Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-10-10
STATE RECORDS
Were Hard Things for the Bicy-
cIistS to Break
Under Conditions at the Pine Tree
Track Yesterday.
Not Little MabeIs Face against The Pane Bui
aBurgiar's.

OAhDiNER, Oct. 3.-( special .-lbls
was the day set for the record breaking
meet of the Kennebeckers at the Pine Tree
race course. but the morning opened rainy,
and as il had been raining hard during the
night, the management decided upon
po-tponpment of the meet. During the
forenoon, however, the clouds broke away,
and the gloomy prospects which had been
rutert,ined began to brighten, and when
the sun came out clear al noon, it was
anbounc, that the events would take plt ace.
4 bri-k wind was bloWi from the north
vest and the track was Father sticky, other
ways the day Was rs pieasan. AS could be
expected for the month of October. The
attendance at the track was small ard the
Wind somewha. uncomfortable to the spec
tatnrs and together with sticky track the
circumstances were unfavorable for fact
time. The Hallowell clubs challenge TO
the Gardiner club for the Pope cup race did
not come off, the Haliowell club having
forwarded new Conditions to suit them
selves, which were, it is said, entirely at
variance with those adopted for the man.
agement of cup contests. The kenne-
neckers sail they could not accept, but fur
nished printed copy of the rules, which
the Hallowell club threw aside. The Gar
diner club then appointed committees to
confer with them and made two dates for a
m eting. The last was attended by two
members of the Hallowell club, who, find-
ing that they could not build the conditions
entirely over, refused to fulfill the chal-
ienge. Last year Augusta and Gardiner
clubs competed for the Pope cup, and the
conditions were that it was to be competed
for by two members of any club in kenne-
bee county, the distance to be one mile.
Engineer Danfor,h measured the track pre-
vious to the racing, which was delayed un-
til q 80.
The first event was the attempt of L. P.
Swett to beat the State record for one
quarter mile, flying start, which was 33 Ia
seconds He made two beats, making the
distance the first time in 80 4-5 and the sec
ord time in 20 seconds.
SWEET then made the attempt to beat the
State record for one mile, standing start.
shich is 2. l6, but it took him 2 2G 20 to
.over the mile. For some reason his pace
maker could not keep out OF his way.
This, with the strong wind which was blow
ing at The time, hardly gave him a fair
chance.
The haIf-mile race, standing start, for
hoys under l6 years of age, was then calico
With Day of Gardiner and Page of Ran
lolph as starters. Page took the lead soon
after the start. winning the race IN II
Day lost one of the pedals from his cycle
when coming down the home stretch.
Swett then came for a half mile. flying
tart. for the State record. The time al
he quarter was 80 seconds; half, %.
The Kennebeckers' one mile champion
ship. standing start, was then competed for
w Moulton and Page, and was won by
Moulton in 81 20.
The auarter-mile, standing start, by
,wett, to break the State record of 34 sec
onds. was made in just that time.
TIE one mile championship of Ken
,ebec valley, entered by Hiobard OF
Halowell, Page and Moulton and
the conditions were that it must be covered
IN $50. Moulton came to the tape first but
It took him three minutes to DO II.
SWEET then tried one mile flying start
With pace makers and crossed the tape IN
?l9i- There has been no State record
for tl,is event SWEET will try and beat this
TINE at . A. NJ, today.
The half-mile standing start to beat the
Stae record Of .0S 3-4 was made py o"et'
oday in 0S l-5.
The officials of the meet were as follows
referee, Msjor J. w. Berry; judges, A
c. Brown, G.. A. Oliver; timers, Henry
Richards, C. A. Taylor, f. II. Langston
.tarter, w. L. Brown; clerk of course,
Elwood Wilcox. j.,
In the evening banquet was held in the
,,srlors of the Evans house. Major j. W.
Berry, as chairman, in very pleasing
.peech presented Mr.. Oliver Moulton with
,wo prize gold medals, as winner OF the
one mile championship of the kennebeckers
rlnb of this city and the one mile cham
pionship of the Kennebec valley.
L. P. Swett, the State champion. at the
Pine Tree race course this forenoon, will
item ut to beat the quarter-mile, standing
start record of 81 seconds; one mile,
Standing start, record of ZIG, and the two
mile standing start record