman,
H. Hutchinson and A. n. Jones. The
race proved to be ntest between the
Dieckman brothers. each of whom was
handicapped ninety yards j. II. Dieck-
ma1 won by length in 2:24 1-5. Gilbert
fell down in the second lap and broke his
wheel.
The most amusing event on the pro-
gramme was the tWO-mile Chinese race
which followed. Shorn Of their queues
and clad in the regulation bicycle cos
tunes. Dong Wing. Woo Fow, Jewe Sac
and Charles w. Fong mounted their
wheels and dashed away.
Dong Wing was given 100 yards the
start, but the other three got away To-
gether.
From the first the race was for blood
Instead OF following the eXampie of the
white men and reservng their energies to
died for dear life from the start. AS a re-
suit all four were tired out before the end
of the race, and Charles w. Fong was the
only one who seemed to care the price OF
lottery ticket whether he won or not. By
strict attention to business FOng managed
10 open up a gap Of a quarter Of mile be-
tween himself and Jewe Sac while the
others were out of sight. FoDg won the
race in walk with Sac half mile be-
hind and Dong Wing aud Woo Fow mile
in the lear. The time was 6:24.
The nine starters in the two-mile handi-
cap rode both heats together, and Ii. c.
Smith of the Garden City Cyclers won in
6:23, with Russell Gushing Of the same
club second.
The two-mie championship. L. A. w.,
was won by G. A. Nissen in 6:28 Gilbert
was second and B. Z. Lund third. There
were six starters.
M. f. Rose won the half-mie club cham.
pionship in lib 2-5, with o. l., Pickard
second.
Sandwiched in among the bicycle races
were three footraces, all Of which were
won by Paul Wyttenbach.
The prizes for the events OF the day
were as follows:
One-quarter mile daslI-First prize, Rambler
bicycle, Value $3.50; second prize. diamond
Two-mlle handicap-First prize, Columbia
bicycle. $3.50; second prize. diamond ring. $50.
One-mle noyice-FirSt prize, gold medal,
SZ9; second prize. silver medal, S15.
ODe-mile handicap-First prize, diamond
ring, 500; second prize, diamond lockeI. S25;
third prize. nickel stop-watch, $40.
1wo-mIle championship, northern division,
l.. A. W.-Firs; priZ.. gold medal; second prize,
silver medal; value OF set, $50.
Half-mile club cbampiOnship-First prize,
gold medal, S25; second prize, silver medal.
S15; third prize, bicycle Shoes So 80.
Two-mile Chinese race First prize, gold
medal, S15; second price. bicycle lamp. 81 90.
Field events-Flrst In each event GOLD medal;