New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-09-01

dissatisfaction when the announcement wa"
made that there would he no race. nd NTH
Ray Macdonald made lying star 90 oh me
G. TYLER and +. =. Bald as PAGERS prohe ~, ~
half-mjle Asbury Park track record eoihs a.,
distance in one minute and three-iii NJ M ~ an
His performance brought out so'u O
thusiasm. . 49,, snoctators
J. NJ Baldwin accidentally gave the spec'a.o oa,
on exhibition which brought nome MN had
force the difference between goou io"u - Tho
ones After crossing the finishing me ia =,
third heal no lost control Of his machine anu ~
went off the outside Of the track onto ,hs
ground He bumped alcng over sihaI M i,st
and lumpy ground at pre ,snn, his wits about
grazing the picket fence. de KEPT HIS W" 90, 90
him. however and after riding over 'hs -,
ground for a hundred yards ne regaI 80 70 a
OF mis- machine so well thai "nen , "v wss low he
eteered the machine pack 10 the sniootH sun
The crowd cheered itself hoarse. III. o,,or r,ca
Everybody looked to the hve-hiie ope"
FOR Class men, for some great iiE,hs' urnnch
Callahan A II Barnett. Howard a. freio :,
John s. Johnson C. NJ. Murphy: e Il. u''I u +,
J: Titus. A. ID. Kennedy, Ray Macdohaiu' ' y
Miller c. IL Callihan. W. F. Murpny' -.
Goeher and = e Johnson came to the scratch
The Spectators we're disappointed again when :,
was found that Harry Tyler, VINO was rohnson
~ me race. would not meet JONI o. was done
Although nothing particularly starting was .o, ,I
was fine race and the time was ias'. - ~
inainsu boxed extremely dangefou, umen ont
~i s, nan Of the last lap wheh ne Dt ~ the
without any cause which was evident M - deaI
Spectators Johnson wor. without great dea
ol trouble ,.
~ ihe fve-nile race for the Metropolitan ,od
championship was a surprise NO ons p,,oo,
we american record to be broken IN tnis rtdors
ma on this track The race was iimi,ea ~ "rha
.vng within fifty miles OF the once VI ,he
american Wheelman," which paper cav w
rr,izes Those who came 10 the scratch VIZ" W. IT
n n, hoome w. l.. Dormer. +. Shaito. Go
naKe. G. b. Cobb jr.. Monte ors
snd +. f. Doup Three or four paV bo,
%, the gait for the contestants and II was ~
enc from the start The time limit on .i,e
lass h men had been get at fourteen niihu a
.he metropolitan were treated WIN nv nv
eonsdeation and for them one minute W.
%Suued to the time limit OF the National nyers1
IN. inc rrst mile was run in two minutes an
sswenty-nine seconds This was eight seconus
better than the on had done. At the emu
VI the second mile a gain Of thirteen SECONDS hau
Seen made over the cracks" The crowd no"
became intensely interested. as the pace was
sul killing one. Gradually the contestants
Iell out. being unable TO keep up with the process
Sion Finally In the last mile. only three men
remained In the They were Scott Doup
and Cobb. The last named was far behind. ana
only continued because there was third prize.
ana ne was the only one to win H. Scott ana
Doup followed hot on the heels OF the PAGER ana
both pedalled awav for dear life. They passed
tne fourth mile In nine minutes and ffty-ore ana
two-thirds seconds, and came down the stretch
together. Their legs we're working like the
piston rods Of steam engines The crowd arose
N excitement, and those behind yelled frantically