The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-09-14
A RECORD BREAKING DAY.
Two Nile, FiVe-NiIG and Hour Record
Lowered at Springfield.

The Mile Handicap Race Results in a
General Spill, and the Great Wonder
is Nobody Was Hurt Badly Sanger
Was Looked Upon by Many as
Sure Winner, but He Was Easily
Beaten by Bald.
Springfield, Mass, Sept 18.-The
closing day of the Springfield blcicle
tournament was exceptionally brilliant
and was remarkable for its many sur
prises Perhaps the best Of these was
that of Sanger who has been looked upon
by many as almost a sure winner Of the
great event OF the tournament, the one
mile international race.
He was beaten easily by +. c. Bald, who
rode with wonderful skill aud tact, fol-
lowing the pacing tandem closely and
making the mile with remarkable ease
and speed. Sanger spurted near the
finish and was in the lead for a moment,
but Bald easily overhauled him and won
the race
Next to this the most exciting event
was the half-mile open, class B, whicn
was apparently won by Bald but was
awarded by the judges to Harry Tyler,
who was very close to him The crowd
saw il differently and sent up a howl of
disapprObration, and so Bald was prime
popular taVOrite when he completely cap
tured the big race from Sanger later. 1t
was not Sanger day. but he did much TO
WIN the last race, one mile handicap,
class b, in which he made a remarkably
strong finish, getting through the pack in
fine shape
Both johnson and Sanger loafed in the
half mile open, and made no special ef-
fort to win Tyler seemed TO be under a
cloud. and has not ridden in anything
like his usual form either yesterday or
to-day johnson, also, did not distn-
guish himself especially IN the races,
riding only twice and not getting a place
either time, although he did some record
breaking afterward. OF the class A
men, Long did better work than Hallen
of Springfield. in the first race
he was easily first, but was
disqualified for an alleged foul which
gave the race TO Robinson. The one mile
2:2O class, however, was won by him
handsomely The mile handicap, class
A, resulted in a general spill, and tho
wonder is that no one was hurt. The
men were so closely punched in the back
stretch, and the fall of one precipitated
the mass that only six out of eighteen
finished. Several Cf the riders were
no injuries beyond bruises.
1t was a good day for record breaking
and several attempts were made. w. II.
Murphy set out to break the two mile
record, flying start which was Is 20,
and lowered it TO a 0B 2-5, and Nat Butler
lowered it later TO 4 :04 As.
j. s. johnson lowered the five mile
paced record from 1881 3-5 to 10 48 8-5.
He was paced very well by tandems
r. j. Titus broke the worlds record for
the hour, covering 20 miles and l,420
yards
The $50 gold medal offered by the New
York Times for the fastest mile made by
Glass A rider in competition was
awarded to w. f. Sims, who made 2i10 2-5
yesterday.
The prize OF $50 awarded for the fast
est unpaced mile made by Glass A rider
was won by +. b. Stowe IN 2 i6 i-5, which
is two-tfths Of q second behind the Glass
A record.
A. /. Brown made one unsuccessful at
tempt at the one-third-mile record, flying
start, riding iii Al seconds.
WINNERS AND THEIR TINE.
Summaries are as follows
One Mile, 2:30 Glass Glass A. Hugh Robson
won, with r. w. Heyer second and g. @.
Williams third, Time 217 Is.
Halt Mile Open, Glass B Harry Tyler won,
with E. G. Bold second and l.. ID. Cabanne
third. Time I:02 10
One mile handicap, Glass A. George ~
Adams, $50 yards, won, with J. j. Casey l2O,
second and W. i. Sims, scratch, third. Time
2.O1 is.
Half mile, 150 Class B Ray Mcdonald
won, with George n. Taylor second and e. A.
McDunee third Time 1904.
Mile, International record race, Glass y. y. O.
Bald woR, with w. G. Sanger second and J. r.
Bliss third. Tine 300 As.
Two Mile Handicap. Glass A. Fred y.
Williamson, scratch won, with j. c. Wetter-
green, 50 second and Monte Scott. 100, third
Time.
Half Mile Handicap, Class B. A. E. Lums-
don, 80, won with II. A. Gothens, 90 second
and f. A. McDunee 20, third. Time l;I0 2-5.
One Mile, 2;20 Glass A. f. II. Allen won,
with j. G. Wettergreen second and William
NJ PettiRrew third. Time 2:l44 as.
one Mile Handicap, Glass B. w. @. Sanger
scretch won. with l.. B. Cabanne, scratch,